Cooper Charles replaces Sally Joynson, who is retiring after 16 years in charge.
Regional film support body Screen Yorkshire has promoted Caroline Cooper Charles to chief executive, replacing Sally Joynson, who is retiring at the end of 2021 after 16 years leading the organisation.
Starting on January 1, 2022, Cooper Charles will move from her current role as Screen Yorkshire’s head of creative, where she oversees the company’s talent development programmes, Film Office and Yorkshire Content Fund.
The CEO role was advertised externally, with candidates from both the UK and overseas.
Since joining Screen Yorkshire in 2018, Cooper Charles has overseen the organisation’s skills and talent development programmes.
Regional film support body Screen Yorkshire has promoted Caroline Cooper Charles to chief executive, replacing Sally Joynson, who is retiring at the end of 2021 after 16 years leading the organisation.
Starting on January 1, 2022, Cooper Charles will move from her current role as Screen Yorkshire’s head of creative, where she oversees the company’s talent development programmes, Film Office and Yorkshire Content Fund.
The CEO role was advertised externally, with candidates from both the UK and overseas.
Since joining Screen Yorkshire in 2018, Cooper Charles has overseen the organisation’s skills and talent development programmes.
- 11/29/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Festival
Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival (Dec. 6-15), the kingdom’s first full fledged international film event, will close with the world premiere of Kabir Khan‘s Bollywood cricket-themed film “’83.” The film tells the true story of the underdog Indian men’s cricket team led by Kapil Dev, played by Bollywood star Ranveer Singh, which defeated reigning champions the West Indies at the 1983 World Cup finals.
Khan, the film’s leading lady Deepika Padukone, Dev and his winning team members Mohinder Amarnath and Krishnamachari Srikkanth will attend the premiere.
The film, produced by Reliance Entertainment, Phantom Films and Kabir Khan Films, will release across the Gulf region on Dec. 23 and worldwide on Dec. 24.
On the eve of the Red Sea festival, Saudi Arabia’s nascent national film commission has revealed its overall plan to kickstart a local film industry in the kingdom where cinemas and filmmaking were...
Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival (Dec. 6-15), the kingdom’s first full fledged international film event, will close with the world premiere of Kabir Khan‘s Bollywood cricket-themed film “’83.” The film tells the true story of the underdog Indian men’s cricket team led by Kapil Dev, played by Bollywood star Ranveer Singh, which defeated reigning champions the West Indies at the 1983 World Cup finals.
Khan, the film’s leading lady Deepika Padukone, Dev and his winning team members Mohinder Amarnath and Krishnamachari Srikkanth will attend the premiere.
The film, produced by Reliance Entertainment, Phantom Films and Kabir Khan Films, will release across the Gulf region on Dec. 23 and worldwide on Dec. 24.
On the eve of the Red Sea festival, Saudi Arabia’s nascent national film commission has revealed its overall plan to kickstart a local film industry in the kingdom where cinemas and filmmaking were...
- 11/29/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Riz Ahmed Honorary Award
Riz Ahmed will be the recipient of this year’s Richard Harris Award, which is presented annually by the British Independent Film Awards to recognize an actor or actress who has contributed significantly to British films. The Sound of Metal and The Night Of actor has been a stalwart at the BIFAs in the past, winning eight awards in total from the Brit indie ceremony. Last year, he picked up the Best Debut Screenwriter award for Mogul Mowgli, his first foray into feature film writing, and the Best British Short Film BIFA for The Long Goodbye. Upcoming he is an executive producer on Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s Flee and is working on a film adaptation of Mosin Hamid’s book Exit West, to be directed by Yann Demange, via Ahmed’s production company Left Handed, which has a first-look TV deal with Amazon. “I am grateful...
Riz Ahmed will be the recipient of this year’s Richard Harris Award, which is presented annually by the British Independent Film Awards to recognize an actor or actress who has contributed significantly to British films. The Sound of Metal and The Night Of actor has been a stalwart at the BIFAs in the past, winning eight awards in total from the Brit indie ceremony. Last year, he picked up the Best Debut Screenwriter award for Mogul Mowgli, his first foray into feature film writing, and the Best British Short Film BIFA for The Long Goodbye. Upcoming he is an executive producer on Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s Flee and is working on a film adaptation of Mosin Hamid’s book Exit West, to be directed by Yann Demange, via Ahmed’s production company Left Handed, which has a first-look TV deal with Amazon. “I am grateful...
- 11/29/2021
- by Tom Grater and Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
World Productions Boss and YouTube Emea Head Win Rts Fellowships
Line of Duty (pictured) producer World Productions CEO Simon Heath (pictured) and YouTube Regional Director, Emea, Ben McOwen Wilson are among the six winners of this year’s Royal Television Society (Rts) Fellowships. Cpl Productions MD Danielle Lux, BBC News At Ten‘s Clive Myrie, ITV Continuing Drama MD John Whiston and retiring Screen Yorkshire CEO Sally Joynson see out the crop, who were described as “leaders in their fields” by Rts CEO Theresa Wise. Rts Fellowships recognise industry luminaries who have made an outstanding, sustained and exceptional contribution to the industry.
Bollywood’s ‘Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui’ Trailer Launched
Ahead of Abhishek Kapoor’s Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui’s December 10 release, a trailer has dropped showing a passionate couple, played by Ayushmann Khurrana (Badhaai Ho) and Vaani Kapoor (Bell Bottom), whose lives change after the main character hints at a gender-related issue with his partner.
Line of Duty (pictured) producer World Productions CEO Simon Heath (pictured) and YouTube Regional Director, Emea, Ben McOwen Wilson are among the six winners of this year’s Royal Television Society (Rts) Fellowships. Cpl Productions MD Danielle Lux, BBC News At Ten‘s Clive Myrie, ITV Continuing Drama MD John Whiston and retiring Screen Yorkshire CEO Sally Joynson see out the crop, who were described as “leaders in their fields” by Rts CEO Theresa Wise. Rts Fellowships recognise industry luminaries who have made an outstanding, sustained and exceptional contribution to the industry.
Bollywood’s ‘Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui’ Trailer Launched
Ahead of Abhishek Kapoor’s Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui’s December 10 release, a trailer has dropped showing a passionate couple, played by Ayushmann Khurrana (Badhaai Ho) and Vaani Kapoor (Bell Bottom), whose lives change after the main character hints at a gender-related issue with his partner.
- 11/8/2021
- by Anuj Radia
- Deadline Film + TV
The Indie TV and Film Development Fund will allocate grants up to £25,000.
Screen Yorkshire is offering £200,000 worth of grants to film and TV producers hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The agency’s Indie TV and Film Development Fund will allocate grants ranging from £2,500 and £25,000 for the development of new projects that can be made once lockdown is lifted.
The initiative is funded by Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership (Lep) and the West Yorkshire Combined Authority through its Creative Catalyst programme, established in response to Channel 4’s relocation to Leeds.
Screen Yorkshire will lead the application and assessment process...
Screen Yorkshire is offering £200,000 worth of grants to film and TV producers hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The agency’s Indie TV and Film Development Fund will allocate grants ranging from £2,500 and £25,000 for the development of new projects that can be made once lockdown is lifted.
The initiative is funded by Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership (Lep) and the West Yorkshire Combined Authority through its Creative Catalyst programme, established in response to Channel 4’s relocation to Leeds.
Screen Yorkshire will lead the application and assessment process...
- 5/14/2020
- by 1101399¦Desiree Ibekwe Broadcast¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
It is the first Centre of Screen Excellence in the country.
The UK’s first Centre of Screen Excellence has officially opened in Leeds following an 18-month collaboration between Screen Yorkshire, The National Film and Television School (Nfts), ScreenSkills and the British Film Institute (BFI).
The Centre of Screen Excellence: Yorkshire (CoSe:Y) will support the next generation of talent across several disciplines and address a talent gap that has sprung up following a growing number of productions being filmed in the region.
Yorkshire’s popularity as a filming destination is also set to increase on the back of Channel 4...
The UK’s first Centre of Screen Excellence has officially opened in Leeds following an 18-month collaboration between Screen Yorkshire, The National Film and Television School (Nfts), ScreenSkills and the British Film Institute (BFI).
The Centre of Screen Excellence: Yorkshire (CoSe:Y) will support the next generation of talent across several disciplines and address a talent gap that has sprung up following a growing number of productions being filmed in the region.
Yorkshire’s popularity as a filming destination is also set to increase on the back of Channel 4...
- 2/28/2020
- by ¬0¦Joanna Tilley¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
With studio space in high demand, a sizable new film and TV complex has been proposed for Leeds, the city in northern England that is fast becoming a major U.K. media hub outside of London. It has already been selected as the base for Channel 4’s new national headquarters, and companies such as pay-tv giant Sky and sports streamer Dazn have operations there.
A site at an old printworks, 15 minutes from Channel 4’s new base, has been identified as the spot for the new Leeds studio, which will have up to six stages.
The proposals involve the local council taking a lease on the site. It would then sublet the space to a third-party studio operator, Versa Studios, which in turn would team with local player Prime Studios to manage the complex.
Series including “The ABC Murders” were filmed in Leeds, and “Victoria” and the upcoming “All Creatures...
A site at an old printworks, 15 minutes from Channel 4’s new base, has been identified as the spot for the new Leeds studio, which will have up to six stages.
The proposals involve the local council taking a lease on the site. It would then sublet the space to a third-party studio operator, Versa Studios, which in turn would team with local player Prime Studios to manage the complex.
Series including “The ABC Murders” were filmed in Leeds, and “Victoria” and the upcoming “All Creatures...
- 7/17/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Screen Yorkshire has launched a plan to turn its part of northern England into an international film and TV hub capable of attracting the next “Game of Thrones.” The agency has opened a new Film Office, which will be the driver of its international push, and talks are underway about a new studio complex in the city of Leeds.
Through its content fund, Screen Yorkshire has already provided support to films and series including Idris Elba’s movie “Yardie” and BBC drama “Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell.” The newly minted Film Office will work with any producers who want to set up shop, or base a production, in the Yorkshire and Humber region, irrespective of whether they are beneficiaries of the content fund.
