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NewsUKFC trials funding scheme to support digital marketing
The UK Film Council is seeking help distributors to build digital marketing campaigns through a new scheme that will allow them to apply for funding earlier in the application process.
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NewsFilm Sales Company boards worldwide rights to Joan Baez doc for Toronto
Andrew Herwitz’s Film Sales Company has secured worldwide sales rights to Joan Baez: How Sweet The Sound ahead of its Toronto premiere.
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NewsVisit Films takes supermodel doc Picture Me to Toronto
Visit Films has acquired international sales rights to Ole Schell and Sara Ziff’s documentary Picture Me and will commence sales at Toronto.
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NewsSundance Institute names 15 doc grant recipients
The Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program has unveiled the 15 projects that will receive grants and creative support from the Sundance Documentary Fund.
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NewsJean-Jacques Annaud to direct Wolf Totem
French filmmaker Jean-Jacques Annaud (The Lover, Seven Years In Tibet) has been brought on board to direct $30m Chinese-language drama Wolf Totem, which is being co-produced by Hong Kong’s Bill Kong and Beijing-based Forbidden City Film Co.
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NewsKore-eda’s Ship, Swarup adaptation among TPG projects
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Brazilian co-production Ship Is Yet To Come and an adaptation of Slumdog Millionaire author Vikas Swarup’s Six Suspects are among the 25 projects that have been selected for this year’s Tokyo Project Gathering (TPG).
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FeaturesLocarno 2009 award winners
The full list of competition winners at the 2009 Locarno International Film Festival
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CommentIndies are feeling the chill
If studios are proving resilient to the crisis, the indie sector is feeling the pressure.
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NewsUKFC and BFI merger proposed
The UK Film Council (UKFC) and the British Film Institute (BFI) are to be merged under plans announced by Film Minister Siôn Simon today (August 20).
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NewsTIFF adds Gitai’s Carmel, Ozon’s Refuge to world premiere line-up
Amos Gitai’s Israel-France-Italy co-production Carmel will make its world premiere at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival.
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NewsGeorge Lucas to present Golden Lion to John Lasseter
Star Wars director George Lucas will present John Lasseter and the directors of Disney Pixar - Brad Bird, Peter Docter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich - with the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 66th Venice International Film Festival.
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CommentThe rise of the fanboys
Film marketing and distribution could be changed forever after Paramount pre-screened GI Joe: The Rise OfCobra to fanboy websites - and not to broadcast and print outlets
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CommentThe future for film has already been written
The digital revolution is reliant on the relationship with a new type of audience, says Liz Rosenthal, founder and managing director of Power to the Pixel.
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NewsRussian cinemas forced to close as economic crisis bites
Russian cinemas have been hard hit by the global recession with 43 out of the country’s 1700 closing down in the first six months of the year.
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APC Copyright Code extended to cover online content
The Alliance for the Protection of Copyright (APC) has published an updated Code of Practice, which covers online and interactive content.
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CommentBox office busters
They came, they conquered: who ruled the world in Summer 2009? A look at the tentpole winners and losers…
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London Good Pitch unveils eight selected films
Organisers at the inaugural London Good Pitch have announced the project line-up for when the event runs from September 7 and 8.
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NewsKenny Ortega to direct Jackson tribute film This Is it
Kenny Ortega will direct the Michael Jackson tribute concert film This Is It that Sony will now release early in a limited two-week worldwide run starting on October 28.
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NewsIFC Films takes US custody of Police, Adjective
IFC Films has acquired US rights to Corneliu Porumboiu’s Police, Adjective, which has been named Romania’s foreign language Oscar submission for the 2009/10 awards season.
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NewsAndrea Grau to launch Touchwood PR
Toronto International Film Festival press officer Andrea Gau is leaving after seven years to launch her own full service PR agency.