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26 Apr 2012

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12 Israeli premieres compete at Docaviv in May

Alison Klayman’s Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry will open Docaviv, the Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival which runs this year from 3-12 May.
12 projects selected for Locarno’s Open Doors

Co-production lab focuses on Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa in 2012.
96 Minutes

Dir/scr: Aimee Lagos. US. 2011. 94mins
Beware Cannes Scams - Redux

Those emails offering amazing Cannes accommodation deals might look authentic and persuasive, but pause before replying. Crooked operators are still busily ripping off festival and market guests in 2012.
BFI announces “pillars” of its Five Year Plan For Film

Amanda Nevill today promised a “fresh approach” from the BFI in its Five Year Forward Plan For Film; government and BFI to officially respond to Chris Smith’s Film Policy Review on May 14.
Can

Dir. Rasit Celikezer. Turkey. 2011. 106mins
Cheerful Weather For The Wedding

Dir: Donald Rice. UK. 2012. 95mins
CinemaCon: RealD crosses 20,000 3D screens worldwide

Meanwhile Sony said it has shipped 13,000 digital 4K projects to date and flagged its Sony Entertainment Access Glasses with audio support for hearing or sight imparied filmgoers, while Christie said it has signed technology agreements with Weta Digital and Park Road Post.
Don’t Stop Believin’: Everyman’s Journey

Dir/scr: Romana S Diaz. US. 2012. 114mins
Eddie - The Sleepwalking Cannibal

Dir: Boris Rodriguez. Denmark-Canada. 2011. 83mins
Elfie Hopkins

Dir: Ryan Andrews. UK. 2012. 85mins
FFI sells out on Cannes opening night film Moonrise Kingdom

In advance of the May 16 world premiere on the Croisette and simultaneous opening day release in France through StudioCanal, a comprehensive picture has emerged of the slew of top tier sales on Wes Anderson’s latest work.
Freaky Deaky

Dir/scr: Charles Matthau. US. 2012. 92mins
Free Samples

Dir: Jay Gammill. US. 2012. 80mins
Glitter Dust: Finding Art In Dubai

Dir: Katy Chang. UAE. 2012. 63mins
Happy, Happy director Sewitsky plans Sonja Henie biopic

Norwegian director Anne Sewitsky, whose 2010 feature debut Happy, Happy won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, is currently casting her next feature, a $10 million biopic of skating princess Sonja Henie who became a Hollywood star.
How I Spent My Summer Vacation

Dir: Adrian Grunberg. US. 2011. 94mins
Jackpot

Dir/scr: Magnus Martens. Norway. 2012. 90mins
Jonah Hill joins cast of The Wolf Of Wall Street

Red Granite is fully financing the $85m true-life account of trader Jordan Belfort’s debauched rise and tumultuous fall and has set Martin Scorsese to direct and Leonardo DiCaprio (pictured) to play the lead.
Journey To Planet X

Dirs: Josh Koury, Myles Kane. US. 2012. 77mins
Knife Fight

Dir: Bill Guttentag. US. 2012. 99mins
Korean drama Silenced wins audience award in Udine

The Far East Film Festival closed its 14th edition in Udine, Italy with more than 50,000 viewers attending this year’s edition.
Lincoln Center Convergence initiative to stage 24-hour ‘hackathon’

The day-long transmedia exercise on Apr 28 is one example of what is to come from the New York-based Film Society of Lincoln Center’s (FSLC) transmedia and immersive media partnership with StoryCode and Kill Screen Magazine.
Mansome

Dir: Morgan Spurlock. US. 2012. 82mins
New York Film Festival co-founder Amos Vogel dies

The academic and champion of American film culture has died in New York. He was 91.
Park Circus takes Lawrence of Arabia, Runaway Train to Cannes

UK- and US- based distributor and sales company Park Circus comes to Cannes representing two titles selected for Cannes Classics.
Pierce Brosnan joins Crime Scene’s The Coup

Sierra / Affinity will handle international pre-sales in Cannes on the story of an American family that relocates to Southeast Asia where a violent uprising takes place.
Present Tense

Dir: Belmin Söylemez Turkey. 2012. 104mins
Sing Me The Songs That Say I Love You – A Concert For Kate McGarrigle

Dir: Lian Lunson. US. 2012. 105mins
Sound Of My Voice

Dir: Zal Batmanglij. US. 2011. 84mins
Stopped On Track claims four Lolas including best film

Andreas Dresen’s moving cancer drama earned the Golden Lola at the German Film Awards on Saturday night (Apr 28) and won for best director, male lead for Milan Peschel and supporting actor for Otto Mellies.
Strippers vs Werewolves

Dir: Jonathan Glendening. UK. 2012. 93mins
Struck By Lightning

Dir: Brian Dannelly. US. 2012. 90mins
The Five-Year Engagement

Dir: Nicholas Stoller. US. 2012. 124mins
The Giant Mechanical Man

Dir/scr: Lee Kirk. US. 2012. 94mins
The Playroom

Dir: Julia Dyer. US. 2012. 83mins
The Weinstein Company dates three animated films for 2013

The company announced on Monday (23) it has set release slots for a trio of titles, starting with Leo The Lion on Aug 30 next year.
Thomas Kretschmann enters Open Grave

The German star has boarded Atlas Independent’s horror tale alongside South Africa’s Sharlto Copley, Josie Ho, Joseph Morgan, Erin Richards and Max Wrottesley. Camela Galano’s (pictured) Speranza13 Media has already closed a number of sales.
Wide House picks up world sales on Approved for Adoption

Hybrid documentary combining animation with live action is set to premiere in competition at Annecy in June.
Yossi

Dir. Eytan Fox. Israel. 2012. 83mins
10th éQuinoxe Germany Screenwriters Workshop launches

Nine European screenwriters from eight European countries have been selected to take part.
17 projects selected for Sarajevo’s Cinelink

17 projects have been selected for Cinelink, the development and financing platform for local projects designed as European co-productions, that takes place under the auspices of the Sarajevo Film Festival (July 6 to 14).
2012 Indian Film Festival Of LA honours Corrode, Marathon Boy

The six-day festival closed on Sunday evening (Apr 15) with a red carpet and gala 10th anniversary fete that included the LA premiere of Prashant Bhargava’s Patang and the presentation of awards.
A Simple Life sweeps Hong Kong Film Awards

Ann Hui’s A Simple Life continued its awards run at the Hong Kong Film Awards last night (April 15), scooping five of the top prizes including best film, best director, best actor and best actress for Deanie Ip.
Aktis Film picks up Snowchild for Cannes market premiere

Leipzig-based world sales outfit Aktis Film International will be presenting its latest acquisition, Uta Arning’s Snowchild, as a market premiere at Cannes’ Marché du Film.
Aldamisa to commence Cannes pre-sales on Sin City 2

Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller have started production on A Dame To Kill For, the sequel to the iconic 2005 crime ensemble. Dimension Films will distribute domestically.
Alliance sale expected to be announced within the month

EXCLUSIVE: A decision on the sale of Alliance Films is expected within the next two to four weeks, company chairman Victor Loewy told ScreenDaily this week.
AMPAS event celebrates the history of digital animation

Panel to be presented May 21 in Los Angeles.
Anchor Bay sinks teeth into North American rights on Vamps

A theatrical release is anticipated near Halloween on the Lucky Monkey Pictures and Red Hour Films project starring Alicia Silverstone, Krysten Ritter and Sigourney Weaver. Meanwhile Strand Releasing and Oscilloscope Laboratories have picked up a pair of socially conscious documentaries.
Andrew M Smith takes seat on Pinewood board

He takes up his new role as director of strategy and communications at Pinewood today.
Andy Garcia, Vera Farmiga to star in Admissions

Garcia will also produce the rom-com through his CineSon Productions. Paradigm Motion Picture Finance Group arranged financing and represents domestic rights while Film Bridge International handles sales on the rest of the world.
Aneurin Barnard joins cast of UK adventure-fantasy Mariah Mundi

Barnard joins cast of UK fantasy starring Sam Neill, Michael Sheen; production to get under way April 30 in Bath; Six Sales on board.
Anna Faris to receive CinemaCon Comedy Star Of Year Award

The actress will next be seen alongside Sacha Baron Cohen in Paramount’s summer release The Dictator.
Annapurna enters sales game with Panorama venture

Megan Ellison has invested in the new LA-based production, financing and international sales entity which will arrive in Cannes with a slate that includes Kathryn Bigelow’s (pictured) Bin Laden project Zero Dark Thirty currently shooting, a new film from Spike Jones and Bennett Miller’s Foxcatcher.
Anticipation Rises

Screen casts an excitable look over the latest trailer for The Dark Knight Rises.
Antonia Campbell-Hughes to star in Constantin biopic

Rising Irish star Antonia Campbell-Hughes has been cast as Natascha Kampusch in Constantin Film’s English-language biopic 3096 (working title) to be directed by German-American Sherry Hormann at the Bavaria Film studios outside Munich from next month.
Any Day Now

Dir: Travis Fine. US. 2012. 97mins
Any Day Now, Burn earn Tribeca audience awards

Travis Fine’s narrative (pictured) and Tom Putnam’s documentary claimed the prizes on Saturday night, earning $25,000 apiece in the first time audience awards were handed out for both disciplines.
APSA renews film fund, appoints first jury member

