L&T shares legal essentials of TV production life cycle to Pact members
This week at our office, legal experts across Lee & Thompson’s Film & TV, Employment, Immigration and Dispute Resolution teams delivered a broad overview of the legal fundamentals of today’s TV production life cycle exclusively to Pact members, in a breakfast session called “Legal Lens: Before, During & After TV Production”.
Legal Director Damian McParland talked through the evolution of multiparty financing,…
Celebrating L&T Clients at Zurich Film Festival 2025
Huge congratulations to Benedict Cumberbatch and Colin Farrell on being honoured at this year’s Zurich Film Festival, which opens next week.
Benedict Cumberbatch will receive a Golden Eye Award recognising his outstanding career and his latest role in ‘The Thing With Feathers’, produced by his company SunnyMarch.
Colin Farrell will be presented with the Golden Icon Award for his acclaimed performance in ‘Ballad of a Small Player’, direc…
Congratulations to our client, Warp Films, as “Adolescence” makes history at the Emmy Awards
At just 15 years old, Owen Cooper made history at the 77th Emmy Awards last night becoming the youngest-ever male actor to win an Emmy Award, for his role in Adolescence.
We’re thrilled that this groundbreaking series took home an incredible 8 awards at the ceremony in Los Angeles.
Huge congratulations to our client, Warp Films, along with the entire cast and crew of Adolescence, on the following wins:
Outstanding limited or anthology seri…
Congratulations to our clients on their wins at the National Television Awards
Congratulations to our clients on their National Television Awards wins last night, an awards ceremony that celebrates the most popular British TV shows and stars, as voted for by the public.
We’re delighted that three productions we had the privilege of advising on were recognised at the ceremony in London, collectively receiving four awards.
Gavin & Stacey won “Best Comedy”
Adolescence won “Best New Drama”
Owe…
L&T hosts The Writers Lab UK & Europe 2025 for women & non-binary screenwriters over 40
We were delighted to host The Writers Lab UK & Europe 2025‘s opening two days of their 4-month programme at our offices last week, as part of its mission to elevate the work of women screenwriters in their prime through learning, advocacy and exposure.
The non-profit programme, cofounded by Elizabeth Kaiden and Nitza Wilon, is designed to develop and promote narrative scripted content written by women and non-binary screenwriters over t…
“Rose of Nevada” one of 16 L&T films at BFI London Film Festival 2025
We are pleased that sixteen films we advised on will be screened at the 69th BFI London Film Festival, opening on Wednesday 8 October 2025, three of which are world premieres. Congratulations to everyone involved in the following films featuring in the festival’s line-up:
Official competition category (nominated for Best Film Award):
“Rose Of Nevada” (UK, Dir. Mark Jenkin)
Headline gala category:
“100 Nights Of HeroR…
Venice Film Festival selects three L&T films for its 82nd edition
We are thrilled to have advised clients on three films selected to feature at Venice Film Festival and its adjacent Venice Critics’ Week, which will run from Wednesday 27 August to Saturday 6 September 2025.
Congratulations to our clients involved in:
Rose of Nevada, directed by Mark Jenkin, selected in the Horizons strand
Ish, Imran Perretta’s directorial debut, screening in competition at Venice Critics’ Week
100 Nights of He…
Eleven L&T films selected at Toronto International Film Festival 2025
We are delighted to have advised clients on eleven films which have been selected to feature at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival, which will run from Thursday 4 to Sunday 14 September 2025.
Congratulations to our production and finance clients involved in:
Ballad of a Small Player, directed by Edward Berger (Canadian premiere)
California Schemin’, James McAvoy’s feature directorial debut (world premiere)
Frankenste…
13 Emmy Awards nominations for Adolescence in 2025
We are delighted that TV phenomenon Adolescence received 13 nominations at the 77th Emmy Awards, including a nomination for Owen Cooper, making him the youngest nominee in the history of his category (Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie).
Congratulations to our client, Warp Films, and all the cast and crew involved in the making of Adolescence, on the following nominations:
Outstanding Limited Series
Outstandin…
Long Read: A Tale of Two Industries – Film & TV Production in the UK
Film and television production in the UK has been a success story built over decades and, despite various risks and challenges, the production industry continues to be a vibrant, essential part of the UK economy. Recently, published figures revealed that UK production spend on feature films nearly tripled in the first quarter of 2025 as compared to the same period in 2024.
There have been numerous extraneous threat to the UK’s production pr…