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NewsUKFC: Tim Bevan talks next steps for UK industry
UKFC heads Tim Bevan and John Woodward to meet with government ministers Jeremy Hunt and Ed Vaizey this afternoon to discuss the future of tax credit and Lottery funding.
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FeaturesEaling hands
One of the UK’s most commercially successful producers, Ealing Studios chief Barnaby Thompson has ambitious plans to bring a slate of big-budget commercial films to the independent marketplace. Geoffrey Macnab reports.
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This week's hot projects on Screenbase
Tony Ten, Tous les Soleils and Forevermore (Für Immer Und Ewig - Grete Und Georg Trakl) are among the new additions to Screenbase.
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Advertisers invited to Meet Pursuit Delange
Journalist turned film-maker Howard Webster has come up with an innovative way to fund his first feature, a British musical comedy called Meet PursuitDelange which began life as a column in Broadcast magazine.
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NewsPicturehouse cinemas to screen live transmission of Fry autobiography
The Fry Chronicles Live will be broadcast from the Royal Festival Hall.
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FeaturesIndustry in the balance
Be it recession, a shift in the entertainment habits of audiences or competition from TV, games and the internet - or a combination of all three - the film business is facing one of the most challenging periods of change in its 115-year history.
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NewsLatido secures Asian deals on top titles
Spanish sales outfit Latido Films has secured several deals for its films, especially in Asia, including Oscar winner The Secret In Their Eyes to Korea and India.
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FeaturesWarner’s world-wide web
Warner Bros remains the studio with the most consistent run of franchise tentpoles and worldwide mega-hits. Jeremy Kay asks studio chiefs Alan Horn and Jeff Robinov how their business is changing
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NewsBeta takes on titles from Porchlight, On Pictures
German sales, distribution and production outfit Beta Film has acquired international film catalogues of U.S. producer and distributor Porchlight and Spain’s On Pictures/Zeta Group.
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NewsDisney lands $660m Miramax sale to Ron Tutor's equity group
Disney has finally struck a deal to sell its Miramax film division to the Filmyard group of private equity investors.
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UK distributor Metrodome calls off talks for Target acquisition
Metrodome’s trading on AIM has been restored now, following a suspension of trading over reports that Metrodome was eyeing a possible acquisition of Target Entertainment Group.
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FeaturesBrazil blooms
Screen editor Mike Goodridge introduces Elaine Guerini’s territory focus exploring the production and distribution scene in Brazil.
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FeaturesFinancing the Dream
In 2009, DreamWorks secured $825m for the next stage in its development. Jeremy Kay speaks to COO Jeff Small about the studio’s cost-conscious international focus and how new backers, including Reliance and Disney, fit in
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FeaturesCall For Submissions: Screen's Toronto 2013 Product Guide
Screen International presents our 2013 Toronto Product Guide.
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NewsJapanese box office up 1.5% in first half of 2010
Japanese box office earnings for the first half of 2010 totaled $1.09b (Y95.28b), a 1.5% increase over the same period last year.
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FeaturesThe start of something Big
The 2009 deal between Reliance Big Entertainment and DreamWorks marked a major new alliance between India and Hollywood. Reliance chairman Amit Khanna tells Liz Shackleton about the company’s global ambitions
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‘Financing is still predicated on foreign value’
The US business is in uncharted waters, with the global financial meltdown creating new paradigms and opportunities for independents. Screen’s US editor Jeremy Kay gathered a diverse group of luminaries to discuss the business in 2010
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