The Asia Pacific Screen Academy (APSA) and Motion Picture Association (MPA) Asia Pacific have announced the launch of the third consecutive MPA APSA Academy Film Fund in support of the region’s filmmakers.
ARC Entertainment takes North American rights to Knockdown

The distributor plans a Jun 8 theatrical release on the boxing drama starring Tom Arnold, Casey T Evans and Bai Ling.
Armie Hammer, Ben Kingsley among cast for thriller Cut Bank

eOne represents international sales and will launch the crime thriller based on Roberto Patino’s Black List script in Cannes.
ARRI unveils new ALEXA Plus 4:3

At this year’s NAB, ARRI announced a new ALEXA model, the ALEXA Plus 4:3, which features a 4:3 Super 35 sensor for shooting anamorphic.
Arrow takes UK rights to Peter Norman doc Salute

EXCLUSIVE: Film about sprinter set for UK theatrical release in July.
Arts Alliance Media pacts with Sony in Latin America, ACES Cines in Spain

Digital cinema provider Arts Alliance Media signs new agreements with Sony and ACES.
Artsploitation unveils inaugural distribution slate

TLA Entertainment Inc. president Raymond Murray’s newly formed Artsploitation Films has announced three North American acquisitions.
Avengers smashes competition at the UK box office

Marvel/Disney’s superhero team up records year’s highest opening and the biggest ever opening for a superhero film in the UK.
Avengers target $600m global through second weekend

SATURDAY UPDATE: Marvel Studios’ superhero mash-up enters Saturday on a $414.8m worldwide running total after adding $30.3m internationally on Friday and launching in North America on $80.5m including $18.7m in Thursday midnight shows. The international tally stands at $334.3m.
B3 Media to run second TalentLab

The programme is designed to help film-makers from non-traditional backgrounds to break into the UK industry.
Babygirl

Dir/scr: Macdara Vallely. Ireland. 2012. 77mins
Bad Ass

Dir/scr: Craig Moss. US. 2012. 88mins
BAMcinemaFest organisers unveil line-up

Mike Birbiglia’s adaptation of his off-Broadway one-man show Sleepwalk With Me will open the BAMcinemaFest on Jun 20 in New York.
Battleship stays afloat at the UK box office

Universal’s action sci-fi records second consecutive week at number one; Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games becomes biggest-grossing film of the year to date.
Battleship surges past $125m with $58.4m weekend haul

Buoyed by mighty launches in China and Russia, Universal/UPI’s action hit ruled the waves to reach an estimated $129.6m through Sunday, while Fox’s Titanic 3D crossed $225m and passed $100m in China. Warner Bros’ Wrath Of The Titans also crossed $200m.
Battleship’s a Game Changer

Why did Universal Pictures International (UPI) roll out one of the major summer tentpoles in most of the world five weeks before the US opening?
Benh Zeitlin to receive inaugural Graham Leggat Award

The director of Beasts Of The Southern Wild, the Sundance grand jury dramatic prizewinner that has just been announced in the Un Certain Regard line-up, will collect the honour during the 55th San Francisco International Film Festival on Apr 26.
Beta Cinema to unveil two market premieres in Cannes

New films by Ralf Huettner and Irina Probost will be presented as market premieres by Beta Cinema at the forthcoming Marché du Film in Cannes.
BFI launches Hitchcock season

The three-month season is the result of a three-year national archive project to restore Hitchcock’s silent films.
Blancbiehn Productions plans June shoot on family drama Treachery

Michael Biehn and Jennifer Blanc Biehn have announced casting on their latest project and will star alongside Sarah Butler, Caitlin Keats, Chris Meyer and Matthew Ziff.
Bleiberg Entertainment takes international sales on Charm

The Beverly Hills-based production, financing and sales company’s Compound B label will begin sales in Cannes following a deal with producers Jonathan Craven and Cody Zwieg.
Bollywood IIFAs to be held in Singapore in June

The International Indian Film Academy (IFFA) has announced that this year’s IIFA Weekend and Awards will be held in Singapore from June 7-9.
Bombay Sapphire launches film-making competition

The competition will give film-makers the chance to interpret a script written by Geoffrey Fletcher, who won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for Precious in 2009.
British Film Commission party, Tribeca Film Festival

The BFC hosted its annual Tribeca party on Tuesday 24 April, attended by industry and festival winners.
British Independent Film Festival opens with Airborne

Third annual festival takes place in five UK cities
BSkyB posts £939m profit; claims it is 'fit and proper'

BSkyB has staunchly defended its right to a broadcast licence following a stinging attack on its majority shareholder News Corporation yesterday.
Bye Bye Blondie to close Inside Out Toronto LBGT on May 27.

The The North American premiere follows two women who struggle to revive their relationship after years of separation and change.
Calls for minimum budget for each of Creative Europe's strands

Calls have been growing for the European Commission to be more specific on the level of the budgets allocated to the three stands in its proposed Creative Europe framework programme.
Cameron, Gianopulos address Beijing film fest

James Cameron and Fox Filmed Entertainment chairman Jim Gianopulos were among the heavyweights who spoke at the Beijing International Film Festival (BIFF) today about co-production and China’s growing role in the international film business.
Canadian Academy merges Genie, Gemini awards show

The Academy Of Canadian Cinema & Television (ACCT) said on Tuesday (May 1) it was merging its film, television and digital media awards into a single gala event on Mar 3, 2013. Separetly the ACCT named Helga Stephenson CEO.
Canadian Academy names Stephenson CEO, merges Genie, Gemini awards shows

The Academy Of Canadian Cinema & Television (ACCT) said on Tuesday (May 1) it was merging its film, television and digital media awards into a single gala event on Mar 3, 2013. Separately the ACCT confirmed Helga Stephenson as the new CEO.
Cannes' 65th edition has strong American flavour

Thierry Fremaux says he will announce two to three more titles in coming weeks.
Cannes adds another 7 titles to Official Selection

Candida Brady documentary Trashed, Wayne Blair’s The Sapphires and Franck Khalfoun’s Maniac among seven titles added to Official Selection.
Cannes announces Un Certain Regard, Special Screenings

Among those selected were China’s Lou Ye, Canada’s Xavier Dolan and Argentina’s Pablo Trapero as well as the Cuban portmanteau 7 Days In Havana, one segment of which is directed by Trapero.
Cannes Classics lineup unveiled

Restorations of Once Upon A Time In America, Tess and Jaws are among the films screening in the 2012 Cannes Classics programme.
Cannes competition line up unveiled in Paris

Strong showing for US independents with Lee Daniels, Jeff Nichols, Andrew Dominik and John Hillcoat in competition alongside Cannes stalwarts like Haneke, Cronenberg, Reygadas, Loach.
Cannes confirms Berenice Bejo as mistress of ceremonies

Bejo to host opening and closing ceremonies of festival running 16-27 May.
Cannes Critics’ Week to open with Rufus Norris’ Broken

Feature selection also includes Alejandro Fadel’s Los Salvajes, Ilian Metev’s Sofia’s Last Ambulance and Meni Yaesh’s Les Voisins de Dieu
Cannes renews partnership with Christie

Christie to provide digital projection platform for the Cannes Film Festival.
Carlos Diegues to chair Caméra d’Or jury

The Caméra d’or is awarded to the best first film presented in the Official Selection, Critics’ Week or Directors’ Fortnight
Causeway Pictures unveils two new horror pictures

Red Mist screenwriter Spence Wright has written the script for the two Northern Irish based projects - Deadlocked and Vampires Verses Leprechauns - which will shoot consecutively in the autumn.
Celestial appoints Yim as China distribution chief

Hong Kong-based Celestial Pictures has appointed Annie Yim as director of distribution for the Greater China region.
Celsius on board for Kasdan's The First Time

EXCLUSIVE: Celsius takes on world sales (excluding North America) for the teen romance which premiered at Sundance.
Check Entertainment dates Audrey for September release

Richard Gabai’s new distributorwill release Dean Pollack’s Audrey in theatres in September.
Child’s Play, Everybody Has A Plan on FIP Cannes slate

Shebnem Askin-Schreger (pictured) will be on the Croisette touting Fox International Productions’ sales roster, which includes Vinessa Shaw in the remake of the 1976 Spanish thriller Who Can Kill A Child?
Chimpanzee

Dir: Alastair Fothergill and Mark Linfield. US. 2012. 78mins
China’s Le Vision acquires Expendables 2

Beijing-based Le Vision Pictures announced that it has acquired mainland Chinese distribution rights to Lionsgate’s The Expendables 2.
Chinese online video sites form buying alliance

China’s three major online video companies – Tencent Holdings, Sohu Video and Baidu-owned iQiyi.com – are to establish an alliance of “Video Content Cooperation” (VCC) to jointly purchase or negotiate content for their platforms.
Chris Aronson to succeed Bruce Snyder as head of Fox domestic distribution

The studio announced on Tuesday (24) that Snyder will retire on Jul 6 after 36 years at the studio, having overseen distribution since 1989.
Christie launches SKA-3D processor

Launch took place at CinemaCon.
Christie renews partnership with Cannes festival for three more years

Company has been one of the festival’s technical partners since 2006.
Christopher Nolan, Peter Berg in Produced By line-up

The PGA conference in Los Angeles is set to run from Jun 8-10 and will feature on-stage conversations with the filmmakers behind The Dark Knight and Battleship.
Christopher Nolan, Peter Berg in Produced By line-up

