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BAFTA set for pre-Oscars awards move
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) has confirmed it aims to move its film awards to a pre-Academy Awards slot in a bid to focus worldwide attention on the ceremony as a pointer for the Oscars.Bafta said that a planned move from April 9 to February 25 ...
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Towel Talk wins 24-Hour Film Challenge
UK-based production company Wysiwygwon the 24-Hour Film Challenge with its short mystery/comedy Towel Talk.The challenge, held inCannes, has teams of film-makers making a film of five minutes or less during a24-hour period.Towel Talk was made by Tom Swanston, Cauri Jaye and MatthewGolding and stars Jonathan Rhodes. Wysiwyg was in Cannes ...
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Scottish producers criticise Scottish Screen
Scottish producers in Canneshave issued a stinging rebuke to national film agency Scottish Screen over itsdelay in revealing its long-term plans for feature film production. "Again and again(in Cannes), we have been asked what is happening with Scottish Screen. We don't quite know," said Mark Cousins of 4 Ways Productions. ...
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Filmax recruits Universum for Transsiberian
Spain's Filmax Entertainmenthas signed on Germany's Universum Film to co-produce Brad Anderson's new film, Transsiberian.Set to shoot in English inlate October between Spain and Eastern Europe, the project is the director'sfollow-up to the well-received The Machinist, also a production of Julio Fernandez for Filmax.Universum will retaindistribution rights in German-speaking territories. ...
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Lazio starts Italy's fourth regional film fund
The long drought that hashit Italy's traditional film financiers is spurring the country to find newways of bolstering its film industry.As such, the Lazio regionaround Rome will become the fourth region in Italy to establish a filmfund.The $12.8m (Euros 10m) fund,created along the lines of France's Ile de France fund, ...
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Danish Film Institute's THINKTANK could become policy body
The Copenhagen THINKTANK,the new initiative organised by the Danish Film Institute (DFI) to ponderstrategy for European film, is looking over time to become a policy body.'We have all the keyplayers with us, all the national institutes and a lot of people from theindustry,' said the DFI's Henning Camre in Cannes ...
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Danish Film Institute's THINKTANK could become policy body
The Copenhagen THINKTANK,the new initiative organised by the Danish Film Institute (DFI) to ponderstrategy for European film, is looking over time to become a policy body.'We have all the keyplayers with us, all the national institutes and a lot of people from theindustry,' said the DFI's Henning Camre in Cannes ...
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EU and US team up for new online film charter
Online film downloading isto get more user-friendly with the signing of a new charter. In Cannes,EU and US Internet service providers and telecom operators such as TimeWarner, Vivendi and Telecom Italia endorsed the European Film OnlineCharter, which aims to encourage the wider circulation of European filmsboth within and outside the ...
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Magnolia strikes three-territory deal for The Host
Magnolia Pictures hasswooped on Bong Joon-ho's left-field monster movie The Host, acquiring rights for the US, UK and Australia to thefilm that screened in Director's Fortnight.Sales agent Cineclick Asiahas also sold the film to France's Ocean Films, Spain's Notro Films andDiscovery for former Yugoslavia. Other territories closed in Cannes includeBrazil ...
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Lightning closes key deals on Conversations With God
Santa Monica-based LightningEntertainment has struck key territorydeals on its spiritual adaptation ConversationsWith God.Sales have closed inAustralia/New Zealand (Hopscotch); Spain (Isaan);Mexico (Quality Films);Brazil (Alpha Films); Benelux (Inspire Films);Czech Republic (Padora);Turkey (Fida); Hungary (Budapest Films);Singapore (Ram Nido); and HongKong (Edko).Samuel Goldwyn Films holdsUS theatrical and Fox Home Entertainmentholds North American videorights to ...
