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NewsChina Film Group teams with Sohu and Nokia on film production
Top Chinese actors involved include Huang Bo [pictured].
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NewsPanda 2 stays top overseas for PPI on $55m hold
DreamWorks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda 2 held on to the top spot overseas through PPI as a confirmed $55.4m from 11,110 sites in 51 countries boosted the running total to $281.4m.
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NewsGreen Lantern opens top in US on $53m for Warner Bros
Green Lantern opened top of the charts on $52.7m according to Warner Bros estimates, though box office observers were quick to point out it was the lowest debut for a superhero film this summer.
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EU commissioner: we won't cut MEDIA Programme
The funding source’s budget is to be kept at its current level and could possibly be increased in the European Union’s budget period for 2014-2010, EU budget commissioner Janusz Lewandowski told a delegation of filmmakers in Warsaw on Friday [17].
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NewsContent Film takes on sales for Wreckers
Artificial Eye takes UK rights, with Curzon On Demand launching simultaneously.
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NewsUPDATED: Dutch industry worries about minister's plans for support organisations
The Dutch film sector has been dismayed by Deputy Culture Minister Halbe Zjilstra [pictured]’s response to last month’s “advice” from the Council of Culture on how 30% cuts in public funding should be achieved in the culture sector. Groups under threat include Binger Filmlab.
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NewsLevelK takes on sales for Room 304
Birgitte Staermose’s debut feature is in competition in Karlovy Vary.
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NewsWorld War Z to shoot in Glasgow in late August
Marc Forster’s Brad Pitt thriller will shoot in locations including George Square [pictured].
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FeaturesAruba International Film Festival
The “happy island” welcomed the international film business from June 10-16 for the second annual Aruba International Film Festival.
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News50 Cent in talks to start production company with Antoine Fuqua
Curtis Jackson also talks about slate of 10 films being made by his Cheetah Vision banner.
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NewsSuarez to chase Tequila with English-language thriller
Sergio Sanchez Suarez will follow up his debut feature — the $4.5m Mexican historical melodrama Tequila — with a thriller called The Guardian.
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NewsAlison Small named director of Skillset Craft and Technical Skills Academy
She is a consultant and veteran of the Office of the British Film Commissioner.
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FeaturesJedd Wider and Todd Wider
The documentary producers talk about financing hard-hitting documentaries, the importance of social campaigns, and their latest film Semper Fi, which plays this week at SilverDocs.
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FeaturesGreen Lantern beats Panda to top of UK box office
Warner Bros.’ Green Lantern takes $4.0m (£2.5m) to debut at number one.
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NewsEuropean Commission launches public consultation on EU state aid for film industry
The European Commission has launched a public consultation as part of a review of the criteria for assessing the compatibility of national, regional, and local film and audiovisual support schemes with European Union state aid rules.
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FeaturesTransilvania International Film Festival
The festival presented its 10th anniversary edition June 3-12 in Cluj, Romania.
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