This week’s Digest whisks us from BAFTAs in Cardiff to the London Film Festival, via in-camera effects and a new film...without any images. Read all about it below.
Film
Yahoo Movies catches up with the female filmmakers making waves at London Film Festival, including Directors UK member Tinge Krishnan.
Can you make a film without pictures? Little White Lies takes a “look”.
Indiewire explores how Damian Chazelle’s First Man used in-camera effects.
The New York Times looks back at John Carpenter’s Classic Halloween at forty.
Television
The 2018 BAFTA Cymru Awards were announced, and we’re pleased to report that Directors UK members Euros Lyn and Laura Martin-Robinson were among the winners. Congratulations to them both!
Netflix has hired ex-Channel 4 exec Lucy Leveugle to bolster its non-scripted efforts. (Deadline)
ITV Studios is launching a production arm in the netherlands. (Televisual)
Screen reports from Mipcom, where the UK was out in force.
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