All Screen articles in 23 Feb 2012 – Page 3
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NewsFilm Independent appoints co-presidents to replace Dawn Hudson
Senior director Sean Mc Manus [pictured] and director of artist development Josh Welsh will fill the vacancy left by Hudson, who last June became CEO of the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.
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NewsLynette Howell, Jamie Patricof spark to Electric City
The veteran independent producers are formally joining forces after working together on such films as Blue Valentine and the upcoming The Place Beyond The Pines.
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NewsHot Docs, Shaw disperse $198k in eighth funding cycle
The Canadian documentary festival and Shaw Media will hand out grants and no-interest loans to 11 projects.
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NewsMapplethorpe among Tribeca All Access grantees
A jury of industry professionals has culled 11 works in progress from a record breaking 690 submissions for the ninth annual programme.
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NewsCelestial Tiger appoints Miller as president and COO
Former Sony Pictures Television executive Todd Miller has been appointed as president and chief operating officer of newly-formed Asian media company Celestial Tiger Entertainment (CTE).
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NewsRelativity promotes Gregory Shamo, Happy Walters
Evp of corporate affairs and general counsel Shamo and Relativity Music Group and Rogue Sports president Walters [pictured] are named co-COOs while former Loeb & Loeb senior counsel Michael Rosner joins as general counsel.
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NewsThe Match Factory boards Fliegauf’s Just The Wind
German sales outfit confirms it will handle international on Berlin Competition entry
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NewsNetflix's Ted Sarandos touts ‘superior’ UK streaming service; says Sky output deals could be threatened
Momentum deal signed, which will include Shame; smaller UK indies to be courted.
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NewsJames Bond turns 50 in style with 22-film Blu-ray box-set
Fox Home Entertainment release 22-film Blu-ray box-set in Bond’s golden anniversary year.
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NewsDeacon, Hemsworth, Hiddleston, O’Dowd, Redmayne on BAFTA Orange Rising Star shortlist
Orange Wednesdays customers selected the shortlist of five men from a longlist of eight chosen by the award jurors.
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NewsDouglas Trumbull to receive Academy’s Gordon E Sawyer Award
Trumbull will receive an Oscar statuette at the Scientific and Technical Awards presentation on Feb 11 in Beverly Hills in recognition of a “lifetime of technical contributions and leadership in the motion picture industry.”
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NewsLubezki, Richardson among five ASC nominees
The organisation has unveiled the 2011 nominees ahead of the 26th Annual ASC Awards ceremony in Los Angeles on Feb 12.
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NewsSierra/Affinity to sell new title from Devil Inside team
Nick Meyer will commence pre-sales at the EFM next month on the “genre bending” Untitled Bell/Peterman Project. Director William Brent Bell and his co-writer Matthew Peterman’s The Devil Inside stormed to the top of the US charts last weekend in a shock $33.7m debut.
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NewsJustin Kerrigan signs on to Urban Hymn for Instinctive
The Berlin-based company behind The Divide wants to explore UK co-productions and will share producing duties with Powder Keg Pictures in association with Mighty Village and Universal Music UK.
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NewsSkype founder Friis touts upcoming UK VOD service Vdio
Janus Friis set to enter the UK online video fray with Vdio which he says will offer customers “the best titles.”
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NewsPixel Lab returns to Potsdam in 2012
Transmedia workshop and training programme Pixel Lab is returning to Potsdam, Germany (July 1-7) for its third edition.
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NewsAcademy approves doc and short film rules for 2013
The most significant changes for the 85th Annual Academy Awards expand members’ opportunities to view contenders and allow more members to vote.