UK Film Council
News Roundup!
Holy pineapple chunks, Batman – it’s a brand new feature! Today and on every weekend until the Earth is consumed by fire and ice, we will be bringing you the pick of the week’s film gossip in a format so accessible, democratic and toothsome you might well mistake it for Peaches Geldof’s ladygarden. It’s time to round up the news…
Read more…Interview! We talk to London Short Film Festival winner Ruth Paxton
With the 8th annual London Short Film Festival done and dusted, Best For Film caught up with Ruth Paxton – winner of the festival’s UK Film Council award for Best Film.
Read more…Chatroom
Five London teens make friends in an online chatroom and inspire each other to take drastic steps with their lives. The problem? One of them likes nothing more than inciting people to achieve the suicide he yearns for but dare not undertake himself. Suspense thriller from Hideo Nakata ( Dark Water).
Read more…Winner condemns Film Council
Director and gourmand Michael Winner has expressed his relief at the proposed closure of the UK Film Council.
Read more…Clint Eastwood condemns Treasury cuts
Actor and director Clint Eastwood has attacked the Treasury for threatening the future of the UK Film Council.
Read more…UK film luminaries protest against UKFC cuts
Dozens of high-profile British actors have condemned the proposed attack on the UK Film Council.
Read more…Aussie vultures close on UKFC
The head of AusFilm has indicated that the Australian film industry may try to usurp the UK if arts funding is slashed.
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