#London TV Screenings Sets Record Year, Unveils 2026 Event

#London TV Screenings Sets Record Year, Unveils 2026 Event

The London TV Screenings isn’t going anywhere. The content and sales market, launched five years ago by independent distribution giants All3Media International, Banijay Entertainment, Fremantle and ITV Studios, is coming off a banner 2025, with a record 850 buyers worldwide attending last week’s event. The founders confirmed plans are already under way for next year’s…

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#BBC Gaza Doc Fallout Continues as Former Chief Accuses Corp of Being “Manipulated by Terrorists”

#BBC Gaza Doc Fallout Continues as Former Chief Accuses Corp of Being “Manipulated by Terrorists”

The fallout continues over the BBC’s airing of a documentary narrated by the son of a Hamas official. Earlier this week, the corporation apologized and removed Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone, about the lives of three children caught in the Israel-Gaza war, from its streaming service BBC iPlayer. It was discovered that one of the 13-year-old subjects, Abdullah Al-Yazouri,…

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#‘Piggy Bank’ Explores the Climate Crisis Via a Mix of Self-Experiment, Mockumentary, Fact and Fiction

#‘Piggy Bank’ Explores the Climate Crisis Via a Mix of Self-Experiment, Mockumentary, Fact and Fiction

The Austria country focus of the 2025 Glasgow Film Festival showcases mostly fiction features and comes after a strong showing for Austrian films at the Berlinale. But Christoph Schwarz’s Piggy Bank, which gets its U.K. premiere at Glasgow on Monday, takes a very different approach, mixing mockumentary and self-experiment in a way that has become…

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