All articles by Eleanor Kenny
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Pathe UK strikes distribution, co-production alliance with Warner
In a deal it describes as a move to find a workable business modelfor the digital era, Pathe UK is scaling down its theatrical operation and teaming with Warner Bros Entertainment UK to distribute Pathe productions in the UK and Ireland. Pathe will continue to devise the marketing campaigns for ...
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NewsElephant Eye sells Sundance winner to France, Spain and Greece
Elephant Eye Films has sold distribution rights to France (ARP), Spain (Filmax) and Greece(Videorama)for Lee Daniels’ Sundance winner Push
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NewsGeoff Gilmore to be chief creative officer at Tribeca
Tribeca Enterprises has announced that Geoff Gilmore will take up the role of chief creative officer, Gilmore will leave his current role as director of the Sundance Film Festivalafter a career spanning 19 years in total at Sundance.
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Revolver Entertainment goes whacky over DVD release of The Wackness
UK DVD release campaign of The Wackness pays homage to Willy Wonka with a golden ticket competition, but it's a very different type of trip that's up for grabs. UK distribution company Revolver Entertainment pays homage to Willy Wonka in its promotion of the UK DVD release of The Wackness, ...
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NonStop Entertainment in joint venture with Warp X
NonStop Entertainment has announced that it will have the first look for upcoming films on the slate of UK-based digital feature film studio Warp and the companies will look to other joint ventures. Warp X is allied to Warp Films, the company behind This Is England and Dead Man's Shoes ...
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NonStop Entertainment in joint venture with Warp X
NonStop Entertainment has announced that it will have the first look for upcoming films on the slate of UK-based digital feature film studio Warp and will look to other joint ventures. Warp X is allied to Warp Films, the company behind This Is England and Dead Man's Shoes by Shane ...
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NonStop Entertainment picks up Berlinale Forum selected Burrowing
Stockholm based NonStop Entertainment has signed on Nordic and Baltic distribution for Swedishdirectorial debut Burrowing (Man Tänker Sitt) from production outfit Fasad.
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UK government move to legislate on piracy cautiously welcomed
Industry reaction to the UK government's decision to tackle piracy resulting from peer to peer file sharing with legislation has been mainly positive although tempered with caution. The legislation would mean that where rights holders request it, internet service providers (ISPs) should notify alleged copyright infringers that they are breaking ...
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Dutch indie theatres embrace digital cinema withAAM deal
Dutch independent chain the Amsterdam Booking Company (ABC)has signed a digital cinema rollout deal with Arts Alliance Media (AAM)to convert 68 screens in 20 theatres. It is the first virtual print fee (VPF) funded rollout in the Netherlands but the move may prove more significant for other reasons.AAM will hope ...
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European Commission prolongs state aid rules for film until 2013
Following a public consultation, the European Commission has officially prolonged current state aid assessment criteria for cinema in Europe until 31 December 2012 The Commission uses the criteria to approve Europe 's national, regional and local film support schemes under the EU's state aid rules. Extending the current rules provides ...
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European Commission prolongs film support state aid rules until end 2012
The European Commission has officially prolonged current state aid assessment criteria for cinema in Europe until 31 December 2012. The Commission uses the criteria to approve Europe's national, regional and local film support schemes under the EU's state aid rules. Extending the current rules provides much needed certainty for the ...
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UK government to legislate against piracy
The UK government has announced that it will legislate to tackle piracy resulting from peer to peer file sharing. The government's plans are set out in the report Digital Britain issued today, January 29, by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory ...
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Two new awards for Edinburgh international film festival in 2009
The Edinburgh international film festival has announced the introduction of two new significant international awards; best new international feature award and best international short film at this year's festival. The film festival prides itself on its focus on the discovery and recognition of British film, and the Michael Powell award ...
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Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement for Lasseter and Disney-Pixar .
The 66th Venice International Film Festival is to award the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement to American director and producer, John Lasseter and to the directors of Disney*Pixar. For the first time in the history of the Venice Film Festival, the Golden Lion will celebrate the contribution of the directors ...
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Universaland Focus Features Internationalstrike dealwith Cattleya
Universal Pictures will acquire a minority stake in leading Italian film production company Cattleya, and in a separate agreement, Focus Features International and Cattleya will partner to develop, co-produce and distribute Cattleya films the companies announced today. The deal with Cattleya is the first time a major U.S. studio has ...
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Fortissimo complete French distribution deal for Marley
Fortissimo Films has finalised a deal for Wild Side Films to handle French rights to the Jonathan Demme documentary feature Marley. Wild Side, the specialised distribution company owned by Wild Bunch, will co-distribute on all media platforms in France with La Pacte Films. The film will be produced and directed ...
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Rotterdam announces 2009 Competitions line up
Fourteen films have been selected for Rotterdam's VPRO Tiger Awards Competition 2009, including eight world premieres. The line-up features first or second films from all five continents competing for three top prizes of $20,500 (Euros 15,000) each. For the first time, films from Turkey, New Zealand and Indonesia are included ...
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Mr Bones 2 breaks South African local opening record
Gray Hofmeyr's comedy Mr Bones 2: Back From The Past has broken all non-holiday opening box office records for South African films, earning over $0.6 million, making it the most successful South African film opening ever.The opening out performed previous record holders Mr. Bones 1, Mama Jack and the 2008 ...
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Dubai International Film Festival to feature 11 world premieres.
The Dubai International film festival will feature eleven world premieres across its programme.The premieres comprise narrative and documentary films, feature length and shorts and works from established feature directors as well as feature debuts.The festival's mandate to present diverse and engaging cinema while highlighting film of Arab origin is strongly ...
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La Graine Et Le Mulet wins European Film Academy Critics' Award 2008
The European Film Academy Critics' Award 2008 - Prix Fipresci has been awarded to Abdellatif Kechiche for La Graine Et Le Mulet (The Secret of the Grain) The announcement was made by the European Film Academy, EFA Productions, and the International Federation of Film Critics, FIPRESCI.FIPRESCI's director of the department ...