Media Releases 2010
SCREEN YORKSHIRE ANNOUNCES NEW DEVELOPMENT SCHEME FOR WRITERS, DIRECTORS AND PRODUCERS IN FILM: 09 DECEMBER 2010
The scheme, called ‘TRIANGLE’, is an extensive six-month mentoring initiative to support the development of writer-producer-director teams and new collaborative feature film projects. There will be a selection process throughout the programme, and the surviving teams will pitch the best projects to an industry panel in June 2011 at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. TRIANGLE is supported by Skillset through their Film Skills Fund. More>
ACCLAIM FOR YORKSHIRE'S FILM INDUSTRY AT BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS: 06 DECEMBER 2010
Yorkshire's film industry is celebrating as filmmakers from Leeds took the coveted 'Raindance Award' at the British Independent Film Awards last night. Director Mohamed Al-Daradji and producer Isabelle Stead received the award for their feature Son of Babylon, which tells the story of a mother's desperate search for her son in Iraq following the collapse of Saddam Hussein's regime. More>
TELEVISION REVIVAL FOR ICONIC ‘ROOM AT THE TOP’: 09 NOVEMBER 2010
A television drama adaptation for BBC Four of John Braine's literary classic Room At The Top is due to commence shooting at locations in West Yorkshire on 22nd November. Screen Yorkshire has been working closely with Great Meadow Productions to crew up for the four week shoot and source locations across Bradford, Leeds and Halifax. More>
NESTA ANNOUNCES GROUNDBREAKING DISTRIBUTION PROJECT: THE GAMES CONSORTIUM
NESTA is excited to announce an innovative new project designed to help UK game developers to publish their games via digital distribution. Screen Yorkshire's industry network Game Republic and Codeworks GameHorizon are both working with NESTA in Yorkshire and the North East to promote the opportunity to their members. More>
COMEDY GIANTS REUNITE IN YORKSHIRE FOR ‘THE TRIP’: 28 OCTOBER 2010
Some of Yorkshire's most stunning locations and finest restaurants will be showcased on BBC Two, as STEVE COOGAN and ROB BRYDON reunite with director MICHAEL WINTERBOTTOM for The Trip. Screen Yorkshire provided production liaison support to the team on the Yorkshire leg of the shoot, which takes in a number of locations across Craven District and the Yorkshire Dales, as it documents the duo on their acerbically witty trip through the English countryside. More>
DOCTOR WHO RETURNS TO SHEFFIELD: 29 SEPTEMBER 2010
Doctor Who fans the world over will be once again be playing the Doctor and Amy on further adventures across time and space, as the BBC confirms that it has recomissioned Sheffield-based videogames developer Sumo Digital to create further ground-breaking ‘Doctor Who: The Adventure Games’ for release in 2011. More>
FOLLOW DCI BANKS ON THE TRAIL IN YORKSHIRE FOR NEW ITV DETECTIVE DRAMA: 21 SEPTEMBER 2010
Sharp-eyed television viewers from the region may have recognised the backdrop of the slick new detective drama currently being trailed on ITV. DCI Banks: Aftermath, starring Stephen Tompkinson (Wild at Heart, Grafters) is based on the hugely successful novel from award-winning international crime writer Peter Robinson, who was born in Leeds. More>
3D IN YOUR FACE - EXPLORING CONTENT DEVELOPMENT ACROSS FILM, TV, GAMES AND INTERACTIVE: 15 SEPTEMBER 2010
It's been the year of the 3D explosion, with releases such as Toy Story 3 and Avatar transforming the cinematic experience and breaking box office records, Nintendo unveiling its 3DS and 3D TV set to invade our living rooms this autumn. Screen Yorkshire and NorthernNet present ‘3D IN YOUR FACE', a two-day conference, taking place at The National Media Museum in Bradford, on 21st and 22nd October 2010. More>
BBC ANNOUNCES FIRST COMPANIES FOR @NORTH INITIATIVE: 08 SEPTEMBER 2010
