The story of how classic album 'London Calling' was created at a studio in Highbury by punk pioneers The Clash is to be brought to life in a new movie biopic.

The glitz and glamour of this year’s Cannes Film Festival was getting into full throttle today.

Ten unknowns have landed film roles alongside Hollywood star Simon Pegg after auditions on MySpace.

The Wind That Shakes The Barley, directed by Ken Loach, has been selected for International Competition at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival which runs from May 18 - 28.

Would-be Stephen Kings were today offered the spine-tingling chance to bring their nightmares to life on the big screen.

Money spent on film production in the UK fell by more than £200m (€287.8m) to £807m (€1.2m) last year, according to figures released today.

The BBC should examine whether it is doing enough to support the British film industry, it acknowledged today.

The BBC is failing the British film industry, it was claimed today.

A British film tackling the controversial subject of abortion has scooped two prestigious awards at the Venice Film Festival.

A low budget British movie from the Oscar-nominated writer of The Full Monty will today be the first in the world to be given a premiere on the Internet.

The Full Monty writer Simon Beaufoy is to premiere his next film, This Is Not A Love Song, on the internet.

Director and movie chief Alan Parker warned today that the British film industry needs “radical reinvention” to stop it “permanently hovering in the relegation zone”.

Cian Smyth has replaced Heike Meyer-Doring as the new MEDIA Officer at the Northern Ireland Film Commission. Heike is now running the MEDIA desk in Dusseldorf.