“We are saying Screen Yorkshire is open for business, and it’s the international market that we are very keen to hit,” CEO Sally Joynson told Variety.
Through its content fund, Screen Yorkshire has already provided support to films and series including Idris Elba’s movie “Yardie” and BBC drama “Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell.” The newly minted Film Office will work with any producers who want to set up shop, or base a production, in the Yorkshire and Humber region, irrespective of whether they are beneficiaries of the content fund.
“We are saying Screen Yorkshire is open for business, and it’s the international market that we are very keen to hit,” CEO Sally Joynson told Variety.
- 11/13/2018
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Organisation plans ‘centres of excellence’ across UK.
Creative Skillset is aiming to establish a string of centres of excellence for production talent in the nations and regions to meet a greater demand for out-of-London programming.
The skills body is piloting an initiative that will facilitate local training, mentoring and bursaries for film and TV talent, kicking off in Yorkshire as part of a collaboration with Screen Yorkshire and the National Film and Television School.
The initiative will offer a “foot in the door” for young people looking to work in the film and TV industry in their hometowns, as well...
Creative Skillset is aiming to establish a string of centres of excellence for production talent in the nations and regions to meet a greater demand for out-of-London programming.
The skills body is piloting an initiative that will facilitate local training, mentoring and bursaries for film and TV talent, kicking off in Yorkshire as part of a collaboration with Screen Yorkshire and the National Film and Television School.
The initiative will offer a “foot in the door” for young people looking to work in the film and TV industry in their hometowns, as well...
- 10/1/2018
- by Jessica Goodfellow Broadcast
- ScreenDaily
Production liaison manager had spent seven years at Creative England.
Screen Yorkshire has appointed Chris Hordley as its new production liaison manager.
He joins from Creative England, where he held the same position since 2011. He previously worked at Screen Yorkshire between 2008 and 2011. Prior to then, he worked at ITV Yorkshire as a location manager and assistant director.
Hordley will take up his role at Screen Yorkshire later this summer and will provide on-the-ground support to film and TV production companies filming in the region. He will be the first port of call to advise on regional filming locations, studios, production facilities and crew,...
Screen Yorkshire has appointed Chris Hordley as its new production liaison manager.
He joins from Creative England, where he held the same position since 2011. He previously worked at Screen Yorkshire between 2008 and 2011. Prior to then, he worked at ITV Yorkshire as a location manager and assistant director.
Hordley will take up his role at Screen Yorkshire later this summer and will provide on-the-ground support to film and TV production companies filming in the region. He will be the first port of call to advise on regional filming locations, studios, production facilities and crew,...
- 7/19/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Cooper Charles will work as a strategic development executive.
Screen Yorkshire has hired former Creative England executive Caroline Cooper Charles as strategic development executive.
Cooper Charles’ role will cover two areas: the development and delivery of Screen Yorkshire’s new Film Office (launching later this year), and exploring strategic opportunities for delivering the company’s five-year growth plan for the sector.
Cooper Charles was most recently head of film at Creative England where she moved from heading up the Film Enterprise fund to taking overall responsibility for the company’s production and development activities. She stepped down from the role...
Screen Yorkshire has hired former Creative England executive Caroline Cooper Charles as strategic development executive.
Cooper Charles’ role will cover two areas: the development and delivery of Screen Yorkshire’s new Film Office (launching later this year), and exploring strategic opportunities for delivering the company’s five-year growth plan for the sector.
Cooper Charles was most recently head of film at Creative England where she moved from heading up the Film Enterprise fund to taking overall responsibility for the company’s production and development activities. She stepped down from the role...
- 5/17/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
IMAX has inked a deal with Vox Cinemas, the Middle East’s largest exhibitor, for a minimum of four new theatres in Saudi Arabia. Four theatres will be added to new multiplexes in Riyadh. The first IMAX theatre has opened at Vox Cinemas’ Riyadh Park Mall venue. Vox Cinemas was awarded its licence to operate cinemas in the Kingdom and plans to invest SAR2B (Us$533.3M) to open 600 screens in Saudi Arabia over the next five years. Today’s agreement brings the IMAX contracted network in Saudi Arabia to at least five, with two currently open.
Kelly Macdonald’s Puzzle, which is directed by Big Beach principal Marc Turtletaub and was picked up earlier this year by Sony Pictures, will open the Edinburgh International Film Festival. The drama will be joined at the Scottish festival, which runs June 20 through July 1, by Anna And The Apocalypse, Jack Lowden-fronted thriller...
Kelly Macdonald’s Puzzle, which is directed by Big Beach principal Marc Turtletaub and was picked up earlier this year by Sony Pictures, will open the Edinburgh International Film Festival. The drama will be joined at the Scottish festival, which runs June 20 through July 1, by Anna And The Apocalypse, Jack Lowden-fronted thriller...
- 5/15/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
The hub will use the money as seed funding with a view to growing the region’s creative industries.
