All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 101
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NewsReel Suspects comes to Ruin
Matteo Lovadina’s Reel Suspects has picked up international rights on Venice Orizzonti special jury prize winner Ruin.
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NewsCinephil journeys to Congo
EXCLUSIVE: Mission Congo is about televangelist Pat Robertson during the Rwandan refugee crisis.
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NewsAmr Waked receives death threats
Egyptian actor-producer Amr Waked - serving this week on the Venice Film Festival’s Orrizonti Jury - has revealed that he received death threats because of his outspoken criticism of the Muslim Brotherhood.
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NewsItaly backtracks tax credit scrapping
ANICA president Riccardo Tozzi has welcomed the Government’s decision to back track on its threat to scrap tax credits for the film industry.
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CommentSchrader: working with Lohan was "exhausting"
The air of anti-climax at today’s Venice Film Festival press conference for Paul Schrader’s The Canyons was palpable.
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FeaturesEIS takes recovery position
The EIS gold rush for UK film finance has not materialised, but the experts tell Geoffrey Macnab the scheme can still be a very viable tool for UK producers.
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Autlook takes Master of the Universe
Vienna-based sales outfit Autlook has snapped up worldwide rights to Locarno Critics Week winner, Master of the Universe.
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NewsVenice to launch co-pro market
As the Venice Film Market seeks to establish itself as a key autumn networking event for European professionals, market head Pascal Diot has revealed plans for a coproduction market at next year’s event.
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NewsRobin Hardy to complete Wicker Man trilogy
EXCLUSIVE: Wrath of the Gods will complete a trilogy that includes cult classic The Wicker Man and The Wicker Tree.
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NewsCineart's Eliane Dubois dies aged 65
Leading figures in the European film industry have paid tribute to Eliane Dubois, the pioneering founder of Benelux distributor Cineart, who died today [Aug 20] following a long illness. She was 65.
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NewsUK-China producers launch Wonder Pictures
EXCLUSIVE: Chinese film producers Chun-Yi Yueh and Changyu Li and UK writer-producers Robert and Ashley Sidaway together with the UK’s Iain Brown and Brown Films have launched the $5m funded SZ Wonder Pictures.
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NewsReel Suspects close Fantasia film sales
Matteo Lovadina’s sales outfit Reel Suspects has reported brisk business on its Fantasia Film Festival titles.
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NewsNeve Campbell starts Division 19
Detroit may just have filed for bankruptcy but that hasn’t stopped filmmakers arriving in the troubled US city in their droves, among them British writer-producer-director Suzie Halewood.
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NewsDCMS defends BFI cuts; industry responds
DCMS says it’s ‘baffled’ at BFI complaints; industry says Government is sending mixed messages.
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FeaturesCliff Martinez
Composer Cliff Martinez talks about working with Steven Soderbergh and Nicolas Winding Refn.
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NewsTrufflepig, November Films to release Moo Man in 45 cinemas
UK distributor November Films has revealed further details of its release plans for The Moo Man, Andy Heathcote and Heike Bachelier’s feature doc about Sussex dairy farmer Steve Hook.
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NewsBuyers to descend on UK for LUFF
Around 200 European and international distributors and festival programmers are expected in London next week for the 10th edition of the London UK Film Focus (LUFF), running June 24-27.
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FeaturesStudios: the UK's capacity crunch
With a host of big budget films gearing up to shoot in the UK this summer, the country’s studios are busier than ever. But with the new TV tax credit threatening to bring in even more business, Geoffrey Macnab asks whether the UK has the capacity to cope.
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NewsFlanders fund backs 20 films with €5m
Former Oscar winner Mike van Diem’s The Surprise and BBC backed series The White Queen [pictured] are among the recipients in the first funding round from the new Screen Flanders economic fund.
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NewsTemple's Marvin Gaye film stalls
Fresh questions have been raised about the likely completion date for Julien Temple’s Marvin Gaye film Sexual Healing.