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London film-makers win chance to work on Brad Pitt's zombie movie

16.09.11
Budding London film-makers will have the chance to work with Brad Pitt when the set of his new zombie movie comes to the capital this month... more

Ridley Scott takes director to the big time

27.04.11
Movie giant Sir Ridley Scott acts as mentor to London maker of shoestring hit Shifty, Eran Creevy... more

Shake-up in funding creates new British film-making powerhouse

29.11.10
The British Film Institute is to become the new powerhouse of movie-making in the UK replacing the axed UK Film Council... more

Harry Potter is not enough for an arts policy

18.11.10
When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; a man or woman tired of London’s arts scene should probably give up altogether... more

Tell us now what will happen to our jobs, LDA workers urge Boris Johnson

28.10.10
Boris Johnson came under growing pressure today to reveal the fate of more than 650 workers at the London Development Agency... more

City Hall shock as Treasury pulls plug on £480m development fund

22.10.10
Dozens of organisations and projects central to the capital’s future are under threat after the London Development Agency’s £480 million budget was axed... more

Media studies courses 'are a fraud without funding for film industry'

21.10.10
Government should close all media studies courses unless it wants to fund film properly, according to top British producer Jeremy Thomas... more

Aussies warn Brits: If you don’t want a film industry, we’ll take it

03.08.10
London film industry was issued a stark warning by one of its major foreign competitors as the axe looms over the UK Film Council... more

City Hall is London’s new film star - with Harry Potter and Co in tow

13.05.10
City Hall has become a movie star — and is proving a moneyspinner for the Greater London Authority during the economic crisis... more

Bill Bailey on Nanny McPhee's big day out

19.03.10
One of Nanny McPhee’s stars, Bill Bailey, talks to Nick Curtis about bringing premieres to the people on London Film Day.... more

Nanny McPhee invites public behind scenes at film studios

09.03.10
Film-lovers can explore the studios where the St Trinian’s and James Bond movies are made as part of the first London Film Day.... more

Nanny McPhee And The Big Bang to have 15 premieres across London in one day

15.02.10
Stars of the sequel to hit children's film Nanny McPhee are to criss-cross London for 15 simultaneous premieres on one day... more

Films made in London

02.10.09
Filming in the capital has never been easier, and the influx is paying dividends.... more

Life On Mars star John Simm takes the stage to be near his children

29.06.09
Life On Mars actor John Simm is returning to the theatre to spend more time with his children... more

Mayor wants to attract more foreign students

13.05.09
Boris Johnson opened a potential new split with Tory leaders by announcing plans to encourage more long-term migration by overseas students... more

Shifty - a dose of London’s dark side

23.04.09
Too often you wonder how British films ever got the green light. Not so with Eran Creevy’s first feature Shifty.... more

Shifty - a dose of London’s dark side

23.04.09
Too often you wonder how British films ever got the green light. Not so Shifty, Eran Creevy’s first feature, which was financed cheaply by Film London’s Microwave scheme and shot in 18 days under the guiding hand of Asif Kapadia (director of The Warrior)... more

Come on, Boris - London's economy needs you

18.11.08
The capital’s jobs and wealth have been through tough times before and come back. But this time especially they need the Mayor’s help... more

Princes use Bond night to focus on real heroes

30.10.08
On Her Majesty's Service has been the raison d'être of secret agent James Bond for more than half a century... more

New law to lure film-makers to London

22.10.08
London's international appeal as a movie location has been boosted by a law making it easier to close roads for filming... more

Western movie made in Olympic zone

02.06.08
Welcome to the Big Country - the badlands of the Wild West where outlaws bushwhack their victims, Indians go on the warpath, and settlers stake their claims... more

Bollywood must move to Olympic site, says Mayor

21.11.07
Ken Livingstone has invited the Bollywood film industry to move into London's Olympic site after 2012.... more

Bollywood comes to London

14.05.07
A map has been published pinpointing the locations of the most popular locations in London for filming Bollywood pictures.... more

West End casts in free festival

13.04.07
The casts of hit West End shows including Chicago and Dirty Dancing will perform in Leicester Square as part of a free summer theatre festival. ... more

Tax break risk to London's movies

11.12.06
London has provided a backdrop to many a Hollywood blockbuster but there are fears that this could end after US movie-makers threatened to snub the capital over new filming rules.... more


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