The PGA’s annual conference in Los Angeles is set to run from Jun 8-10 and will feature on-stage conversations with the filmmakers behind The Dark Knight and Battleship.
Cinedigm acquires New Video in $14m-plus deal

The resulting entity will serve as a full-service end-to-end digital releasing studio capable of acquiring and distributing content theatrically and digitally.
Cinema Without Borders to honour Darryl Macdonald

The director of the Palm Springs International Film Festival, Palm Springs International Short Film Festival & Film Market and executive director of the Palm Springs Film Society will be the winner of the first annual Friend Of International Cinema Award.
CinemaCon names Jeremy Renner Male Star Of The Year

The new spy based inspired by Jason Bourne creator Robert Ludlum will collect his honour in Las Vegas on Apr 26.
CinemaCon: Disney greenlights The Muppets 2, new Pixar film

In a lengthy and star-studded presentation at the Colosseum in Caesars Palace on Tuesday evening (24), studio top brass announced a Muppet Movie sequel and said the newest Pixar production is the undated Latin-themed Dia De Los Muertos.
CinemaCon: Dolby Laboratories launches Atmos audio platform

The technology company said Dolby Atmos offered “a hybrid approach to mixing and directs sound as dynamic objects enveloping the listener, in combination with channels for playback.”
CinemaCon: IMAX showcases prototype laser projector

The company began demonstrating the technology last week to a select group of exhibitors, institutions, filmmakers and studios.
CinemaCon: keynotes sell int'l growth as event gets underway

International Day at CinemaCon (23) kicked off in Las Vegas with a pair of addresses that offered a tub-thumping appraisal of international box office growth and reiterated several other familiar themes.
CinemaCon: MPAA, NATO paint rosy picture for exhibitors

MPAA chairman and CEO Senator Chris Dodd and NATO president and CEO John Fithian used their keynote addresses on the second day of the Las Vegas convention to accentuate the positive in front of a packed house of attendees at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace.
CinemaCon: panel elicits fresh exchange over texting in theatres

Regal Entertainment Group CEO Amy Miles told attendees at a lively panel on Wednesday (25) that the exhibitor was considering allowing youngster to use their mobile phones during certain films as a way of enticing them to visit theatres more often.
CinemaCon: Paramount trumpets One Shot, G.I. Joe 2, Dictator

The first studio presentation of CinemaCon 2012 featured a surprise appearance by Sacha Baron Cohen in support of the May 16 release of his new comedy The Dictator.
CinemaCon: Qube Cinema, THX among new tech announcements

Qube Cinema announced it will install 39 Qube XP-D servers for distributor Kuwait National Cinema Company, completing the chain’s transition to digital cinema. Qube digital cinema systems are upgradeable and can be outfitted for full 4K playback with the addition of Qube Xi 4K Integrated Media Blocks.
CinemaCon: Scorsese, Lee offer gung-ho appraisal of 3D

At a special lunch event on the third day of CinemaCon (25), master directors Martin Scorsese and Ang Lee gave an endorsement of the format that was as good as it gets.
CinemaCon: Sony Digital Cinema unveils high frame rate upgrade

The company said all of its existing Sony Digital Cinema 4K customers would be able to experience “unsurpassed 3D image quality” through high frame rate playback without the need for complex hardware upgrades.
Clash Of Colors: L.A. Riots Of 1992

Dir: David D. Kim. US. 2012. 81mins
Claude Miller’s Thérèse Desqueroux to close Cannes

Audrey Tautou stars in the title role of the French master’s final film, which will screen on May 27 and is based on François Mauriac’s 1920s novel of the same name.
Clifford Werber, Fluent Entertainment

The Fox and Warner Bros veteran talks about a studio-aligned equity finance model for local-language films.
CMG adds Winston Churchill: Walking With Destiny to Cannes slate

Ed Noeltner’s Beverly Hills-based sales company will screen the Moriah Films documentary narrated by Ben Kingsley during the market.
Constantin acquires rights to fantasy saga The Iron Trial

The deal with authors Cassandra Clare and Holly Black for the unpublished series follows the adventures of 12-year-old Callum Hunt and his interaction with magicians. The Iron Trial is the first in the series.
CPH PIX to host events for 25 emerging film-makers

Denmark’s CPH PIX (April 12-29) is to hold networking events for emerging film-makers this weekend.
CPH PIX's New Talent Grand PIX goes to Brazil's Neighbouring Sounds

Monsieur Lazhar wins audience award.
Creative England's Film Culture Fund open for applications

The second round of Creative England’s Film Culture Lottery Fund is now opens for applications with £500,000 of BFI Lottery funds available to regional organisations and festivals.
Creative Europe comes in for criticism at public hearing in Brussels

Experts express concern at European Commission’s proposed programme
Crime Scene sets Owen Wilson for thriller The Coup

John Erick Dowdle will direct from a screenplay he co-wrote with his brother Drew Dowdle. Sierra/Affinity handles international sales while CAA represents US rights.
Critics’ Week announces jury presidents

Bertrand Bonello and João Pedro Rodrigues to head juries
Dan Simmons appointed Creative Skillset's head of film

He has been acting head of film at the UK training organisation - which rebranded at the beginning of this month from Skillset to Creative Skillset - since last April.
Danny Glover among jurors for Puma Creative Impact Award

Submissions are now open for the second Puma/Britdoc Foundation award which recognises the documentary film which has created the most significant impact in the world today.
Darclight takes on Aussie sci-fi Crawlspace

Just in time for Cannes, sales agent Arclight Films has picked up world rights, excluding North America, to Australian science fiction action thriller Crawlspace for its Darclight label.
Darling Companion

Dir: Lawrence Kasdan. US. 2012. 103mins
David Garrett pacts with Constantin to launch new London-based sales company

In new outfit Mister Smith Entertainment, Garrett joined by former Summit exec Ralpho Borgos and Annasivia Britt; brings Mortal Instruments adaptation and Natascha Kampusch drama to Cannes.
David Pritchard to produce Keith Floyd biopic

David Pritchard is adapting his book Shooting the Cook, about British TV chef Keith Floyd, into a feature.
David Puttnam launches Thinking Film

Free teaching resources project aims to further embed film within the curriculum
Di Bonaventura, Seven Arts, Prodigy pact for Natali's $60m Neuromancer

Renowned US producer Lorenzo Di Bonaventura (Transformers, Constantine) is to partner with Seven Arts Entertainment Inc and Prodigy Pictures on William Gibson adaptation Neuromancer, it was confirmed this weekend.
Dimension Films acquires US rights to Dark Skies

Scott Stewart wrote and will direct the supernatural thriller, his follow-up to Priest that is being produced by Jason Blum and Alliance Films, which is fully financing. IM Global will commence pre-sales in Cannes through its Octane division.
Directors’ Fortnight features Ben Wheatley, Michel Gondry, Jaime Rosales and Anurag Kashyap

Bookended by two films about time travel, the Fortnight runs May 17-27 and will showcase 21 features and 10 shorts.
Disney declares record $207.4m US launch for The Avengers

Marvel Studios’ blockbuster grossed considerably more than the $200.3m estimate issued by Disney on Sunday, according to official results issued on Monday (7).
Disney revises Avengers int’l launch to $185.1m

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International claimed on Monday (Apr 30) that Marvel Studios’ superhero mash-up actually grossed $6.7m more than original Sunday estimates suggested.
Djinn Carrenard starts shooting for Faire L’Amour

After €150 guerrilla film Donoma, director kicks off €2.7 million feature Faire L’Amour, produced by Realitism Films and backed by Arte and Pathé.
Dogwoof partners with FilmClub

EXCLUSIVE: FilmClub adds ten titles to screening roster from UK distributor Dogwoof.
Dogwoof takes two at HotDocs

UK distributor picks up Chasing Ice and Call Me Kuchu in Toronto.
Dolby unveils Atmos audio platform

Atmos utilises a hybrid approach to mixing and directs sound as dynamic objects.
Double Negative launches TV unit

Soho-based VFX firm Double Negative (Dneg) has launched a TV division.
DreamWorks Animation prepares Rise footage for Cannes

The studio will expand its presence on the Croisette alongside the out-of-competition screening of Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted.
Dublin to host inaugural John Ford symposium

A four day film festival celebrating the life and work of American director John Ford is set to take place in Dublin this June, with a number of high profile attendees.
Edinburgh Film Festival to open with Killer Joe

It will be the UK premiere of the comic noir thriller which world premiered at the Venice Film Festival last year.
EFP selects Producers on the Move for Cannes

25 emerging producers chosen for the networking initiative, including the first producer selected from Georgia
Elstree Studios reports increased profits

The UK studio has recently played host to King Of Soho and Under The Skin and is currently the home of BBC talent show The Voice.
Emerging Ethiopian Filmmakers to attend Cannes

The International Emerging Film Talent Association (IEFTA) and the Ethiopian Film Initiative (EFI) will bring three filmmakers to Monaco and Cannes for a week-long visit timed to the Cannes Film Festival.
Endgame, FilmDistrict acquire rights to sci-fi thriller script Selfless

The companies will co-finance and reunite with producer Ram Bergman, their partner on the upcoming sci-fi release Looper. FilmDistrict will handle US distribution.
eOne picks up US/UK on Cronenberg's Cosmopolis

eOne has acquired multi-territory rights on David Cronenberg’s Cannes thriller Cosmopolis.
Eros picks up Indian rights to Peddlers

