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BAFTA award-winning and Oscar-nominated The Favourite producer Lee Magiday is set to produce the Film4 feature In the Shadows about Somali-born boxing champion Ramla Ali. Pic will be produced under Magiday’s newly founded production company Sleeper Films and Madeleine Sanderson (Being AP) of Curate Films. Emmy Award…

New Regency, Film4 and Warp Films are teaming on a feature version of UK stage musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, which will star Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?), Sharon Horgan (Catastrophe), Sarah Lancashire (Happy Valley), and newcomer Max Harwood as the lead. Fox will release worldwide. Inspired…

UK funding stalwart Film4 held its annual pre-Cannes bash last night in London where it teased footage of projects in production and whetted industry appetite for films in development. Film4 is a perennial presence during the awards season and at major festivals. The Favourite and Cold War scored 13 nominations with…

For the third year, the UK's three leading financiers, the BFI, BBC Films and Film4, in collaboration with the British Council and the UK government's 'Great' campaign, will be showcasing up-and-coming UK talent in Cannes via the ‘Great 8’ program. Scroll down for the lineup. Highlighted on Tuesday May 14 during a…

EXCLUSIVE: Hereditary star Toni Collette and Billions star Damian Lewis are to lead cast in UK race horse feature Dream Horse for American Animals and Three Identical Strangers outfit Raw. Euros Lyn, director on Sherlock, Happy Valley and Black Mirror, is helming the true story about a woman's dream to breed and raise…

Film4 executive Sam Lavender, who oversaw films including The Favourite and The Lobster, has joined Simon Maxwell's Endeavor Content-backed drama production company Motive Pictures. Lavender, who was a Senior Commissioning Editor at the Channel 4 film division, will join Motive Pictures as Executive Producer. He will…

In a significant industry move, we can reveal that Netflix has hired away STX’s President of International David Kosse to head up its own overseas film division. Kosse is joining Netflix as VP of International Film and will be leading a team out of the streaming giant’s London offices. He begins next month and will…

BAFTA has presented Special Awards to longstanding Film4 executive Sue Bruce-Smith and DoP Roger Pratt (Batman). Bruce-Smith, Deputy Director at Film4, was recognized with a Special Award for her outstanding contribution to British cinema with speakers at a Friday event including former Film4 boss Tessa Ross, BFI…

EXCLUSIVE: The British Film Institute (BFI), the UK’s lead organization for film, has appointed former STX and Film4 staffer Amy O’Hara as BFI Talent Executive at Film Hub North. She becomes one of seven nationwide Network talent executives. O'Hara will work alongside fellow Talent Executive Alice Ramsey to lead the…

Film4 has appointed experienced line producer Tori Parry as their permanent Head of Physical Production. Parry has been in the role since June on an interim basis, and succeeds Tracey Josephs who left the UK broadcaster to join The Ink Factory. Parry has 20 years' experience as a freelance co-producer, line producer…

Sony Pictures International Productions and Film4 have wrapped production on Michael Winterbottom (The Killer Inside Me) comedy Greed, starring Steve Coogan, Isla Fisher and David Mitchell. Also starring are Sophie Cookson, Shirley Henderson, Asa Butterfield, Sarah Solemani, Shanina Shaik, Dinita Gohil, Asim Chaudhry…

EXCLUSIVE: Morfydd Clark (Love And Friendship) and Jennifer Ehle (Zero Dark Thirty) have been set to lead cast in Film4 and BFI-backed psychological-thriller Saint Maud, which is now underway in the UK. Protagonist Pictures has boarded world sales on the project, which combines a handful of emerging UK industry. In…