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Ukranian government's new laws to boost film industry
New laws, scheduled to come into effect in Ukraine from Jan 1, are expected to help to provide the recovery of the country’s film industry, which has been in decline since the collapse of the USSR.
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Constantin Film and Michael Steiner plan future collaborations
Constantin Film Schweiz and Michael Steiner, director of Zurich Film Festival’s opening film Sennentuntschi, are to collaborate on film projects in the future.
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Swiss national fund backs five international co-productions
Switzerland’s Federal Office of Culture (BAK) has awarded over $2.6m (CHF 2.5m) to five international co-productions in the latest round of funding from its film section.
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Hot projects on Screenbase this week
New films on the online production listings, Screenbase, include an array of French co-productions including Des Vents Contraires, Les Amants De Low Life as well as German film Arschkalt.
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NewsKarl Spoerri: Zurich can become German-language film hub
The German-language film industry can become more successful by working together on more co-productions, Zurich Film Festival director Karl Spoerri told Screen as the festival kicked off last night.
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NewsBeckinsale back as Selene for next Underworld episode
Kate Beckinsale has signed on to reprise her role as the warrior vampire Selene in Screen Gems and Lakeshore Entertainment’s fourth Underworld instalment.
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Pellegrino sets up new company with writer-director Birgit Stein
Producer-financier Roland Pellegrino has set up the Stuttgart-based production outfit PS-Filmproduction with writer-director Birgit Stein to produce her feature debut No Mercy.
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Groen to direct UK-Dutch co-pro Lilet Never Happened
Dutch filmmaker Jacco Groen has written and will direct Lilet Never Happened, a drama about child prostitution in the Philippines, which is based on a real story.
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Simon Glass to make feature debut with East End thriller
UK director Simon Glass is to make his feature debut with noir thriller The Existentialist: and The MysteriousMurder of God, which will be produced by Arid Pictures.
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NewsOldman to lead cast for Alfredson’s Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Working Title today confirmed the cast for Tomas Alfredson’s adaptation of John Le Carre novel Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, due to shoot at the end of Sept.
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Canadian shoot starts on Pascal Laugier's The Tall Man
Production is underway in British Columbia on Pascal Laugier’s mystery The Tall Man starring Jessica Biel
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Luis Tosar to make comedy-drama Los Fenomenos
Spanish actor-producer Luis Tosar is set to work on a comedy-drama called Los Fenomenos through his production company ZircoZine.
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NewsCotillard, Duris, Chaumeil join new Universal-Quad comedy
UPI is reuniting with Heartbreaker producers Quad on the new French-language comedy Living Is Better Than Dying (Vivre C’est Mieux Que Mourir).
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Kline, Keaton on board Darling Companion for Likely Story, Werc Werk Works
Werc Werk Works and Likely Story have brought on Lawrence Kasdan to direct the comedy Darling Companion starring Kevin Kline and Diane Keaton.
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Cyan Films picks up Slamdance screenwriting winner
Australian production outfit Cyan Films has picked up 100 Bloody Acres, winner of the horror section of the Slamdance 2010 screenwriting competition.
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NewsCharlize Theron takes remake rights to Two Eyes Staring
Charlize Theron has taken remake rights to Dutch psychological thriller Two Eyes Staring (Zwart Water) by Dutch writer/director Elbert van Strien.
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NewsPearce, Moreno to star in Make It Happen's comedy Mis-Fits
Guy Pearce, Catalina Sandino Moreno and Virginie Ledoyen will star for producer Doug Claybourne in the original comedy Mis-Fits.
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NewsMann is Universal's girl for The Change-Up
Leslie Mann will play the female lead opposite Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman in Universal’s The Change-Up, a body-swap comedy to be directed by David Dobkin.
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Sylvain Estibal starts shoot for debut feature
Principal photography has begun on When Pigs Have Wings, the feature directorial debut from Sylvain Estibal, France’s Marilyn Productions announced.
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London Screenwriters' Festival launches Inspired by Science Treatment Award
The London Screenwriters’ Festival launches the Inspired by Science Treatment Award in association with charitable foundation Wellcome Trust.