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NewsElstree gets £2m investment for new film and TV facilities
Elstree gets £2m investment for £4.5m growth plan; will host a number of BBC’s “most popular shows” from 2013.
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NewsHBO Europe names COO
Will Harrison has been appointed to the new position of chief operating officer for HBO Europe.
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NewsAnima Vitae to open Malaysian studio
Finnish animation studio Anima Vitae – the company behind Niko 2 – has signed a joint venture agreement with Malaysia’s Creative Media Point to start a new studio in Kuala Lumpur.
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NewsFinal four teams for Triangle development scheme unveiled
Managed by Screen Yorkshire and Northern Film & Media, the national film development scheme will see each project receive £5,000 funding from Creative England.
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NewsUp There, Angels’ Share win Scottish Baftas
Afterlife comedy Up There and Ken Loach’s The Angels’ Share both claimed a brace of awards at the Scottish Baftas.
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CommentDe Niro: still a contender
Hollywood veteran Robert De Niro told audiences at the Doha Tribeca Film Festival that he has no plans of retiring from film-making.“I don’t see myself stopping really at this point,” he said.De Niro identified Raging Bull and The Deer Hunter as two of the most challenging films of his long ...
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NewsIFC Films acquires US rights to As Cool As I Am
EXCLUSIVE: Claire Danes, James Marsden, Sarah Bolger and Thomas Mann star in the tale of the teenage daughter of young parents who escapes her turbulent life by watching cookery shows.
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NewsNaomi Watts to receive PSIFF Desert Palm honour
The star of The Impossible has earned strong Oscar buzz for her performance as a tsunami survivor. Watts will collect the Desert Palm Achievement Actress Award at Palm Springs International Film Festival gala on Jan 5.
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NewsDistribution: Paramount plots Montreal launch for Cirque Du Soleil
Paramount Pictures will release Cirque Du Soleil: Worlds Away in Montréal on Dec 7 in what will be the 3D event’s first North American launch. Separately, Screen Media has taken US rights to Secret Disco Revolution.
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NewsInsidious 2 sets US release date
FilmDistrict, Alliance Films and Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions will bring the horror sequel to theatres from Aug 30, 2013.
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NewsLooper closes in on $100m at international box office
EXCLUSIVE: Endgame Entertainment’s sci-fi thriller has amassed $96.6m through FilmNation licensees and co-producer and co-financier DMG Entertainment in China.
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Arpa to screen more than 60 films from 17 countries
Ajay Singh’s family film Upside Down are among the films making a West Coast premiere at the Arpa International Film Festival, set to run from Nov 29-Dec 2 in Los Angeles.
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NewsProduction wraps on The Girl From Nagasaki
The husband-and-wife team of Michel Comte and Ayako Yoshida updates Puccini’s opera Madame Butterfly.
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NewsLarrain’s No wins at first Baja International Film Festival
Pablo Larrain’s Chilean foreign language Oscar submission, No, prevailed in the International Feature Competition at the weekend (17) as the four-day event came to a close in the Mexican resort of Los Cabos.
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NewsDolph Lundgren to receive Swedish-American honour
The veteran action star will collect the 2012 Eliason Merit Award at a ceremony on Nov 30 in Los Angeles.
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NewsEuropa International to hold first conference on Nov 24
Topics include new ways of distributing and promoting films; speakers to include Ted Hope [pictured], Ryan Werner, and Marieke Jonker.
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NewsFirst European VoD film festival reveals line-up
The programme has been unveiled for Europe’s first video on demand film festival, which will screen through seven VoD providers.
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NewsBahman Ghobadi calls on Iran to release brother
Behrouz Ghobadi, a production manager and short film director, is believed to have been detained by Iran’s Intelligence Ministry, accused of acting against national security.
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NewsIndia's Everymedia makes indie marketing move
Nikhil Garth D’Rozario, former business head of India’s DAR Media, has teamed with Gautam Thakkar of EveryMedia Technologies to start a boutique entertainment marketing agency.