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EFA reveals 46 strong selection for 2010 European Film Awards
Germany leads the pack with 8 films, whilst the UK has 4 features on the list including Mike Leigh’s Another Year and Sam Taylor Wood’s Nowhere Boy.
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Screen East to close amidst theft allegations
The Regional Agency is no longer operating due to insolvency; its finance manager has been arrested on suspicion of theft.
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China drafting law to promote film industry
The Chinese State Council is currently drafting the Film Industry Promotion Law, the first law governing all policies related to the film industry in China.
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Veteran Spanish producer buys film rights to bestselling Iraq novel
Andres Santana of Aiete Ariane Films has picked up the film rights to Spanish journalists Eduardo Martin de Pozuelo and Jordi Bordas’ number one best-selling novel No Coverage from literary agency Pontas.
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Mongolia to hold first ever film forum and festival
The Arts Council of Mongolia (ACM) is set to host the inaugural East Meets West Film Forum and Festival in the capital city of Ulaanbaatar from October 5-8.
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Hong Kong’s Celestial appoints Zhao as China managing director
Hong Kong-based Celestial Pictures has appointed Gillian Zhao Fang as managing director, China.
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Production underway on Keanu Reeves drama Generation Um...
Principal photography is scheduled to start in New York today [9] on Company Films’ Generation Um… starring Keanu Reeves, which Nicolas Chartier’s Voltage Pictures is introducing to buyers in Toronto.
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Universal aims high with Dark Tower adaptations
Universal Pictures and NBC Universal Television Entertainment is teaming up with Ron Howard to adapt Stephen King’s venerated fantasy saga The Dark Tower.
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Mad Men's Hendricks is latest addition to Drive cast
Emmy nominee Christina Hendricks from hit series Mad Men has joined Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan on Bold Films, OddLot Entertainment and Marc Platt Productions’ action thriller Drive.I
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Ealing boards sales for John Lennon doc LENNONYC
Ealing Studios International has taken on worldwide sales rights (excluding the US) to Michael Epstein’s LENNONYC.
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Harmony Korine joins Rotterdam crowd funding scheme
Director Harmony Korine has joined International Film Festival Rotterdam’s (IFFR) Cinema Reloaded, the online film production fundraising platform.
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China Film Group to add two IMAX theatres
State owned film enterprise China Film Group (CFGC) has agreed a two-theatre deal with IMAX.
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Simon Hewlett named EVP marketing for Universal
Simon Hewlett has been promoted to executive vice president of marketing for Universal Pictures International (UPI).
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Godard may pick up his honourary Oscar after all, says Academy
The 79 year old French director has written a “cordial, handwritten note” to the Academy suggesting he may be heading to Hollywood to pick up his award in person, despite earlier indications that he would shun the ceremony.
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LFF host Vue launches festival twitter competition
Three competition winners will have the chance to review some of the London Film Festival’s (Oct 13-28) highlights on behalf of Vue including opening night film Never Let Me Go and Darren Aronofsky’s thriller Black Swan.
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Sony Pictures Classics picks up Barney's Version
SPC has acquired all US rights to Richard J. Lewis’ feature adaptation, which is in competition at Venice.
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British films in spotlight as LFF programme announced
The programme for the 54th BFI London Film Festival also includes 11 world premieres, 23 international premieres and 33 European premieres.
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Memento secures sales on Silent Souls
The company has nade a number of sales on Aleksei Fedorchenko’s well received Venice competition film, which will go on to screen in Toronto.
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StudioCanal and RTL announce output deal
StudioCanal and German broadcaster RTL Television today announced a comprehensive TV output deal in Germany beginning Jan 2011.
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Shooting underway on Ben Drew (Plan B)'s feature debut Ill Manors
The microbudget feature will shoot in East London and is the sixth to come out of Film London’s Microwave scheme.