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NewsVisual effects company Cinesite sold to Endless LLP
The London based visual effects house has been acquired by UK based private equity house Endless LLP.
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NewsWill Clarke launches new production/sales/finance company Altitude
The London-based outfit is also led by ex-Pathe exec Mike Runagall and Andy Mayson, formerly of Exclusive; James Watkins to be a key collaborator with company.
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Slated backs The Seagull, Polanski doc follow-up
The online film investment forum has lined up the inaugural pair of projects, a modern retelling of Anton Chekhov’s play and the follow-up to Roman Polanski: Wanted And Desired.
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NewsFilm Finances sets up shop in Germany
The completion guarantees specialist has set up shop in Germany with Cologne-based subsidiary Film Finances Germany (FFG).
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Singapore launches grant for new talent
The Singapore Film Commission (SFC) has launched a New Talent Feature Grant, replacing its existing New Feature Film Fund, which was based on co-investment.
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NewsFrance launches long-awaited world cinema aid fund
New subsidy worth €6m in 2012 replaces existing Fonds Sud and the Aid to Foreign Language Films (AFLE).
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Creative Europe comes in for criticism at public hearing in Brussels
Experts express concern at European Commission’s proposed programme
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NewsLambert Media partners, William Johnson launch Demarest Films
Lambert Media Group’s Michael Lambert and Sam Englebardt have teamed up with investor William D Johnson to provide senior and gap loans and preferred equity on film and TV projects
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NewsSpain's ICAA opens new credit lines for production
Financial aids created to assist Spain’s film industry after large public cuts
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Screen Australia taps specialists for funding decisions
Producers Tristram Miall (Strictly Ballroom) and Jan Chapman (Bright Star, The Piano) and director Chris Noonan (Miss Potter, Babe) are three of the seven-person pool of people that Screen Australia will regularly call on to help make decisions on the agency’s feature film investments.
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NewsCalls for minimum budget for each of Creative Europe's strands
Calls have been growing for the European Commission to be more specific on the level of the budgets allocated to the three stands in its proposed Creative Europe framework programme.
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NewsToo little investment in British family features, says Sky Movies head
Sky Movies director Ian Lewis has revealed that the company’s decision to develop and produce family films has been partly triggered by a lack of investment in the genre in the UK, calling on the UK production sector to pitch more ideas.
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NewsSpanish film summit calls for festival revamps; patronage law
Better practices needed for some Spanish festivals; conference also discusses online windows.
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News17 projects selected for Sarajevo’s Cinelink
17 projects have been selected for Cinelink, the development and financing platform for local projects designed as European co-productions, that takes place under the auspices of the Sarajevo Film Festival (July 6 to 14).
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NewsFormosa plans thrillers, film noir via its first Seed EIS development slate
EIS specialist Formosa Films has announced details of its inaugural Seed EIS (SEIS) Development slate.
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NewsSpain's ICAA confirms budget cut of 40%; tax break dealt a blow
Susana de la Sierra, director of Spanish cinema body ICAA, has confirmed that this year there will be no financial support for scripts, animation movies or short films.
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NewsCreative England's Film Culture Fund open for applications
The second round of Creative England’s Film Culture Lottery Fund is now opens for applications with £500,000 of BFI Lottery funds available to regional organisations and festivals.
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NewsSouth Africa to expand TV tax credits
The South African government is poised to expand TV tax incentives, just weeks after the UK announced its own plans to adopt such a scheme.
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NewsSpanish government dramatically cuts budget for film fund
Government cuts film funding in Spain more than 30%.
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Eros switches listing from London to New York
India’s Eros International is switching its listing from the UK’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM) to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), through which it aims to raise up to $250m.