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Ascent Media brings in trio of key hires
California-based Ascent Media Group has announced a series of key appointments, naming Larry Birstock senior vice-president of media services.
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FiGa takes on Locarno premiere Aardvark
Los Angeles-based sales company FiGa Films has taken on international sales of two titles that will be showing in Locarno.
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Tibet In Song gets US release through Guge
Guge Productions will release Ngawang Choephel’s documentary Tibet In Song in New York on September 24 ahead of a nationwide roll-out.
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BFI says it will 'work in collaboration' with UK Government
BFI says it welcomes news that it will report direct to Government; says UKFC has done ‘really important work’ over past decade.
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Venice picks The Tempest to close festival, completes competition jury
American director Julie Taymor’s William Shakespeare adaptation The Tempest boasting an all-star cast including Helen Mirren, Alfred Molina and David Straithairn will close the Venice Film Festival, playing out of competition.
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WGA sets 2011 awards timeline
The 2011 Writers Guild Awards will take place on February 5, 2011 at simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York.
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NewsScreen Opinion: Black day for UK film
Screen editor Mike Goodridge argues that the British government’s proposed abolition of the UK Film Council is a major betrayal to film-makers, the industry and the medium of film.
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UK industry reacts with shock to UKFC closure plans
Members of the UK film industry have reacted with anger, bafflement and dismay at today’s shock DCMS decision to abolish the UK Film Council.
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Reliance MediaWorks adds Today's Special to the menu
Reliance MediaWorks has picked up US rights to New York-based Inimitable Pictures’ first US production Today’s Special.
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NewsUKFC: Biggest box-office hits and other stats
A look at the top 10 performing films backed by the UKFC; and stats on UKFC funding.
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Production wraps on Atlas Shrugged - Part One
Production has wrapped on Strike Productions’ Atlas Shrugged – Part One based on Ayn Rand’s rousing 1957 novel about the collapse of American society after leading thinkers and creators go on strike.
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NewsUKFC: Hunt says he 'wants to hear everyone's opinions' on planned closure
Jeremy Hunt cites UKFC’s £3m budget on overheads as one reason to abolish the organisation.
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NewsUKFC: A snapshot of the organisation
Since its creation in 2000, the UK Film Council has invested over $248m (£160m) of Lottery funding into more than 900 films, helping to generate over $1.1bn (£700m) at the box office worldwide.
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NewsUKFC: John Woodward says target is to close down by April 2012
Woodward tells industry that today’s move by DCMS “is short-sighted and potentially very damaging, especially as there is at present no roadmap setting out where the UK Film Council’s responsibilities and funding will be placed in the future.”
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Icahn sues Lionsgate over debt-to-equity swap
Carl Icahn, the man who would be king of Lionsgate, is suing the studio over its move last week to convert $100m of debt into equity.
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NewsUK government to shut UK Film Council, Lottery funding to continue
The UK’s Department of Culture, Media and Sport has confirmed that it will abolish the UK Film Council and have a more direct relationship with the BFI.
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NewsReykjavik festival to honour Jim Jarmusch
Jim Jarmusch will receive the Honorary Creative Award at the upcoming Reykjavik International Film Festival.
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NewsAftershock breaks Chinese and Hong Kong box-office records
Feng Xiaogang’s disaster drama opens on 4,000 Chinese screens; Aftershock also marks the first time a foreign-language film will be released by IMAX.
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NewsSucker Punch, Avengers, Other Guys captivate Comic-Con
The studios rolled out their big guns at Comic-Con over the weekend as panels from Warner Bros, Marvel Studios and Universal stirred up the crowd.
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New Belgian distributor Starway strikes output deal with E1
New Belgian outfit Starway Film Distribution is to launch in September and will be handling exclusively E1’s films.