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Arista gears up for Scribes 2 programme
Arista Development islaunching Scribes 2, a programme for black and minority ethnic screenwriters. The eight-month screenplaydevelopment scheme is run by Arista, BBC Film and Capitol Films Production. Mentors in the programmecome from Cuba Pictures, Element Films, Feel Films, Samuelson Productions andTiger Aspect Pictures. Each participant developsone screenplay and one outline, ...
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Universal takes territories on FilmFour's Gray
Universal Pictures has clinched a major multi-territory deal with FilmFour on Gillian Armstrong's Charlotte Gray starring Cate Blanchett which will start shooting early next year. Universal has taken rights to the film in France, Benelux, Scandinavia, Spain, Italy, Australia, New Zealand and Japan.The deal was negotiated by Carl Clifton, acting ...
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Julian Richards prepares for Summer Scars
Prolific British filmmaker Julian Richards, whopreviously directed The Last Horror Movie, has completed the financing of hislatest project.Summer Scars, Richards'sfourth feature, is billed as "a dark psychological thriller about a gang ofschool truants held hostage in the woods by a psychopath."Kevin Howarth (who also played in The Last HorrorMovie) will ...
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QED strikes key sales on Spring Break In Bosnia
Beverly Hills-based QED International has closed major territory saleson Richard Shepard's comedy thriller Spring Break In Bosnia starring RichardGere and Terrence Howard.Rights have gone to: TF1 in France; Avex in Japan; Senator in Germany; DutchFilmworks for Benelux; Sandrew Metronome for Scandinavia; SPI for EasternEurope; Sun Distribution for Latin America; Village ...
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QED close to selling out Spring Break In Bosnia
Beverly Hills-based QED International has closed major territory saleson Richard Shepard's comedy thriller Spring Break In Bosnia starring RichardGere and Terrence Howard.Rights have gone to TF1 in France, Avex in Japan, Senator in Germany; DutchFilmworks for Benelux, Sandrew Metronome for Scandinavia, SPI for EasternEurope, Sun Distribution for Latin America, Village ...
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Fortissimo serves up Waiter to France...
Fortissimo Films has sold Waiter, the company's fourth venturewith Dutch director Alex van Warmerdam, to France's BAC and Israel's United King. The Dutch/HK-based companyhas also closed a slew of sales on John Cameron Mitchell's Shortbus which has gone to BIM (Italy), Central Partnership (Russia), Oro (Norway), Ster Kinekor (South Africa), ...
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Mandarin closes Gate on Cannes deals
Hong Kong's Mandarin Films has sold Wilson Yip's Dragon Tiger Gate, one of the hotChinese-language titles in the market, to Germany's Splendid Film and Spain's Tot Media. The martial arts actionthriller, starring Donnie Yen, Nicholas Tse and Shawn Yue, was sold earlier inthe market to Japan's Gaga and a raft ...
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UK Post starts new audio post-production awards
UK Post has startedplanning the inaugural Conch Sound Awards. The awards will honour those whowork in audio post-production in film, TV and commercials.The first ceremony will beheld September 21 at the Radisson Edwardian Mayfair's cinema in London.Industry group UK post hasnomination applications available online.After initial nominations, industry experts will judge ...
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Quinceanera, Champions bookend Newport festival
Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland's drama Quinceanera and David Wike'scomedy Champions bookend the 9th Annual Newport International FilmFestival, which runs from Jun 6-11.This year's instalment features panel discussions, a New England spotlight, anda comedy improv night, among other events.For a full line-up of events visit the official website at www.newportfilmfestival.com.
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StudioCanal takes a seat at Feng's Banquet
Beijing-based Huayi Brothershas sold Feng Xiaogang's period drama TheBanquet to France's StudioCanal.The period drama, starringZhang Ziyi, has also gone to Portugal (Eco Filmes), Source Investment (Benelux, Scandinavia), Femeway (Greece, Cyprus), Alexandra (Bulgaria), Shapira Films (Israel), Atasagun Films (Turkey) and Korean Screen (Korea). Momentum Pictures has rights for the UK and ...