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NewsCinesite chooses Inspire Internship winner
University of Bath’s Firtina Ozbalikci wins six-week placement.
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NewsCaroline Rowland to make official feature film of London 2012 Olympics
EXCLUSIVE: 12 first-time Olympic athletes will be chronicled in the feature film.
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NewsMetrodome mad for Aja/Levasseur horror Maniac, The Shining doc Room 237
EXCLUSIVE: UK distributor Metrodome picks up rights to Elijah Wood horror Maniac from Wild Bunch and The Shining doc from Film Sales Company.
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NewsIngenious says it plans legal action against The Times and HMRC over tax avoidance story
As the controversy over the tax arrangements behind various UK film finance schemes continues, leading UK film financier Ingenious has confirmed today that it is beginning legal action against both The Times and Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
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NewsStudioCanal acquires RoboCop for select territories
The company has picked up the UK, Germany and France to MGM and Sony’s sci-fi reboot. José Padilha (pictured) directs.
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NewsBBFC to adopt tougher line on unclassified video content, Black Swan most complained about film in cinemas last year
British film censor also commissions new research into sexual violence in film, partly due to controversial horror films The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence) and The Bunny Game.
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News16 film-making teams selected for iFeatures 2
Teams include Jonathan Entwistle, Dominic Buchanan, Samm Haillay, Simon Ellis, and Martin Radich.
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Cinematographer John Harris dies, aged 87
Career spanned 53 years, working on the likes of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Superman and The Running Man.
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NewsLeopardrama to develop Danny La Rue feature
UK production outfit Leopardrama has secured BFI funding to develop the screenplay about the British female impersonator, which will be written by Martyn Hesford.
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NewsTomb of the Dragon continues shoot in Beijing starring Dolph Lundgren
GFM, Midsummer, Beijing Zhongshida working on $12m 3D family adventure.
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NewsVue goes pan-European with takeover of CinemaxX
Combined group would run 119 multiplexes with nearly 1,100 screens.
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NewsStuart Murdoch’s God Help The Girl starts shoot in Glasgow
Belle and Sebastian frontman’s directorial debut underway in Glasgow, Emily Browning joins cast with Hannah Murray and Olly Alexander, Metrodome handles UK.
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NewsLipSync appoints Ben Shepherd head of 3D/VFX supervisor
UK VFX specialists LipSync have appointed Ben Shepherd as its new head of 3D/visual Effects Supervisor.
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NewsFour new members bolster ranks of Film Export UK
New additions in last three weeks are uConnect, Altitude, StudioCanal and Park Circus, leading to the largest ever membership roster for the sales industry group.
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NewsLuke Snellin to direct teen musical feature The Wanderers
Bill Milner is atttached to star, with Blur’s Graham Coxon and Ash’s Tim Wheeler onboard to write music for the debut feature of former Screen Star of Tomorrow Luke Snellin.
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NewsBekmambetov options UK action script
EXCLUSIVE: UK writer-director Faisal A Qureshi wins $10,000 pitching prize at third Astana International Action Film Festival in Kazakhstan.
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NewsSPWA gets into Agatha Christie business with Crooked House
Neil LaBute will direct from a screenplay he co-authored with Julian Fellowes (pictured) and Tim Rose Price. Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions acquired all North America and select territories from Ealing Metro International.
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NewsLeiner, Karlsen, Gray, Brett, Bowles among Galway speakers
Sony Pictures Classics exec Dylan Leiner will give keynote speech at the The Galway Film Fleadh.
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NewsThe Last Elvis wins top award at East End Film Festival
The festival, now in its 11th year, wrapped last night.
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NewsThe Amazing Spider-Man catches competitors in its web at UK box office
Sony’s 3D reboot opens top with $17.2m (£11.1m), just behind previous best opening of the series, Spider-Man 3.