#Armando Iannucci Launches Production Firm Touchscreen With BBC Studios

#Armando Iannucci Launches Production Firm Touchscreen With BBC Studios

Armando Iannucci (Veep, The Thick of It, The Franchise) has launched the production company Touchscreen Ltd. with BBC Studios. The partners unveiled a U.K. development partnership on Monday. “The agreement will see BBC Studios and Touchscreen, founded by Armando Iannucci, work together to develop and co-produce innovative, daring and world-class scripted programming for the U.K….

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#‘An Irish Goodbye’ Oscar Winners Tom Berkeley, Ross White to Be Honored at London’s HollyShorts Film Fest (Exclusive)

#‘An Irish Goodbye’ Oscar Winners Tom Berkeley, Ross White to Be Honored at London’s HollyShorts Film Fest (Exclusive)

One of the world’s most prestigious short film festivals, HollyShorts, is coming to London. HollyShorts will hold its first-ever London edition as part of the L.A.-based festival’s 20th anniversary year and, The Hollywood Reporter can reveal, will present HollyShorts Honoree Awards to a slew of Oscar-winning and Oscar-nominated British and Irish short filmmakers. Recipients of…

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#Locarno: Festival’s Open Doors Program Names New Team for African Cinema Initiative

#Locarno: Festival’s Open Doors Program Names New Team for African Cinema Initiative

The Locarno Film Festival‘s Open Doors program, which supports filmmakers from underrepresented regions of the world, has unveiled a new team for its next four-year mission: To focus on supporting and elevating African cinema. The co-production and talent develpment initiative, previously focused on Latin America and the Caribbean, will turn its attention to the African…

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#International Emmy Awards: Apple’s ‘Drops of God’ Wins Best Drama, Timothy Spall Takes Best Actor

#International Emmy Awards: Apple’s ‘Drops of God’ Wins Best Drama, Timothy Spall Takes Best Actor

The best in global television was honored in New York on Monday night at the 2024 International Emmy Awards, with winners picked across nominees from 21 countries. The big winners on the night were Drops of God winning best drama series, Timothy Spall winning best actor, Aokbab-Chutimon Chuengcharoensukying winning best actress, División Palermo winning best…

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#‘Deadloch’ Creators on How Olivia Colman Inspired Aussie Noir Comedy and How a C-Word Manifesto Convinced Producers to Keep the Swearing

#‘Deadloch’ Creators on How Olivia Colman Inspired Aussie Noir Comedy and How a C-Word Manifesto Convinced Producers to Keep the Swearing

Australian comedy Deadloch has been a breakout international success for Amazon Prime Video, and on Monday night, the Tasmanian-noir has the chance to be recognized as the best comedy at the 52nd International Emmy Awards in New York City. Created by Kate McLennan and Kate McCartney, a comedy writing and performing duo known as the…

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#Auli’i Cravalho on Her “Polynesian Pride” at ‘Moana 2’ U.K. Premiere: “My Inner Theater Kid Is Happy”

#Auli’i Cravalho on Her “Polynesian Pride” at ‘Moana 2’ U.K. Premiere: “My Inner Theater Kid Is Happy”

Auli’i Cravalho is full of “Polynesian pride” at the U.K. premiere for the long-awaited sequel of Disney‘s Moana. She and Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, returning in Moana 2 to reprise their roles as the titular princess and as demigod Maui, braved a stormy London blue carpet on Sunday at Cineworld cinema in Leicester Square. Only…

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