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North London industrial site to be transformed into £1bn film quarter
Get our award-winning daily news email featuring exclusive stories, opinion and expert analysis I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. A £1 billion regeneration project to…
Chinese Film Industry Sees Compute Power, Directable AI and Distribution as Key Hurdles in Next Wave of Filmmaking, Shanghai Forum Finds
Computing power, distribution and directable generative video AI. Those are the key challenges facing the Chinese film industry when it comes to AI, according to speakers at the Shanghai International Film Festival ‘s SIFFORUM panel on…
War film hailed a 'masterpiece' by fans and 'as good as Saving Private Ryan
For an extended period, the film maintained a record as the highest-grossing Second World War film ever made - until 2023's Oppenheimer surpassed it. Cinema enthusiasts continue to celebrate this 'masterpiece' production, approaching a decade since…
Edinburgh International Film Festival To Launch UK Film Conference
EXCLUSIVE: The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) will host a UK Film Conference as part of this year's EIFF Industry programme, and BFI CEO Ben Roberts has been tapped as the event's inaugural keynote speaker. Clare Binns, Creative…
Fahadh Faasil to Star in Two Malayalam Films for India's Panorama Studios and Producer Jacob Babu (EXCLUSIVE)
Actor Fahadh Faasil is attached to lead two Malayalam-language feature films being produced by Panorama Studios in partnership with Jacob K. Babu of Maxlab Cinemas & Entertainments. Both projects are in development and are targeting a theatrical…
Kyiv Hosts Documentary Film Festival Amid Air Raid Alerts And Ongoing Russian Strikes
Kyiv, Ukraine. June 5, 2026. Docudays UA film festival at Zhovten Cinema. By Docudays UA/Zavhorodnii International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival in Kyiv Continues Under Air Raid Alerts as War Shapes Stories Amid air-raid alerts, only days…
Toronto Film Festival Reveals More Than 130 Buyers to Attend First Edition of Market
The Toronto Film Festival has revealed that more than 130 buyers from 49 countries have confirmed they will attend the first edition of its market, which is referred to as TIFF: The Market. Among the buyers attending the market, which takes place…
Light in the Hall season 2's beautiful filming locations unveiled
The Light in the Hall series two is making its comeback to our screens imminently, but where exactly was the Channel 4 drama shot? Over three years have passed since The Light in the Hall, alternatively titled Y Golau, first aired on Channel 4, and…
X-men actor Ian McKellen envisioned 'destroying' Mar-a-Lago while filming new Avengers movie
President Donald Trump's Florida residence was an inspiration for X-Men actor Sir Ian McKellen while filming an action sequence in the latest installment of the Avengers movie franchise. The longtime British actor admitted he shouted “…
HK film producer Raymond Wong begins 5-month prison term after voluntarily revoking bail
Well-known film producer and actor Raymond Wong Pak-ming was ordered to begin serving a five-month prison sentence immediately on Wednesday after the court approved his application to revoke his bail. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT The 80-year-old…
The best films of 2026… so far!
T he halftime scores are in. As summer blockbuster season heats up, here's NME‘s guide to the most unmissable movies of the year so far. You'll be glad to know it's not too late to catch some of them in the cinema… A burnt orange…
£1bn North London Film Quarter approved at 'significant' cost to environment
A £1 billion regeneration project to turn an industrial site in North London into 'landmark' film and television studio site has been given the green light. On Monday (June 15) the Labour-run Camden Council voted by a wafer-thin majority to…
Raveena Tandon was labelled jinxed till this Akshay Kumar film made her a 'lucky mascot'
She said, “The media was very, very cruel. They called me ‘Little Miss Jinx Raveena'.” The actor said she never viewed a film's failure as the responsibility of one individual. “You give your 100 per cent. Sometimes it…
'Don DeLillo gave me his blessing': film director Ben Rivers on how fan mail from the Underworld author led to his latest work
Nine-year-old girls reciting the gnomic prose of Don DeLillo – it sounds like an extreme English detention, but for film-maker Ben Rivers this was the foundation of his new movie, and the culmination of an unlikely friendship with the…
RioFilme Has Boosted Shanghai Presence, as Filmmakers Praise 'Continuous Support' and 'Increased Investment' in Local Films
It's been two years since Walter Salles's Oscar-winning “I'm Still Here” catapulted Rio de Janeiro to screens all over the world, and momentum has continued to build thanks to coordinated efforts by RioFilme. The municipal film and…
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