At Marlow Film Studios, our vision is to create a state-of-the-art, thoughtfully designed studio campus that will lead the way for the next century of British film. 🎥✨
Whether you’re already in the industry, dreaming of a career in film, studying TV and media or simply excited to support this game-changing project, this is your studios and your future.
Sign up now to stay in the loop and be the first to hear updates from us on the development, at https://marlow.film/subscribe/
✨Introducing Friends of Marlow Film Studios Facebook Group✨🎬
Join here ➡️ https://www.facebook.com/groups/546279141121168/
We’re thrilled to introduce you to the Friends of Marlow Film Studios online community. Marlow Film Studios is setting the stage for the future of British filmmaking, right here in beautiful Buckinghamshire.
The proposal is currently going to appeal to the UK Planning Inspectorate and we are using our Friends of Marlow Film Studios Facebook group to update you on progress.
Our vision is for Marlow Film Studios to bring a multitude of benefits to the local community and the wider economy, and demonstrates one of the largest investments in UK growth. The state-of-the-art facilities are designed to support over 4,000 jobs and will boost local economic growth in Marlow, High Wycombe and beyond.
The Facebook group is designed to be a positive space where you can be kept up to date with the latest developments of Marlow Film Studios, share insights into the world of film, connect via the creative arts, discover relevant news and events. The group provides an opportunity for open discussions around the creation of a world-class studio for the next generation of storytellers. 📽️🌟
The group is a community hub for those interested in Marlow Film Studios and the creative industries in Buckinghamshire. Marlow Film Studios is being created by local people passionate about advancing Buckinghamshire’s role in our world-leading film industry.
We’ll update you on the progress of the planning application as well as giving you updates and celebrating the success of the British creative industry. Friends of Marlow Film Studios is spearheaded by a local team, here to keep you up-to-date with project developments, behind-the-scenes insights, industry news and events.
🎭✨ It’s Panto Season! ✨🎭
“Oh yes, it is! One of Britain’s most beloved traditions, Pantomime is a joyful celebration of storytelling, creativity and community.
Described by Arts Council England as a truly community-focused art form, let’s support our local theatres and celebrate the magic of Panto at this time of year.
Here’s some of what’s on in Bucks:
🎭The Further Adventures of Peter Pan: The Return of Captain Hook
📍Aylesbury Waterside Theatre Aylesbury
🗓 Fri 6 Dec – Sun 5 Jan
✨ “A Piratical Panto Adventure”
🎟️ Visit their website for showtimes and tickets
🎭Aladdin
📍Wycombe Swan Theatre High Wycombe
🗓 Fri 23 Dec – Sun 5 Jan
✨ “The Best Panto in the Land”
🎟️Visit their website for showtimes and tickets
Don’t miss out on all this festive theatre. Let us know if there’s a Panto on near you, that we’ve missed!
🍂 This autumn, get ready for Archive Stories Collective: INVISIBLE CABARET Exhibition at Aylesbury Waterside Theatre 18-30 Nov.
The exhibition is the culmination of an innovative Buckinghamshire Culture STORIES Project. Earlier this year poet Ellen Renton @ellen_ren was commissioned to create new writing and artwork inspired by Bucks' nationally significant disability archives and to work with artists connected to Buckinghamshire. The artists joining Ellen are: Arden Fitzroy, @the_guy_morris_project, @nooresehar and Jess Starns (@museums_art). Together the group have formed a collective and have created an exhibition following their investigations of the National Disability Arts Collection & Archive (NDACA) and National Paralympic Heritage Trust Archives (NHPT).
✨ As part of @bucks_culture wider STORIES initiative, Archive Stories underpins the core aim to galvanise the power of stories to inspire communities, audience, and artists to reflect, interpret and imagine what makes this county unique: its people, heritage, natural environment and histories. We couldn’t agree more.
🌟Visit the Bucks Culture’s website to learn more about this inspiring project. https://buckinghamshireculture.org/archive-stories/
✨Introducing Friends of Marlow Film Studios Facebook Group✨🎬
Join here ➡️ (20+) Friends of Marlow Film Studios | Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/groups/546279141121168
We’re thrilled to introduce you to the Friends of Marlow Film Studios online community. Marlow Film Studios is setting the stage for the future of British filmmaking, right here in beautiful Buckinghamshire.
The proposal is currently going to appeal to the UK Planning Inspectorate and we are using our Friends of Marlow Film Studios Facebook group to update you on progress.
Our vision is for Marlow Film Studios to bring a multitude of benefits to the local community and the wider economy, and demonstrates one of the largest investments in UK growth. The state-of-the-art facilities are designed to support over 4,000 jobs and will boost local economic growth in Marlow, High Wycombe and beyond.
The Facebook group is designed to be a positive space where you can be kept up to date with the latest developments of Marlow Film Studios, share insights into the world of film, connect via the creative arts, discover relevant news and events. The group provides an opportunity for open discussions around the creation of a world-class studio for the next generation of storytellers. 📽️🌟
The group is a community hub for those interested in Marlow Film Studios and the creative industries in Buckinghamshire. Marlow Film Studios is being created by local people passionate about advancing Buckinghamshire’s role in our world-leading film industry.
We’ll update you on the progress of the planning application as well as giving you updates and celebrating the success of the British creative industry. Friends of Marlow Film Studios is spearheaded by a local team, here to keep you up-to-date with project developments, behind-the-scenes insights, industry news and events.
