‘Mena 360’ will spotlight the production and film financing opportunities in the Arab world.
The Cannes Market has partnered with Saudi Arabia’s Neom Media Industries and Arab Cinema Centre to host a conference on the fast-growing opportunities in production, finance and talent in the Middle East and North Africa.
Titled ’Mena 360: Accessing the Largest Untapped Market’ in the World, it will run as part of the Cannes Next programme and comprise three panels exploring the best ways for the international industry to secure financing, partners, locations and talent from the region.
Mena executives and talent due to speak on the panels include Wayne Borg,...
The Cannes Market has partnered with Saudi Arabia’s Neom Media Industries and Arab Cinema Centre to host a conference on the fast-growing opportunities in production, finance and talent in the Middle East and North Africa.
Titled ’Mena 360: Accessing the Largest Untapped Market’ in the World, it will run as part of the Cannes Next programme and comprise three panels exploring the best ways for the international industry to secure financing, partners, locations and talent from the region.
Mena executives and talent due to speak on the panels include Wayne Borg,...
- 5/11/2023
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
In his latest post for his Filmonomics blog, Slated Editorial Director Colin Brown makes the argument that the film industry needs to make more of its data available so that filmmakers -- and their distributors and sales agents -- can make more informed decisions on what kind of return other films have seen. He also shows off data that proves there's no clear correlation between budget and return on investment when it comes to film. So what do you think could be gained by having a little more big data into the film industry? Secrecy is such a hot-button issue right now that sales of Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four have seen a dramatic spike on Amazon. One might expect the same for video streams of Coppola’s The Conversation or sales of any new Big Brother-themed scripts currently doing the pitching rounds – except that we have no reliable way of knowing.
- 6/17/2013
- by Colin Brown
- Indiewire
The following article, from Colin Brown, Editorial Director of the film financing and dealmaking website Slated.com, explains why crowdfunding allowed Zach Braff's film "Wish I Was Here" to head to Cannes with a project with his desired stars attached and a film on its way to actually happening! To read more from Colin, check out his Filmonomics blog on Slated.com. They may not have realized this but more than forty-six thousand individuals – many of them ordinary Americans with no prior film industry knowledge – had a direct bearing on what has been happening this past week thousands of miles away at the Cannes Film Festival. Not so much on the rain-sodden red carpet action, as on the business dealings that went on in the makeshift offices of the French film sales company Wild Bunch just a short distance away from that nightly fusillade of flashbulbs. For it is...
- 5/29/2013
- by Colin Brown
- Indiewire
The following post is reprinted with permission from Slated.com's Filmonomics blog. It is written by Slated's Editorial Director Colin Brown. For the longest time the hottest stars in California were actors. These days they are software engineers. Such is the feeding frenzy for developer talent that top coders are now going all Hollywood themselves and engaging specialist agencies to guide their career development and negotiate with employers for better compensation. This being Silicon Valley, of course, such matchmaking is not left entirely to human intervention and backroom haggling. Among the new tools of the agency trade used by these tech-talent wranglers are those that track payment rates for jobs and cross-references that data with the time taken to complete assignments. At the same time, several “social recruitment” startups have sprung up that use algorithmic wizardry to ‘score’ individuals based on their workplace credentials. The...
- 4/29/2013
- by Colin Brown
- Indiewire
In this post from Slated.com's Filmonomics blog, Filmonomics Editorial Director Colin Brown explains why it's not completely ludicrous to suggest that the high-risk film world could use some angel investors. It should also be noted that getting angel investors is, in fact, Slated's bread-and-butter, so they have more than just a horse in this race. Let us know what you think about Brown's call for a "standardized, simplified, friction-free and open-book method for seeking out and seeding great new stories." The film world may not be fully acquainted yet with angel investors but the theatre world certainly is. Broadway, after all, is where that “angel” concept originated as far back as the early 1900s. Today, nearly a century since those proto-crowdfunders first started shaking the money tree, the angels’ halo effect has grown to extend way beyond The Great White Way. The very future of American business now depends...
- 4/15/2013
- by Colin Brown
- Indiewire
Colin Brown has been appointed Business Development Manager at Cutting Edge Digital.
Brown was previously at The Post Lounge, Big Fish Design and Nz’s Sauce. Brown’s expertise extends beyond traditional portal, vertical and social networking and video sites, to integration across mobile apps and digital products like Iptv.
Director of Cutting Edge Digital, Peter Laird said in a statement, “He’s a fantastic choice to drive growth for Cutting Edge Digital; just the right person to form the kind of strategic partnerships that will keep us at the forefront.”
Brown too is optimistic it’s the right place for him. He said, “This role is the perfect fit for my passion for all things digital. And joining a team that you know has worked so hard to earn their reputation makes my job of further developing their creative offering so much easier.”
Cutting Edge have recently worked on...
Brown was previously at The Post Lounge, Big Fish Design and Nz’s Sauce. Brown’s expertise extends beyond traditional portal, vertical and social networking and video sites, to integration across mobile apps and digital products like Iptv.
Director of Cutting Edge Digital, Peter Laird said in a statement, “He’s a fantastic choice to drive growth for Cutting Edge Digital; just the right person to form the kind of strategic partnerships that will keep us at the forefront.”
Brown too is optimistic it’s the right place for him. He said, “This role is the perfect fit for my passion for all things digital. And joining a team that you know has worked so hard to earn their reputation makes my job of further developing their creative offering so much easier.”
Cutting Edge have recently worked on...
