Open Brolly are pleased to announce that Screen South have become a client of our MovieSite service for film offices and screen agencies. The deal was finalised at the Cannes Film Festival in May.

Screen South cover one of the most dynamic parts of the UK film and television industry including Pinewood and Shepperton film studios.

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Open Brolly was pleased to again be a sponsor of the Scottish Highlands & Islands reception in the Cannes Film Festival 2008.

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• Scottish Highlands and Islands to celebrate the Moray area with Macbeth theme night on Monday. Whisky tasting included!
• Open Brolly Screen Agency executive lunch tomorrow (Sun) at Benromach villa.
• Open Brolly to grow business with mentoring support from Mike Grandinetti, MIT.  More later.
• The media and digital industries within the Northwest of England are set to benefit from a £2.8 million cash injection to further boost media skills development activities across the region. (More)
• THE best of Welsh film talent is being promoted at the Cannes International Film Festival. While Hollywood’s A-list, including Angelina Jolie, pictured below at the festival, and British stars, like Lily Allen, are gracing the red carpet, representatives from the Film Agency for Wales and Welsh Assembly Government are working behind the scenes in a bid to get the country on the international stage. (More)
• Madonna is in Cannes.
• Woody Allan is on a very soggy red carpet.
• Weather forecast - heavy rain today; revised to just a chance of showers Sun, Mon, Tue.

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The Cannes Film Festival is open, with Cate Blanchett and Sean Penn on the red carpet at a gala screening of dark drama Blindness.

On-site preparations continue for our Macbeth themed reception at the Benromach Villa in Cannes this coming Monday.

Other News from Cannes:

New Australian screen agency Screen Australia has been given AUS$103 million ($97 million) for its first year of operation.

The Irish Film Board has announced a huge Irish presence at Cannes this year. The focal point for the Irish film industry at the Cannes Film Festival, the Irish Pavilion, is once again open for business this week, as over 200 of the leading lights of the Irish film industry fly out to the festival this week promoting and selling new Irish cinema. The Irish Pavilion can be located on Esplanade Georges Pompidou in the International Village.

This year there is a wide range of new Irish films selling in the market including THE DAISY CHAIN, a chilling thriller starring Samantha Mortan, directed by Aisling Walsh (Song for a Raggy Boy) and produced by Subotica Films with sales being handled by ContentFilm International.

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