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NewsAngelopoulos demands overhaul of Greek national film awards
Filmmaker Theo Angelopoulos is threatening to boycott the Greek national film awards claiming that the current jury system is corrupt and biased.
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NewsNeoClassics swoons for Gypsy Love shoot with Matalqa
NeoClassics Films’ new NeoClassics Productions division has set an October 11 start date for its debut feature Gypsy Love from Captain Abu Raed director Amin Matalqa.
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NewsJinga takes on sales for Gough's Salvage
UK sales agent Jinga Films has added Lawrence Gough’s Salvage to its Cannes slate.
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NewsIFC Films acquires cult drama Red Riding
IFC Films has acquired US rights from Studio Canal to The Red Riding Trilogy based on David Pearce’s cult noir novels about the investigation into the Yorkshire Ripper slayings in the UK during Seventies and Eighties.The trilogy includes Julian Jarrold’s 1974, James Marsh’s 1980 and Anand Tucker’s 1983, three self-contained ...
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FeaturesJapan and India step up at Cannes
The Japanese and Indian presence at Cannes has increased this year as both territories look beyond their huge domestic markets.
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NewsSalt tempts buyers with I Was Bono’s Doppelganger
Salt is tempting buyers with Nick Hamm’s I Was Bono’s Doppelganger starring Charlie Cox, Robert Sheehan, Romola Garai, Bill Nighy and Pete Postlethwaite.
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NewsPeter Webber to direct Wuthering Heights
Peter Webber has signed on to direct the new big screen version of Wuthering Heights.
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NewsLe Pacte takes Refuge with Ozon
After a first collabaration on Berlin competition entry Ricky, Le Pacte will reteam with director Francois Ozon for The Refuge.
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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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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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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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NewsIFC Entertainment picks up US rights for Korea's Death Bell
IFC Entertainment has acquired North American rights to high school horror title Death Bell from South Korea’s Mirovision.
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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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NewsDanny Dyer Goes Pimpin
Danny Dyer, Robert Cavanah, John Hannah, Martin Compston and Shauna MacDonald will star in new UK gangster film Pimp.
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Fantastic deal with Mexico’s Imagination
Roxane Barbat and Fred de Wysocki’s Los Angeles based sales company Fantastic Films International has signed a multi-picture distribution deal with Mexican 3D animation house Imagination Films.
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NewsEpic spreads Cannes slate with DeVito’s Housebroken
Los Angeles-based Epic Pictures has unveiled four new titles in Cannes, led by the completed comedy Housebroken starring Danny DeVito.
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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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FeaturesBreaking the boundaries
Slumdog Millionaire shot Anil Kapoor onto a global stage. Now, he tells Mike Goodridge, he’s discovering what Indian film-makers can learn from Hollywood.