Author: Douglas McFarlane

Matthew Rhys, Gabrielle Creevy, The Guest, Y Golau: Dŵr and Y Crwydryn were among the winners as BAFTA Cymru celebrated another year of Welsh talent across film and television. The Welsh screen industries took centre stage at the 35th BAFTA Cymru Awards, with actors, writers, directors, producers and craftspeople gathering at ICC Wales in Newport […]

Luca Guadagnino turns one of Silicon Valley’s most extraordinary corporate power struggles into a major new drama, with Andrew Garfield starring as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. It lasted only a few days, but the extraordinary boardroom battle that erupted inside OpenAI in November 2023 offered a glimpse into a much bigger question: who should control […]

Matthew McConaughey says actors need to protect their identities from AI. Tom Cruise believes audiences still want to see something real. Ben Affleck says he doesn’t worry about Skynet and regards AI as another form of computing. Meanwhile, performances by Margot Robbie from Neighbours are being repurposed into a new short-form product with the help […]

Key Casting, a London casting company working on major feature films filming in the capital, is currently looking for people aged 16+ for paid extra work. It could be a fun way to earn some extra money, get experience on a professional film set and see the world of film and television production from the […]

UK cinemas have a particularly varied slate arriving this week, ranging from full-blooded survival horror and Aardman animation to dark comedy, intimate drama and an extraordinary real-life love story. All five of these films open in UK cinemas from Friday 18 September 2026, giving audiences plenty to choose from beyond the usual blockbuster fare. Resident […]

There is no shortage of debate about the future of cinema. Streaming, ticket prices, theatrical windows, changing viewing habits and the difficulty independent films have finding an audience are all part of the conversation. Yet perhaps we are overlooking something much simpler. If we want cinema to have a future, we need to think about […]

Artificial intelligence is opening filmmaking to people who may never previously have had the resources to put their ideas on screen. Through UKFilm.AI, UK Film Network wants to explore what happens next, while remembering that technology is only ever part of what makes a film worth watching. Every major technological change in filmmaking seems to […]

There was a time when suggesting that somebody could make a feature film for £10,000 would have sounded less like an ambitious production plan and more like a misunderstanding of how filmmaking worked. Today it is entirely possible. That does not mean it is easy, sensible for every project or guaranteed to produce something audiences […]

There has probably never been a better time to have the technical ability to make a film. Cameras capable of producing extraordinary images have become dramatically more accessible, editing can happen on a laptop, sophisticated visual effects no longer require a major studio and filmmakers can distribute work globally without persuading a cinema chain or […]

A fresh batch of film clips and trailers has landed on UK Film Network, ranging from futuristic science fiction and hard-edged action to romantic drama, documentary and one of the most eagerly awaited live-action/animation crossovers of the year. This week’s selection includes new work from Ridley Scott, Jason Statham, Ryan Reynolds, Kenneth Branagh, Eva Longoria […]