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Brussels Fund starts $1.17m lab for maverick film-makers
In a move designed to ensure that maverick filmmakers do not slip through the net, Brussels-based VAF (The Flanders AudioVisual Fund) is setting up a new fund targeting new talent. The Filmlab, as the new scheme is called, will invest $1.17m (Euros 800,000) in supporting adventurous new film projects. This ...
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Clare Morrow to join Screen Yorkshire in Industry Development
Regional screen agency Screen Yorkshire has announced that Clare Morrow will head its Industry Development team. Morrow takes her post in January. Until April she was controller of programmes north for ITV, and currently works as a freelance executive producer and manager of the Broadcasting and Creative Industries Disability Network. ...
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The Water Horse: Legend Of The Deep
Dir: Jay Russell. US. 2007. 113mins.Part gentle coming-of-age story, part whimsical animal flick, The Water Horse: The Legend Of The Deep tells the story of a young Scottish boy who serves as both friend and parent to a mysterious newborn creature that he eventually has to return to nearby Loch ...
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Paul Hills starts post-production on Do Elephants Pray'
Post-production has started on the $1m romantic drama Do Elephants Pray'PaulHills directs and produces. He previously worked on projects including 1996 feature Boston Kickout.The film, which was shot in the UK and France, was jointly financed by private investment and produced by Amaranth Film Partners/Elephant Features Ltd.Jonnie Hurn and Julie ...
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Guy Maddin and Isabella Rossellini open 2008 Berlinale Forum
For the third year in a row, Guy Maddin and Isabella Rossellini will have films shown at the forthcoming Berlinale.My Winnipeg, Maddin's autobiographical fairytale about his Canadian native city, and Rossellini's three one-minute Green Porno shorts made for mobile phones and mobile video players will have their international premieres as ...
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GEM works for DVD, theatrical launch of Peterson films
GEM Entertainment has taken UK and US rights to seven features from UK-based Global Films, EdgeImageBank, Norwood Pictures, and Mnemonics Pictures. Nick Peterson, also known as a musician under the name Virtual Alien, directed all of the films. Five that will be released on DVD are: Writing On The Wall, ...
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UK regional critics name awards after Richard Attenborough
The UK Regional Critics' Annual Film Awards have been renamed The Richard Attenborough Film Awards. The awards were founded a year ago and will be known as the Attenborough Awards from 2008. The awards are given in six categories: film of the year, filmmaker of the year, actor and actress ...
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Gaylord Films, Warner Bros sign co-financing pact
Nashville-based Gaylord Entertainment Company, which last year bought Paris-based Pandora Cinema, has created a new company Gaylord Films and entered into a co-financing and production deal with Warner Bros Pictures which could result in as many as ten films over the next four years.Headed by veteran producer Hunt Lowry, Gaylord ...
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Thomas Peter Friedl to leave Constantin Film after January
After over 18 years working in the field of distribution and for Constantin Film, Thomas Peter Friedl has announced that he will not be extending his contract as Distribution, Marketing & Central Services Director at Constantin Film after January 31, 2008.The management of the distribution arm Constantin Filmverleih will be ...
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The Kite Runner to close Dubai festival on Dec 16
Marc Forster's The Kite Runner is the surprise closing film for the Dubai International Film Festival.The Dec 16 closing night event will welcome the book's author Khaled Hosseini and the film's cast including Khalid Abdalla, Homayoun Ershadi, Zekiria Ebrahami, Ali Danesh Bakhtyari, Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada and Sayed Jafar Massihullah, along ...
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Elah, White Girlstake top prizes at Bahamas festival
The fourth-annual Bahamas International Film Festival awarded its top prize, the Spirit of Freedom, to Paul Haggis' In The Valley Of Elah, while the New Vision Award went to director Jennifer Sharp's Los Angeles-set romantic comedy I'm Through With White Girls, starring Anthony Montgomery and Bahamian-born actress-producer Lia Johnson.Actor Anthony ...
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Parkinson named senior vice president at Content Partners
Krista Parkinson has joined Los Angeles-based Content Partners as senior vice president and will leverage her business relationships in Hollywood to further Content's plan of purchasing clients' backend profit participation in film, television and music.Parkinson will remain a consultant with Tony Hawk's 900 Films; she previously served as president of ...
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Box Office Focus: Fred Claus stays strong in UK against mighty Compass
Holdover titles in the UK generally suffered steep drops at the box office this weekend as The Golden Compass accounted for nearly 60% of the top 20 revenue this weekend.The fantasy adventure, released through Entertainment Film Distributors, enjoyed an $11.6m (£5.7m) three-day take from 507 sites for a whopping $22,937 ...
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Into The Wild, Juno lead Broadcast Film Critics nominations
Into the Wild led the field in the 2007 Broadcast Film Critics Awards with seven nominations including best picture, director for Sean Penn, actor for Emile Hirsch and supporting actor for Hal Holbrook.Fox Searchlight's Juno was close behind with six for best picture, comedy movie, actress for Ellen Page, writer ...
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MGM signs multi-year VOD deal with France Telecom/Orange
MGM has signed a multi-year deal with France Telecom's Orange offering subscribers to Orange's 24/24 Video service a range of recent releases and titles from the distributor's 3,000-strong library via VOD.MGM's films will be offered to Orange customers in France, Spain and Poland who subscribe to either the broadband digital ...
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Arcand, Cronenberg, Maddin among TIFF's Canada Top Ten selection
Denys Arcand's Days Of Darkness, David Cronenberg's Eastern Promises and Guy Maddin's My Winnipeg were among the finalists as the Toronto International Film Festival Group (TIFFG) announced its 2007 Canada's Top Ten lists of the country's best feature and short films. The presentations were made in Toronto at an event ...
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Harry Potter star Pattinson takes lead male role in Summit's Twilight
Robert Pattinson has joined Kristen Stewart on Summit Entertainment's romantic thriller Twilight that Catherine Hardwicke is set to begin filming in North American in February 2008.Pattinson, best known for his role as the gallant Cedric Diggory in the Harry Potter series, will play the vampire Edward who falls dangerously in ...
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Fenady named co-president of physical production at Universal
Universal Pictures has promoted Andrew Fenady to the newly created position of co-president of physical production.Fenady will continue to report to president of physical production James Brubaker. The pair will play a greater role in overseeing all aspects of physical production including production planning, budgeting, scheduling, crew hiring and managing ...
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Global Film Initiative awards completion funds to seven films
The Global Film Initiative (GFI) has awarded completion funds to seven film-makers during it autumn granting cycle.The projects are: Ahmed Rashwan's Egpytian second world war romance 100% Alive; Hassan Yektapanah's Iranian ID card drama Bibi; Oscar Ruiz Navia's Colombian landowner saga Crab Trap; and Ubaka Joseph Ugochukwu's Nigeria/Senegal road movie ...