The BFI has awarded $185,000 of National Lottery funding to the Yorkshire Screen Industries Hub through its Creative Clusters Fund.
Hub members Screen Yorkshire, Game Republic and Sheffield Doc/Fest have drawn investment from local authorities and universities to match the BFI’s level of funding, meaning the overall investment in the area will be $370,000.
That money will go into a pot to be managed by Yorkshire Screen Industries Hub and will be used as seed funding for business planning and research with a view to creating a strategy to grow infrastructure and skills in the region’s creative sector.
The BFI’s award is part of the Creative Clusters Fund’s initiative to support the development and economic growth of the UK’s creative industries outside of London.
Amanda Nevill, chief executive of the BFI, said: “There...
The BFI has awarded $185,000 of National Lottery funding to the Yorkshire Screen Industries Hub through its Creative Clusters Fund.
Hub members Screen Yorkshire, Game Republic and Sheffield Doc/Fest have drawn investment from local authorities and universities to match the BFI’s level of funding, meaning the overall investment in the area will be $370,000.
That money will go into a pot to be managed by Yorkshire Screen Industries Hub and will be used as seed funding for business planning and research with a view to creating a strategy to grow infrastructure and skills in the region’s creative sector.
The BFI’s award is part of the Creative Clusters Fund’s initiative to support the development and economic growth of the UK’s creative industries outside of London.
Amanda Nevill, chief executive of the BFI, said: “There...
- 2/10/2016
- ScreenDaily
The BFI has awarded National Lottery funding to the Yorkshire Screen Industries Hub through its Creative Clusters Challenge Fund which aims to support the growth of emerging screen sector centers outside London and the South-East and enable the UK film, TV and games industry to expand and maintain its competitiveness in a global industry.
The Yorkshire Screen Industries Hub which comprises a consortium of organizations in Yorkshire and the Humber will receive £127,000 through the BFI’s Creative Clusters Fund as seed funding for a plan to expand the region’s creative sector infrastructure and skills base, attract further private investment and enable the region to complement Media City and the North East in expanding its growing and vibrant screen and media industries. The BFI Award is matched by regional partners to create a total investment of £254,000.
Leeds has the greatest digital and creative business growth in the region; the creative industries represent York’s fastest growing sector; Sheffield is an international hub for documentary and digital media; and Hull features as one of the top 16 digital clusters in the Tech Nation 2015 report Powering the Digital Economy.
The Yorkshire Screen Industries Hub consortium partners Screen Yorkshire, Game Republic and Sheffield International Documentary Festival (Sheffield Doc/Fest) have drawn match funding from the cities of Bradford, Hull, Leeds, Sheffield and York; the local authorities for Calderdale, Harrogate and Kirklees and six leading UK universities – Bradford, Huddersfield, Hull, Leeds Beckett, Sheffield Hallam and York. Lead industry bodies including Creative Skillset, Tiga and Ukie are supporting the creative cluster bid alongside industry partners and businesses including Warp Films, True North, Daisybeck Studios, Prime Studios, Fettle Animation, 104 Films and Revolution Software.
Amanda Nevill, Chief Executive of the BFI says, “There’s something exciting happening in Yorkshire’s screen sector and there is huge potential in this dynamic region, so we’re thrilled to support such a range of fantastic partners who have come together with one common goal: to ensure Yorkshire’s burgeoning screen industries continue to grow and flourish. The UK’s screen industries are thriving and if we are to support future growth it is vital that more areas outside London become international hubs - this support for Yorkshire is significant and we look forward to announcing further Creative Clusters in the coming months.”
Sally Joynson, Chief Executive at Screen Yorkshire says, “This is fantastic news for everyone working in the film, TV and gaming sectors in Yorkshire, now and in the future. It’s a huge vote of confidence in our screen industries and will enable us to build a compelling case for further investment in the sector. Over the last three years alone, Screen Yorkshire has invested more than £14 million into 38 feature films and TV programs, including the new feature film 'Dad’s Army,' award-winning TV drama 'Peaky Blinders' and BAFTA™ nominated feature '’71.'
“We’ll be embarking on a program of work from January 2016, in partnership with industry leaders Game Republic and Sheffield Doc/Fest, to shape the region’s screen landscape for years to come; stimulating economic growth, creating new jobs and helping us to nurture a new generation of talent helping to establish Yorkshire as a global center for film, television and gaming.”
Yorkshire has seen a surge in production of major feature films and TV productions establishing a strong reputation for the region’s production facilities, crews, talent and locations. Screen Yorkshire’s own investment in 38 film and TV productions through the Yorkshire Content Fund has generated over £40 million of spend on the region’s businesses, services and talent. Major films which have been made in Yorkshire include "Dad’s Army" currently number one at the UK box office following its release on Friday (5 February) and the upcoming adaptation of "Swallows and Amazons" as well as "Testament of Youth," "A Royal Night Out," and the award-winning "’71." Major TV productions made in the region include the multi award-winning TV series "Peaky Blinders," "Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell," "An Inspector Calls," "Jericho," "Victoria," "Happy Valley" and "This is England."
