Laura Mackey leaves 'Unforgotten' producer Mainstreet Pictures
Don't forget Production company Mainstreet Pictures loses its CEO. Laura Mackey, who founded the indie company 10 years ago, is stepping away from the industry. CEO Sally Hines will continue in this role and EP Guy De Glanville has been promoted to Managing Director. Mainstreet, powered by ITV Studios, is best known for producing six seasons of the hit ITV drama Don't forget. The company also produced BBC programmes Gold digger During its tenure, it was adapted into an Italian-language series by Cattleya and which was recently the first non-English show on Netflix. Commissioned by Mackey Downton Abbey, Endeavour and Broadchurch for ITV during her time with the network. Julianne Bellamy, managing director of ITV Studios, said she had “made the most outstanding contribution to the world of television drama over the years”. Mackie added: “Running Mainstreet with my friend and colleague Sally has been an absolute joy and I can't wait to see what she and brilliant man Jay D. Glanville produce next. I'll be their first viewer.”
Revealing the winners of the European Cinema Awards
The 2024 European Film Awards were handed out over the weekend in Vilnius, Lithuania. The Best Stockholm Cinema Programming award was won by Biografen Zita, which was praised for “showcasing a diverse range of European films”. The award for Best Activity for Young Audiences went to Scalvija Cinema Center in Vilnius, which was described as offering an “outstanding programme” for young filmgoers. Vienna's Stadtkino im Künstlerhaus & Admiral Kino received the Best Entrepreneur Award, the first time it has been awarded. The award ceremony was held during the 23rd European Film Networks Conference, which is being held in a Baltic country for the first time. More than 500 delegates, including exhibitors, distributors, producers and sales agents, attended the exhibition. Topics discussed included the growth in vintage and stock cinema screenings, the growing number of young people making up cinema programs and the appetite for the return of cinema post the Covid-19 pandemic.
PBS secures BBC heist drama 'Gold'
PBS Masterpiece wants a piece of gold. Both seasons of the BBC drama starring Jack Lowden and Hugh Bonneville have been sold to the American network, and the second season has not yet been broadcast. gold It was also sold by All3Media International to CBC Gem in Canada, Magenta TV/Telekom in Germany and Stan in Australia. Written by Neil Forsyth and produced by Tannadice Pictures powered by All3Media, gold It tells the story of a group of six thieves who stumbled upon gold bullion worth £26 million ($33 million) in one of the worst crimes in British history. Season 2 will be released soon and explores what happened to the other half of the gold that the police did not initially find. “Masterpiece is thrilled to bring Neil Forsyth’s extraordinary narrative to our viewers in seasons one and two of the series,” said Susan Simpson, Head of Scripted Content and Executive Producer of Masterpiece. gold.”
