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Stephen Fry to return as host of the BAFTAs
He will take back the BAFTA baton from Jonathan Ross who has hosted the awards for the last five years.
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Dustin Hoffman begins UK shoot on directorial debut Quartet
British actors Billy Connolly, Pauline Collins, Sheridan Smith and Michael Gambon join the cast of the film, which is being produced by Finola Dwyer.
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The Fjallbacka Murders shoot underway
€30m TV and film project being sold by TrustNordisk in Toronto
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GE, Cinelan's Focus Forward project partners with Vimeo
The short documentary initiative also adds IDFA as a festival partner.
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Future MEDIA Programme should promote ‘film literacy’
The European Union’s MEDIA Programme should be opened up to cultural goals and promote ‘film literacy’ in the support programme’s next generation from 2014, according to recommendations made during the European Culture Congress in the Polish city of Wroclaw at the weekend.
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France leads pack in 2011 European Film Awards selection
The European Film Academy has revealed the 45 films selected for this year’s European Film Awards with France gaining 11 nods (8 of which are co-productions) followed by Germany and Spain.
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Gaumont launches LA-based TV division
Katie O’Connell and Richard Frankie tapped as CEO and COO; high end dramas in the works
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Universal, Morgan Creek to co-finance The Thing
Universal Pictures and Morgan Creek Productions are to co-finance The Thing and will split duties on international distribution.
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Occupant sets UK director Alex Holmes to survival thriller Quiver
LA-based Occupant Entertainment has boarded rights to the survival thriller Quiver and hired hot British director Alex Holmes, the BAFTA winning filmmaker of BBC mini-series Dunkirk.
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Desplat, Zimmer amongst nominees for World Soundtrack Awards
Alexandre Desplat, who wrote the score for The King’s Speech, will defend his title of Composer of the Year at the World Soundtrack Awards which take place during the Ghent Film Festival.
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Intramovies takes on Rough Hands
Italy’s Intramovies has acquired the international sales rights for Rough Hands, Moroccan director Mohamed Asli’s second film In Casablanca, Angels Don’t Fly.
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NonStop Entertainment acquires Scandinavian rights to Shame, Terraferma
NonStop Entertainment has picked up Scandinavian distribution rights to winning Venice titles Shame and Terraferma.
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H20, Traction partner on Welsh comedy Vinyl
Andras Hamori’s H2O Motion Pictures and Traction Media have come on board for Welsh comedy Vinyl.
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Reel Suspects assumes the Position
Ahead of Toronto, Paris-based Reel Suspects has taken on 1001 Ways To Enjoy The Missionary Position, Alan Chu.’s sci-fi comedy starring Amanda Plummer, William Russ, Anthem Moss, and Natasha Melnick.
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Liza Johnson boards Alice Munro adaptation
As debut feature Return does festival rounds, Johnson gears up to direct Mark Jude Poirier’s adaptation of Alice Munro’s 2001 short story Hateship, Friendship, Courtship and Loveship.
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Actor Eddie Marsan plans debut feature
British actor Eddie Marsan (who stars in TIFF title Tyrannosaur) will direct his first feature Pell Mell, for Warp Films.
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Splendid strikes deal for The Day with Content
Content has sold its Midnight Madness selection The Day to Splendid for German-speaking Europe and Benelux.
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Coriolanus producer cranks up Ferrari film with Senna writer
Julia Taylor-Stanley’s slate also includes an adaptation of Henry James’ The Ambassadors.
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Martha Marcy producers ready drifter tale The Low Road
Maybach Cunningham, the California-based production company behind with Sean Durkin’s Martha Marcy May Marlene, is preparing its third feature to shoot this year.
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Hudson to head Mumbai competition jury
The Mumbai Film Festival has announced that Hugh Hudson will head the competition jury of the festival’s 13th edition which takes place October 13-20.