Yorkshire and Humber also has a strong video games ecosystem which includes business network Game Republic, as well as major internationally-recognized games studios including Team17, Sumo Digital and Revolution Software, as well as informal groups such as GaMaYo, and smaller independent start-ups such as Red Kite Games and Boneloaf. Yorkshire and Humber is also home to Games Britannia, an award-winning video games education festival hosted by Sheffield Hallam, and the innovative and exciting Platform Expos in Hull.
The region also has strong international business and cultural links including with emerging markets for the creative sector. Sheffield Doc/Fest, a world leading documentary festival that celebrates the art and business of documentary, welcomes over 30,000 documentary-makers and film lovers each June, including 3,500 industry delegates from more than 60 countries. Bradford is the first city in the world to be a Unesco City of Film; Bradford and York are connected with 69 cities in 32 countries through the Unesco Creative Cities Network; the region’s university and college partners have forged partnerships with Mumbai, Malaysia and China; and York is also a member of the Connecting Cities media arts network which encourages collaboration with cities spanning Berlin to Sao Paulo and Helsinki to Melbourne.
The screen industries are one of the UK’s biggest success stories delivering significant economic and cultural benefits to the UK - the BFI’s statistics for last year showed that over £1.4 billion was spent on film and high-end TV production in the UK alone. London and the South East are central to the UK’s success as it is where the vast majority of screen businesses are based but to sustain growth in this fast-growing sector and maintain the UK’s international competitiveness, developing capacity outside the capital and the South East is essential. Capitalising on the creative, technological and business development opportunities that are generating growth elsewhere in the UK is central to the BFI’s UK-wide ambitions and strategy for the UK’s film and screen sector.
The BFI’s Creative Cluster Challenge Fund was launched in summer 2015 to encourage and support emerging screen industry clusters (film, television, animation and video games) outside London and the South East. The award to the Yorkshire region follows a competitive applications process. The BFI intends to re-open applications to the fund, for a second round of awards, in May 2016.
The North of England is home to 15 million people comparable to 17 million in London and the South East combined.
The Yorkshire Screen Industries Hub which comprises a consortium of organizations in Yorkshire and the Humber will receive £127,000 through the BFI’s Creative Clusters Fund as seed funding for a plan to expand the region’s creative sector infrastructure and skills base, attract further private investment and enable the region to complement Media City and the North East in expanding its growing and vibrant screen and media industries. The BFI Award is matched by regional partners to create a total investment of £254,000.
Leeds has the greatest digital and creative business growth in the region; the creative industries represent York’s fastest growing sector; Sheffield is an international hub for documentary and digital media; and Hull features as one of the top 16 digital clusters in the Tech Nation 2015 report Powering the Digital Economy.
The Yorkshire Screen Industries Hub consortium partners Screen Yorkshire, Game Republic and Sheffield International Documentary Festival (Sheffield Doc/Fest) have drawn match funding from the cities of Bradford, Hull, Leeds, Sheffield and York; the local authorities for Calderdale, Harrogate and Kirklees and six leading UK universities – Bradford, Huddersfield, Hull, Leeds Beckett, Sheffield Hallam and York. Lead industry bodies including Creative Skillset, Tiga and Ukie are supporting the creative cluster bid alongside industry partners and businesses including Warp Films, True North, Daisybeck Studios, Prime Studios, Fettle Animation, 104 Films and Revolution Software.
Amanda Nevill, Chief Executive of the BFI says, “There’s something exciting happening in Yorkshire’s screen sector and there is huge potential in this dynamic region, so we’re thrilled to support such a range of fantastic partners who have come together with one common goal: to ensure Yorkshire’s burgeoning screen industries continue to grow and flourish. The UK’s screen industries are thriving and if we are to support future growth it is vital that more areas outside London become international hubs - this support for Yorkshire is significant and we look forward to announcing further Creative Clusters in the coming months.”
Sally Joynson, Chief Executive at Screen Yorkshire says, “This is fantastic news for everyone working in the film, TV and gaming sectors in Yorkshire, now and in the future. It’s a huge vote of confidence in our screen industries and will enable us to build a compelling case for further investment in the sector. Over the last three years alone, Screen Yorkshire has invested more than £14 million into 38 feature films and TV programs, including the new feature film 'Dad’s Army,' award-winning TV drama 'Peaky Blinders' and BAFTA™ nominated feature '’71.'
“We’ll be embarking on a program of work from January 2016, in partnership with industry leaders Game Republic and Sheffield Doc/Fest, to shape the region’s screen landscape for years to come; stimulating economic growth, creating new jobs and helping us to nurture a new generation of talent helping to establish Yorkshire as a global center for film, television and gaming.”
Yorkshire has seen a surge in production of major feature films and TV productions establishing a strong reputation for the region’s production facilities, crews, talent and locations. Screen Yorkshire’s own investment in 38 film and TV productions through the Yorkshire Content Fund has generated over £40 million of spend on the region’s businesses, services and talent. Major films which have been made in Yorkshire include "Dad’s Army" currently number one at the UK box office following its release on Friday (5 February) and the upcoming adaptation of "Swallows and Amazons" as well as "Testament of Youth," "A Royal Night Out," and the award-winning "’71." Major TV productions made in the region include the multi award-winning TV series "Peaky Blinders," "Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell," "An Inspector Calls," "Jericho," "Victoria," "Happy Valley" and "This is England."
