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In the Loop among 20 titles to get UKFC distribution support
British films In the Loop and Is Anybody There? received Prints and Advertising funding from the UKFilm Council.
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The Swedish Film Institute backs local productions
The Swedish Film Institute is backing Johan Brisinger’s upcoming feature Among Us (Änglavakt) with$1m (SEK 8m). Michael Nyqvist, star of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, has already signed up to playthe lead.
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NewsGreeneStreet secures four-year credit facility through CIT Group
New York-based GreeneStreet Films has arranged a four-year secured revolving credit facility with bank holding company CIT Group Inc.
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GFI announces winter grant recipients
The Global Film Initiative has chosen seven film-makers from a pool of 66 candidates from 33 countries to receive production funding during the winter 2009 granting cycle.
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NewsFilm In Serbia launches at California's Locations Trade Show
A consortium of more than 20 Serbian production companies backed by the USAID Serbia Competitiveness Project announced the conception of Film In Serbia at the Locations Trade Show in Santa Monica over the weekend.
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Europe embraces 3D, but will it pay off?
The Cannes film festival’s surprise choice of Pixar’s Up as its opening film this May sends a symbolic message. By embracing a 3D film, the world’s most prestigious film festival is underlining the point that 3D is now not only part of the mainstream but that it is respected by ...
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Film London pushes locations to review costs
Film London has started talks with the city’s locations and boroughs as part of a move to make the capital cheaper and more accessible to productions.
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Italian Film Commission presents new tax credit in LA
The Italian Film Commission is presenting the country’s first film incentive at a meeting in Los Angelestoday (April 16). It will be held at Shutters in Santa Monica this evening.
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Eduardo Campoy named interim president of Spanish Film Academy
Leading film producer Eduardo Campoy has been named as the interim president of the Spanish FilmAcademy following the appointment of former chief, Angeles Gonzalez-Sinde, as minister of culture.
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IFP Independent Filmmaker Lab announces ten documentary projects
Ten new documentaries at the rough cut stage have been selected to participate in IFP’s Independent Filmmaker Lab taking place this week.
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Cayman Islands Film Commission launches 30% production rebate
International producers have a new location to consider after The Cayman Islands Film Commission announced its 30% rebate on film, video, commercial, and television productions that shoot in the Caribbean locale.
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Spanish minister of culture looks to boost film funding
Angeles Gonzalez-Sinde, the new Spanish minister for culture, is seeking to help local film companiessecure loans through a deal with Aval Audiovisual SCR (Reciprocal Guarantee Society).
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Pan-Asian auteurs line up for Chengdu omnibus
Beijing-based Zonbo Media is preparing a three-part film set in the earthquake-stricken city of Chengdu in Western China, to be directed by Korea’s Hur Jin-ho, Hong Kong’sFruit Chan and Chinese rock singer and filmmaker Cui Jian.
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Longtime publicist Emma Griffiths launches Emma Griffiths PR
Former 42West and Falco Ink publicist Emma Griffiths has launched the full-service PR agency Emma Griffiths PR.
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Screen Australia to back war movie Beneath Hill 60
Screen Australia today announced it would back $5.7m (A$8m) war movie Beneath Hill 60, the only feature to secure the federal government agency’s backing this month.
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Wolverine producer applies for Screen Australia funding
As the X-Men Origins: Wolverine publicity machine kicked into gear today, one ofthe producers on the film, Seed Productions, confirmed that it has applied for taxpayer fundingthrough Screen Australia.
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San Francisco Bay Area projects vie for SFFS/KRF Filmmaking Grant
The San Francisco Film Society and The Kenneth Rainin Foundation have announced the 12 finalists and four honorable mentions for the initial $35,000 SFFS/KRF FilmmakingGrant.
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NewsHollywood's foreign policy: producers looking increasingly to international locations
On the eve of the annual Locations Trade Show in Los Angeles (April 16-18), Screen reports on why US producers are looking beyond their borders to international locationsmore than ever before.
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NewsCanadian locations fight stronger competition
The world may be in an economic crisis but you would not know it looking at the latest statistics coming from the Vancouver film and television industry. Hollywood’s northernmost suburb recently posted some jaw-dropping production statistics.
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NewsBruce Robinson is 'comeback kid' with Rum Diary
Bruce Robinson jokes that on the set of The Rum Diary starring Johnny Depp, he is the ‘comeback kid’ - directing his first film since 1992’s Jennifer 8. ‘Now I’m working with the world’s most famous movie star all of a sudden,’ Robinson says. ‘It’s kind of a shock to ...