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NewsScreen Nation to honour Felix Dexter
Posthumous award announced as nominations revealed for the 9th Screen Nation Film & Television Awards.
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NewsUK panel urges broadcasters to invest
Lord Chris Smith has again called on British broadcasters to invest in UK film acquisition and production.
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FeaturesRed Crown Productions: The talent pool
Set up in 2010, US outfit Red Crown Productions has an impressive production pipeline that mixes big names and rising talent.
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FeaturesCatherine Martin, The Great Gatsby
Costume designer and production designer Catherine Martin talks about upping the ante for Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby.
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FeaturesRon Howard, Rush
Ron Howard talks about the challenges and rewards of returning to independent film-making with Formula 1 character study Rush. He also tells Wendy Mitchell about the adventure of his new film Heart Of The Sea.
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FeaturesPeter Jackson, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
For The Desolation of Smaug, the second part of his Hobbit trilogy, Peter Jackson had the tricky task of bringing the story’s raging, intelligent dragon to life. He tells John Hazelton about how the second film brings certain freedoms.
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NewsFilms Distribution takes Dark Valley
Austrian western starring Sam Riley to premiere out of competition at the Berlinale.
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NewsIntandem Films rebrands, restructures
London-based international film group to now trade as Intandem Media Group and is adding a new digital marketing division.
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FeaturesPaul Greengrass, Captain Phillips
Paul Greengrass was drawn to Captain Phillips not only to work with Tom Hanks, but also to pay tribute to his merchant marine father.
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FeaturesJohn Wells, August: Osage County
The August: Osage County ensemble is winning multiple nominations during this awards season. Director John Wells talks about cast concerns ahead of the shoot and why he insisted they all live together.
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FeaturesIn service of The Butler
Pulling together the financing for an epic about the civil-rights movement was not easy, but Lee Daniels’ box-office hit The Butler has challenged conventional wisdom about audiences for African-American and political stories. John Hazelton reports.
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NewsDolphin Films to launch sales arm
The freshly minted Dolphin Films International will launch at the EFM next month and kick off sales on the Mattel property through its new multi-year partnership with IM Global.
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CommentiFeatures is back: same game, new rules
The executive director of iFeatures explains the philosophy of making films that are ambitious in concept but practical in scale.
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NewsSundance: RADiUS takes world on Love
As the 2014 festival heads into the final furlong, RADiUS-TWC announced it had acquired worldwide rights to The One I Love.
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NewsKevin Smith’s Tusk hooks EFM agent
XYZ Films has partnered with Demarest Films and A24 on the filmmaker’s new horror film and will commence international sales in Berlin.
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NewsEmile Hirsch joins Ten Thousand Saints
Hot off the success of Lone Survivor, the actor joins a cast that includes Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld and Ethan Hawke.
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NewsKatzenberg in 3D honour
The International 3D and Advanced Imaging Society will present the 2014 Harold Lloyd Award for filmmaking to DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg.
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NewsBirds Eye View launches Filmonomics
Birds Eye View its launching its new training programme Filmonomics at this year’s LOCO London Comedy Film Festival on Jan 26.