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NewsProducer Hawk Koch elected Academy president
UPDATE: Koch replaces the outgoing Tom Sherak who steps down after a three-year term. The board of governors cast their votes on Tuesday night (Jul 31) in Los Angeles. Koch will temporarily step down from his role as PGA president and Mark Gordon will continue as sole preisdent.
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NewsVertigo unseats Citizen Kane at top of new Sight & Sound critics poll
Directors poll is led by Ozu’s Tokyo Story.
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CommentSweeney-pie
As The Sweeneygets ready for its world premiere in Locarno tonight, Orange has released its latest cinema trailer for the UK with Plan B and Ray Winstone taking starring roles.
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Lowe to head Screen Queensland; ScreenWest backs crowd funding
Bryan Lowe takes up his new role as chief executive of Screen Queensland on August 20.
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NewsChina's YOU On Demand inks deal with Paramount
Titles including Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol [pictured], Transformers and No Country For Old Men available to view for YOU On Demand customers as part of the deal.
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NewsParamount, Facebook unite on Paranormal Activity 4 campaign
The partnership will allow fans of the upcoming horror franchise release to watch the film free in 25 cities around the world using Facebook’s Want It application. It also gives the studio a three-month start on building awareness through the viral platform of social media.
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Dada Films picks up US rights to Excuse Me For Living
MJ Peckos and Steven Raphael’s distributor will release the rom-com on Oct 12 in theatres and VoD. Osiris Entertainment has acquired TV and DVD rights.
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Magnolia Home Entertainment, Phase 4 snap up Sushi Girl
The revenge thriller stars Mark Hamill and Tony Todd and received its international premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival on Jul 21.
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NewsNorton Herrick joins 2 Guns as producer
Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg star and Baltasar Kormákur is currently shooting in New Orleans.
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NewsThe Exchange names Nat McCormick vp worldwide distribution
EXCLUSIVE: The young executive reunites with The Exchange founder Brian O’Shea after the pair worked together at Affinity International. He starts work on Aug 1 and most recently served at IM Global.
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Nancy Fishman Film Releasing acquires Six Million And One
Bay Area distributor Nancy K Fishman has picked up Israeli director David Fisher’s documentary Six Million And One, which recounts the filmmaker’s search for his father’s history during the Holocaust.
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NewsLiberian government to take legal action against doc director Mads Brugger
Action centres around Brügger allegedly using a fake diplomat title in documentary The Ambassador.
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NewsSky given all-clear in Competition Commission's final pay-TV report
Sky’s position “does not adversely affect competition in the pay-TV retail market,” reports Competition Commission, but “market competition overall remains ineffective.”
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CommentSurgical precision
Ahead of its Canadian premiere this Saturday at Fantasia, Screen chats to Excision director Richard Bates Jr.
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NewsMEDIA programme sends €14m to UK audiovisual industry in 2011, report says
Last year’s €14m included €1.5 million for the Europe-wide distribution of The Iron Lady; report comes as some politicians question sustainability of MEDIA successor Creative Europe.
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FeaturesThe UK public funding boom
Are we in a golden era for public film funding? The UK is stumbling through a prolonged recession and yet the film industry has seemingly emerged largely unscathed from the ongoing cuts. Geoffrey Macnab analyses where the cash is headed.
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FeaturesIs UK crew unrest an inward investment issue?
UK union BECTU denies claim that studio-backed productions are inciting more crew complaints than other productions.
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FeaturesSummer In February
Dominic Cooper, Dan Stevens and Emily Browning lead the cast of this British film about Bohemian artists in the early 20th century.