Peter Salmon, Director, BBC North today (September 8 2010) announced the first wave of companies that will be commissioned under the BBC's @North initiative. The @North digital initiative was launched by Peter Salmon, Director, BBC North in November 2009 to encourage and support the development and delivery of interactive content for CBBC and CBeebies. More commissions will be announced in the coming months. More>
SHEFFIELD HOMECOMING FOR THE CAST OF ‘THIS IS ENGLAND ‘86': 03 SEPTEMBER 2010
Screen Yorkshire joined fans for a very special preview event of Channel 4's upcoming four-part serial ‘This is England '86' at the Showroom in Sheffield, the city where it was made, last night. Key cast including Thomas Turgoose, Vicky McClure, Andrew Shim and Joe Gilgun attended the event, along with director Shane Meadows and producer Mark Herbert from Sheffield's internationally renowned Warp Films. More>
THE FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT FOR YORKSHIRE FILMMAKERS AT THE NORTHERN FUTURES AWARDS: 20 AUGUST 2010
Harrogate produced animated short The Astronomer's Sun has beaten a strong shortlist of contenders to take the inaugural Northern Futures Award in the film category. The filmmakers were presented with their award and £1500 prize money at a glittering ceremony in Barnsley by Caroline Cooper Charles, Head of Creative Development at Sheffield's internationally renowned Warp Films. More>
GAMES INVEST 2010 TO OFFER INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR UK INDIE GAMES DEVELOPERS: 13 AUGUST 2010
Screen Yorkshire and Game Republic are hosting Games Invest 2010, a games investor event, as part of the Eurogamer Expo on October 1st in London. Games Invest 2010 is an opportunity for small-to-medium-sized games companies in the UK to find out more about games investment, and also have an opportunity to network and pitch informally and formally to investors. More>
MUSIC NETWORK LAUNCHES IN YORKSHIRE: 17 JUNE 2010
Plugged In Yorkshire, a new professional network for music businesses in Yorkshire, Humberside and North Lincolnshire is set to launch on June 17 in Leeds. Based on a successful model from the North East, Plugged In Yorkshire offers businesses access to an online portal featuring advice and support on a wide range of issues from industry experts as well as regular seminar and networking events. More>
MADE IN YORKSHIRE - DOCTOR WHO:THE ADVENTURE GAMES HITS HALF A MILLION DOWNLOADS IN FIRST TWO WEEKS: 17 JUNE 2010
Sheffield games developer Sumo Digital and Revolution's Charles Cecil, based in York, are celebrating 500,000 downloads of their first free Doctor Who: The Adventure Games episode, achieved in just two weeks. More>
THE ASTRONOMER'S SUN IN THE SPOTLIGHT AT EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: 14 JUNE 2010
A stunning animated short film made in a potting shed in Ilkley continues its successful tour of the worldwide film festival circuit this week when it screens in the official selection at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, which runs 16 - 27 June. The Astronomer's Sun, selected from hundreds of entries for the prestigious festival, was produced on the 4mations strand of the Digital Shorts scheme run by Screen Yorkshire in partnership with Channel 4 and The UK Film Council. More>
YORKSHIRE COMPANIES JOIN FORCES TO LAUNCH GROUNDBREAKING MOBILE PHONE APP: 08 JUNE 2010
Digital media companies from across the region have demonstrated world leading innovation through a collaboration to develop the first ever audio-only game, built solely for the iPhone® and iPod Touch®. Unique mobile phone app Aurifi allows players to interact with sound in the same way that video games let them interact with graphic objects, using music theory, digital sound design techniques and even the neuroscience of perception. More>
RED RIDING IN BAFTA SPOTLIGHT: 07 JUNE 2010
Yorkshire drama RED RIDING was in the spotlight at last night's BAFTA television awards, as Rebecca Hall picked up the award for BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS for her role as Paula Garland, the mother of a missing child in 1974. Hosted by Graham Norton and broadcast on BBC One, the prestigious awards ceremony was held at London's Palladium on Sunday evening. More>
4iP AND SCREEN YORKSHIRE INVEST IN PATIENT OPINION: 03 JUNE 2010
4iP, Channel 4's digital investment fund, and Screen Yorkshire, the regional screen agency for Yorkshire and Humber, today announce a joint investment in Patient Opinion. Patient Opinion is an online platform where the public can give their thoughts, comments and feedback on local hospitals, Doctors surgeries and health provision direct to the relevant NHS Trust. More>
YORKSHIRE DRAMAS GO HEAD TO HEAD AT BAFTA TELEVISION AWARDS: 10 MAY 2010
Red Riding and Unforgiven, both filmed in the region with funding and support from Screen Yorkshire, are two of only four television drama productions to be short-listed in the DRAMA SERIAL category for the Philips British Academy Television Awards. Hosted by Graham Norton and broadcast on BBC One, the prestigious Awards ceremony will be held at London's Palladium on Sunday 6 June 2010. More>
DALEKS LAND IN SHEFFIELD FOR INTERACTIVE EPISODE LAUNCH: 21 APRIL 2010
Commuters in Sheffield were greeted by a surprise invasion of Daleks today (Wednesday April 21st) outside Sheffield railway station - the first public appearance for the new look Daleks since they were revealed on screen in the new DOCTOR WHO series on BBC One last Saturday (April 17th). More>
‘A PASSIONATE WOMAN' COMES HOME TO YORKSHIRE: BBC ONE - 11th & 18th APRIL: 08 APRIL 2010
Kay Mellor's hotly anticipated two part drama adaptation of A Passionate Woman is set to premiere on BBC One this weekend, with the first episode screening this Sunday at 9pm, followed by the second on 18th April. A Passionate Woman, set in Leeds, debuts on the small screen nearly two decades after it began life as a play at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in 1992. It has since toured the international circuit to critical acclaim. More>
GAMES INDUSTRY GIANTS INVADE YORK FOR ‘STATE OF INDEPENDENCE': 06 APRIL 2010
Yorkshire will once again be centre stage for the world's multibillion-pound games industry this week, as it hosts a new international self-publishing conference in York on 8th April. Guests from well known worldwide games and digital companies such as Microsoft, Intel, Team17 and PlayFish, as well as Conservative Shadow Culture and Creative Industries Minister Ed Vaizey MP, are all lined up to speak at ‘State of Independence', which will take place at York Racecourse. More>
SCREEN YORKSHIRE ANNOUNCES UPCOMING FILM SHOOTS FOR SPRING 2010: 01 APRIL 2010
Regional screen agency Screen Yorkshire is pleased to announce two major feature film projects due to commence shooting across the region this spring. Oscar® and BAFTA-winning director Andrea Arnold (Fish Tank, Red Road, Wasp) is directing a feature adaptation for Ecosse Films of the classic Emily Bronte novel Wuthering Heights from a screenplay by acclaimed British writer Olivia Hetreed (The Girl with a Pearl Earring). More>
UNFORGIVEN WINS 'BEST DRAMA SERIAL' AT RTS NATIONAL AWARDS: 17 MARCH 2010
ITV hit drama 'Unforgiven' (Red Production Company in association with Screen Yorkshire for ITV1), written by Yorkshire writer Sally Wainwright, co-funded by Screen Yorkshire's production fund and filmed entirely in the region, took the 'BEST DRAMA SERIAL' award at the RTS Awards, held at the Grosvenor Hotel in London last night. More >
STELLAR LINE-UP ANNOUNCED FOR BRADFORD INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL INDUSTRY WEEKEND: 09 MARCH 2010
Organisers have unveiled a line-up of award winning experts from behind the scenes of filmmaking for the 2010 Bradford International Film Festival Industry Weekend. Tickets are now on sale for the event, which takes place from 19th - 20th March at the University of Bradford and is aimed at anyone wanting to build a careeer in the business of film. This year's theme: Strategies for Survival, focuses on how filmmakers and organisations are creating new business models to help them survive in a challenging climate. More>
