Additions have been made to the Film London online Directory. The focus area for locations has increased to accommodate all 33 London boroughs and London's surrounding area. There are now approximately 1,800 locations available to view in the Directory. As before, users can search by category or by name of location. However, there is now the added benefit of being able to select a specific London borough, in order to organise your search more effectively. This expansion of locations available online is part of the locations library digitisation project. Visit the Directory to search for locations, facilities and crew. It is also possible to register your profile on facilities or crew and to create a 'personal folio' of location photographs. Register on the Film London website to access this fantastic new resource.

Now in its third year, Film London's Audience Development Fund supports projects that promote a vibrant cinema culture in London, both reflecting the tremendous diversity of the capital and bringing new audiences to cinema, as well as introducing children and young people to a greater variety of film. Applications for the Audience Development Fund 2006 are now open. Cinema projects and film festivals across the capital are invited to apply for a share of the £150,000 available. Further information and application forms can be found here.

Woolwich town centre was transformed into a future vision of London for one of the final shoots of the year Children of Men*. Over three days, the town centre welcomed 30 sheep, three dogs, two mules, one donkey, one horse, 600 extras and 250 cast and crew, while the empty Co-op building on Powis Street was used for construction and set-building in the lead up to the shoot. Directed and co-written by acclaimed filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*), and starring Clive Owen, Julianne Moore and Michael Caine. Children of Men* is based upon P.D. James' best-selling novel, set a generation from now in a world that has fallen into anarchy on the heels of an infertility defect in the population. Further information can be found here. 2006 looks set to be another thrilling year for London with a raft of exciting new productions set to film in and around the capital.

A new Film London EAST initiative, Developing EAST offers complimentary project and business support to east London based film-makers to develop their projects, careers and businesses. The programme combines bespoke one-to-one consultancies with top industry professionals, as well as group workshops and seminars. There is a particular focus on the importance of good business practice for film-makers and opportunities to establish relationships with industry professionals. The project takes place from January to April 2006, and is open to freelancers, partnerships and companies. Further information and an application form can be found here.

Onedotzero, the annual London festival of innovative moving image is now the first stop on a global network of festivals which inform the international perspective of it's programming. Onedotzero currently travels across the UK, central, eastern, southern, and northern Europe, the Baltics, the Americas and Australasia, totalling over 60 cities in 2005. Onedotzero is currently open for submissions. Further information can be found here.

The Halloween Short Film Festival bring back the Projector With Teeth for a third year, to two central London venues, the ICA and the Curzon Soho. Halloween 2006 runs from 5-9 January screening some of the best, most challenging, quirky and exciting shorts films out there. Further information and a downloadable brochure can be found here.

The Constant Gardener* and Pride and Prejudice* lead nominations at the London Film Critics' Circle awards. Separate Lies*, Mrs. Henderson Presents*, Batman Begins* and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory* also fared well.

Earlier this week legendary New Yorker Woody Allen spoke of plans to work his magic on London for a third film at Match Point's* Mayfair premiere.

Earlier this year film-makers transformed Westminster into one of the largest location shoots in London. Whitehall was closed to traffic as 1,000 people worked until dawn to shoot scenes for the graphic novel adaptation, V For Vendetta*. The film, from the team behind The Matrix, is set in a dystopian London with the country in the grip of a totalitarian regime. View the exciting new full length trailer here. However, if you would prefer something lighter, view the trailer for romantic comedy Confetti* here. Both films will be released next year.

Film London will be closed for the Christmas break, with business resuming as normal on 3 January 2006.

And finally…

Merry Christmas!

Compiled by Film London * Assisted by Film London