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NewsPrince William launches BAFTA campaign
Prince William was at BAFTA in London this morning to formally launch a new campaign to encourage young people from all backgrounds to enter the film, TV and games industries.
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FeaturesBrian Tyler, composer, Thor: The Dark World
Composer Brian Tyler talks to ELBERT WYCHE about his musical process and how scoring Thor: The Dark World was a dream come true.
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NewsTraverse to release Treachery
Traverse Media has acquired North American digital rights to the Blanc/Biehn Productions thriller starring Michael Biehn.
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NewsUniversal breaks company record
A spokesperson said on Monday (18) the studio had broken its previous best North American box office for a calendar year of $1.335bn set in 2012.
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NewsPeter Wintonick dies aged 60
The Canadian film-maker, journalist and documentary advocate has died in Montreal following a battle with cancer. He was 60.
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NewsRigor Mortis sells for Fortissimo
Fortissimo Films closed key territories at AFM on Juno Mak’s Chinese vampire film and Hong Kong box office hit.
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NewsFrontera, Watermark find homes
Magnolia Pictures has acquired US rights to the crime drama Frontera, while eOne Films US has picked up the documentary Watermark.
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Virgin Produced India launches
Virgin Produced has partnered with Cinema Capital Venture Fund and Tantrik Group to launch Virgin Produced India.
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NewsMapa wins online festival award
EXCLUSIVE: Leon Siminiani fiction-doc wins at MUBI’s Dialogue of Cultures festival, which plans expansion.
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NewsProducer Michael J Kagan dies aged 87
Former Cannon Films exec and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves co-producer dies aged 87.
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NewsRai Trade seals AFM, Rome deals
EXCLUSIVE: Titles include The Mercury Factor, Neverlake, L’Intrepido and Song e’ Napule.
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NewsITV wins back James Bond
James Bond will return to free-to-air television in the UK this year after ITV snatched the rights to the Ian Fleming franchise back from Sky.
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NewsGerman distribs close AFM deals
EXCLUSIVE: New films by David Cronenberg, Quentin Dupieux and Lone Scherfig are among the titles acquired by German distributors at this year’s AFM.
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NewsBerlinale World Cinema Fund selects eight
The Berlinale World Cinema Fund has awarded production and distribution funding of €165,000 ($223,000) to eight films.
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NewsStarred Up sets UK release date
Fox Searchlight to release BIFA nominee, starring Jack O’Connell and Homeland’s Rupert Friend.
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NewsFilm4 digital arm to be integrated
Digital opportunities and multiplatform innovation are so at the heart of Film4’s future plans that they are banishing the Film4.0 label.
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NewsCreative Europe approved by European Parliament
The European Union’s Creative Europe framework programme has been given a resounding vote of confidence by the European Parliament.
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NewsRobert Patrick joins Hellions
The actor has joined the cast of Toronto-based Whizbang Films and Storyteller Pictures’ thriller, currently shooting almost entirely in digital infrared.
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NewsMember, Documented in US deals
Drafthouse Films has picked up North American rights to Jonah Bekhor and Zach Math’s documentary The Final Member, while in a separate deal CNN Films has acquired US broadcast rights to Documented.