Around 600 Oscar voters have called "indefensible" the Academy leadership’s failure to quickly and adequately respond to the attack and arrest of Palestinian filmmaker Hamdan Ballal earlier this week.

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. Few outside of the racing bubble have heard of Tom Gibney, the man responsible for Randox Grand National favourite Intense Raffles.

The project is being produced by Alex Gibney, Paul Dallas and Sarah Mowaswes. The Indian/U.S. project “Metropolis,” directed by Anupama Srinivasan and Anirban Dutta (Sundance winners for ...