All articles by Matthew Little
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London Production Fund launches 2000 funding round
The London Film and Video Development Agency (LFVDA) has launched the first round of the London Production Fund for 2000. The fund provides grants of up to £15,000 to animation, short film or documentary projects from independent filmmakers living or working in London.Backed by Carlton Television, FilmFour and UK film ...
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Comic trio scoop Orange Screenwriting Prize
The 2000 Orange Prize for Screenwriting has been awarded to three comedies from new British writers: The Alchemist, written by Simon Rose, Feet Up by Ewan Kilgour and The Wedding Gift by Lisa Flett.The three projects, which were chosen from more than 1,000 entries, were awarded a cash prize of ...
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Dunaway to star in story of Diana's biographer
Faye Dunaway, Paul McGann and Brian Cox will star in The Biographer, a privately-financed British feature film which is due to crank up on March 31.The film traces the events that led former royal journalist Andrew Morton to write his biography of the Princess of Wales, Diana: Her True Story.McGann ...
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Soldini, Tognazzi lead Italian Davids noms
Italy's 2000 David di Donatello Awards look set to be a two-horse race as Silvio Soldini's Pane E Tulipani and Ricky Tognazzi's Canone Inverso both scooped nine nominations apiece, including best film, best screenplay and best director.Marco Bechis' Garage Olimpo was also nominated in the three categories, and also picked ...
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Paramount promotes Brooker, Bealing
Paramount Home Entertainment (PHE) UK has promoted Richard Brooker to the position of sales director, responsible for rental and retail sales. Brooker was formerly rental sales director for the companyPHE, previously CIC Video, was formed at the beginning of this year after Paramount's partner in CIC - Universal Pictures - ...