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Lenny Abrahamson gears up to shoot What Richard Did
The Killing star Lars Mikkelsen has joined the cast alongside Lorraine Pilkington and a host of young Irish actors.
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Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival gets the female touch
The theme for the Turkish festival will be “And The Woman Touched The World”; honorary awards to go to Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi and Jane Birkin.
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Creative England appoints Caroline Norbury as CEO
Norbury has been an obvious contender for the post since she was appointed as “interim establishment director” of Creative England in June; set up still unclear as more regional agencies choose to sit outside Creative England structure.
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6th London Korean Film Festival to open with Arrow: Ultimate Weapon
Kim Ki-duk’s documentary Arirang will close the festival, which runs November 3-17 in London, followed by a UK tour.
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Oscar docs submission deadline today [Sept 15]
Submission deadline for documentary features is today, Thursday, September 15
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Roman Polanski to collect lifetime achievement award in Zurich
The director will return to the scene of his dramatic arrest in 2009 to collect the lifetime achievement award that was intended for him two years ago, but which he was never able to pick up due to his arrest en route to the festival.
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Eurasia Film Festival launches Kazakh co-production event
Kazakhstan’s Eurasia International Film Festival is launching a co-production event, Spotlight: New Kazakh Cinema, at this year’s edition of the festival in Almaty (Sep 19-24).
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Entertainment One board explores potential sale options
Less than one month after Toronto-based Entertainment One (eOne) announced an expansion into the US theatrical market, Canada’s largest production and distribution company is effectively up for sale.
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IFC shopping spree lands Sister's Sister, 4:44, Incident
A flurry of Toronto deals emerged late on Wednesday (14) as UTA and Submarine sold Lynn Shelton’s Your Sister’s Sister to IFC for North and Latin America, StudioCanal for the UK and Madman for Australia and New Zealand in a bundle of deals that amounted to approximately $1.5m.
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Finland selects Le Havre as Oscar contender
Aki Kaurismaki’s Cannes competition title Le Havre will be Finland’s official contender for the Foreign Language Oscar.
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VFX industry to remain open to foreign talent
Roles in the UK visual effects (VFX) industry should be included in the Government’s shortage occupation list, making it easier to hire skilled foreign workers, according to recommendations from the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC).
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Film London to maintain level of audience development funding
Film London announced today that it will be providing £70,000 worth of audience development funding over the coming year, the same amount available in 2010/11 despite recent cuts to its overall budget.
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Tanya Seghatchian to step down as head of Film Fund at BFI
Tanya Seghatchian, currently head of The Film Fund at the British Film Institute, is stepping down from her position to return to the world of film producing from which she came.
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Taipei Golden Horse unveils project market line-up
The line-up includes more animated projects than ever before as well as more entries from Hong Kong.
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Europa Distribution to host VOD session during San Sebastian workshop
European distribution alliance to host a two-day session on VOD as part of its three-day workshop
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Dubai Film Market selects 12 upcoming Arab titles for funding
The post production fund, Enjaaz, will support fiction features and documentaries from Egypt, Morocco, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan
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Digital platform Prescreen launches with eye on social media
The model is designed to offer filmmakers and distributors an alternative to traditional channels through the mass marketing of curated content that is then shared by users through social media.
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Power to the Pixel sets out Cross-Media Forum and Pixel Market programme
Jeff Gomez and Katerina Cizek will speak at the fifth annual Cross-Media Forum, which will take place October 11-14.
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Vue CEO Tim Richards joins Skillset Board
Vue Cinemas founder and CEO has joined Board of UK industry training body Skillset
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The Artist, A Separation bookend 17th Athens International Film Festival
Festival expands; 175 titles presented in a record fifteen different sections