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Slave leads London Critics nominations
Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave leads the nominees for the London Critics’ Circle Film Awards, with nine nods. Stephen Frears’ Philomena follows with five nominations. Receiving four each were Blue Jasmine, Filth, Gravity and The Wolf of Wall Street. Films getting three nominations each were American Hustle, Blue is the Warmest Colour, Captain Phillips, Frances Ha, The Great Beauty, Inside Llewyn Davis, Nebraska and The Selfish Giant. (Full nominations listed below.)
Sundance adds Wish I Was Here
Festival top brass announced two additions to the line-up on December 18.
8 Minutes Idle confirms release after Kickstarter success
EXCLUSIVE: Kickstarter fundraising paves the way for theatrical release after Revolver’s shuttering.
Mullan to lead homeless drama
EXCLUSIVE: Sunshine on Leith star to lead feature from producer Stephen Malit.
Skyfall, Expendables co-producers team on comedy
EXCLUSIVE: Newly minted UK production outfits Magnetik and Reelart to produce original comedy script.
Festivals and Awards
Searchlight boosts release of 12 Years A Slave
Fox Searchlight is to boost the number of US screens showing 12 Years A Slave in January.
ScreenTech
FindAnyFilm teams with PlayStation
VoD service FindAnyFilm.com has secured a new partnership with PlayStation.
Production News
CineMart unveils 25 selections
New projects from Peter Webber, Naomi Kawase [pictured], Alessandro Comodin, Eran Kolirin are in the 2014 selection.
Latest box office news
Hobbit 2 triumphs despite Korean distribution discord
In South Korea, The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug topped the box office its opening weekend in spite of discord between local distributor Warner Brothers Korea and exhibitors CJ CGV and Lotte Cinema about profit sharing.
Korean box office breaks 200m admissions record
South Korea’s box office has topped a record 200 million admissions, according to the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) integrated ticketing website.
Corporate News
Screen partners on NFTS 2014 Gala
Baroness Floella Benjamin [pictured] will chair the event, which is about improving diversity.
