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21/04/2010 Tribeca Film Festival (21 April - 2 May)
Several UK films will screen at this year's Tribeca Film Festival (21 April - 2 May), including two UK Film Council-funded features in New York.
19/04/2010 Latest UK Film Council production awards
For information: latest funding awarded to productions by the UK Film Council
19/04/2010 Latest UK Film Council P&A awards
For information: the latest prints and advertising awards made by the UK Film Council.
15/04/2010 Another good year for British films in the international spotlight at Cannes
British film is celebrating the announcement that six Lottery-funded British films and a further nine made with British involvement, have been selected to screen at the Cannes Film Festival (12-23 May 2010).
The Disappearance of Alice Creed to screen at University of Southampton's local cinema
1/04/2010 UK Film Council launches new £15m film fund to champion British film
• New £15m film fund opens for business • Experienced team appointed as gatekeepers of the Film Fund • Producers to receive equity share of UK Film Council recoupment • Tim Bevan to chair think tank to identify ways to grow uk film companies of scale • Most significant revision of UK Film Council activities in 10 years
25/03/2010 UK films take 7% global box office share in 2009
UK films took a 7% ($2bn) share of the global box office in 2009, in a year when global box office receipts increased by 8% year on year (to $29.9bn).
24/03/2010 UK Film Council announces further support for digital innovation in film distribution
Further funding is allocated to support digital innovation in distribution.
23/03/2010 Tribeca Film Institute announces 24 projects for the 2010 Tribeca All Access programme
The Tribeca Film Festival has announced the selected projects for Tribeca All Access 2010. For the third year, four international participants are also included through the program's partnerships with the UK Film Council and Canadian Film Centre. The participants from the UK are Sonia Castang and Meneka Das.
16/03/2010 British film talent took almost one in five international film awards in 2009
British winners received 36 awards in 2009, representing 17% of the awards given at the world's leading film events
