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NewsJolie's Bosnia project reapplying for permit after content controversy
GK Films says it is reapplying for a permit to shoot parts of Angelina Jolie’s directorial debut in Sarajevo after concerns about the film’s content reportedly caused the original permit to be revoked by Bosnian authorities.
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Amber to develop with Oceanview Publishing
Amber Entertainment, the production company formed last year by a team of former New Line executives, is joining forces with Oceanview Publishing to develop features and other projects from Oceanview’s catalogue of around 40 mystery, suspense and thriller titles.
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Shoreline handling sales on first German indie 3D
Shoreline Entertainment is handling worldwide sale rights on German English language thriller The Forbidden Girl, currently shooting in and around Jena and Berlin, Germany.
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Break The Fall gets finance boost from Northern Film & Media
Regional screen agency Northern Film & Media and Northstar Ventures have backed feature film Break The Fall with $162,500 (£101,500) investment on behalf of Finance for Business – North East Creative Content Fund.
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Breaking Dawn adds new cast including Lee Pace
Summit has announced further cast for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, as new vampire groups are introduced to the story.
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Cactus Three launches finishing fund
New York-based production and distribution company Cactus Three (C3) has formed a film finishing fund for documentaries and independent films.
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Pusan Promotion Plan bites for Mushroom Watermelon
The Pusan Promotion Plan (PPP) project market closed today (Oct 13) with top Pusan Award of $20,000 going to Ogigami Naoko’s Mushroom Watermelon.
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Hubert Bals Fund backs 24 new projects
The International Film Festival Rotterdam’s Hubert Bals Fund has announced its latest round of funding, giving grants to 24 film projects from 13 African, Asian or Latin American countries.
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NewsJeremy Thomas to give keynote at London Production Finance Market
Oscar-winning British producer Jeremy Thomas will give the keynote address at the fourth Film London Production Finance Market (Oct 20-21).
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NewsScreen Film Summit: StudioCanal's Courson says production, distribution need tight bond
Speaking at the 2010 Screen Film Summit in London, Olivier Courson, CEO of StudioCanal, said the company’s main focus going forward would be on the production of new French and UK productions (via its UK subsidiary Optimum).
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Three Musketeers is sixth international production at Studio Babelsberg in 2010
Berlin’s shooting frenzy continues with Paul W.S. Anderson 3D project.
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NewsChannel 4 boosts Film4 budget by 50% to £15m per year
Channel 4 has announced that it will boost Film4’s budget to $23.8m (£15m) per year for the next five years.
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NewsPower to the Pixel: Cross-Media work becomes more business, less fad
Multi-platform work won’t just be a novelty in the digital age, according to speakers at yesterday’s Power to the Pixel | Cross-Media Forum, which ran in association with the BFI London Film Festival.
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NewsWarner, Universal strike deals for Ben Ammar's Black Gold
Tarak Ben Ammar’s Quinta Communications has signed multi-territory distribution deals with Warner Bros and Universal Pictures for the $55 million epic adventure Black Gold. Warner Bros will distribute the film in France, the United Kingdom, Latin America and the Middle East.
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Film Independent names Project: Involve participants
Film Independent has selected 33 filmmakers for its annual diversity mentorship program, Project:Involve. The program is dedicated to fostering the careers of filmmakers from communities traditionally under represented in the industry.
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Hamburg signs first look deal with DreamWorks
DreamWorks Studios has signed a first look deal with writer, director and producer John Hamburg.
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Focus makes Africa First awards
Focus Features’ Africa First program for short films, an initiative for emerging filmmakers of African nationality and residence, has named the winners of this year’s five $10,000 awards.
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Cinesite books work for X-Men First Class
London-based visual effects company Cinesite has been awarded a major contract for work on Fox’s X-Men First Class.
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New Zealand Film Commission backs new feature from Samoa
Writer/director Tauti Tusi Tamasese’s The Orator, billed as a story about a small man with a big heart who must find the strength to speak up for those that he loves, starts six weeks of principal photography on Oct 27.
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Icon won't comment on Weinstein-Blavatnik reports
Icon today had “absolutely no comment” on reports that emerged last night that The Weinstein Company and Len Blavatnik’s Access Industries are reportedly creating a production fund to make mid-level features to be distributed by TWC and Access’ UK-based Icon operation.