Yorkshire and Humber also has a strong video games ecosystem which includes business network Game Republic, as well as major internationally-recognized games studios including Team17, Sumo Digital and Revolution Software, as well as informal groups such as GaMaYo, and smaller independent start-ups such as Red Kite Games and Boneloaf. Yorkshire and Humber is also home to Games Britannia, an award-winning video games education festival hosted by Sheffield Hallam, and the innovative and exciting Platform Expos in Hull.
The region also has strong international business and cultural links including with emerging markets for the creative sector. Sheffield Doc/Fest, a world leading documentary festival that celebrates the art and business of documentary, welcomes over 30,000 documentary-makers and film lovers each June, including 3,500 industry delegates from more than 60 countries. Bradford is the first city in the world to be a Unesco City of Film; Bradford and York are connected with 69 cities in 32 countries through the Unesco Creative Cities Network; the region’s university and college partners have forged partnerships with Mumbai, Malaysia and China; and York is also a member of the Connecting Cities media arts network which encourages collaboration with cities spanning Berlin to Sao Paulo and Helsinki to Melbourne.
The screen industries are one of the UK’s biggest success stories delivering significant economic and cultural benefits to the UK - the BFI’s statistics for last year showed that over £1.4 billion was spent on film and high-end TV production in the UK alone. London and the South East are central to the UK’s success as it is where the vast majority of screen businesses are based but to sustain growth in this fast-growing sector and maintain the UK’s international competitiveness, developing capacity outside the capital and the South East is essential. Capitalising on the creative, technological and business development opportunities that are generating growth elsewhere in the UK is central to the BFI’s UK-wide ambitions and strategy for the UK’s film and screen sector.
The BFI’s Creative Cluster Challenge Fund was launched in summer 2015 to encourage and support emerging screen industry clusters (film, television, animation and video games) outside London and the South East. The award to the Yorkshire region follows a competitive applications process. The BFI intends to re-open applications to the fund, for a second round of awards, in May 2016.
The North of England is home to 15 million people comparable to 17 million in London and the South East combined.
- 2/10/2016
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Speakers to discuss emerging cinema trends at conference in Manchester, UK.
Film exhibition innovation conference This Way Up (Dec 2-3) is to return for a second year at a new venue, the Home cinema in Manchester, and has unveiled its programme of events and speakers.
The two-day event will include workshops, labs, panel discussions and keynotes, exploring emerging trends, models and ideas currently impacting the sector.
Keynotes will be presented by Anna Higgs, former head of Film4.0 and executive producer of High-Rise, The Duke of Burgundy, A Field in England; BBC director of audiences Nick North; and National Theatre of Scotland producer Marianne Maxwell.
Topics under discussion will include the rise of event cinema and alternative content; generating audience loyalty through different pricing models; embracing user-generated video; if the power of the film critic is dwindling; and the use of data in exhibition.
Other topics will explore if documentary is being sidelined by theatres; the use of...
Film exhibition innovation conference This Way Up (Dec 2-3) is to return for a second year at a new venue, the Home cinema in Manchester, and has unveiled its programme of events and speakers.
The two-day event will include workshops, labs, panel discussions and keynotes, exploring emerging trends, models and ideas currently impacting the sector.
Keynotes will be presented by Anna Higgs, former head of Film4.0 and executive producer of High-Rise, The Duke of Burgundy, A Field in England; BBC director of audiences Nick North; and National Theatre of Scotland producer Marianne Maxwell.
Topics under discussion will include the rise of event cinema and alternative content; generating audience loyalty through different pricing models; embracing user-generated video; if the power of the film critic is dwindling; and the use of data in exhibition.
Other topics will explore if documentary is being sidelined by theatres; the use of...
- 11/11/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Repurposed Raf site to host Mammoth Screen production starring Jenna Coleman.
Mammoth Screen’s ITV drama series Victoria will be the first production to shoot at new film and TV facility Yorkshire Studios.
Filming on the seven-month shoot starring Jenna Coleman (Doctor Who) is set to commence this month.
The high-end, eight-part drama from Poldark producers Mammoth follows the early life of Queen Victoria, from her ascension to the throne at the tender age of 18, through to her courtship and marriage to Prince Albert.
Victoria went on to rule for 63 years, and was our longest serving monarch until she was overtaken by Queen Elizabeth II last month.
In June, Screen and Broadcast revealed the repurposing of Raf Church Fenton as a 100,000 sq ft shooting facility after Peaky Blinders backers Screen Yorkshire secured a deal with property investors Makin Enterprises.
Mammoth Screen’s MD Damien Timmer said: “Yorkshire Studios give us all the space we need for...
Mammoth Screen’s ITV drama series Victoria will be the first production to shoot at new film and TV facility Yorkshire Studios.
Filming on the seven-month shoot starring Jenna Coleman (Doctor Who) is set to commence this month.