India’s Eros International has acquired Indian rights to Peddlers, produced by Anurag Kashyap Films and Sikhya Entertainment, which has been selected for Cannes Critics’ Week.
Estonia celebrates 100 years of film history

With a centenary of cinema to celebrate, Estonia used April 30 to recognise the achievements of some its most venerated stars and directors.
Europa International backs EC move on digital plan

Europa International, the organisation representing the interests of international sales agents, has given an enthusiastic welcome to The European Commission’s recently published call for proposals related to a new preparatory action Circulation Of European Films In Digital Era.
Exclusive Media reports sales deluge on Robot & Frank

EXCLUSIVE: Jake Schreier’s popular Sundance premiere went on to screen at the EFM in Berlin and has proved to be a broadly appealing title for buyers.
Expanded Beijing Film Market wraps

The second Beijing Film Market (April 24-26) wrapped on Thursday after three days of increased participation and business, although delegates agreed that it remains a mostly domestic Chinese event.
Faith, Tchoupitoulas among Dallas International Film Festival winners

Faith, Love & Whiskey earned $10,000 as winner of the grand jury prize for narrative feature while Tchoupitoulas took the same amount in the documentary feature category.
Fast Girls

Dir: Regan Hall. UK. 2012. 91mins
Fast track

The feel good trailer for StudioCanal’s Fast Girls has arrived.
Feature adaptation of The Knife That Killed Me underway

The British thriller will shoot entirely on green screen.
Film Factory picks up Zip & Zap And The Marble Gang for Cannes

Popular Spanish comic Zip & Zap is headed to the big screen as a family adventure produced by Zeta Cinema, Mod Producciones, Antena 3 Films and Kowalski Films.
Film Factory to sell slasher Afterparty in Cannes

Vicente Canales’ Barcelona based Film Factory has acquired international sales rights to Miguel Larraya’s Afterparty.
Film Industry Five-A-Side Football Event, Millwall Football Stadium

Ralf Little’s Provenance Films swept to victory for the third consective year at the annual film industry five-a-side event at Millwall.
Film piracy attitudes shift

Film and TV remain the most downloaded content by online pirates but public attitudes are shifting against copyright infringement, according to new research.
Film Sales Company boards sales on The Mechanical Bride

Andrew Herwitz has picked up worldwide sales rights on Allison de Fren’s Hot Docs world premiere about the world of erotic dolls and those who collect them.
Film Sales Company cuts deals on No Room For Rock Stars

Andrew Herwitz has licensed all North American rights excluding TV on Parris Patton’s documentary to Shout! Factory and all international DVD and digital rights excluding iTunes to SideOneDummy.
Film-makers call for distribution and exhibition to remain central to the MEDIA Programme

Ken Loach, the Dardenne brothers and Jerzy Skolimowski among signatories supporting 37% budget increase
Films Boutique selling two Critics' Week world premieres

Berlin-based Films Boutique will handle international sales for David Lambert’s Beyond The Walls (Hors Les Murs) and Bulgarian Ilian Metev’s documentary Sofia’s Last Ambulance [pictured] which will both have their world premieres in this year’s Critics’ Week in Cannes.
FIP hires ex-Weinstein executive Laine Kline

The new arrival will serve as svp of business affairs for Sanford Panitch’s division.
First Winter

Dir/scr: Benjamin Dickinson. US. 2012. 91mins
FMX 2012 to highlight advent of Virtual Production

17th edition runs May 8-11.
Focus World to distribute Nacho Vigalondo’s Extraterrestrial

Focus Features’ alternative releasing initiative will take out the sci-fi comedy in partnership with Tugg in theatres and VoD on Jun 15.
Foreign finalists selected for 2012 Student Academy Awards

Finalists selected from 51 entries include student work from Australia, the UK and Germany
Fortissimo Films picks up Ashim Ahluwalia's Miss Lovely

Fortissimo Films is to handle international sales on Indian director Ashim Ahluwalia’s feature film debut Miss Lovely which is premiering in the upcoming Cannes Festival in Un Certain Regard.
Fortissimo takes on Antonio Campos' Simon Killer

IFC already has North American rights.
France launches long-awaited world cinema aid fund

New subsidy worth €6m in 2012 replaces existing Fonds Sud and the Aid to Foreign Language Films (AFLE).
Gangs Of Wasseypur to open London Indian Film Festival

Now in its third edition, the festival will take place across various London locations from June 20 - July 3.
Geoffrey Fletcher

Precious screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher talks about his latest collaboration with Bombay Sapphire on a new short film competition.
German companies unite on VOD service

Firms unite on Berlin-based VOD service set to launch at the end of the year.
Girl In Progress

Dir: Patricia Riggen. US. 2012. 92mins
Global Screen to handle Denis Dercourt's third feature

Global Screen, the world sales joint venture of Bavaria Film and Telepool, are to handle French director Denis Dercourt’s seventh feature film Zum Geburtstag and Arne Birkenstock’s documentary about the art forger Wolfgang Beltracchi.
GoDigital buys four from Shoreline Entertainment

The digital distributor has picked up the documentary Fat Belly, sci-fi animation Technotise: Edit & I, horror thriller Cannibal and stop-motion Edison & Leo.
goEast festival

The festival was held in Wiesbaden, Germany.
Hammer options Winchester haunted house story

The Exclusive Media subsidiary will develop and produce with Imagination Design Works (IDW) and Nine/8 Entertainment.
Harkness expands into India; launches Spectral 300 screen

Digital cinema industry veteran Sriram Sistla hired as director of sales.
Headhunters director heads to the sea for Tordenskjold

Morten Tyldum to direct $12.2m historical drama, produced by Norway’s Filmkameratene with Denmark’s Zentropa
Headhunters hits its mark to become UK's highest grossing foreign language release of 2012

Momentum’s adaptation of Jo Nesbø’s novel crosses the £1m mark.
Henri-Levy's Libyan project to screen in Cannes

Libyan revolutionaries to attend the May 25 screening of The Oath of Tobruk.
Highland Film Group boards int'l sales on Revenge For Jolly!

Arianne Fraser’s company will introduce the dark comedy to buyers in Cannes following its Tribeca world premiere. Jolly! is one of three productions planned for this year by Atlas Entertainment subsidiary Atlas Independent.
Historic toilet flushes, a lucky 7 budget, Dracula's cape and other trivia

To mark the official centenary of Universal Pictures (Apr 30), the venerable studio has published a list of 100 “fun facts” for film buffs to enjoy.
Hot projects on Screenbase

New projects on Screenbase include a remake of Dario Argento’s Suspiria, UK drama Having You starring Romola Garai, as well as Petit with Kim Basinger taking the lead role.
Hot projects on Screenbase

Among the new projects added to Screenbase is Wasteland starring Luke Treadaway.
How 2 Steal 2 Million wins four prizes at the African Movie Academy Awards

Nigeria was the most awarded country at the eighth AMAAs
Huayi Brothers unveils slate headed by Detective Dee prequel

China’s Huayi Brothers Media has unveiled a slate of eight new productions for 2012, headed by Tsui Hark’s Detective Dee prequel and Tai Chi II: Rise Of A Hero, the second film in a trilogy directed by Stephen Fung.
Ian Jessel appointed president of Legend 3D

Former founding president of Miramax International joins Legend 3D.
IDFA head calls on Dutch government to support Jan Vrijman Fund

IDFA (International Documentary Festival Amsterdam) director Ally Derks has made an outspoken plea for the Dutch Government to continue to support the Festival’s Jan Vrijman Fund.
IFC Midnight adds thriller Area 407 to pipeline

The distributor has acquired rights to North America, Latin America, France, Benelux, Turkey, Greece, East central Europe and Asia for Dale Fabrigar and Everette Wallin’s found footage sci-fi.
IFC Midnight takes North America on Room 237

Rodney Ascher’s documentary concerns the theories surrounding Stanley Kubrick’s horror classic The Shining.
IFC Midnight takes US, UK on As Luck Would Have It

Alex De La Iglesia’s film played as a special screening at the Berlinale and receives its North American premiere in Tribeca.
In The Fog locks distribution for Germany, Russia, Poland, France

EXCLUSIVE: The Match Factory handles sales for Sergei Loznitsa’s Cannes competitor, set in the German-occupied western frontiers of the USSR in 1942.
Inaugural Look East: Korean Film Festival hits Hollywood in June

The festival will run from Jun 23-24 and features South Korean screenings and VIP events. Hyundai Motors is the lead sponsor.
Indomina, Kaleidoscope seal deal on The Art Of Rap

The Indomina Group has sold international distribution rights to London-based Kaleidoscope on Ice-T’s Sundance entry Something From Nothing: The Art Of Rap.
Industry pays tribute to Tracy Lorie

The beloved and widely admired marketing and publicity executive passed away peacefully at her Los Angeles home on Friday (20), one year after she was diagnosed with a brain tumour.
Inside

Dir/scr: Zeki Demikubuz. Turkey. 2012. 107mins
International Union of Cinemas launches digital innovation award

Finalists to be showcased at CineEurope in Barcelona.
Intouchables wins COL•COA audience and critic awards

The European smash took dominated proceedings as the Franco-American Cultural Fund’s 16th annual festival came to a close in Los Angeles on Sunday (April 22).
Iron Man 3 to be co-produced by China’s DMG Entertainment

