All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 57
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NewsGlobal Screen takes lead on 'Lassie Come Home' (exclusive)
German-language adaptation set for February 2020 release.
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NewsDogwoof closes key deals on ‘Mystify: Michael Hutchence’ including US, France, Italy (exclusive)
Shout! Factory has taken the film for the US and is plotting a one-night-only event with Fathom Events in over 600 screens.
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NewsDagenham Studios looking for new partners after US backers pull out citing Brexit “uncertainty”
Film London chief Adrian Wooton argues that there’s “no evidence” for Brexit impacting UK inward investment.
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FeaturesBeta Film's Jan Mojto on building a European studio and staying loyal to filmmakers
Screen meets the producer and CEO of Munich-based Beta Film on the set of TV series The Turncoat.
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NewsEuropean Documentary Network faces uncertain future (exclusive)
The EDN is headed towards a decisive annual general assembly at the next edition of International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA).
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NewsFilm Constellation seals UK deals for ‘Family Romance LLC’, ‘Premature’, ‘Run’ (exclusive)
Werner Herzog’s ’Family Romance LLC’, his first Japanese-language film, is to be released in the UK by Modern Films.
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NewsCelsius Entertainment racks up pre-sales on ’The Last Bus’ starring Timothy Spall, Phyllis Logan
The film, directed by Gillies MacKinnon, is produced by Sol Papadopoulos and Roy Boulter at Hurricane Films
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NewsLeading UK producer Alison Owen speaks out on film industry sexism
Monumental Pictures co-founder was delivering the keynote address at Film London’s Production Finance Market.
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News‘Lingua Franca’ director Isabel Sandoval lines up next project ‘Park Avenue’ (exclusive)
Project is due to shoot in the spring and will star Sharon Cuneta.
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NewsPoland’s Jan Komasa sets English-language horror ‘Sara’ as next film (exclusive)
Komasa’s previous films include Suicide Room and Venice Days title Corpus Christi.
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FeaturesAtom Egoyan talks respect on set, the childhood passion that inspired his new film and why guinea pigs just don’t cut it
‘Guest Of Honour’ is screening at Filmfest Hamburg.
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Features‘Cunningham’ filmmaker Alla Kovgan on how she pieced together the €3m budget for the feature documentary
The film is playing at Filmfest Hamburg and the BFI London Film Festival.
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NewsKen Loach warns of Brexit’s damage to filmmaking
Veteran director talks latest film ‘Sorry We Missed You’.
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NewsHerflix puts out call to female filmmakers
Adriana Shaw appealed to Women in Film & Television International (WIFTI) members at FilmFest Hamburg.
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NewsNina Hoss: “Female directors should be allowed to fail”
The German actress is the recipinet of Hamburg FilmFest’s presitgious Douglas Sirk prize.
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NewsDutch FilmWorks takes ‘The Ice Road’, ‘Harry Haft’ for Benelux
Details of new film and TV sales arm, DFW International, also revealed.
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NewsVue and Odeon to screen Netflix films at the London Film Festival despite window concerns
But Vue CEO criticises the decision to programme ‘The Irishman’ as the closing night gala.
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NewsThe Match Factory reveals roaring business on Venice and TIFF favourite ‘Martin Eden’ (exclusive)
The film won the Coppa Volpi in Venice and the Platform award at TIFF.
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NewsAltitude buys ‘Snow Queen’ animations for the UK (exclusive)
The deal was done with Russian sales outfit Wizart.
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NewsFilm and music figures pay tribute to filmmaker and journalist Andrew Horn
Horn has died aged 66.