All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 51
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News‘The Forgiven’ starring Ralph Fiennes and Jessica Chastain halts production in Morocco
Producers chartered a plane to fly the cast and crew home.
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NewsUK film sector scrambles to respond to the coronavirus crisis
”We are all in it together. We’re all in the same business. There is no differentiation between who it is hurting.”
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NewsPlans afoot to turn Edinburgh’s Filmhouse into Scottish national film hub
£50m ($65m) plan likely to take at least five years to complete.
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NewsUK sales outfit first to confirm it will not attend Cannes due to coronavirus concerns (exclusive)
Guy Collins’ GFM hopes to set up series of virtual meetings instead.
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NewsThe Match Factory strikes deals on Christian Petzold’s Berlinale award-winner ‘Undine’ (exclusive)
The company has also secured deals on Berlin titles ‘Bad Tales’ and ‘Father’.
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NewsScreen Scotland greenlights Connery-led studio First Stage with £1m investment
Jason Connery and producer Bob Last have been appointed to run the large-scale film and TV studio in Leith.
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NewsFrance tightens coronavirus restrictions as Cannes speculation intensifies
French government bans gatherings of more than 1,000 people.
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NewsAutlook boards hit sexual predator documentary ‘Caught In The Net’ (exclusive)
Feature doc about online sexual predators has broken records in the Czech Republic and prompted police investigations.
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NewsHow Paramount UK worked with Rapman and exhibitors to ensure ‘Blue Story’ reached a wide audience
The London-set drama has taken more than $6m at the box office.
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NewsNew figures show “period of considerable success” for UK exhibition sector
Phil Clapp and Lucy Jones were speaking at the UK Cinema Association’s annual conference.
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NewsEdgar Wright calls for more industry professionals to see films with a paying audience
Wright also called on advertisers to shorten the commercials shown in advance of movies in British cinemas.
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NewsUK industry mourns former Disney marketing supremo Robert Mitchell who has died aged 56
Mitchell also worked at Palace Pictures, Warner Bros and Intandem Films.
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NewsUK set to crash out of Creative Europe on December 31 (exclusive)
No mention of Creative Europe in negotiation policy paper published today.
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News‘DAU. Natasha’ director defends abuse scene, talks four more DAU features (exclusive)
Coproduction Office reveals first deals on ’DAU. Natasha’.
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NewsArrow sells ‘The Dead Center’, ‘A Serial Killer’s Guide To Life’ to Sweden (exclusive)
The two-film deal was negotiated between Njutafilms CEO Nicolas Debot and Arrow Films head of international sales Cameron Waaler.
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NewsRussia’s Artem Vasilyev rolls out packed project slate
One project now nearing completing is Roman Vasyanov’s debut feature as a director, The Dorm.
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NewsBelgium’s Koen Mortier to make Netflix-backed war documentary ‘Liberation Route’ (exclusive)
Netflix will provide 40% of the total budget.
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NewsPlans emerge of Russia-UK film exchange
Insiders say Russia needs to convince international filmmakers that it is a safe and reliable potential partner.
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News‘Parasite’ distributor Neon acquires world on Sundance hit ‘The Painter And The Thief’
Autlook handles worldwide sales.
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NewsEmbattled Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof: “The system I am confronted with is so irrational”
Rasoulof will not be able to attend the world premiere of his new film There Is No Evil in Berlin.