Beijing and Los Angeles-based DMG Entertainment will co-produce Iron Man 3 with Walt Disney Co and Marvel Studios.
Iron Sky secures double win at Brussels Film Festival

Highly anticipated Finnish-German-Australian coproduction Iron Sky has scooped both the Silver Méliès and the Audience Award at this year’s Brussels International Film Festival.
Irvine Welsh’s Ecstasy

Dir: Rob Heydon. UK. 2011. 99mins
Irwin Winkler named president of Tribeca jury

The jury will be divided among the six competition categories and will announce the winners at the awards ceremony on Apr 26. The festival is scheduled to kick off on Apr 18 and runs through Apr 29.
Ischia to honour Taviani brothers with Legend Award

Italian filmmakers Paolo and Vittorio Taviani will receive 2012 Legend Award at 10th annual Ischia Global Film & Music Festival
James Newton Howard to be honoured at World Soundtrack Awards

Howard’s work will be showcased at the event, which will also see Italian composer Pino Donaggio receiving the World Soundtrack Lifetime Achievement Award.
Jamie Laurenson leaves BBC Films to head See-Saw's TV arm

Former BBC executive becomes head of television at Iain Canning and Emile Sherman’s See-Saw Films.
Jared Harris to star in Hammer's The Quiet Ones

Due to start shooting in the UK on June 19, the supernatural thriller will be Hammer’s next project following box office hit The Woman In Black.
JCA remasters A Queen Is Crowned for ITV

Digital restoration timed for Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
Jeffrey Katzenberg to receive CinemaCon Pioneer Of The Year

Jack Black, Cameron Diaz and Antonio Banderas will attend the Las Vegas convention to present the DreamWorks Animation CEO with his honour at a dinner on Apr 25.
Jennifer Garner named CinemaCon Female Star Of The Year

Garner will next be seen in Disney’s family film The Odd Life Of Timothy Green set to open on Aug 15 about a childless couple who bury a box in their back yard containing their wishes for an infant son.
Jere Hausfater named COO of Aldamisa International

Aldamisa International co-chairs and co-CEOs Sergei Bespalov and Marina Bespalov made the announcement on Monday (23) in the run-up to Cannes, where Hausfater will commence pre-sales on the sequels to Sin City and Machete.
Joe Drake, Nathan Kahane launch Good Universe

The Mandate Pictures co-founders have left the Lionsgate fold and head to Cannes with their financing, production and sales operation and a pair of buzz titles: Spike Lee’s Oldboy remake and Jon Turteltaub comedy Last Vegas.
Justin Lin picks up film rights to comedy Chinglish

The director behind Universal’s Fast And Furious franchise felt compelled to snap up rights after he saw David Henry Hwang’s Broadway play.
K5 captures The Reluctant Fundamentalist

K5 boards director Mira Nair’s thriller starring Kate Hudson, Riz Ahmed and Kiefer Sutherland.
K5 sings with LCD Soundsystem doc Shut Up and Play the Hits

K5 brings Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern’s punk-dance doc to Cannes, plans screening with 2 Many DJs set.
Kaleidoscope picks up Penguin King 3D

UK sales and distribution outift acquires family doc narrated by David Attenborough.
Karlovy Vary to honour Helen Mirren

Mirren and husband Taylor Hackford to attend the Czech festival
Keep The Lights On, Cherry added to Inside Out

Ira Sachs’ Keep The Lights On and Stephen Elliot’s Cherry will screen at the Inside Out Toronto LBGT line-up.
King of the plants

It’s not often that you are in the presence of greatness. But that was the case last night at a preview screening of Sky’s latest series, David Attenborough’s Kingdom Of Plants, attended by the man himself.
KVIFF to screen restored version of The Fireman's Ball

The screening is part of the festival’s long-term project to digitally restore major works of Czechoslovak cinematography.
L!fe Happens

Dir: Kat Coiro. US-Canada. 2012. 100mins
Laddaland, Headshot take top honours at Thai Film Awards

Horror thriller Laddaland and Pen-ek Ratanaruang’s Headshot were the big winners at the Supannahong Awards, also known as the Thai Film Awards, which took place in Bangkok last night (April 29).
Lambert Media partners, William Johnson launch Demarest Films

Lambert Media Group’s Michael Lambert and Sam Englebardt have teamed up with investor William D Johnson to provide senior and gap loans and preferred equity on film and TV projects
Lance Volland, Désirée Finnegan rise at Warner Bros int’l publicity

Volland has led the studio’s international publicity efforts for the past five years and is promoted to evp while Finnegan becomes svp.
Lars von Trier to make Nymphomaniac in two feature-length parts

EXCLUSIVE: The project, tracing the erotic life of a woman from the age of zero to 50, will shoot in Germany this summer
LevelK takes on 33 Liberty Lane starring Watson, Oh, Hardin, Vardalos

Peter Hewitt to direct the sex-phone company comedy.
Lisa Gutberlet earns senior distribution stripes at Myriad

The German-born executive has been promoted to svp of distribution and will oversee the release of content across all Myriad’s platforms and play a role in acquisition.
Little Studio Films signs Mick Garris to direct Invasion

The Los Angeles-based company will represent all rights to the sci-fi thriller at the Cannes market.
Little White Lies among MPI Pictures launch slate

MPI Media Group’s new arthouse distributor debuts with a seven-strong roster led by Guillaume Canet’s follow-up to Tell No One starring Oscar winner Jean Dujardin (pictured) and Marion Cotillard.
Living takes top prize at goEast; Crossing Europe opens

Russian newcomer wins Golden Lily and FIPRESCI prize at Wiesbaden’s goEast, Crossing Europe gets underway with Crulic – The Path To Beyond and others and Plzen launches Industry Days
Lola Awards, Germany

Germany’s awards including winners from Stopped On Track and Anonymous.
Lola Versus

Dir: Daryl Wein. US. 2012. 89mins
London Video Rendezvous to tackle new technologies

Conference will include talks from the likes of DECE’s Jim Taylor and Channel 4’s Edward Hall.
Lone Scherfig attached to direct Orange for Ruby, Focus

EXCLUSIVE: The adaptation of Tim Guest’s memoir My Life In Orange, about his childhood in an Indian commune, is curently in development.
Lukas Moodysson to shoot 'happy film' about neglected adolescents

TrustNordisk to handle sales of graphic novel adaptation about three 12-13-year-old girls roaming the streets of 1980s Stockholm; Moodysson wants feature to be “a happy film full of hope and vitality.”
Magnolia picks up US rights to Steve Jobs doc

Robert Cringely shot the interview with the Apple guru in 1995 and screened the film earlier this year in Magnolia sibling Landmark theatres.
Malaga's top prize goes to Patricia Ferreira's The Wild Boys

Popular actor Paco Leon takes second prize for Carmina o Revienta in the festival devoted to Spanish cinema.
Mamitas

Dir/scr: Nicholas Ozeki. US. 2012. 109mins
Man stays top in US, Hunger Games crosses $600m global

Screen Gems’ rom-com Think Like A Man grossed an estimated $18m for an excellent $61m. Overall box office fell around 30% against the same weekend last year, although things should pick up when The Avengers opens.
M-Appeal picks up Israeli debut for Cannes market premiere

EXCLUSIVE: Berlin-based sales company picks up first-time Israeli film-maker Michael Mayer’s Out In The Dark
Maria Faillace to oversee production at CBS Films

The executive is promoted to evp of production and will take responsibility for the company’s homegrown slate. She most recently served as production svp.
Mark Padilla joins Myriad as vp sales and distribution

Padilla most recently served in the same capacity at Essential Entertainment and will accompany the team to Cannes.
Marketing chief Tim Palen signs long-term deal at Lionsgate

The 10-year company veteran has committed to the role of chief marketing officer hot on the heels of the $550m global success of The Hunger Games.
Martin Carr and Neil Thompson, Formosa Films

The producers talk about their EIS experiences and their busy slate.
Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio reunite on Wolf

Red Granite has confirmed the pair will team up on the $85m-plus The Wolf Of Wall Street, their fifth collaboration after The Departed, Shutter Island, The Aviator and Gangs Of New York.
Marvel’s The Avengers

Dir: Joss Whedon. US. 2012. 142mins
Matt Di Angelo to star in Two Days In The Smoke

The British crime thriller is being directed by Ben Pickering.
Matthew’s Laws wins Nyon Grand Prix; Sasnals triumph in Linz

Matthew’s Laws, Dutch filmmaker Marc Schmidt’s journey into the world of autism, was awarded the Grand Prix at Nyon’s Visions du Réel International Documentary Film Festival in Switzerland (Apr 20-27), which reported admissions up year-on-year by 4,000 to 25,000.
Maven Pictures branches out into UK

Trudie Styler and British producer Celine Rattray (pictured) announced on Tuesday (1) that Styler’s London-based Xingu Films and its key creative will become a part of Maven.
Max Moore joins Production Wizard as CEO

Moore was a former executive at AdJug.
Meeting Evil

Dir: Chris Fisher. US. 2012. 89mins
Memento to sell Craig Zobel’s controversial Compliance

Film based on true events prompted controversy at Sundance this year.
Metrodome falls for Prince Avalanche

EXCLUSIVE: UK outfit closes deal on David Gordon Green’s Sundance and Berlin title.
Meyers Media Group to commence sales on 3D zombie origins story

