Submitted by the Co-operative Group (with edits) It started with 28 men in Rochdale in 1844. Now there are over a billion members of co-operatives worldwide - with combined turnover each year in the UK alone of £33bn. A new film from the British Youth Film Academy, funded by the Co-Operative Group will tell how it all began. Filmed in the Greater Manchester area as part of The Co-operative’s act…

The very first business plan for Netribution back in 1999 included online call sheets that automatically filled in certain details like location maps and contact details. It never happened, so it's good to see it finally reality in DoddlePro, but this time without having to print the call sheets as it's using smart phones. Brent Burdick submitted the skinny - Ed. doddlePRO (doddleme.com) is a sm…

On Friday 21st August 2009 Gadabout Productions are streaming live behind-the-scenes action from the set of the new British movie ‘Love/Loss' staring BAFTA-winning actors Virginia McKenna and Keith Michell.   Film fans will be able to watch live, unedited footage of cast and crew on set by clicking on the Love-Loss website www.love-loss.com. The webcam will follow all the rehearsals and filming…

Film looks at Saddam regime's 'modern holocaust' - second feature from Leeds based Oscar-shortlisted producers Human Film - 400,000 bodies in mass graves found since 2003 from over 30 years of rule - cast and crew are made up of many survivors of regime - includes lead actress Shazada Hussein; the only woman to witness against Saddam during his trial 'If we forget the past, there is no…

"Religion is something private, it's about you and your God. You respect me, I respect you - we live together this fantastic life. This is why God made us different. If he made us the same with one religion, it would make life boring. That's why he made us different: white, black, yellow, brown."  Mohamed Al Daradji * It was Laurence Boyce, actually, who alerted me t…

Prospective blockbusters are not usually built this way. From the NY Times Rob Moore, the executive who oversees Paramount Pictures' marketing and distribution operations, had an open date in his movie schedule. He had just watched a little step-dancing film called "Stomp the Yard" clean up over last year's Martin Luther King's Birthday weekend, and he figured his company co…

  The BBC has joined forces with French film studio Pathe to co-produce a $50m (£24.8m) movie based on Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book. The film will be shot as live action and CGI techniques will be used to appear to make the animals in the story talk. Director is to be BBC natural history filmmaker John Downer, who filmed the Emmy-nominated drama documentary Pride. Michelle Fox…

iceni, a Midlands business video production and broadcast design agency, is celebrating after scooping two awards at the prestigious US International Film and Video Festival in Hollywood. This takes the company’s worldwide award haul to fifteen in 2006 and 2007.  The Staffordshire based production company received Certificates of Creative Excellence in the Advertising…

iceni®, a Midlands business video production and digital design agency, is offsetting greenhouse gas emissions from every mile of road, rail and air travel, on every project in 2007. This offsetting is offered at absolutely no extra cost to clients.