When Bollywood met Bucks! 🎬🌟 Did you know that part of the iconic Bollywood film Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (‘Sometimes Happiness, Sometimes Sadness') was shot in our very own Buckinghamshire?
This beloved 2001 Hindi-spoken Bollywood blockbuster explores themes of family abandonment, loss and classism, and has links to the UK. While primarily filmed in India, scenes were shot at the stunning Grade I listed Waddesdon Manor, near Aylesbury, which served as the protagonist family’s ‘New Delhi’ home.
Additionally, the beautiful Stowe School in Buckingham made an appearance in the film.
Bucks is never far from filmmaking magic! 🎥✨
The Production Guild of Great Britain’s (PGGB) 2024 awards took place on 14 September – championing British talent within the film industry. 🎬
Barbie, Wonka and Paddington producer David Heyman was among the winners at the biennial PGGB awards, and we couldn’t agree more with his comments:
“In the next year, I think more productions will start up, more productions will come to the UK, because it’s the best place in the world to make films and TV shows.
“That said, we have to continue to nurture the next generation of people coming into the industry. We need education, schools and training programmes and we need those already working in the industry to support, train, mentor and ultimately employ young people. It is also vital that our sets are more diverse and reflect the society we live in. If we can do that, the future will truly be bright.” (Source @screendaily)
🌟Congratulations to all PGGB 2024 award winners – for your contributions to making British film and filmmakers some of the best in the world.
PGGB 2024 award winners:
Contribution to the industry award – David Heyman
Production team of the year, film – Wonka
Production team of the year, HETV – Supacell
Inspiration award – Georgette Turner
Diversity and inclusion champion award – Valeria Bullo
Spotlight on new talent award – Marc Ronnie
Calling all local photographers! Don’t miss your chance to be part of Discover Bucks Museum's first Bucks Photography Open Competition. 📸
The competition calls for photos inspired by the theme ‘Celebrating Buckinghamshire’, and all entries must have some connection to Buckinghamshire, and entrants must be 18 years or older.
✨ Whether you are inspired by our county’s landscape, people, heritage or wildlife – this is your chance to get your photographs selected for the Discover Bucks Museum‘s exhibition in January 2025 in their stunning art gallery. ✨
Their Young Photography Open Competition and Exhibition is open to young people aged 17 and under, and runs at the same time.
Closing date for entries: 4 November 2024
For more details visit http://www.discoverbucksmuseum.org/whats-on/bucks-photography-competition-call-for-entries/
🎫Still time to get your tickets for the BFI London Film Festival! 🎫
The BFI London Film Festival is now on, and running until 20 October. Extra tickets were released on 3 October for some screenings and events – so there is still time to get yours! ✨ “Everyone is invited.”
Now in its 68th year, the BFI London Film Festival brings you the world’s best new films, series, and immersive storytelling – in venues in London and around the UK. Get ready to discover the undiscovered. A total of 168 features make up the programme, including 15 world premieres.
Visit the BFI website for more info, venue details (London and around the UK), tickets and tips on how to make the most of your festival experience, #HowToFest 👇
Burton, Bucks and Beetlejuice… a winning combination! 🎬👻
Familiar local landmark – West Wycombe Park and Estate – appears in Tim Burton’s recently released, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, showing that Bucks locations remain top destinations for world-leading filmmakers.
🎞️ Beetlejuice Beetlejuice hit UK cinemas on Friday 6 September – just in time for the spooky season! The highly anticipated sequel of the 1988 cult original, Beetlejuice (yes, we remember it), shot at several locations across England – including bringing some macabre to West Wycombe Estate – where the funeral scene took place. The Estate formed part of the production’s on-location trips while filming at Leavesden Studios last year.
West Wycombe Park’s previous TV and screen incarnations include Bridget Jones's Diary, Cranford, Sense and Sensibility, X-Men, Howards End, Downton Abbey and Midsomer Murders.
So, if you fancy a ‘dead’ funny film in the run up to Halloween, with glimpses of familiar backdrops to boot… just repeat after us ‘Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice…’
"Say it three times..." by ddindy is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
Mark your calendars! 📅
The BFI London Film Festival returns, for its 68th year, October 9-20, bringing you the world’s best new films, series, and immersive storytelling. 🎥✨
Get ready to discover the undiscovered.
Tickets are now on sale to the general public. Visit the BFI website for more info, venue details (London and around the UK), tickets and tips on how to make the most of your festival experience, #HowToFest 👇
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More than 80 years of investment, training and advocacy has put Buckinghamshire at the heart of filmmaking. 🎬✨
From classics like Brief Encounter (filmed at Denham Studios and Beaconsfield) that blazed the trail… to contemporary Oscar-winners, the county’s rich cinematic heritage continues to inspire.
Here a just a few Oscar-winning films helped be brought to life on the Big Screen by Buckinghamshire!:
- The Queen (2006): Starring Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II. Mirren won the Oscar for Best Actress. Buckinghamshire filming locations include Halton House (RAF Halton), Halton; and Waddesdon Manor, Waddesdon.
- The Imitation Game (2014): The film took home the Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (Graham Moore). The film was primarily shot at the historic Bletchley Park, where Turing and his team worked on breaking the Enigma code. Chesham was another Bucks location used.
- The Theory of Everything (2014): Eddie Redmayne won the Oscar for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for his performance as Stephen Hawking in this biopic. While much of the film was shot in Cambridge, some scenes were filmed in Buckinghamshire, including at the Royal Standard of England pub in Forty Green, Beaconsfield.
Have we missed any? Let us know in the comments. 👇
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