Simon West Productions’ Night Of The Living Dead: Origins 3D is a reimagining of George A Romero’s classic horror and will use 3D using facial capture technology.
MGM, YouTube strike content deal

The studio has made more than 600 titles from its storied library available for online rental.
Michael Pitt to star in and produce You Can’t Win

Parts & Labor’s Lars Knudsen and Jay Van Hoy and producers Robert Scarff and Zach Sebastian will partner on the project, based on adventurer Jack Black’s 1926 autobiography.
Mommy Is Coming to North America and France

EXCLUSIVE: Berlin-based sales outfit Raspberry&Cream has sold Cheryl Dunye’s kinky comedy Mommy Is Coming to TLA Releasing for the US, Canada and France.
My Brother The Devil to open Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival

Sally El Hosaini’s coming-of-age film — winner of the cinematography award at Sundance — will receive its Canadian premiere at the festival. The film will kick off festival on May 17.
My Brother The Devil, Street Girls among Sundance London prize winners

The Sundance Institute will present awards to four films which focus on social justice issues in the developing world during the first Sundance London film and music festival, running April 26-29
Nadine de Barros to join Jere Hausfater at Aldamisa Int’l

The former Voltage Pictures senior executive arrives on May 3 as president of international sales and distribution and will get to work on a Cannes slate that includes the Sin City and Machete sequels.
NFB's Boxing Girls of Kabul sells in several territories

Annette Clarke produces and Ariel Nasr directs.
Nice Drama to adapt Ohlsson's Swedish crime trilogy

The Stockholm based production company plans to turn Swedish writer Kristina Ohlsson’s trilogy into three 90 minute TV movies.
North American premiere of To Rome With Love to open LAFF

Woody Allen’s Italian-set tale of romance and adventure stars the man himself with Alec Baldwin, Roberto Benigni, Penélope Cruz, Judy Davis, Jesse Eisenberg, Greta Gerwig and Ellen Page.
Odeon re-brands in Ireland

Exhibitor begins switch from UCI and Storm to Odeon.
Odeon to complete digital projector overhaul with NEC Display Solutions

Odeon UCI to upgrade all of its 2,100 screens in its 231 cinemas with NEC projectors.
One Eyed Films takes on horror Sennentuntschi

London sales company picks up Swiss Film Awards Best Film winner.
Open Road takes US rights to Silent Hill: Revelation 3D

The distributor will release wide on Oct 26 the latest entry in the horror franchise from Samuel Hadida of Davis Films and Don Carmody. Lionsgate handles international sales.
Oscars Hollywood venue renamed Dolby Theatre

Hollywood & Highland site owner CIM announced on Tuesday (May 1) two 20-year deals, closing a deal with Dolby to rename the venue formerly knows as the Kodak Theatre and signing a deal to keep the Academy on-site through 2033.
O-Scope promotes Dan Berger, David Laub

The executive will jointly oversee marketing, distribution and acquisitions as it emerged that Oscilloscope Laboratories co-founder and president David Fenkel is seguing into a consultancy role after four years at the company.
Palma Pictures opens new office in Barcelona

Production services company operates a studio complex on the island of Mallorca
Paramount signs first-look with producer Ian Bryce

It also emerged on Wednesday (May 2) that Bryce, a best picture Oscar nominee for Saving Private Ryan, has hired Rebecca Rajkowski as director of development.
ParisFX sets 2012 dates at new venue

Sixth edition to take place in November.
Participant hires Evan Shapiro to run new TV division

The former president of IFC TV and Sundance Channel begins work on May 7 and will report to Participant Media CEO Jim Berk.
Patrice Leconte’s The Suicide Shop to open Annecy

Films in competition include Approved For Adoption, Zarafa and Ronal The Barbarian; Irish animation to be spotlighted in country focus.
Penn to attend Cannes Haiti benefit gala

The event, hosted by Giorgio Armani, will be in aid of the ongoing operation in Haiti following the earthquake in 2010 and will also support charities set up by Paul Haggis and Petra Nemcova.
Perfect Stranger wins Celestial’s screenplay competition

Tian Li’s re-interpretation of Love With The Perfect Stranger has won the Shaw Brothers remake screenplay competition, launched by Hong Kong-based Celestial Pictures in conjunction with the Beijing Film Academy (BFA) and Youth Film Studio (YFS).
Peter Loehr joins Legendary East as CEO

Beijing-based company working on Zwick’s The Great Wall.
Phil Rymer joins London law firm Lewis Silkin

The film and TV lawyer was previously principal of his own firm Rymer Media Law.
Philip Kaufman, Alexandre Desplat and Norman Lloyd to give Cannes masterclasses

The Right Stuff director Philip Kaufman to give “A Lesson in Directing” as one of Cannes Film Festival’s three masterclasses.
Piggy

Dir/scr: Kieron Hawkes. UK. 2012. 100mins
Pinewood's Richard Attenborough stage open for business

The new 30,000 sq ft stage is currently being used for Working Title’s Les Miserables.
Pocket Films launches new Studio Map

More than 35 studios around London are included on multi-platform product.
Policeman wins Best Film Award at BAFICI

The 14th edition of the Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival (Bafici) closed its doors at the weekend with record attendance figures.
Poverty Row Entertainment heads to Croisette with Pickford biopic

Producers Julie Pacino and Jennifer DeLia are headed to Cannes to stage talks on financing and casting for their newly acquired Mary Pickford project.
Premier PR sells First Movies to Penn Schoen Berland

London-based public relations company Premier PR has sold its entertainment market research agency, First Movies, to LA based research and consulting firm Penn Schoen Berland, part of the WPP group.
Pretty Pictures captures Vinterberg’s The Hunt

France’s Pretty Pictures picks up Thomas Vinterberg’s Cannes competition entry.
Producers Nasso and Moyer launch Wakefield International

The first feature to come out of the new company will be Squatters, directed by Martin Weisz and scheduled to shoot in May.
Production begins on third Outpost feature

Kieran Parker will direct the third in the Nazi zombie franchise, Outpost: The Rise Of The Spetsnaz
Production underway on Fiennes' The Invisible Woman

Shooting will take place in London and Kent until the end of June.
Radu Muntean signs up for East Is East initiative

Radu Muntean is among the Romanian film-makers who will take part in an initiative to help young disadvantaged Londoners get involved with the film industry.
Raven Banner, Green Dog, Reigning Entertainment team up for Savaged

The Toronto-based genre sales and distribution company will handle world sales and is financing the project with Cart Before The Horse Productions.
Red Sea Media adds Frankie Go Boom to Cannes slate

Chairman and CEO Roman Kopelevich will commence sales on the Croisette on Jordan Roberts’ rom-com starring Charlie Hunnam, Lizzy Caplan, Chris O’Dowd from Bridesmaids, Ron Perlman and Whitney Cummings.
Redford launches second Sundance London

At a subdued press conference at London’s O2 arena this morning, Robert Redford helped launch the second edition of Sundance London (April 25-28).
Reliance MediaWorks eyes more growth in UK visual effects business

New CEO Venkatesh Roddam wants to further expand Reliance’s global reach.
Rich Ross steps down as Walt Disney Studios chairman

Following the $200m John Carter write-down Ross is ending his two-and-a-half-year tenure in the post and leaves behind a 15-year career at the studio.
Riley Keough, Julia Garner to sink teeth into cannibal picture We Are What We Are

EXCLUSIVE: In Memento Films project directed by Jim Mickle, Keough and Garner to play two sisters forced into cannibalism by father as part of family tradition
Roadside Attractions takes all North American rights to Branded

The studio plans a nationwide theatrical release in September on Jamie Bradshaw and Alexander Doulerain’s thriller. Lionsgate will release on ancillary platforms through its partnership with Roadside.
Robert Pattinson joins Preferred Content's Mission: Blacklist

Tim Haslam and Hugo Grumbar’s fledgling Embankment Films will commence international pre-sales on the Saddam Hussein thriller in Cannes. Preferred Content produced and co-represents North American rights with WME Global.
Robert Redford launches Sundance London

Sundance founder says London event a chance to grow audiences for independent films at press conference on opening day
Roundtable: The Age of the Entrepeneur

Screen International, in assocation with Creative Skillset, last week hosted an industry roundtable to consider the key issues for the future of the UK film business in the digital landscape.
Runarsson's Volcano wins European Features award at Bradford

The Bradford Film Festival’s European Features Competition has been launched this year.
Russell Crowe confirmed for Paramount / New Regency’s Noah

The Australian actor will play Noah in Darren Aronofsky’s feature of the same name, the studio said on Sunday (22).
Sabine Chemaly to replace Nicolas Eschbach at TF1 International

Former commercial director at Reed Midem to head up TF1 International.
Safe

Dir/scr: Boaz Yakin. US. 2011. 95mins
Sahar Elhabashi named evp COO at Conde Nast Entertainment Group

Elhabashi will oversee administrative, financial and strategic planning across all sectors of the division, including feature films, television, digital and distribution. The appointment is effective immediately.
San Sebastian launches Europe-Latin America Co-production Forum

New event joins existing festival initiatives aiming to create closer ties with Latin America
SC Films dances with 3D animation Jungle Shuffle

EXCLUSIVE: UK sales outfit acquires 3D family animation from producer of The Reef.
SC Films joins The Fold

EXCLUSIVE: London-based sales company takes on UK drama set in Cornwall.
Screen Australia taps specialists for funding decisions

