Additionally, ARD’s Fabfiction, NDR, SWR, WDR, Germany, has joined as a coproducer alongside the original coproducing partners NRK (Norway) and Bell Media’s Crave in Canada.
The company announced that Lingo Pictures has agreed to coproduce its drama series "The Messenger," based on Markus Zusak’s best-selling novel of the same name with the German producer.
The latest official figures published by the BFI’s Research and Statistics Unit show significant growth in UK film and high-end TV (HETV) production, with record levels of spend contributing to the UK economy and the recovery of the sector.
The University of Westminster has teamed up with the British Film Institute (BFI) and the Regent Street Cinema to create a Master's programme which will launch students into careers in film and television distribution, management and business.