Elliot Hegarty is the BAFTA-nominated director of such British comedies as Star Stories, Roman's Empire and Lizzie and Sarah.
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Directors UK, formerly DPRS, was launched in June 2008 as the single voice of British film and television directors. It is now both a collecting society and campaigning body with over 4,000 members.
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Interviews
Today (15th March) saw the announcement of Sundance London’s short film programme for the festival’s debut bow in April (more here). Amongst the films chosen to be screened include Tooty’s Wedding, directed by Frederic Casella. Tooty’s Wedding was also selected to appear at the more established American leg of the festival, held in Utah every January.
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Blogs
Thursday 17th May (I will be posting every day (hopefully) before noon)
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JEREMY WOODING
Directors UK at an international conference of collecting societies in Buenos Aries
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DELYTH THOMAS
Events
Join Directors UK for our informal drinks reception and Bristol members meeting on 31st May 2012 at the Watershed.
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Triangle 2012, launched by Screen Yorkshire and Northern Film Media, is a new national talent development initiative to support emerging writers, directors and producers in film to develop new working relationships – ‘triangles’.
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News and Updates
The Documentary Filmmakers Group is conducting a survey of documentary filmmakers, exploring the experiences of breaking into broadcast. The findings hope to tackle some of the obstacles to the commissioning process by hearing from a vast number of directors, producers and commissioning execs.
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A group of well-known women filmmakers have spoken out against this year’s list of Palme d’Or nominees, which consists entirely of films by male directors.
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Phil Heyes, David Clews and Hugo Blick were the winners of the three directing awards at last night’s BAFTA Craft Awards.
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Twitter feed
Directors_UK: .@the_dfg is conducting a survey of documentary-makers, exploring the experiences of breaking into broadcast. http://t.co/U3nJx6qs
Directors_UK: Female directors attack Cannes over all-male Palme d’Or shortlist http://t.co/43ad7bDg
Directors_UK: Heyes, Clews and Blick take the directing prizes at the Craft Awards #BAFTA http://t.co/NLLTGMxE
Directors_UK: BFI, Government unveil plans for future of British film industry http://t.co/tJmPnpgY
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