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Hollywood creatives and the technology community discussed the game-changing impact of one of the world's most exponential growth sectors at the fourth AI On The Lot conference in Los Angeles, which itself almost doubled attendance year-on-year.
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Your expert guide to filming in Japan 📽️
Japan has set its sights on being a top destination for international productions, thanks to an expanded incentive, breathtaking locations and hard-working crews.
The country's iconic locations are its biggest draw; from unique mountainscapes and urban areas, to hot springs and beaches, temples and shrines.
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Industrial Light & magic (ILM) has revealed that the end of the Hollywood strikes cast a powerful spell on the fortunes of its UK division as its revenues rose 2.9% to a record £94.3m in the year to September 27, 2025, fuelled by work on a string of blockbusters including 'Superman' and 'Jurassic World Rebirth'.
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UK film production spend dipped in the first three months of 2026 to £563m, an 11% decrease on the £632m first reported for the equivalent period in 2025.
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Nicolas Winding Refn is teaming up with Mubi on his next feature, a contemporary reincarnation of cult horror franchise 'Maniac Cop'.
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Laïla Marrakchi's 'Strawberries' follows two women who leave their native Morocco and cross over to neighbouring southern Spain with dreams of good pay and a better future.
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Maxine Peake and Gemma Jones are to star in Sheree Folkson's uplifting drama 'The bright Side Running Club', with Altitude launching sales at Cannes.
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EU commissioner Henna Virkunnen said the film industry "shouldn't be too nervous" about future funding for European films under the proposed AgoraEU programme.
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Anonymous Content president and CEO Darren Walker has pledged to double the number of European features from the US production and management company within 12 months.
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'The Magic Faraway Tree' is becoming a franchise with two sequels in the works from the UK's Neal Street Productions and Elysian Film Group and US-based Palisades Park Pictures is talking to distributors in Cannes.
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The Netherlands Film Fund has made its first investments under new CEO, Iwona Chronis, who started in the job earlier this month.
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The national board of SAG-AFTRA has approved the union's tentative deal with US studios and streamers and revealed some details of the four-year agreement.
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Your expert guide to filming in India 📷
Due to its diverse landscapes, low costs and skilled local workforce, India has always attracted a steady flow of international film and TV productions.
India’s locations are as diverse as the country is large, from the imposing Himalayas, arid Thar desert in Rajasthan and backwaters of Kerala to the dense forests of Madhya Pradesh, the snaking rivers across the Deccan plateau, eye-widening valleys of Himachal Pradesh and the pristine Gangetic deltas of the Sundarbans in Bengal.
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Ten years after its big global expansion, Netflix has released a report touting what the streaming giant says has been its contribution of more than $325 billion to the global economy over the decade and investment of more than $135 billion in films and series.
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UK writer-director-actor Mackenzie Crook will make his feature directorial debut, 'Mars Express (working title), with his 'Detectorists' co-star Toby Jones attached to lead.
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Florence Push will star in and produce an adaptation of Matt Haigh's best-selling book 'The Midnight Library', with Australian 'Lion' filmmaker Garth Davis attached to direct.
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