All articles by Andreas Wiseman – Page 125
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NewsVenice’s Alberto Barbera: “We are prepared to take risks on young filmmakers who deserve a chance to be better-known”
Venice artistic director says Horrizonti day-and-date online initiative could extend to other sections in future, clarifies that Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master is not in selection.
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NewsInward investment surges in UK as number of domestic productions and spend fall
Film creates an annual £1.5bn trade surplus for UK, according to BFI, but as inward investment rises number of domestic productions, and spend of those productions, fall.
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NewsDurban FilmMart wraps with development, production grants and festival invites
Best Feature Film Project goes to Jambula Tree; some projects on their way to IDFA, Rotterdam.
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NewsBrendan Fraser, Annabelle Wallis to star in comedy-western In with the Outlaws
EXCLUSIVE: Fraser and The Tudors and Pan Am star Wallis headline cast including Peter Fonda and Danny Trejo; comedy-western set to shoot at Shepperton from September.
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NewsSarah Mackey appointed CEO of UK Screen Association
Acting CEO promoted to CEO, Mackey was previously director of strategy at BBC Studios and Post Production.
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NewsWhite Collar Hooligan 2 to kick off in Spain, Momentum boards UK
EXCLUSIVE: Momentum, Mediawidth Classics take rights for UK, Germany, respectively; original posts strong DVD sales.
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NewsNFTS launches diploma in entrepreneurial producing
EXCLUSIVE: “We need a more holistic entrepreneurial approach to the creative industries,” says course sponsor Patrick McKenna. Course director Chris Auty in talks with Peter Bazalgette, Peter Watson and Rough Trade to participate in diploma, which will teach business skills across seven creative fields, including film, music, games and theatre.
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NewsUPI Russia inks distribution deal with Premium Film
UPI will handle physical distribution of eight Premium films including Jackie Chan’s Chinese Zodiac and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Last Stand.
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NewsCineplexx acquires Planet TUS cinemas in Slovenia
Austrian exhibitor also announces new screens in Macedonia and Serbia.
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NewsTDKR smashes BFI IMAX ticket sales records
The Dark Knight Rises takes £1m in advance bookings, sells 62,300 seats. 43 shows sold out.
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NewsSound-activated cinema advert to screen ahead of The Dark Knight Rises
Sound-activated advert touted as a world first; audience will “cheer” for favourite clip.
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NewsPremier PR adds to portfolio, rebrands as Premier
Premier PR buys design and animation house Liquid Television and rebrands as ‘Premier’.
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NewsOdeon wins tender to programme BFI IMAX, will ramp concession offering
Odeon has won a tender to programme the BFI IMAX Waterloo venue and will ramp the site’s concession offering.
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NewsStudioCanal acquires Hoyts, plans local productions
StudioCanal has bought successful Australia and New Zealand distributor Hoyts Distribution of the Hoyts Group; the outfit will release last Twilight instalment in November.
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NewsTwickenham reveals mystery buyer as property magnate Sunny Vohra, plans to expand
Twickenham to add staff and expand operations, says new management.
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NewsGalway winners include Good Vibrations, Citadel, Earthbound, The Parade
Good Vibrations picks up the Galway Film Fleadh Best Irish Feature Award, Ciaran Foy and Alan Brennan jointly win Best First Irish Feature.
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NewsBECTU, PACT negotiating employment reform amid rising tide of crew unrest
EXCLUSIVE: 100 UK hair and makeup artists join union BECTU after turbulent Les Miserables shoot, described by one as “the final straw”; 52 location managers band together.
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NewsThe Solution, Siren Studios team on production, genre sales
Former IM Global executive and Hyde Park International president Ruzanna Kegeyan to oversee new sales slate.
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NewsBerlinale World Cinema Fund awards €157,000 in grants
The Berlinale World Cinema Fund has awarded five projects a total of €157,000 in its latest round of funding.