YORKSHIRE IN THE FRAME AS FIVE DAYS RETURNS TO BBC ONE: 25 FEBRUARY 2010
A second series of award-winning drama Five Days returns to BBC One next week, screening from Monday 1st to Friday 5th March at 9pm. Suranne Jones and David Morrissey head an impressive cast in the gripping mystery drama, written by Yorkshire based writer Gwyneth Hughes (Miss Austen Regrets, Cherished). Screen Yorkshire provided locations and crewing support on the production, which filmed at locations across West Yorkshire including Leeds, Wakefield and Dewsbury, in summer 2009. More>
YORKSHIRE FILM SHORT LISTED FOR BRITISH ANIMATION AWARD: 19 FEBRUARY 2010
A stunning animated short film made in a potting shed in Ilkley has been nominated for a prestigious British Animation Award. The Astronomer's Sun, produced on the 4mations strand of the Digital Shorts scheme run by Screen Yorkshire in partnership with Channel 4 and The UK Film Council, has been shortlisted in the 'Public Choice' category for ‘Best Short Film'. More>
BBC @NORTH ANNOUNCES YORKSHIRE COMPANIES FOR NEW INTERACTIVE INITIATIVE: 15 FEBRUARY 2010
The BBC today announces the companies who have been selected to take part in the new @North commissioning initiative being led by BBC Children's (who are part of the BBC move to Salford in 2011). Coming from across the North-East, North-West and Yorkshire there is a mix of companies, including small digital companies who have not previously worked with the BBC. In Yorkshire 20 companies have been successful from South and West Yorkshire, reflecting the strong digital sectors in both Leeds and Sheffield. More>
LEFT BANK PICTURES & SCREEN YORKSHIRE REUNITE FOR 'MARRIED SINGLE OTHER': 11 FEBRUARY 2010
Viewers familiar to Leeds will recognise plenty of the locations featured in a new romantic comedy drama to screen shortly on ITV 1. Married Single Other marks the renewal of a partnership between Left Bank Pictures and Screen Yorkshire following their collaboration on feature film The Damned United. Screen Yorkshire invested £250, 000 in the drama through its Production Fund and provided locations and crewing support. More>PRESS RELEASE: 04 FEBRUARY 2010
BAFTA SHOWCASE FOR UP AND COMING YORKSHIRE FILMMAKERS: 04 FEBRUARY 2010
Screen Yorkshire is hosting an event in partnership with BAFTA next week aimed at raising the profile of some of the most promising emerging filmmakers from the region. Three writer / directors who took part in Screen Yorkshire's Digital Shorts scheme last year will have their films screened to an audience made up of the UK's top film agents and talent scouts at an exclusive industry showcase at the BAFTA headquarters in London on 09th February. More>
BROKEN SWORD AND GRAND THEFT AUTO LEAD YORKSHIRE'S APP STORE INVASION: 02 FEBRUARY 2010
Yorkshire games companies have continued their success on the iPhone in 2010 with Broken Sword: Director's Cut and Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars becoming huge chart smashes, proving that the region is home to some of the most competitive games developers in the world. More>
RED RIDING WINS BEST TV DRAMA AT THE FINAL SOUTH BANK SHOW AWARDS: 27 JANUARY 2010
Acclaimed Yorkshire drama Red Riding has beaten Being Human and Collision to take the TV drama award at the final South Bank Show Awards, which took place at The Dorchester in London yesterday. Sean Bean accepted the award on behalf of the team behind the ambitious and dark trilogy, which was co-funded by Screen Yorkshire and aired on Channel 4 last year to critical acclaim. More >
NEW YORKSHIRE FILM SCHEME ‘SUPER 8’ ANNOUNCES FIRST MENTORS AND PARTCIPANTS: 22 JANUARY 2010
Peter Buckingham, the UK Film Council’s Head of Distribution & Exhibition and Mia Bays, Marketing and Distribution Consultant, have signed up to be the first mentors on ‘Super 8’ - a brand new bespoke training programme designed to fast track the career development of eight stellar individuals from Yorkshire across a range of film industry disciplines. More>
