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NewsInvestors clear on Powder Room
SCREEN FILM SUMMIT: As MJ Delaney’s low-budget Powder Room heads into its opening weekend with all investment already recouped, producer Damian Jones has confirmed that his next project will be a remake of TV perennial Dad’s Army.
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NewsEvent cinema will be 'saviour'
SCREEN FILM SUMMIT: Event cinema will be the “saviour of cinema”, according to Curzon Artificial Eye CEO Philip Knatchbull, and Lionsgate UK’s CEO Zygi Kamasa, who called it “the future of cinema”.
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NewsUK close to China co-pro treaty
SCREEN FILM SUMMIT: International panel talks China opportunities, but warns about tough US market.
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NewsSky Movies: Netflix not a competitor
SCREEN FILM SUMMIT: Sky Movies boss Ian Lewis has said that Sky does not see SVOD services Netflix and Amazon’s LoveFilm as competitors in the UK.
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NewsOnly 7% of UK films make profit
SCREEN FILM SUMMIT: Statistics from the British Film Institute (BFI) also show the need for UK growth in Asia.
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NewsCatching Fire retains UK lead
Lionsgate’s sequel takes $9m (£5.5m) to hold onto the top spot for the second consecutive week; Fox’s Philomena becomes Stephen Frears’ best-ever UK performer at $16.1m (£9.8m).
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NewsInbetweeners 2 sets shoot date
Creators Iain Morris and Damon Beesley take over directing duties.
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NewsNLP launches Goldfinch Pictures
EXCLUSIVE: Entertainment accountancy firm Nyman Libson Paul (NLP) is launching new venture Goldfinch Pictures Ltd, dedicated to supporting British films.
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NewsBerlin to honour Ken Loach
Homage to the British filmmakers work to feature at the festival in February, where he will receive an honorary Golden Bear.
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NewsScreen Facilities Scotland launches
New trade body will represent companies providing production facilities and services in Scotland.
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NewsHorror site inks Content deal
VOD service TheHorrorShow.TV inks 50-film deal with Content Media Corp.
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NewsBAFTA unveils first Hong Kong events
Includes screening, talk and masterclass with Les Mis actor Eddie Redmayne in a bid to develop UK-Asia cultural exchange.
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NewsNew Wave rolls with Diaz’s Norte
EXCLUSIVE: UK distributor acquires rights to Lav Diaz’s Un Certain Regard entry.
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NewsWoolcock making dog-fighting doc
EXCLUSIVE: One Mile Away director Penny Woolcock is to make a documentary about illegal dog-fighting for UK broadcaster Channel 4.
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NewsDeluxe Connect plans 8,000 cinema roll-out
Deluxe plans to extend its new digital delivery network to more than 8,000 cinemas across EMEA by end of 2018.
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NewsClio Barnard wins Wellcome fellowship
The Selfish Giant director gets Wellcome Trust-BFI-Film4 Fellowship, including £30,000 grant.
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NewsShooting For Socrates revisits 1986 World Cup
Cast includes John Hannah and Richard Dormer; Metro International handles sales.
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NewsSky's Lewis to deliver Screen Film Summit keynote
Full Summit programme confirmed; delegate passes still available.
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NewsHaillay film greenlit by Biennale college
Workshop backs three for production, including UK film Blood Cells, produced by Samm Haillay.
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NewsJerzy Skolimowski preparing 'catastrophic thriller'
EXCLUSIVE: Essential Killing partners Element, IFB on board, targeting spring 2014 shoot.