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Empire Awards winners announced
by Amber Wilkinson - 14 Mar 2006
King Kong scoops best movie at glitzy awards bash.
BAA award winners announced
by Amber Wilkinson - 14 Mar 2006
Corpse Bride pips Wallace and Gromit to top gong.
Poole your efforts
by Amber Wilkinson - 15 Feb 2006
Short film competition calls for entries
Birds Eye View launches on International Women's Day
by Amber Wilkinson - 08 Mar 2006
Festival showcasing the best females in film-making kicks off at NFT on March 8
Wallace and Gromit grab top awards
by Amber Wilkinson - 12 Feb 2006
Aardman film sweeps board at Annie Awards
No sex, please, we're Sundance?
by Amber Wilkinson - 17 Jan 2006
Edgy Mexican film expelled from Eccles Theatre due to explicit scenes.
Sundance gets its shorts on
by Amber Wilkinson - 11 Jan 2006
Film festival expands online coverage to include streaming of 47 short films.
Peak practice
by Amber Wilkinson - 11 Jan 2006
Scots mountaineering film festival urges professional and amateur filmmakers to submit work.
Channel 4 launch teenager competition
by Amber Wilkinson - 16 Dec 2005
Broadcaster hooks up with NSPCC to offer nationwide film-making award
Finalists announced for 2006 Sundance/NHK International Awards
by Amber Wilkinson - 16 Dec 2005
10th anniversary of the gongs for new artists in international cinema.
French toast for festival director
by Amber Wilkinson - 23 Nov 2005
Film Fest chief awarded top cultural gong.
Pocket a £2k prize
by Amber Wilkinson - 20 Nov 2005
Competition call for filmmaker entries from northern England
Cardiff Screen Festival celebrates 17th year
by Amber Wilkinson - 12 Nov 2005
New innovations include audience award and free short films in fest which runs from November 9 to 19.
Scots debut documentary heads for Holland
by Amber Wilkinson - 09 Nov 2005
Filmmaker has 40-minute film accepted for Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival
It's Grimm up north for Leeds Film Festival
by Amber Wilkinson - 08 Nov 2005
Terry Gilliam film launches Festival which runs from November 3 to 13
49th London Film Festival winners
by Amber Wilkinson - 06 Nov 2005
The long and short of the awards
Scottish Screen calls students
by Amber Wilkinson - 05 Nov 2005
Prizes on offer for film completed at college
UK research to improve film animation
by Amber Wilkinson - 03 Nov 2005
Bradford University gets £300k grant for modelling work
Andrea Arnold shoots Red Road in Glasgow
by Amber Wilkinson - 03 Nov 2005
Award-winning short film-maker chooses city for debut feature
Juggling Act A Hit
by Amber Wilkinson - 07 Oct 2005
Film made by young Scottish Sikhs is selected for screening at Canadian Festival
Silence Celebrated
by Amber Wilkinson - 07 Oct 2005
Glasgow Film Theatre to showcase silent film.
Smirnoff Shorts
by Amber Wilkinson - 07 Oct 2005
Winners of Reel Talent Award announced.
Oscar hope for Scottish short
by Amber Wilkinson - 04 Oct 2005
LA Festival win sees Elephant Boy considered for Academy nomination
Glasgow Short Cuts
by Amber Wilkinson - 02 Oct 2005
Edinburgh short film showcase The Blue Room heads west on October 4
Scottish Screen to spread wings
by Amber Wilkinson - 28 Sep 2005
Agency heralds 'new era' in TV and new media
Film revenue boosts UK Economy
by Amber Wilkinson - 27 Sep 2005
Movies contribute more than £3 billion to treasury coffers
Films with bite
by Amber Wilkinson - 22 Sep 2005
Bradford celebrates world cinema in Bite The Mango festival from September 23 to 29.
Resfest's long and short of it
by Amber Wilkinson - 18 Sep 2005
International multi-media festival launches UK and Ireland tour in London on September 28
Connery honoured in Europe
by Amber Wilkinson - 17 Sep 2005
Scots star to receive lifetime achievement award from Academy
Crossing Borders in Berwick
by Amber Wilkinson - 16 Sep 2005
Film and Media Arts Festival showcase explores the subject of boundaries - real and imagined - from September 16 to 25
Birds on tour
by Amber Wilkinson - 16 Sep 2005
The groundbreaking Birds Eye View Festival sends showcase on tour
Do you want to see something really scary?
by Amber Wilkinson - 14 Aug 2005
Then head for London's annual FrightFest this August bank holiday weekend
59th Edinburgh International Film Festival Coverage
by Amber Wilkinson - 12 Aug 2005
Read all the latest news and reviews with our comprehensive coverage
Leith holds first ever film festival
by Amber Wilkinson - 07 Aug 2005
Local church aims to bring free film to the community and encourage film-makers with 24 hour film contest.
Boston Motion Picture Awards calls for entries
by Amber Wilkinson - 27 Jul 2005
BMPA pledge continued commitment to up-and-coming independent film-makers
Free Films in London
by Amber Wilkinson - 14 Jul 2005
National Theatre shows late night movies al fresco as part of its Watch This Space Festival
Jim Poole Award winners announced
by Amber Wilkinson - 01 Jun 2005
Watching nets annual award for short film
Old Boy roars to success in Tigers
by Amber Wilkinson - 21 May 2005
Revenge drama nets top award in new Asian film competition
Media in spotlight for Filmhouse season
by Amber Wilkinson - 04 May 2005
Edinburgh cinema season focuses on films with a journalistic link
New prize for first-time directors
by Amber Wilkinson - 28 Apr 2005
Tiscali launches £1,000 Raindance competition
Ray Charles charity tribute concert
by Amber Wilkinson - 27 Mar 2005
Action Trust for Blind host Hammersmith fundraising concert on May 16th
Bright sparks in town
by Amber Wilkinson - 17 Dec 2006
Channel 4's IdeasFactory runs three days of events for film-makers in Scots capital from April 4 to 6
Filmmakers welcome Brown's budget
by Amber Wilkinson - 18 Mar 2005
Chancellor promises new tax credits
Smirnoff announce Reel Talent Award
by Amber Wilkinson - 16 Mar 2005
Free to enter competition has top prize of £10,000 - entry deadline April 22
RESFEST seeks short film entrants
by Amber Wilkinson - 16 Mar 2005
Digital film festival on the hunt for innovative films for ninth annual tour.
Get a Bird's Eye view
by Amber Wilkinson - 17 Dec 2006
Groundbreaking London festival showcases work by women film-makers from March 8-13th
ITV and Cobra launch short film competition
by Amber Wilkinson - 06 Mar 2005
New competition will showcase winners on television - first prize a £5000 trip to India
Online Short Film Competition
by Amber Wilkinson - 03 Mar 2005
Tribeca Film Festival, Amazon and American Express launch online contest with $50,000 prize
Phone in your film entries
by Amber Wilkinson - 26 Nov 2004
Orange launch festival for mobile phone film-makers
Cat voted cream of crop in movie poll
by Amber Wilkinson - 21 Nov 2004
Puss in Boots voted top onscreen animal in magazine awards
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