The high-end, eight-part drama from Poldark producers Mammoth follows the early life of Queen Victoria, from her ascension to the throne at the tender age of 18, through to her courtship and marriage to Prince Albert.
Victoria went on to rule for 63 years, and was our longest serving monarch until she was overtaken by Queen Elizabeth II last month.
In June, Screen and Broadcast revealed the repurposing of Raf Church Fenton as a 100,000 sq ft shooting facility after Peaky Blinders backers Screen Yorkshire secured a deal with property investors Makin Enterprises.
Mammoth Screen’s MD Damien Timmer said: “Yorkshire Studios give us all the space we need for...
- 10/5/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Raf Church Fenton to become 100,000 sq ft shooting facility.
UK funding body Screen Yorkshire, backers of hit series Peaky Blinders and upcoming film Dad’s Army, has struck a deal with property investors Makin Enterprises to convert the former Raf site in Church Fenton, Yorkshire, into a film and TV production facility.
‘Yorkshire Studios’ will see the 100,000 sq ft air base repurposed - depending on council approval - as a shoot facility comprising production and office space, garages, workshops, parking, roadways and runways.
The location, 16 miles from Leeds and 150 miles from London, is situated within 440 acres of clear vistas and comprises three aircraft hangars with energy throughout the site.
While the hangars have a multi-skin roof there is no studio specific soundproofing or lighting rig but the two largest hangars do have load-bearing cranage overhead.
The site, which is being touted as ready-to-use, is already attracting interest from industry.
Screen Yorkshire’s head...
UK funding body Screen Yorkshire, backers of hit series Peaky Blinders and upcoming film Dad’s Army, has struck a deal with property investors Makin Enterprises to convert the former Raf site in Church Fenton, Yorkshire, into a film and TV production facility.
‘Yorkshire Studios’ will see the 100,000 sq ft air base repurposed - depending on council approval - as a shoot facility comprising production and office space, garages, workshops, parking, roadways and runways.
The location, 16 miles from Leeds and 150 miles from London, is situated within 440 acres of clear vistas and comprises three aircraft hangars with energy throughout the site.
While the hangars have a multi-skin roof there is no studio specific soundproofing or lighting rig but the two largest hangars do have load-bearing cranage overhead.
The site, which is being touted as ready-to-use, is already attracting interest from industry.
Screen Yorkshire’s head...
- 6/4/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Catch Me Daddy, X+Y also among locally-shot films at the festival.
The 28th Leeds International Film Festival (Nov 5 -20) will open with period drama Testament of Youth, which leads the festival’s biggest line-up of films produced in Yorkshire.
Backed by Screen Yorkshire and filmed primarily in the region, the adaptation of Vera Brittain’s iconic First World War memoir stars Alicia Vikander, Kit Harington, Dominic West and Emily Watson.
Other backers on the James Kent-directed drama include BBC Films, BFI, Ingenious, Nordisk Film Production and LipSync. David Heyman and Rosie Alison produce for Heyday Films.
Cannes selection Catch Me Daddy and Toronto hit X+Y, both backed by Screen Yorkshire’s Yorkshire Content Fund, will also screen at the festival.
LIFF28’s opening night will showcase a double bill of Yorkshire-shot films with the world premiere of The Taking in the festival’s Fanomenon horror and cult film strand. The thriller...
The 28th Leeds International Film Festival (Nov 5 -20) will open with period drama Testament of Youth, which leads the festival’s biggest line-up of films produced in Yorkshire.
Backed by Screen Yorkshire and filmed primarily in the region, the adaptation of Vera Brittain’s iconic First World War memoir stars Alicia Vikander, Kit Harington, Dominic West and Emily Watson.
Other backers on the James Kent-directed drama include BBC Films, BFI, Ingenious, Nordisk Film Production and LipSync. David Heyman and Rosie Alison produce for Heyday Films.
Cannes selection Catch Me Daddy and Toronto hit X+Y, both backed by Screen Yorkshire’s Yorkshire Content Fund, will also screen at the festival.
LIFF28’s opening night will showcase a double bill of Yorkshire-shot films with the world premiere of The Taking in the festival’s Fanomenon horror and cult film strand. The thriller...
- 10/2/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: ‘71, Death Comes to Pemberley backer aims to invest £1m+ into more productions.
Screen Yorkshire has secured a further £7.5m ($12.3m) from the European Regional Development Fund (Erdf) to invest in film, TV, games and digital production.
The finance boost will be matched by private sector investors on a project-by-project basis.
The backers of ’71, Death Comes to Pemberley and The Great Train Robbery will also look to increase the number of projects in which it invests more than £1m, something it has done once to date.
The agency, which secured the same amount from the Erdf in early 2012, is also in talks with a number of games and digital companies regarding investments.
Since the launch of its Yorkshire Content Fund nearly two years ago, Screen Yorkshire has invested in 18 projects, including TV productions Peaky Blinders, The Great Train Robbery, Death Comes to Pemberley, Jamaica Inn, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell and Hank Zipzer.
Film investments...
