All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 156
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NewsPhyllida Lloyd to direct "banker to the poor" biopic
Mamma Mia! director Phyllida Lloyd is to make a $20m movie about Nobel prize winner Professor Muhamad Yunus, the so-called “banker to the poor”.
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NewsIrish Film Board escapes public spending cuts
The Irish Film Board (IFB) has escaped the worst of the ravages currently affecting public spending in Ireland in the wake of the global economic crisis.
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NewsUmedia hears Alidi’s Whisper
Kurdish-Iraqi director Shahram Alidi’s Whisper With the Wind, which is screening in Critics’ Week, has been picked up for international sales by UMedia.
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FeaturesThe UK private film funds
Who are the leading players at the UK film funds and what are they backing?
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FeaturesWho’s got the money?
The UK’s private film funds are becoming increasingly important to cash-strapped independent producers. But are investors interested?
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NewsD3 Vue join forces with NX
UK multiplex operator Vue Entertainment is to join forces with financier and producer CinemaNX (NX), to release at least three movies directly into Vue cinemas and other theatres across the UK, from the end of this year.
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NewsHubert Bals Fund invests in 31 new film projects
The Hubert Bals Fund (HBF), the International Film Festival Rotterdam’s fund aimed at supporting filmmakers from developing countries, has announced its latest investments in 31 new film projects.
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NewsCineart snaps up Amreeka, L’Armee Du Crime
Independent Belgian distributor Cineart arrives in Cannes with two new pickups, Amreeka and L’Armee Du Crime.
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NewsSola Media takes on Lotte sequel
Solveig Langeland´s Sola Media has taken on all international rights to animated feature Lotte And The Moonstone Secret, directed by Janno Poldma and Heiki Ernits.
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NewsRussia forms organisation to promote local films abroad
The Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation is to create a government-sponsored, non-commercial organisation for the promotion of the Russian cinema abroad.
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NewsGaspar Noe goes hardcore
Maverick director Gaspar Noe, whose feature Enter The Void is screening in competition, is hatching a sex film.
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NewsYellow Bird to adapt Jo Nesbo’s novel Headhunters
Fresh from its success with its screen adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s best selling Millennium trilogy, Swedish production outfit Yellow Bird has optioned Jo Nesbø’s novel, Headhunters.
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NewsIwana Chronis joins Hubert Bals Fund
The International Film Festival Rotterdam has appointed Iwana Chronis as manager of the Hubert Bals Fund (HBF), which supports filmmakers in developing countries.
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NewsNetherlands Film Fund appoints Doreen Boonekamp as director
Doreen Boonekamp, currently the festival director at the Netherlands Film Festival, has been appointed as the new head of the region’s film fund.
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HMV, Curzon Artificial Eye to create in-store cinema venues
HMV and Curzon Artificial Eye (CAE) are to partner in a highly unusual venture - setting up new cinemas in selected HMV stores.
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FeaturesUK Film Council at the crossroads
How will budget cuts and a new chairman impact on the UK industry?
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NewsLondon Film Festival set for cash windfall
The UK Film Council (UKFC)’s Festival Fund is poised to inject $2.7m (£1.88m) of extra funding into theThe Times BFI London Film Festival. A decision on the new money is expected in the next two weeks.
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British cinematographer Jack Cardiff dies aged 94
Jack Cardiff, the cinematographer, died at his home in Kent today (April 22) after a short illness. Hepassed away surrounded by his family.
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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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Tim Bevan seen as frontrunner to be UK Film Council chairman
Working Title co-chairman Tim Bevan is emerging as a front-runner to become the new chairman of the UK Film Council when current chair Stewart Till leaves at the end of July.