All Finance articles – Page 109
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Indies can skyrocket with CG animation
One area where independent producers can carve a niche, and occasionally even trump the studios, is computer-generated animation.
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Cutting Edge strikes slate deal with Exclusive Media Group
Cutting Edge and Exclusive Media Group (parent of Hammer Films) will work on a slate of at least five titles together, starting with Let Me In.
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Icon strikes first-look deal with Noel Clarke's Unstoppable Entertainment
UK sales and distribution company Icon has signed an exclusive, long-term first-look deal with Kidulthood writer Noel Clarke and his production company Unstoppable Entertainment. Icon is also taking a small equity position in Unstoppable.Icon will have the option to finance, sell and distribute any project produced by Unstoppable. This is ...
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Revamped Screen Queensland wants more projects developed in the region
Maureen Barron has executed a makeover encompassing the organisational structure and staff, funding programs, and stakeholder relationships.
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UKFC's new Film Fund launches with £15m
Wharton, Francke, Collins confirmed as executives working under Seghatchian in newly streamlined fund.
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EM Media backs 9 new projects, including Paddy Considine's Tyrannosaur
Other media projects backed with support of emda include Jim Loach’s Oranges and Sunshine.
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Intandem Films raises $749,000 through share placing
Proceeds will be used to to repay an outstanding loan and to fund working capital.
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German funds back new projects from Kusturica, Wright, von Garnier
Projects backed in $15m funding round include Joe Wright’s thriller Hanna, now shooting at Babelsburg Studios.
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Mama Eve takes inaugural Wouter Barendrecht Award
Kit Hung’s Mama Eve became the first recipient of the Wouter Barendrecht Award at the close of the 8th Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF).
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AON/Ruben makes push into Asia market
US entertainment insurance broker AON/Albert G. Ruben is making an aggressive push into the Asian market to tap into the region’s booming production industries.
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Equity players
US finance and production companies with their own equity to invest have had mixed fortunes during the recession. John Hazelton reports
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After the storm
Financing for independent films has been battered by the credit crisis and turmoil in the marketplace. Here, John Hazelton assesses the damage and explores the state of equity and debt financing in the US.
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‘The years of largesse and exuberance are over’
With more films than money in the marketplace, the situation in Europe is tough - budgets are contracting and fewer major deals are being made. But there are plenty of financiers still active, reports Geoffrey Macnab
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AAM secures $66m to support European digital conversion
Arts Alliance Media, the provider of digital services and content, has secured new funding to support its plans to create the largest European digital cinema network.
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Screen Australia's Sally Riley quits for TV
Head of indigenous Sally Riley leaves the film body to join broadcaster ABC Television.
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The trouble with money
The introduction of the UK tax credit in 2006 was meant to end the war between the film financiers and the UK’s Inland Revenue. So why is the battle still raging over Section 48?
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Durban Film Festival to launch African continent's first co-production market
The Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) is to launch the CineMart-style Durban FilmMart (DFM).
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Comment
Collaborating on film development - Why trust doesn’t come into it
Media lawyer, Pamela Forte of Forte Law, explains why trust is no substitute for a legally binding agreement when it comes to collaborating on feature film development material.
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Seghatchian to head new UKFC production fund
UKFC names current development fund chief as head of new production fund created by restructure.