Tag: Breakout
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Netflix UK reworks emerging filmmaking initiative Breakout and reshapes local film team (exclusive)
None of the six selected projects will now be greenlit through the scheme.Netflix UK is reshaping the Breakout scheme for emerging filmmakers it is running with Creative UK, with none of the films being greenlit for production, but three of the six projects receiving £100,000 awards for further development.Netflix executives contacted each of the six…
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Netflix, Creative UK launch low-budget filmmaking initiative Breakout
A budget of £1.5m for a debut feature is up for grabs.Netflix is partnering with non-profit organisation Creative UK, a merger between Creative England and Creative Industries Federation, on the low-budget filmmaking and training initiative Breakout.Six teams, selected from an open application process, will receive £30,000 in development funding to take part in an intensive…
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Netflix, Creative U.K. Launch Genre Filmmaker Program ‘Breakout’
Netflix has partnered with Creative U.K. to launch a program for U.K. filmmakers working on their debut feature,Titled Breakout, the program will fund the films’ development, with the primary criteria being that they are high quality, genre-based and British.“Breakout will give new U.K. based filmmakers the opportunity to take popular genres audiences love, from sci-fi,…
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Christopher Nolan’s ‘Inception’ Rerelease Tops U.K./Ireland Box Office Ahead of ‘Tenet’ Bow
Warner Bros.’ 10th anniversary rerelease of Christopher Nolan’s “Inception” topped the U.K. and Ireland box office with £207,675, according to final numbers released by Comscore.“Inception” released midweek on Aug. 12 at 313 sites, ahead of Nolan’s keenly anticipated Aug. 26 bow for “Tenet.”Russell Crowe’s road rage holdover “Unhinged,” released by Altitude Film Distribution, collected £136,347…