- 8/3/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
It's been a schizophrenic day for the U.K. film industry. While grassroots activists could celebrate the return of BAFTA's documentary category, today also saw the exit of British Film Commissioner Colin Brown. Brown's departure wasn't a surprise; his salary came out of the U.K. Film Council, which closed last year to reduce costs. However, since he took the job four years ago he's served as one of the U.K.'s primary ...
- 6/14/2011
- Indiewire
Producer of Alexander and The A-Team to head revamped body responsible for attracting non-British productions to film in UK
The latest stage in the coalition government's reorganisation of the British film industry takes shape with the announcement that Iain Smith – producer of Alexander, Children of Men and The A-Team, among other films – has been appointed chair of the British Film Commission advisory board, the senior position in an organisation devoted to attracting non-British productions to film in the UK.
Until the abolition of the UK Film Council, the Office of the British Film Commission was based there, supervised by Colin Brown who was appointed commissioner in 2008. (The first British Film commissioner was Sir Sydney Samuelson, who was given the post in 1991.) As part of the coalition's shake-up, the Bfc has now been transferred to Film London, the film agency for the capital, and a new advisory board set up to control it.
The latest stage in the coalition government's reorganisation of the British film industry takes shape with the announcement that Iain Smith – producer of Alexander, Children of Men and The A-Team, among other films – has been appointed chair of the British Film Commission advisory board, the senior position in an organisation devoted to attracting non-British productions to film in the UK.
Until the abolition of the UK Film Council, the Office of the British Film Commission was based there, supervised by Colin Brown who was appointed commissioner in 2008. (The first British Film commissioner was Sir Sydney Samuelson, who was given the post in 1991.) As part of the coalition's shake-up, the Bfc has now been transferred to Film London, the film agency for the capital, and a new advisory board set up to control it.
- 3/31/2011
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
London -- By the end of 2010 movie production inward investment levels -- cash flowing into production from overseas -- may end up being slightly down on the previous year's record breaking tally of £753 million ($1.1 billion), according to the U.K. Film Council.
But while this year's totals may end up falling slightly short, the U.K. Film Council declared the sector in rude health with most indicators painting a rosy picture rather than a recession-hit gloomy one for filmmakers and those working in movie production.
The latest figures, published by the U.K. Film Council Wednesday, point to healthy levels of movie production across the board in the first half of 2010, with 51 projects starting in that time with a total U.K. spend of £643 million ($981.7 million).
During the same period of 2009, the sector posted 60 movie starts with a combined spend of £726.4 million ($1.1 billion).
With movies such as "Harry Potter and...
But while this year's totals may end up falling slightly short, the U.K. Film Council declared the sector in rude health with most indicators painting a rosy picture rather than a recession-hit gloomy one for filmmakers and those working in movie production.
The latest figures, published by the U.K. Film Council Wednesday, point to healthy levels of movie production across the board in the first half of 2010, with 51 projects starting in that time with a total U.K. spend of £643 million ($981.7 million).
During the same period of 2009, the sector posted 60 movie starts with a combined spend of £726.4 million ($1.1 billion).
With movies such as "Harry Potter and...
- 7/21/2010
- by By Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Gregory Peck at Pinewood Studios
When I think of Pinewood Studios, I think of James Bond movies, and I think of classic British cinema which has been around for years and I hope will be around for many more to come. Just look at this awesome image of Gregory Peck at Pinewood. Love it!
I’ve come across this excellent article over on Televisual magazine’s blog (Tim Dams’ to be more specific) which is titled ‘Hollywood Shoots Flock To The UK’. It looks specifically at movies that have been shot on our fair isle over the past couple of years and looks to the future which is, at the moment, looking as equally bright.
In the last two weeks alone, we’ve seen Universal Studios’ Robin Hood and Walt Disney Pictures / Jerry Bruckheimer Films’ Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time released in UK cinemas. To the general consumer,...
When I think of Pinewood Studios, I think of James Bond movies, and I think of classic British cinema which has been around for years and I hope will be around for many more to come. Just look at this awesome image of Gregory Peck at Pinewood. Love it!
I’ve come across this excellent article over on Televisual magazine’s blog (Tim Dams’ to be more specific) which is titled ‘Hollywood Shoots Flock To The UK’. It looks specifically at movies that have been shot on our fair isle over the past couple of years and looks to the future which is, at the moment, looking as equally bright.
In the last two weeks alone, we’ve seen Universal Studios’ Robin Hood and Walt Disney Pictures / Jerry Bruckheimer Films’ Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time released in UK cinemas. To the general consumer,...
- 5/21/2010
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
A story of an abused inner-city teenager trying to set her life right moved audiences and the jury at the Sundance Film Festival, as "Push: Based on the Novel by Sapphire," won both the grand jury award and the audience award in the U.S. dramatic competition in Park City.
The wins marked only the second time this decade that one film has taken both prizes -- Mexican-American coming-of-age tale "Quinceanera" did it in 2006 -- and proved another feather in the cap of the word-of-mouth sensation and its star, Gabourey Sidibe.
The movie, which Lee Daniels directed from a script by Damien Paul, picked up a third prize when Mo'Nique received a special jury award for her performance as an abusive mother. Cinetic Media is repping rights to the picture.
There were a number of multiple-award winners named when Jane Lynch hosted the...
The wins marked only the second time this decade that one film has taken both prizes -- Mexican-American coming-of-age tale "Quinceanera" did it in 2006 -- and proved another feather in the cap of the word-of-mouth sensation and its star, Gabourey Sidibe.
The movie, which Lee Daniels directed from a script by Damien Paul, picked up a third prize when Mo'Nique received a special jury award for her performance as an abusive mother. Cinetic Media is repping rights to the picture.
There were a number of multiple-award winners named when Jane Lynch hosted the...
- 1/24/2009
- by By Steven Zeitchik
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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