Oscar-nominated screenwriter chooses winner of South West Screenwriting CompetitionTuesday 16 October 2007, Bristol, UKOscar-nominated screenwriter Bill Nicholson (‘Gladiator’, ‘Shadowlands’, ‘Elizabeth: The Golden Age’) today announced Patrick Evans as the winner of South West Screen’s ‘Screenwriter Development Competition’.129 budding writers from the South West of England region submitted screenplays for the

Young filmmakers hail the death of cinema and DVDTomorrow's filmmakers predict a shift to online film distributionLondon, 10 July: New research released today by Vividas, the provider of full-screen video streaming technology, finds that 83 per cent of the next generation of filmmakers expect most film distribution to be online.

Search Is On For UK's Slam Champion 22 May 07Theatre Royal Stratford East from 27th of June – 1st of JulyTheatre Royal Stratford East is looking for the hottest Spoken Word artists to take part in this year’s UK Slam Championship. So if you have what

Screen East launches £2.25 millionContent Investment Fund at the Cannes Film FestivalRegional Screen Agency, Screen East launched an exciting new £2.25 million Content Investment Fund at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday 19 May with internationally celebrated director Michael Winterbottom and producer Andrew Eaton officially announcing the scheme which is

Screen East launches £2.25 million Content Investment Fund at the Cannes Film FestivalRegional Screen Agency, Screen East launches an exciting new £2.25 million Content Investment Fund at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday 19 May with internationally celebrated director Michael Winterbottom and producer Andrew Eaton officially announcing the scheme which

CASTING IS ON FOR ENGLAND’S MOST ENTERPRISING ARTS ENTREPRENEURSNational Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship, Northern Edge, and Arts Council England to select 40 social entrepreneurs to take centre stageApplications now being acceptedAspiring entrepreneurs with a flair for the arts will have the chance to turn their business ideas into fully-fledged social

The BBC today launched New Music Shorts 2007 – an initiative offering aspiring filmmakers a £5,000 budget to make a music-based short film with a professional production company and have it premiered at the BBC Electric Proms festival in October.BBC Electric Proms, BBC Film Network and BBC New Talent are

Simultaneous release of film in Cinema and DVD will boost studio revenues – but optimal distribution strategy differs between countriesFilm studios in the US can boost revenues by 16 if films are released simultaneously in cinemas, on rental DVD and through video-on-demand (VOD), a global study shows for the first

Jason Korsner reporting from Los Angeles. Photos available at http://www.ukscreen.com/gallery.htm?user=jkinla.One of the most highly regarded film directors in modern cinema has finally joined the top echelon of the film industry - Martin Scorsese picked up the Best Director Oscar at this year's ceremony at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood. His