All Screen articles in 22 Nov 2012 – Page 6
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NewsHot projects on Screenbase
Germany and France have come on board for Prashant Nair’s Umrika; James Corden to star in Christmas comedy.
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NewsDoha reveals Arab Film winners
The winners of the Arab Film Competition have been unveiled at the Doha Tribeca Film Festival, where China’s Full Circle and doc Searching for Sugar Man [pictured] were also named the ‘Best of the Fest’.
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NewsQ's Overdose Joint lines up treble
Bengali director Q is producing three new projects through his production house Overdose Joint, including Kolkata-set horror film Ludo.
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Flick The Switch turns on Porichoi
India and UK-based boutique studio Flick The Switch has boarded Bengali film Porichoi, directed by Rupali Guha, as co-producer and sales agent for English-speaking territories.
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NewsPeepli Live directors option Sethi's A Free Man
Delhi-based filmmakers Anusha Rizvi and Mahmood Farooqui are planning an adaptation of Aman Sethi’s non-fiction work A Free Man, which they are planning as a sequel to their 2010 hit Peepli Live.
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NewsBeautiful Bay takes up Arms with Shah
UK producers Michael Ward and Colin Burrows have established a production outfit, Beautiful Bay Entertainment (BBE), which is developing an adaptation of classic play Arms And The Man with Indian actor and filmmaker Naseeruddin Shah.
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NewsDresden to produce live action Grave of the Fireflies
Dresden Pictures has acquired the UK rights to Japanese war story Grave of the Fireflies for a live action adaptation.
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NewsAmbitious Film Clinic slate shows Egypt's new face
Cairo-based Film Clinic has solidified its status as one of the Arab world’s top production companies with a new slate of internationally oriented films, including a co-production with Fox International Pictures.
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NewsWFTV to honour Ruth Caleb
Veteran drama producer Ruth Caleb will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2012 Sky WFTV Awards for her 40-year contribution to the industry.
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CommentR. Kelly's hip-hopera comes out of the Closet
Trapped in the Closet [pictured] to get a sing-along tour in the US.
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NewsMentors named for Film Agency Wales’ Film Junction
The Film Agency for Wales and Creative Skillset announced today the 12 successful applicants from across the UK selected for the Film Junction: Market Mentors scheme.
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NewsTony Hall named new BBC director general
Royal Opera House chief executive Tony Hall has been appointed the new BBC director general.
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CommentBeyond us-vs-them
Distribution and exhibition have to find a way to work together and even compromise on new models.
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NewsEuropa Cinemas secures two years of MEDIA funding
The Europa Cinemas (EC) network has secured a further two years of funding from the European Union’s MEDIA Programme.
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NewsUK on course for record box office in 2012
UK cinema box office receipts crossed the £1bn threshold this week and are running 1% ahead of the same point in 2011.
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NewsPinewood and Shepperton fitted with Dolby Atmos
Mixing theatres at the two studios are the very first facilities in the UK to be fitted with Dolby’s end-to-end audio platform.
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NewsMarrakech to fete Yimou, Huppert, Demme, Chopra
Festival also to focus on Hindi cinema, with attendees including Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan and Priyanka Chopra.
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NewsKen Loach rejects Turin award over worker dispute
Director Ken Loach has declined a lifetime achievement award from the Turin Film Festival and cancelled plans to attend the event in protest of an alleged labour dispute.
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NewsEurimages to lower funding cap
Pan-European co-production fund Eurimages has unveiled a number of changes to its guidelines that will come into effect from January 2013.