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NewsThe Reluctant Fundamentalist, Gangs of Wasseypur picked up by Mara Pictures
UK indie to distribute Mira Nair’s LFF title [pictured] and both parts of Anurag Kashyap’s gangster epic following negotiations initiated at this year’s Cannes.
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NewsTom Harper to direct Woman in Black follow-up
EXCLUSIVE: BAFTA-nominated Harper [pictured] will direct sequel to horror smash; plot to revolve around Eel Marsh House four decades after original, shoot likely next spring.
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NewsTitanic Studios expands by 42,000 sq ft
Belfast studio hub, currently hosting HBO’s Game of Thrones, launches £8.3m extension.
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NewsAltitude takes on sales for Son of a Gun starring Ewan McGregor
Jerrycan director Julius Avery to shoot film in early 2013.
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NewsGone Too Far moving from stage to screen
Olivier Award-winning play Gone Too Far is being adapted as a feature film by Poisson Rogue Pictures with backing from the BFI Film Fund.
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NewsTF1, Qwerty, Alliance tuning Suite Francaise with Dibb, Williams, Scott Thomas
Saul Dibb attached to direct Michelle Williams and Kristin Scott Thomas in WWII romance-drama.
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NewsScreen Facilities Scotland awarded £10,000
Screen Facilities Scotland, a collaboration of Scottish-based film, television and commercials facilities firms, has won a £10,000 prize for business development.
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NewsBen Roberts to deliver keynote at Production Finance Market
The sixth Film London Production Finance Market (Oct 17-18) has confirmed its keynote speaker will be the new Director of the BFI Film Fund, Ben Roberts.
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NewsNada Cirjanic and David Bishop to lead sales team at Protagonist
Jennifer Fattell joins company as sales manager.
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NewsCreative England funds two new features
Wrapt Films’ Here & Now [pictured] and Vicarious Dreams’ Here Comes the Summer awarded funding through the Advantage Media Production Fund.
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NewsBFI to honour Burton and Bonham Carter; LFF jurors to include Trapero, Garai, Yates
Jury presidents are David Hare, Hannah McGill, Roger Graef, and David Heyman.
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NewsBeardsall and Minghella's Island Pictures goes on road trip with Kirk Jones
Island Pictures, the new London-based film and TV production company set up by Sarah Beardsall and Dominic Minghella, will partner with director Kirk Jones on Are We Nearly There Yet?.
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NewsFilm4 launches new iPad app
Information available on 500+ films from the company’s 30-year history.
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NewsDogwoof to spin Ballroom Dancer in UK
Dogwoof picks up Raindance and Tribeca winner by directors Andreas Koefoed and Christian Bonke.
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NewsHalflife by Al Smith wins inaugural Wellcome Trust Screenwriting Prize
Al Smith has won the first ever Wellcome Trust Screenwriting Prize for Halflife, a coming-of-age love story about two brain-damaged teenagers on a road trip.
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NewsProduction underway on The Sea
John Banville’s adaptation of his Man Booker Prize winner set to shoot for five weeks in County Wexford, Ireland; Independent are handling international sales and will distribute in UK and Ireland.
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NewsHarvey Weinstein to keynote as part of LFF’s industry programme
Ben Roberts, Roger Michell, David Kosse, Andrew MacDonald, Julia Wrigley, Paul Brett also among speakers.
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NewsBritish Film Commission welcomes new sponsors, BFI funding boost
The British Film Commission has announced three new commercial sponsors: Double Negative, MPC and Working Title Films.
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NewsTaken 2 hunts down Looper at the UK box office
Fox’s sequel dominates competition to record impressive $11.8m (£7.4m) debut, including previews, a result that means it has already taken more than the original film in its entire run.