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NewsInvestors clear on Powder Room
SCREEN FILM SUMMIT: As MJ Delaney’s low-budget Powder Room heads into its opening weekend with all investment already recouped, producer Damian Jones has confirmed that his next project will be a remake of TV perennial Dad’s Army.
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NewsUK close to China co-pro treaty
SCREEN FILM SUMMIT: International panel talks China opportunities, but warns about tough US market.
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NewsSky Movies: Netflix not a competitor
SCREEN FILM SUMMIT: Sky Movies boss Ian Lewis has said that Sky does not see SVOD services Netflix and Amazon’s LoveFilm as competitors in the UK.
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NewsInbetweeners 2 sets shoot date
Creators Iain Morris and Damon Beesley take over directing duties.
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NewsNLP launches Goldfinch Pictures
EXCLUSIVE: Entertainment accountancy firm Nyman Libson Paul (NLP) is launching new venture Goldfinch Pictures Ltd, dedicated to supporting British films.
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NewsBaltic Event hands out five awards
Producers from Lithuania, Romania, Denmark and Finland were the recipients of five awards presented at the Baltic Event’s Co-Production Market (Nov 26-29).
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NewsHuace pacts with Tiny Times creator
Shanghai-based production company Huace Film & TV has signed a $30m five-year deal with Guo Jingming, the novelist turned filmmaker behind the hugely successful Tiny Times franchise.
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NewsOkuyama to produce Fukada’s Sayonara
EXCLUSIVE: Fukushima-themed sci-fi drama likely to be French co-production.
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NewsEuro producers get €4m Creative Europe boost
The European Union’s support for the development of independent producers’ projects will receive an extra €4m annually from 2014 as part of Creative Europe’s MEDIA sub-programme.
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NewsWoolcock making dog-fighting doc
EXCLUSIVE: One Mile Away director Penny Woolcock is to make a documentary about illegal dog-fighting for UK broadcaster Channel 4.
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NewsClio Barnard wins Wellcome fellowship
The Selfish Giant director gets Wellcome Trust-BFI-Film4 Fellowship, including £30,000 grant.
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NewsMiami unveils first ACE Lab
Miami Dade College’s Miami International Film Festival (MIFF) has announced its inaugural ACE (Ateliers du Cinéma Européen) Co-Production Lab.
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NewsShooting For Socrates revisits 1986 World Cup
Cast includes John Hannah and Richard Dormer; Metro International handles sales.
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NewsEstonia, Korea sign co-pro memo
Two projects in the works are projects from Jeon Kyu-hwan and Lee Yoon-ki.
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NewsHaillay film greenlit by Biennale college
Workshop backs three for production, including UK film Blood Cells, produced by Samm Haillay.
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NewsScreen Flanders backs Becker, Windfeld
Ten films get €2m ($2.7m), including projects from Wolfgang Becker, Kathrine Windfeld.
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NewsJerzy Skolimowski preparing 'catastrophic thriller'
EXCLUSIVE: Essential Killing partners Element, IFB on board, targeting spring 2014 shoot.
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NewsPinewood’s revenue, net debt increase
Public inquiry into expansion plan underway; studio confirms Teddington departure date.
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NewsUnderhill, Shaw launch Films of London
Commercials veterans Jason Underhill and Rory Shaw have launched film production and development company Films of London.
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NewsEdgar Wright: Ant-Man won't shoot in UK
Director says upcoming Marvel film Ant-Man would have shot in London but there is no room.