All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 83
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NewsUK industry react to David Kosse's departure from Film4
Screen canvassed the UK industry for reaction to the surprise news.
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NewsNelleke Driessen to leave Fortissimo
Driessen has been involved with the sales company since it was founded in the early 90s, and has been MD since 2004.
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FeaturesTraining: Diversity - an attainable dream
The UK’s diversity challenge is being tackled by both film schools and high schools. Geoffrey Macnab reports on the efforts being made to ensure every child and teenager in the country considers the creative industries a viable career choice
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NewsMatthias Schoenaerts, Erik Van Looy thrillers to press on with Brussels shoots
Belgian thriller The Prime Minister, about a terrorist plot to kidnap the US president, is currently filming in and around Brussels.
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FeaturesBrexit: Together… for how long?
A devastating loss of influence and financial support or a liberating release from knotty European regulations? Geoffrey Macnab plunges into the Brexit debate to explore the potential impact of a UK withdrawal from the EU on the country’s film industry.
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FeaturesVirtual Print Fee: cold comforts
As the UK industry eyes the end of the controversial Virtual Print Fee, Geoffrey Macnab looks at how well it has worked, and asks whether it has adversely affected foreign-language and specialist film distribution
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NewsEuropean co-production treaty set for radical overhaul
EXCLUSIVE: Co-pro treaty could be opened to non-European countries, making it easier for the likes of Argentina and Brazil to find co-pro partners.
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NewsPicturehouse ends Virtual Print Fee
UK exhibitor made final payment to its integrator around four weeks ago.
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FeaturesBerlin Q&A: Steve Coogan, 'Shepherds And Butchers'
Comedian and film star Steve Coogan plays a crusading lawyer taking on a seemingly unwinnable case in Apartheid era South Africa in Oliver Schmitz’s Shepherds And Butchers (sold at EFM by West End Films).
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NewsTopkapi boards Babak Jalali's 'Land'
EXCLUSIVE: Dutch outfit signs up for IFFR Tiger Award-winner’s follow-up to Radio Dreams.
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NewsRaven Banner secures 'It Came From The Desert' pre-sales
EXCLUSIVE: Video game adaptation sees mutant ants wreacking havoc in the New Mexico Desert.
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NewsItaly to remake comedy 'Off Course'
EXCLUSIVE: Italian company picked up rights from Spanish outfit Deaplaneta.
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NewsTerence Davies reveals details of next projects
EXCLUSIVE: British director is working on an adaptation of Mother Of Sorrows and a biopic of Sigfried Sassoon.
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NewsAttraction snaps up Berlin Generation titles
EXCLUSIVE: Canadian distributor takes Blue Bicycle and Fortune Favors The Brave from Berlin’s strand aimed at teenagers and children.
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NewsHurricane whips up storm with Berlin slate
EXCLUSIVE: A Quiet Passion producer is working on an Emily Dickinson documentary.
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NewsMadonna dancer doc 'Strike A Pose' strikes deal
EXCLUSIVE: Film premieres in Berlin’s Panorama Documentary strand.
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NewsTurkish animation 'Bad Cat' sells to Germany
EXCLUSIVE: Animation based on Turkish comic strip.
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NewsFelix Van Groeningen readies Fellini-esque drama
EXCLUSIVE: Ensor will see the Oscar-nominated director return to Europe, while his Sundance film Belgica has had its poster banned.
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NewsM-Appeal inks deals for 'Paradise Trips'
EXCLUSIVE: Artcam has taken Raf Reyntjens’ film for the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic.