All Screen articles in 25 Nov 2010 – Page 2
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New film commission Film Link to be based out of Elstree
A new UK film commission is being launched in January to replace UK regional screen agency Screen East, which went into liquidation in October.
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Mario Monicelli dies at 95
Filmmaker Mario Monicelli, considered one of the fathers the famed ‘commedia Italiana’ genre died in Rome Monday night by suicide, Italian media widely reported. He was 95 years old.
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NewsDavid Parfitt named chair of Film London
British producer David Parfitt has been appointed as the new chair of Film London, replacing Sandy Lieberson who has held the post since 2004.
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NewsMomentum plans multi-platform UK release for Catfish
Momentum Pictures will release the documentary in cinemas and simultaneously on 17 December via Lovefilm, Sky Box Office, iTunes, Filmflex, blinkbox, Cool Room and other video-on-demand services.
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NewsToth leaving Hungarian Film Foundation
Erzsebet Toth is to step down from her role as general secretary of the Hungarian Public Film Foundation once her current tenture is up on Dec 31.
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NewsDeathly Hallows continues to dominate UK box office
Warner Bros.’ Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows dominated the UK box office in its second week, taking $12.9m (£8.3m) from 581 screens at a $22,459 (£14,363) average and $51.7m (£33.3m) running total.
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Features21st Stockholm International Film Festival
Winners and attendees at the 21st Stockholm International Film Festival, Sweden.
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NewsWinter's Bone claims top Gotham Awards honour
Debra Granik’s acclaimed drama scooped the best feature prize at last night’s [29] 20th Anniversary Gotham Independent Film Awards at Cipriani Wall Street in New York.
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NewsBFI's Amanda Nevill: 'This is an organisation that does make money, unlike the Film Council'
After yesterday’s announcement that the BFI would be taking on a number of key activities formerly overseen by the Film Council, Screen’s Wendy Mitchell spoke to BFI Director Amanda Nevill about how the BFI would have to change moving forward.
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Hollywood bids farewell to Kershner, Nielsen
Hollywood lost its second celebrated figure in two days as it emerged on Monday [29] that The Empire Strikes Back director Irvin Kershner had died.
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Alan Arkin to receive BIFF career tribute
Top brass at the Bahamas International Film Festival have chosen Alan Arkin to receive the career achievement award.
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NewsPSIFF to bestow career achievement award on Robert Duvall
Robert Duvall, in contention this season for his performance in Get Low, will receive the 22nd annual Palm Springs International Film Festival’s (PSIFF) career achievement award.
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NewsDisney pick up Chico & Rita for Spain
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Spain have taken theatrical rights to Oscar winning Spanish director Fernando Trueba’s Spanish-UK animation feature Chico & Rita.
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NewsDavid Tennant, Dougray Scott to star in United
Jack O’Connell and Sam Claflin will also star in the BBC film, which is based on the story of Manchester United’s Busby Babes.
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NewsUK industry mostly welcomes BFI move, but wants more detail quickly
There was a mostly bullish response from the industry to UK Culture Minister Ed Vaizey’s new plans for the Government’s support of film.
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NewsCreative England's jobs impact on regional agencies not yet known
Speculation is growing that the three major centres of the newly announced Creative England will be Bristol in the South, Manchester in the North and Birmingham in the Midlands.
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NewsVaizey again calls for Sky to invest in British film production
At his speech outlining the UK Government’s plans for film, Culture Minister Ed Vaizey once again called on Sky to invest in British film production.
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NewsUPDATED: Vaizey puts BFI in charge of Government's film plans, Lottery funding
Vaizey says Lottery funding to increase to £43m/year, regional agencies move under Creative England, new Ministerial Film Forum to be launched in January.
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NewsFilm London takes on UK-wide inward investment, export role
Adrian Wootton says there will be a distinctly separate unit that will be UK-branded to work on UK-wide inward investment and export of British films.
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NewsDominic Cooper, Irene Jacob join Marrakech jury
Dominic Cooper and Irene Jacob have joined the jury of the 10th Marrakech Film Festival, which kicks off on Friday (3 December).