Producers Tristram Miall (Strictly Ballroom) and Jan Chapman (Bright Star, The Piano) and director Chris Noonan (Miss Potter, Babe) are three of the seven-person pool of people that Screen Australia will regularly call on to help make decisions on the agency’s feature film investments.
Screen unveils Marketing and Distribution Awards jury

Jurors include Gareth Unwin, Andrew Cripps, Hugo Grumbar, Edith Bowman, Christian Grass and Mia Bays.
Screen Yorkshire unveils new board structure

The UK regional screen agency has appointed three new board members and a new chair after recently launching its £15m Yorkshire Content Fund.
Scud makes Voyage to Europe

Hong Kong filmmaker Scud has made his first foray into shooting in Europe with his fifth feature Voyage which was filming in Germany’s Hanover this week before moving on to the Dutch capital of Amsterdam.
Seattle to celebrate careers of Spacek, Friedkin

Sissy Spacek will receive the Outstanding Achievement In Acting award on Jun 7 at SIFF. Spacek is best known for her roles in Carrie and most recently The Help.
SEC probes US studio dealings with China

According to reports US regulators are investigating alleged improprieties in the way Hollywood conducts its business with the booming market.
Seeking A Friend to premiere at Los Angeles Film Festival

Lorene Scafaria’s feature directorial debut Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World is a comedic drama starring Steve Carell and Keira Knightley as strangers who get together as an asteroid approaches earth. Focus Features will release in the US on Jun 22.
Sheffield Doc/Fest to produce From The Sea To The Land Beyond

The documentary about Britain’s coastlines is being directed by Penny Woolcock and will have its premiere at Sheffield Doc/Fest in June.
Shooting begins on Kick

Marcus Warren’s football thriller is produced by Geoff Austin, David Ravden and Jon Thompson.
Shoreline takes int’l sales on Tribeca premiere Freaky Deaky

The film debuted at the New York City festival on Sunday (22) and stars Christian Slater, Crispin Glover, Michael Jai White, Andy Dick and Billy Burke.
Shorts from Tsai Ming-Liang and João Pedro Rodrigues added to Cannes Critics' Week

Films to be screening during closing night on May 24.
Showbox launches new British film label Cine-Britannia

Label’s slate includes upcoming thriller Twenty8k.
Showbox, Huayi Brothers join forces for Mr. Go 3D

Korea’s Showbox/Mediaplex has entered into an investment and distribution partnership with Chinese studio Huayi Brothers for its upcoming sports action drama Mr. Go 3D.
Sierra / Affinity adds Plus One to Cannes slate

Nick Meyer will commence sales on the Croisette on Dennis Iliadis’ thriller. Dan Steinman at CAA represents domestic rights.
Sky COO to deliver keynote at Future of Entertainment Summit

Mike Darcey’s talk will revolve around building an entertainment ‘ecosystem’.
Sky remains movie leader according to UK regulator Ofcom

New VoD players such as Lovefilm and Netflix have not loosened Sky’s grip on movies, according to an Ofcom report to the Competition Commission.
SmartJog doubles satellite capacity in Europe

Multiyear deal was done with Intelsat SA.
Soda adds sales manager and finance officer

UK distributor adds Nathan Gilligan from Odeon and Oliver Boxell as finance officer.
Sonoma Fest honours Starbuck, Doggie Boogie USA

The 15th anniversary northern California event came to a close on Sunday (15) with the US premiere of EuropaCorp’s The Source.
Sony Pictures names new corporate development head

Lauren Glotzer has been promoted to evp of corporate development at Sony Pictures Entertainment.
Spain's ICAA confirms budget cut of 40%; tax break dealt a blow

Susana de la Sierra, director of Spanish cinema body ICAA, has confirmed that this year there will be no financial support for scripts, animation movies or short films.
Spain's ICAA opens new credit lines for production

Financial aids created to assist Spain’s film industry after large public cuts
SPC takes North American rights to Amour

Michael Haneke’s latest film stars Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva and Isabelle Huppert and explores the aftermath of a stroke and its effect on an elderly couple.
Stellan Skarsgård, Hiroyuki Sanada join cast of The Railway Man

Shooting begins on Jonathan Teplitzky’s war drama in Scotland on April 30.
Stink adds head of film, developing €3m spy drama

Commercials and content company Stink has added Dominic Buchanan [pictured] as head of film.
Struck By Lightning among five new titles on Lightning Entertainment slate

The Santa Monica-based company will introduce the Tribeca coming-of-age comedy written by and starring Glee’s Chris Colfer to buyers on the Croisette. Lightning negotiated the deal with ICM and Traction Media.
Stuart Murphy promoted to Sky Entertainment director

Stuart Murphy has been promoted to Director, Sky Entertainment Channels. He had been Director of Sky 1 HD and Director of Commmissioning.
StudioCanal Germany boards Christian Alvart's Banklady

StudioCanal Germany has boarded Banklady, Christian Alvart’s first German language film since Antibodies in 2005, and Oscar winner Caroline Link’s latest project Exit Marrakech (working title) as a co-producer and distributor.
StudioCanal, Film4, BFI pact on salsa comedy Cuban Fury

StudioCanal will handle worldwide sales on the title heading into Cannes and has scheduled a UK release for spring 2013. Nick Frost conceived the story and stars alongside Rashida Jones, Chris O’Dowd and Olivia Colman.
Submarine closes US, Canada deals on Lawrence Ferlinghetti doc

First Run Features will distribute in the US while Films We Like has acquired Canadian rights to Christopher Felver’s portrait of the celebrated poet and publisher.
Sundance Film Forward programme heads to California, Mexico

Sundance Institute’s Film Forward: Advancing Cultural Dialogue programme travels to Imperial Valley and Mexicali Apr 30 to May 4.
Sundance Institute, US Embassy in Morocco to collaborate on Film Forward

The venture returns to six cities across the North African country from May 7-12 starting in the capital city Rabat and culminating in Casablanca.
Sundance London

The inaugural Sundance London Film and Music Festival (April 26-29) presented 27 films and 17 musical performances at London’s O2.
Sundance ties with Shine Group

Shine Group’s youth production arm is to produce a series of highlights packages of the inaugural Sundance London film and music festival.
SundanceNOW launches Doc Club SVoD programme

The Sundance Selects stablemate’s new initiative is curated in association with documentary programmer Thom Powers and kicks off with an Errol Morris spotlight.
Suzanne Fritz earns domestic publicity stripes at Warner Bros

As svp of domestic publicity Fritz will continue to create and execute on campaigns. She reports to evp Juli Goodwin.
Tarak Ben Ammar launches competition for Tunisian filmmakers

The Tunisian Mobile Film Festival is aimed at promoting up and coming film-makers from Ben Ammar’s home country, Tunisia.
Tele München Group acquires Iron Man 3 for Germany, Austria

TMG distributed the first two films in the series.
Telefilm Canada: Canadian co-pro business in healty state

Telefilm Canada announced on Wednesday (May 3) that the five-year total from 2006-10 for Canadian feature film treaty co-production budgets amounted to $1.02bn.
The Avengers assemble for record $200.3m US launch

Marvel Studios and Disney’s superhero mash-up pulled of the most emphatic summer kick-off imaginable in North America, breaching the $200m threshold in a whopping three days and earning ecstatic reviews from the critics.
The Avengers crosses $200m at international box office

Marvel Studios’ blockbuster brought in a further $33.1m on Monday through Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International.
The Avengers crosses $280m at international box office

Thursday’s daily report from Disney revealed that the Marvel Studios action epic added $20.6m on Wednesday.
The Avengers generates $17.1m in first international forays

UPDATE: The Marvel Studios superhero saga grossed $17.1m on its opening day through Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International.
The Avengers races to $178.4m international opening weekend

Marvel Studios’ superhero soup scored record-breaking debuts from its launch in 39 territories in the first five days through Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International ahead of the May 4 arrival in North America.
The Avengers races to $73m int'l tally before weekend

SATURDAY UPDATE: The superhero mash-up has grossed an estimated $73.1m through Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International from Wednesday through Friday and is active in 41 territories.
The Avengers reaches $261m international box office

Marvel Studios’ superhero mash-up added $43.3m on Tuesday through Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International.
The Champs-Elysées Film Festival unveils first edition

Harvey Weinstein, Donald Sutherland and Michael Madsen confirmed as guests at first edition, running June 6-12 on Paris’ best-known boulevard.
The Chernin Group’s CA Media acquires 49% stake in Endemol India

CA Media and Endemol aim to make Endemol India the leading content production company in the territory
The Do-Deca-Pentathlon

Dir/scr: Jay Duplass & Mark Duplass. US. 2012. 76mins
The Exchange heads to Cannes with Thin Ice

Brian O’Shea’s sales and finance company is Croisette-bound with international rights to the thriller starring Greg Kinnear, Alan Arkin, Lea Thompson and Billy Crudup.
The Fourth Dimension

Dirs: Harmony Korine, Alexey Fedorchenko, Jan Kwiecinski. US-Poland-Russia. 2012. 106mins
The Girl

Dir/scr: David Riker. US. 2012. 94mins
The Hunger Games stays top in US on $22m

Lionsgate’s blockbuster clung on to its number one berth for the fourth weekend in a row as an estimated $21.5m saw the running total surge to $337.1m and more than $531m worldwide.
The Idea Trade

The TV industry does it and film is finally starting to do the same: selling the stories and concepts of existing movies for repackaging in multiple international territories.
The Loneliest Planet wins Istanbul’s Golden Tulip