Screen Yorkshire has secured a further £7.5m ($12.3m) from the European Regional Development Fund (Erdf) to invest in film, TV, games and digital production.
The finance boost will be matched by private sector investors on a project-by-project basis.
The backers of ’71, Death Comes to Pemberley and The Great Train Robbery will also look to increase the number of projects in which it invests more than £1m, something it has done once to date.
The agency, which secured the same amount from the Erdf in early 2012, is also in talks with a number of games and digital companies regarding investments.
Since the launch of its Yorkshire Content Fund nearly two years ago, Screen Yorkshire has invested in 18 projects, including TV productions Peaky Blinders, The Great Train Robbery, Death Comes to Pemberley, Jamaica Inn, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell and Hank Zipzer.
Film investments...
- 1/20/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Screen Yorkshire has announced that it will fund a new documentary movie with the working title Pulp & Sheffield.
Produced by Pistachio Pictures, the day-in-the-life film will centre around Jarvis Cocker's band's last gig, which took place at the Sheffield's Motorpoint Arena on December 8, 2012.
> Pulp storm second night at Brixton Academy
British Film Company founder Steve Milne said; "Music has been a big part of my life and we are delighted to be able to support this exciting project.
"It's the second feature documentary the new company has backed after BAFTA-nominated McCullin and the second music project after [Belle & Sebastian frontman] Stuart Murdoch's God Help The Girl, which is currently in post[-production]."
Despite previously hinting at plans for new material, Cocker more recently said that the band have no plans to record new songs.
"We haven't got anything planned after the New Year... we'll just be cruising off into the sunset. Seems poetic,...
Produced by Pistachio Pictures, the day-in-the-life film will centre around Jarvis Cocker's band's last gig, which took place at the Sheffield's Motorpoint Arena on December 8, 2012.
> Pulp storm second night at Brixton Academy
British Film Company founder Steve Milne said; "Music has been a big part of my life and we are delighted to be able to support this exciting project.
"It's the second feature documentary the new company has backed after BAFTA-nominated McCullin and the second music project after [Belle & Sebastian frontman] Stuart Murdoch's God Help The Girl, which is currently in post[-production]."
Despite previously hinting at plans for new material, Cocker more recently said that the band have no plans to record new songs.
"We haven't got anything planned after the New Year... we'll just be cruising off into the sunset. Seems poetic,...
- 6/27/2013
- Digital Spy
Look out for the Peaky Blinders all over the county this autumn. It's only fair, what with Highclere Castle and Bampton in Oxfordshire pretending to be up north
You may have thought that flat caps were as dead as cobbled streets and mass whippet-keeping, but don't be too sure. The BBC is going to unload six hours of them on to us all next year via its big-budget TV drama Peaky Blinders.
This excellent name comes from a gang of thugs in Birmingham and the story is centred on the capital of the Midlands in the dangerous confusion which followed the end of the First World War. As the BBC publicity says, we are in for 'Gangs, Guns, Communists, Returning Soldiers and Revolutionaries….' The thing which binds them together is flat caps.
The 'peaky blinder' tag makes this essential to the plot because, as the producers say, the name...
You may have thought that flat caps were as dead as cobbled streets and mass whippet-keeping, but don't be too sure. The BBC is going to unload six hours of them on to us all next year via its big-budget TV drama Peaky Blinders.
This excellent name comes from a gang of thugs in Birmingham and the story is centred on the capital of the Midlands in the dangerous confusion which followed the end of the First World War. As the BBC publicity says, we are in for 'Gangs, Guns, Communists, Returning Soldiers and Revolutionaries….' The thing which binds them together is flat caps.
The 'peaky blinder' tag makes this essential to the plot because, as the producers say, the name...
- 9/25/2012
- by Martin Wainwright
- The Guardian - Film News
Agency that helped awards favourite with locations says up to 15 of its 19 staff could lose their jobs; and BFI magazine's future is also under threat
On Sunday, Colin Firth's performance as King George VI won him a best actor award at the Golden Globes. Yesterday, the film was nominated for 14 Baftas. But the royal flush of good fortune for The King's Speech, the box office smash about the monarch's struggle to overcome a stutter, looks to have come to an abrupt halt with the news that more than three-quarters of the staff of the agency that supported it may lose their jobs.
Screen Yorkshire, which oiled the wheels of the film's shoot in the county, said that up to 15 of its 19 staff could be made redundant as part of a staffing review triggered by what its chief executive, Sally Joynson, called "challenging times".
A £10.2m contract to promote and...
On Sunday, Colin Firth's performance as King George VI won him a best actor award at the Golden Globes. Yesterday, the film was nominated for 14 Baftas. But the royal flush of good fortune for The King's Speech, the box office smash about the monarch's struggle to overcome a stutter, looks to have come to an abrupt halt with the news that more than three-quarters of the staff of the agency that supported it may lose their jobs.
Screen Yorkshire, which oiled the wheels of the film's shoot in the county, said that up to 15 of its 19 staff could be made redundant as part of a staffing review triggered by what its chief executive, Sally Joynson, called "challenging times".
A £10.2m contract to promote and...
- 1/19/2011
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
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