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NewsDespicable Me 2 soars in US debut
Universal’s Despicable Me 2 is heading into a huge Fourth Of July weekend after it grossed $59.5m in the first two days in North America. By contrast Buena Vista’s The Lone Ranger, the other major tentpole release over this long holiday weekend, has returned mediocre numbers.
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NewsBFI faces 10% cut for 2015-16
The British Film Institute (BFI) is to receive a 10% cut to its resource funding from the government - twice the reduction handed to museums and the rest of the cultural/arts sector.
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NewsRiccobono to host Venice opening and closing
Actress Eva Riccobono will host the opening and closing ceremonies of the 70th Venice International Film Festival.
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NewsMcGown wraps horror shoot in Argentina
Shooting wraps this week in Argentina on The Rules of The Game, directed by the UK’s Ed McGown.
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NewsBernard Salt to keynote at AIMC
Bernard Salt, KPMG partner, author and advisor, will deliver the keynote address at the 68th Australian International Movie Convention (AIMC).
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NewsBBC turns its back on 3D
The BBC is to turn its back on 3D content after revealing it believes there is not sufficient viewer demand for the technology.
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NewsBen Wheatley explains A Field In England's multi-platform strategy
As A Field In England prepares for its multi-platform release in the UK, director Ben Wheatley and producer Andrew Starke were in Karlovy Vary to present the film in competition.
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NewsHot projects on Screenbase
Joe Cole and Phil Davis are starring in crime film Peterman, while shooting is about to finish on The Pilgrim: The Best Story of Paulo Coelho.
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NewsTerence Davies’ 'A Quiet Passion' excites Paris Project
Mads Matthiesen’s Emma and Bavo Defurne’s Souvenirs among other hot projects.
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NewsMaya the Bee flies to Russia
Munich-based Studio 100 has licensed its first film project Maya The Bee – Movie to Russia’s Premium Film.
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NewsSarajevo selects Talent Campus participants
Young film-making programme attracted more than 300 applications, its biggest number to date.
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NewsCreative Skillset calls for fairer internship recruitment
Creative Skillset is calling for more employers to adopt fair approaches to the way they recruit and pay interns as part of a campaign to promote best practice across the Creative Industries.
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NewsRandom House takes Kissing Booth rights
Random House Children’s Screen Entertainment has optioned worldwide rights for teen novel The Kissing Booth.
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NewsVan Dormael, Auteuil reunite on Fille de Dieu
Belgian director is currently in Paris with critically acclaimed, mixed media stage show Kiss and Cry, which he also hopes to adapt for the big screen.
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NewsFilm festival training event to run this month
Third edition will take place during the Motovun Film Festival in Croatia.
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NewsScreen Academy Scotland launches second talent search
The low budget initiative will be run at Edinburgh Napier University for a second year.
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NewsSouth Korean box office hits record high
Both local and foreign films see admission jumps in the first half of 2013.
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NewsBedlam to remake Czech comedy Women In Temptation
EXCLUSIVE: Bedlam Productions has snapped up the English-language remake rights to Czech comedy Women In Temptation, which beat Avatar on its release in 2010.
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NewsPennsylvania keeps tax advantage
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett’s new state budget signed on Jun 30 has backed the Pennsylvania Film and Television Production Tax Credit programme, which remains fully funded at $60m.
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NewsKino Lorber takes Drew Struzan doc
The distributor has acquired all US rights to Erik P Sharkey’s documentary Drew: The Man Behind The Poster and plans an August theatrical roll-out followed by VoD and DVD in autumn.