All articles by Audrey Ward – Page 20
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ContentFilm takes international rights to The Winning Season
ContentFilm International has acquired international rights to the new comedy The Winning Season, directed by award-winning James C. Strouse.Strouse's previous films include Grace is Gone and Lonesome Jim. The film stars Sam Rockwell (Frost/Nixon, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind), rising star Emma Roberts (Lymelife, Blow)) and Rob Corddry (W, What ...
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Nick Love starts UK shoot of Vertigo production The Firm
Principal photography has started on The Firm, written and directed by Nick Love (The Business, The Football Factory) starring newcomer Paul Anderson, Calum MacNab (The Football Factory) and Daniel Mays (Shifty).The $4m (£2.5m) film is produced by Allan Niblo and James Richardson of Vertigo Films. Shooting will take place in ...
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Murphy, Broadbent and Gleeson sign up for Perrier's Bounty
Cillian Murphy, Jim Broadbent and Brendan Gleeson have signed to star in Perrier's Bounty, a Parallel Films and Number 9 Films production. The film will be directed by Ian Fitzgibbon (A Film With Me In It) from a script by Mark O'Rowe (Boy A, Intermission).Perrier's Bounty will be produced by ...
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Film-makers meet to build on UK-India co-production treaty
UK and Indian film-makers gathered at a summit in London yesterday, October 23, to explore how they can work more closely together to benefit the industries in both countries. The ' UK and India the shape of things to come' summit followed on from the public launch of the UK-India ...
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Film-makers meet to build on UK-India co-production treaty
UK and Indian film-makers gathered at a summit in London yesterday, October 23, to explore how they can work more closely together to benefit the industries in both countries. The ' UK and India the shape of things to come' summit followed on from the public launch of the UK-India ...
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Altadena Films takes on rights to Celia The Queen and City Rats
Altadena Films has acquired international rights to documentary Celia The Queen and comedy feature City Rats. Celia The Queen, co- directed by Joe Cardona and Mario De Varona, is a documentary that pays tribute to legendary singer Celia Cruz. It was executive produced by Antonio Gijon and Gabriel Mena of ...
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MIPCOM 2008 attendance boosted by presence of METRIC countries
The 24th MIPCOM recorded a small overall increase in attendance from 2007, but with a significant increase in attendance from the so-called METRIC countries, the Middle East, Turkey, Russia, India and China, as well as the Ukraine.MIPCOM 2008 saw a small year on year increase in attendance, with overall attendance ...
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Optimum picks up rights to John Crowley's Is There Anybody There'
Optimum Releasing acquires UK theatrical and video rights from Odyssey to Is There Anybody There' John Crowley's first film since acclaimed Boy A. Optimum Releasing has taken UK theatrical and video rights from Odyssey Entertainment to J ohn Crowley's follow-up to Boy A, Is There Anybody There' starring Michael Caine, ...
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United Kingdom - Dodge the doom-mongers
In a credit crunch, necessity must be the mother of invention. That is the view of a growing number of industry players, including Mark Herbert and Barnaby Spurrier, who called on film-makers to innovate their way out of the present economic difficulties, at Screen International's UK Film Finance Summit last ...
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Film-makers need direct relationship with audience, says LFF conference
The creation and nurturing of direct relationships with audiences is critical to the digital future, delegates to the Power To The Pixel conference were told yesterday. The event, which was held as part ofThe Times BFI London Film Festival, was streamed live on ScreenDaily yesterday.Audiences are becoming fragmented as they ...
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Fortissimo to handle worldwide sales for Telstar
Fortissimo Film will handle worldwide sales for Nick Moran's directorial feature film debut Telstar. Fortissimo will take the film to the upcoming AFM in November and the world premiere will take place at The Times BFI 52nd London Film Festival on October 25.Directed by Nick Moran and financed and produced ...
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RED Digital Cinema to have a UK base at Pinewood Studios
The digital cinematography camera company, RED Digital Cinema, will launch RED Europe at Eastside Complex, Pinewood Studios from 1 November 2008. RED will offer technologically-advanced digital capture, over 4 times the resolution of HD video.Alan Piper of RED Europe said: 'Outside of the US, the European market is RED's largest. ...
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Odyssey has taken rights to Wickie And The Mighty Vikings
Odyssey Entertainment has struck a deal with Rat Pack Filmproduktion (The Wave, Hui Buh) and Constantin Film (The Baader Meinhof Complex, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer) to handle worldwide sales and distribution (excluding German speaking Europe) on the family adventure film Wickie And The Mighty Vikings.The film is ...
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Berenice Fugard joins Optimum as head of acquisitions
Berenice Fugard has been appointed as head of acquisitions for StudioCanal and Optimum Releasing. She will be based in London and will report both to Optimum Releasing CEO Will Clarke, and Ron Halpern executive vice-president, international production and acquisitions for StudioCanal.Fugard will be responsible for acquiring films for Optimum Releasing ...
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High Point Films takes rights to East, West, East - The Final Sprint
High Point Films, the theatrical sales division of Carey Fitzgerald's London based High Point Media Group, has taken international rights to Albanian/Italian co-production, East, West, East - The Final Sprint by Albanian Gjergj Xhuvani.Francesco Tagliabue (Sandokan, Don Milani) is producing out of Italy for Fast Rewind srl, along with Arben ...
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UK Film Council takes six UK film companies to TIFF and TIFFCOM
For the first time, the UK Film Council (UKFC) is taking a delegation of UK film companies to exhibit at the Tokyo International Film Festival and the Tokyo Film and Content Market.The companies are Film and Music Entertainment, Headline Pictures, Screen West Midlands, Velvet Octopus Independent and Starfield Productions. The ...
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UK initiative to bring female led comedy features to the big screen
Sally Phillips (Bridget Jones' Diary) and Olivia Poulet (Margaret, Killing me Softly) are among 13 women selected to take part in Last Laugh: Women Create Comedy, the new feature film development initiative from Warp X and Birds Eye View, supported by industry body Skillset.The initiative aims to bring female led ...
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United Kingdom - Girl uninterrupted
Berlin competition title Julia is to be released simultaneously in the UK in cinemas and on Sky television. Chelsea Films and Sky will open Erick Zonca and Camille Natta's film in theatres and to 9 million Sky subscribers via Sky Box Office (SBO) on December 5.Plenty of other titles have ...
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Hunger gets lottery-funded UK distribution boost
Twelve new films have benefited from the latest round of awards from the UK Film Council's prints and advertising fund.Pathe Distribution received the largest award of $437,000 (£250,000) for Turner Prize winning artist Steve McQueen's award-winning directorial debut Hunger. The film follows the story of imprisoned IRA hunger striker Bobby ...
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Participants and speakers announced for LFF's Think-Shoot-Distribute
Think-Shoot-Distribute, a talent development initiative for emerging film-makers, will run for five days at The Times BFI 52nd London Film Festival.The event, which is being held in association with Skillset and Film London, will bring together 28 emerging producers, screenwriters, and directors as well as leading international film professionals. They ...