Emin Alper’s Beyond the Hill gets Best National Film Award; Oslo, August 31st wins Special Jury Prize in international competition; Wuthering Heights and Just the Wind also among winners.
The Lucky One

Dir: Scott Hicks. US. 2011. 101mins
The Match Factory to handle sales on Schwochow's third feature

Campfire will begin shooting this autumn, adapted from Julia Franck’s 2003 novel.
The Paris Cinema Festival to fete Olivier Assayas and Raoul Ruiz

Event celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2012
The Wolverine to be filmed in Australia

Sydney has beaten Vancouver to James Mangold’s The Wolverine, the sixth film in the X-Men franchise, principally because the Australian Government is providing a one-off cash incentive of $13.2m (A$12.8m).
Think Like A Man launches top in US on $33m

Screen Gems’ rom-com ousted The Hunger Games, ending a fine four-weekend run at the top for Lionsgate’s global smash.
Thorsten Ritter joins Beta Cinema

Thorsten Ritter, formerly head of Bavaria Film International, has joined the Munich-based sales company Beta Cinema as executive vice president with responsibility for worldwide acquisitions, sales and marketing.
Timur Bekmambetov to direct drama The Current War

The filmmaker’s company Bazelevs has acquired Michael Mitnick’s Black List script about the public battle between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse for control of the early power industry.
Titanic 3D scores epic $58m opening weekend in China

The staggering result offered a reminder if any were needed that it is only a matter of time before the booming Asian market overtakes North America to become king of the box office world. Overall the film grossed $88m internationally and has combined with the original release for a $2bn-plus running total worldwide.
Titanic 3D scores record $67m China launch

UPDATE: China Film said the six-day debut – far bigger than the weekend estimate of $58m – means the romantic epic has produced the industry’s biggest launch of all time in the territory, surpassing Transformers 3.
Titanic 3D to cross $200m this weekend

International preview: Fox International’s smash is expected to reach the milestone by Friday and could cross $100m in China as early as Saturday.
To Rome With Love

Dir/scr: Woody Allen. US-Italy. 2012. 111mins
Toni Collette, Dev Patel to star in thriller Defiant

Bill Bennett will direct the film, set against the world of honour killings in India. The Little Film Company is handling international sale and will bring to Cannes.
Too little investment in British family features, says Sky Movies head

Sky Movies director Ian Lewis has revealed that the company’s decision to develop and produce family films has been partly triggered by a lack of investment in the genre in the UK, calling on the UK production sector to pitch more ideas.
Tora Bora

Dir/scr: Walid Al-Awadi. Kuwait. 2011. 102mins
Tribeca 2012 draws more than 380,000 people

Festival organisers announced the attendance on Monday (Apr 30) for the 11th annual festival in New York City.
Tribeca Film Institute announces Heineken Affinity Award

The new honour will launch at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival and aims to empower and recognise African American filmmakers.
Tribeca Film Institute hands out TAA All Access honours

Rhymes For Young Ghouls and The New Black were selected from 11 projects at a ceremony on Thursday night (26) to win the $10,000 Tribeca All Access Creative Promise Awards for narrative and documentaries, respectively.
Tribeca Film takes North American rights to For Ellen

So Yong Kim’s follow-up to Treeless Mountain premiered at Sundance and charts a young father’s efforts to take custody of his daughter.
Tribeca unveils Latin America Media Arts Fund grantees

Tribeca Film Institute has announced the winners of the TFI Latin America Media Arts Fund and the first-ever winner of the Heineken Voces grant in combined awards amounting to $60,000.
TWC in tune with Hoffman’s Quartet

TWC picks up US and Latin American rights to Dustin Hoffman’s Quartet from HanWay.
UK box office 4% ahead year-on-year

FDA reports UK box-office currently running 4% ahead of 2011; passes £300m in year to date in record time.
UK cinemas to screen Olympics

EXCLUSIVE: Vue cinemas in negotiations for 3D coverage of Olympics and Euro football championships; other chains likely to follow suit with Olympics coverage potentially shown for free.
UK PM refuses calls for Jeremy Hunt inquiry

David Cameron has refused to refer culture secretary Jeremy Hunt’s handling of the BSkyB bid to an independent investigation after being called to Parliament to answer an urgent question.
UK’s Sony Entertainment Network adds Netflix

Netflix joins a range of other content services, including YouTube and BBC News, on the digital portal.
UK's Black Hangar Studios officially opens for business

The UK gets a boost with the launch of new studio facility, Black Hangar Studios, which includes a 32,000 sq ft sound stage, water tank and onsite production services and will be targeting British film and television productions who are unable to get into Pinewood and Shepperton.
uMedia launches new sales and finance company headed by Peter Rogers

Former Lakeshore International President will head the new London-based sales division uConnect.
Universal moves 47 Ronin to Feb 8, 2013

The 3D action-adventure stars Keanu Reeves, Hiroyuki Sanada, Kou Shibasaki, Tadanobu Asano and Rinko Kikuchi and was previously scheduled to open on Nov 14.
Universal signs production pact with Kurtzman and Orci

The studio announced the two-year first-look deal with writing team Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci and their K/O Paper Products on Tuesday (May 1).
Universal trio coast past international milestones

Away from the superhero antics of The Avengers, Universal Pictures International (UPI) enjoyed a landmark weekend as American Pie: Reunion crossed $100m, Battleship cruised past $200m and Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax crossed $300m worldwide.
UPDATE: Cannes confirms Ewan McGregor, Jean Paul Gaultier are on Cannes jury

McGregor was last officially on the Croisette with Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge Of The Sith in 2005.
UPIE signs multi-territory deal for Fandango's Diaz – Don’t Clean Up This Blood

Universal Pictures International Entertainment takes UK, Germany, Benelux, Brazil and German speaking Switzerland from Fandango Portobello, which also closes deals in Spain, Canada and Poland.
UPIE takes all int’l rights from Radiant Films to I Am

Radiant Films International president and CEO Mimi Steinbauer (pictured) has struck a deal for all rights outside the US and Canada on Tom Shadyac’s life affirming documentary.
Vadim Yusov to be honoured at Camerimage Festival

The veteran Russian DOP will receive a lifetime achievement award at this year’s festival, which takes place in November.
Vendome Pictures, Anonymous Content to produce Bastille Day

Taken director Pierre Morel will direct from Andrew Baldwin’s screenplay about an American artist who teams up with a washed up CIA operative to thwart an attack on Paris.
Verve picks up My Brother The Devil, Couple In A Hole

Verve to release Sally El Hosaini’s Sundance and Berlin drama in the UK this autumn.
Voltage, Killer team up on The Disappointments Room

Nicolas Chartier (pictured) and Zev Foreman of Voltage will produce the thriller with Killer’s Pamela Koffler and Christine Vachon.
War Witch, Una Noche triumph at 11th Tribeca Film Festival

The $25,000 Founders Award for Best narrative feature went to War Witch by Kim Nguyen.
While We Were Here

Dir/scr: Kat Coiro. UK. 2012. 83mins
Whole Lotta Sole

Dir: Terry George. UK. 2012. 89mins
Wide House picks up new Ophüls doc

Oscar-winning Ophüls’ first documentary in 18 years is set to screen in Directors’ Fortnight.
Willem Dafoe joins Out Of The Furnace

The two-time Oscar nominee will play the role of John Petty in the crime drama, which started shooting in Braddock, Pennsylvania, on Apr 13.
Wolfe Releasing takes US rights to Gayby

Jonathan Lisecki’s SXSW comedy will open theatrically later this year in partnership with The Film Collaborative following a low six-figure deal.
Wolfgang Hammer, Terry Press named CBS Films co-presidents

Press had been consulting for the studio since 2010 and will oversee creative, distribution, marketing and physical production for CBS Films.
Working Title extends Universal deal through 2015

The new deal becomes a first-look arrangement rather than the exclusive deal shared by the parties since 1999.
World premiere of Grassroots to close Seattle Int’l Film Festival

Stephen Gyllenhaal’s comedy stars Jason Biggs and will bookend the festival with the previously announced opening night screening of Lynn Shelton’s Your Sister’s Sister (pictured). The festival is set to run from May 17-Jun 10.
World premiere of Magic Mike to close Los Angeles Film Festival

Steven Soderbergh directed the male stripper dramatic comedy starring Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Matthew McConaughey. Festival organisers unveiled the line-up on Tuesday (May 1), which as previously announced opens with Woody Allen’s To Rome With Love.
Wu’s Seven Stars to build Chinawood outside Tianjin

Bruno Wu’s Seven Stars Entertainment is working with the government of the Binhai New Area, Tianjin, to establish a film and media hub, “Chinawood Global Services Base”.
WWE Studios joins IM Global on Dead Man Down

The companies will co-finance the $30m romantic thriller, which is set to begin shooting in Philadelphia on Monday (23) and stars starring Colin Farrell, Noomi Rapace, Terrence Howard and Dominic Cooper.
XYZ Films, Brooklyn Reptyle Films start production on The Rambler

Dermot Mulroney will star as a man released from prison who discovers a mystery as he undertakes a dangerous journey back to his brother. Celluloid Nightmares handles international sales.
YouTube unveils UK strategy

YouTube has revealed details of its UK content strategy for the first time, urging producers to pitch niche ideas and putting well in excess of £10m up for grabs.

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