30 June 2008
East Midlands talent and productions scoop two awards at this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival

Shane Meadows won the coveted Michael Powell Award for Best New British Feature Film for his feature Somers Town, while Robert Carlyle collected the prestigious PPG Award for Best Performance in a British Feature Film.

EM Media today announced its forthcoming slate of productions at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.

The productions are - A Boy Called Dad, Tyrannosaur, King of the Gypsies, Red Sail and Bunny and the Bull.

17 June 2008
EM Media provides ‘Six of the Best’ at the Edinburgh
Film Festival

The UK’s biggest and longest running film festival gets underway tomorrow in Edinburgh and this year the spotlight will well and truly shine on films made and financed in the East Midlands.

A total of six EM Media co-financed features are rece

12 October 2007
EM Media’s contribution to tourism recognised at awards ceremony

At the annual Enjoy England Excellence Awards East Midlands Tourism presented a special award for Outstanding Contribution to Tourism to EM Media, Regional Screen Agency for the East Midlands.

October 2007
Four-legged film stars from the East Midlands recognised at major film festival awards

The world's first international awards for canine stars of the big screen arrives at The Times BFI London Film Festival this weekend. The Fidos is a glittering event which celebrates the silver screen's finest canine moments and is presented by the organisers o

18 May 2007
EM Media continues its support of Shane Meadows through investment in a pioneering VOD project

EM Media, Warp Films and Film Four have teamed up to invest in the creation of an innovative new website which will, for the first time, make Shane Meadows’ vast back catalogue of shorts available for download.

August 2007
EM Media support plays dramatic role in boosting economy and creativity in the East Midlands to the tune of £18m

EM Media’s production fund and its Locations Service provide the region with job creation, inward investment and, through key partnerships with tourism organisations such as East Midlands Tourism and Visit Britain, an increase in th

18 June 2007
Nottinghamshire in the spotlight as EM Media invites film producers to tour the county

Regional Screen Agency EM Media is hosting a tour of Nottingham for film and television producers. This familiarisation tour aims to showcase the county’s potential for filming, recently enhanced by a flurry of filming throughout Nottinghamshire, including Shane

New hope for British horror completes filming

Film London and EM Media are delighted to announce that Mum & Dad, the first film to be produced under Film London’s micro-budget film fund Microwave, has wrapped following a successful and intensive three week shoot in London and Nottingham.

Thursday 6 December 2007
Starring role for Nottingham

The streets of Nottingham city centre can currently be seen in an exciting new advert for the Motorola RAZR2. The advert, which can be seen online now, features three ‘free runners’ jumping acrobatically off and onto a variety of buildings which should be instantly recognisable to those familiar with N

1 May 2007
Leicestershire enjoys the Limelight as EM Media invites Location Managers to tour the county

Regional Screen Agency EM Media is hosting a two-day tour of Leicestershire and Rutland for film and television location managers. This familiarisation tour aims to showcase both counties’ potential for filming, building on the success of productions that hav

Friday 7 September 2007
Community in my Pocket – innovative technology set to revolutionise learning

Intuitive Media, a Derbyshire-based creator and service provider of protected social networking and learning facilities for schoolchildren, is to receive £250,000 investment from EM Media through the European Regional Development Fund to develop and imple

Wednesday 12 September 2007
Brand new filmmakers get their work shown on the big screen

Seven new Leicestershire-based filmmakers who have been working with EM Media over the past year as part of the national UK Film Council and European Social Fund project, Identities, will see their finished films screened at a celebratory event taking place at The Peepul Centre on

Award-winning UK production company Tigerlily Films in production on feature doc Goth Cruise

Tigerlily Films has commenced production on Goth Cruise a feature length documentary for the Independent Film Channel in the US. The production has investment from EM Media, the Regional Screen Agency for the East Midlands through European Regional Development Fu

Friday 8 February 2008
EM Media announces new appointments

EM Media, the Regional Screen Agency for the East Midlands, has announced two new appointments to its Nottingham-based team: Anna Seifert-Stock joins as Development Executive, Film and Mike Kelly and his associate Laura Hypponen from Northern Alliance have been contracted to deliver Consultant Business Affair

7 May 2008
EM Media films set to dominate Edinburgh International Film Festival

The Edinburgh International Film Festival has today unveiled its line up for this year’s festival and films made and financed in the East Midlands look set to dominate.

Tuesday 28 August 2007
Films from the East Midlands scoop top awards at Edinburgh International Film Festival

Anton Corbijn’s critically acclaimed feature film, Control, which received investment from EM Media and shot on location in Nottingham, has been named winner of the prestigious Michael Powell Award for Best British Film at this year’s Edi

Tuesday 14 August 2007
The East Midlands gets ready to take Edinburgh by storm

Films from England’s East Midlands are set to dominate proceedings at this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival, which will see the UK premiere of two major feature films, Anton Corbijn’s acclaimed directorial debut Control, and Anand Tucker’s beaut

October 2007
Short film roadshow showcases opportunities for filmmaking in Leicester

EM Media and B3 Media will present two short filmmaking schemes at a roadshow for aspiring writers and directors taking place at The LCB Depot in Leicester. EM Media, the Regional Screen Agency for the East Midlands, will be launching its DV Shorts scheme for 2008 while B3, an agency

March 17, 2008
EM Media introduces the region’s future filmmakers

EM Media is delighted to announce that four films have been commissioned through the agency’s DV Shorts scheme, run in conjunction with the UK Film Council. The scheme is now in its sixth year and has a built a reputation for producing films which go on to secure television broadcasts, fest

Tuesday 28 August 2007
East Midlands films scoop top awards at Edinburgh International Film Festival

Anton Corbijn’s critically acclaimed feature film, Control, which received investment from EM Media and shot on location in Nottingham, has been named winner of the prestigious Michael Powell Award for Best British Film at this year’s Edinburgh In

Tuesday 8 April, 2008
Innovative new project brings professional filmmaking skills to Derbyshire schools

The Cine Hub project, currently taking place in seven schools across Derbyshire, enables school children to engage with film production that has a social as well as educational value. Through Cine Hub schools receive professional commissions from external agencies

23 May 2008
Minister calls on Hollywood to come to the East Midlands

Phil Hope, Minister for the East Midlands, today called on the world’s top filmmakers to come to the East Midlands to create their next blockbuster. Pointing to recent critical hits – such as Anton Corbijn’s Control, which was set in the north-west but financed and made in

Monday 3 March 2008
Shooting begins on Nicholas Winding Refn’s BRONSON

Principal photography has commenced on BRONSON, a feature film based on the life of Britain’s most notorious prisoner CHARLES BRONSON. Vertigo Films is producing the project in association with 4DH Films, EM Media, Str8jacket Creations and Aramid Entertainment. The film will shoot for

Thursday 29 November 2007
EM Media-backed films sweep the board at the BIFAs

The East Midlands’ growing reputation as the home of innovative and distinctive filmmaking was further advanced last night, as films from the region picked up an astonishing SIX gongs at last night’s British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs).

October 2007
Nominations for British Independent Film Awards dominated by films with an East Midlands connection

The British Independent Film Awards (BIFA’s) is one of the most important ceremonies in the UK film calendar, the BIFA’s honour the best and brightest film talent, rewarding excellence in independent films. This year And When Did You Last S