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Diamond leaves LipSync as Hampden takes MD role
Jon Diamond, founder of London based post production company LipSync, is leaving to set up his own production company Box Clever TV Ltd.
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Jane Wright to leave BBC Films at end of month
Jane Wright, Managing Director of BBC Films, is stepping down from her role at the end of November to “explore several new opportunities in film.”
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Due Date holds on at top of UK box office
Warner Bros.’ comedy Due Date remained top of the UK box office over the Nov 12-14 weekend, taking $3m (£1.9m) from 452 screens for a week-high screen average of $6,745 (£4,200).
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Icon takes UK rights to Filmax thriller Kidnapped
Spanish studio Filmax has confirmed several sales deals of key titles at AFM, including Miguel Angel Vivas’ home invasion thriller Kidnapped to Icon for distribution in the UK.
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Christine Hakim to get FIAPF award at ASPAs
The prestigious annual award from the International Federation of Film Producers Associations is for outstanding achievement in film.
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Portman, Firth to receive Palm Springs acting honours
The 22nd annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) will present Natalie Portman and Colin Firth with Desert Palm Achievement Awards for acting.
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Fifteen films to vie for animated feature Academy Award
The Academy has received 15 submissions for the animation feature category for the 83rd Academy Awards, paving the way for three nominations in January.
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Lightning strikes deals on ProdigyMovies slate
Michael Robertson’s ProdigyMovies and Lightning Entertainment plan to collaborate on a slate of Australian genre titles following the success at AFM of supernatural thriller Road Train.
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Tuesday After Christmas wins at Leeds Film Festival
The film picked up the Golden Owl Jury Award at the festival, now in its 24th edition.
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Green Day goes multi-territory via satellite
Green Day – 21st Century Breakdown has become the first film to be distributed to multiple European territories simultaneously via satellite.
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Peter Weir to deliver BAFTA's David Lean lecture
The Oscar winning Australian director will speak at BAFTA headquarters on December 6.
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Rudin to receive PGA's David O Selznick Achievement Award
The Oscar winning producer of No Country For Old Men will collect the award at the annual PGA awards ceremony on January 22 in Los Angeles.
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Stealth on board for Bron/Forestlight's Astrid
Stealth Media Group has come on board to handle sales for Astrid and The Staff of Virtues, a Bron Studios/Forestlight Studios co-production.
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Pepsi works with MOFILM for global film competition
Pepsi and MOFILM are teaming up again to launch Pepsi Films, a yearlong global competition for young film-makers.
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Roundtable turns to crowd funding for Yoga doc
UK production company Roundtable Films is using crowd funding to raise the budget for its latest project, Yoga For Unity, a documentary about the transformative effects of yoga in Kenya.
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Ventana Sur announces Primer Corte selections
The second Ventana Sur market in Buenos Aires has announced the 10 Latin American films to be presented in Primer Corte, the screenings of films still in post production.
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Peter Taylor joins as trustee of UK's CTBF
Distribution veteran Peter Taylor has been appointed as a trustee of the Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund (CTBF), the UK charity body which represents the interests of the film and television industry.
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Les Arcs announces 20 titles for co-production village
For its second edition, the Arc 1950 co-production village selected 20 projects of 11 different nationalities.
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Sex & Drugs screenwriter on board for Joe Strummer project
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll screenplay writer Paul Viragh is writing the script for a feature about The Clash singer and guitarist Joe Strummer, for Film4.