All articles by David Humphreys
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NewsLionsgate and StudioCanal appoint Dersley to head Elevation Sales
StudioCanal and Lionsgate UK have appointed Kevin Dersley as managing director of joint home entertainment venture Elevation Sales.
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NewsWide secures Silent Ones rights
Ricky Rijneke’s debut feature film, Silent Ones, will be sold by French agent Wide management.
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NewsBFI Mediatheque to open in Scotland
The BFI is to extend its Mediatheque facility to Scotland for the first time in February.
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NewsScreen Yorkshire unveils £2m production slate
Screen Yorkshire has added five major international film and TV investments to its production slate, including new titles from Ecosse Films, World Productions, Warp Films and Emu Film, with £2m investment from the Yorkshire Content Fund.
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Berlin unveils Forum line-up
The 43rd Berlinale Forum features 41 films in the main programme, 22 of which are world premieres and 10 international premieres.
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NewsBlockbuster calls in administrators
The UK DVD rental store has gone into administration putting 4,190 jobs at risk, just a day after high street DVD and music store HMV suffered a similar fate.
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NewsLoveFilm signs NBCUniversal deal
Amazon-owned LoveFilm has partnered with NBCUniversal International TV Distribution in a deal that aims to deliver a greater range of US content to audiences in the UK.
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Film London’s film education training returns
Cultivate: Inspiring Future Audiences is to return this year following a successful inaugural run in 2012.
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Cross Channel Film Lab reveals selection
The Cross Channel Film Lab (CCFL) has announced its selection of four low to medium budget film projects – all which have displayed “original and imaginative ways” of utilising visual effects and/or Stereo 3D.
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NewsWes Anderson's Grand Budapest Hotel starts shooting in Berlin
Wes Anderson’s next feature, the period picture The Grand Budapest Hotel has commenced production in Germany.
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NewsHMV to appoint administrator
UK DVD and music retailer HMV has called in administrators putting around 4,350 jobs in doubt.
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NewsBerlin expands co-production market
The 10th Berlinale Co-Production Market is to feature five projects developed at Residency for the first time.
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Dunoon Film Festival to showcase Scottish talent in June
A new festival celebrating the diversity of Scottish cinema whilst showcasing films from around the globe is set to launch in June.
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NewsReebok seeking new filmmakers
Sportswear brand Reebok has teamed with international crowdsourcing agency MOFILM to launch a worldwide search for young, talented filmmakers as part of the “Live With Fire Project”.
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CommentTarantino Unchained
Django Unchained had its UK premiere at London’s Empire Cinema, Leicester Square and Screen was there to see director Quentin Tarantino and introduce the cast and the film.
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NewsGael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna collaborate on shorts
Canana founders Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna are to each direct a short, both of which are connected.
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Berlin unveils Generation line-up
The Berlin Film Festival has released it full line-up to focus on children and young people in cinema – Generation – and includes 31 world premieres.
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NewsWhat Richard Did dominates IFTA nominations
Lenny Abrahamson’s picture leads the way with 10 nominations and joins four others in Best Picture category all funded by the Irish Film Board (IFB). Grabbers and Shadow Dancer notched four nominations with Death Of A Superhero, Jump and Good Vibrations scoring three each.
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NewsZero Dark Thirty sweeps EDA Awards
Zero Dark Thirty has scooped eight prizes at the EDA Awards, hosted by the Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ).