The BAFTAs have a soft spot for home-grown talent. Earlier this year, “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande” scored four bids at the British Academy Film Awards, including Best Actor (Daryl McCormack) and Best Actress (Emma Thompson). Before that, in 2022, Adeel Akhtar snuck into the Best Actor lineup for “Ali & Ava” and Joanna …
CO-PRODUCTION PROTOCOL Dynamic Singaporean producer Jeremy Chua is to receive the FIAPF Award for Outstanding Contribution to Asia Pacific Cinema, at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) on Nov. 3 on Australia’s Gold Coast. In the nine years since founding his company Potocol, Chua has focused on international co-production of Asian films and telling Asia stories. Two of his …
The Buckingham Murders, directed by Hansal Mehta and starring Kareena Kapoor Khan, has been set as the opening film of the Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival. Produced by Ektaa R Kapoor and co-produced by Kapoor Khan, the film recently had its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival. It follows the story of a cop …
The London “Walk of Stars” has been unveiled to celebrate the talent behind films funded by the National Lottery – which has helped fund over 600 films in the last 26 years
The installation marks the start of the 2023 BFI London Film Festival - with 10 stars honouring film luminaries such as Bend It Like Beckham director, Gurinder Chadha.