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NewsChina’s iQiyi launches film company
Chinese video streaming platform iQiyi is launching a film company, iQiyi Films, which aims to develop a new internet-oriented business model for film production.
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NewsFox, A Company to release Corrections Class
The two distributors will jointly release Ivan Tverdovsky’s Corrections Class in a groundbreaking move.
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NewsBusan unveils Film Academy fellows
24 participants have been selected for the 10th Asian Film Academy, which will have Hungarian director Bela Tarr as its dean.
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NewsOdeon, Hibrow to screen Edinburgh Fringe
Eight shows to include an opera from Alison Jackson and Steven Berkoff performance.
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NewsSan Sebastian reveals culinary titles
The programme is made up of seven features and four shorts; Tokyo Gohan Film Festival to present one of the films with a special prize.
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CommentMamoru Oshii honoured at Fantasia
Japanese film-maker receives Lifetime Achievement award on opening night of genre festival in Montreal.
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FeaturesInside The Cinema Project
The Cinema Project, which is part of the Yehoshua Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts, is having a banner year.
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NewsDovzhenko biopic secures co-producers
Konstantin Konovalov’s Odessa-set biopic about the Soviet film director Oleksandr Dovzhenko, Oleksandr Dovzhenko.Odessa-Debut, has already found co-producers in Finland and Argentina.
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NewsScottish producers call for film production fund
Independent Producers Scotland calls for tax on cinema tickets to go towards fund.
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NewsUK anti-piracy action to launch
BT, Sky Broadband, TalkTalk, Virgin Media partner with Government and creative industries on scheme.
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NewsBFI, ICO launch exhibition training
The initiative aims to provide bespoke technical advice for independent exhibitors across all nine of the BFI’s Audience Network Hub areas.
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NewsBen Whishaw to voice Paddington
The 33-year-old British actor has stepped in “slightly grudgingly” to replace Colin Firth as the voice of Paddington Bear in StudioCanal’s CGI/live-action feature.
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NewsAMPAS board elects governors
Five first-time governors have been elected to the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences board.
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FeaturesNoboru Iguchi, Live & Nuigulumar Z
Ian Sandwell talks to the Japanese film-maker about his two films screening at this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival.
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NewsUni acquires Jolie-Pitt starrer
Universal Pictures has prevailed in a studio bidding war, picking up world rights to the drama By The Sea that will mark the first time Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have starred together since Mr. & Mrs. Smith in 2007.
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NewsJoyce Herlihy dies aged 92
Production manager worked on Chariots of Fire and An American Werewolf in London.
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NewsMahtani named CFO of Cinelabs
Cinelabs International has hired John Mahtani as Chief Financial Officer.
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NewsLego blocks rivals in UK buzz
The Lego Movie smashes competitors in this week’s UK movie buzz chart.
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NewsEU cinema admissions down 4.1%
Figures mark the second lowest admissions level in the European Union since 2000.