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London's Rendez-vous to open with Dahan's La Vie En Rose
London's Rendez-vous With French Cinema, which runs March 29-April 1 at the Curzon Mayfair, will open with Olivier Dahan's Berlinale competitor La Vie En Rose (La Mome). The Edith Piaf biopic stars Marion Cotillard and has already been a box-office hit in France.The festival closes with a gala screening of ...
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SPRI's Ghost Rider blazes into UK, Japan, Brazil
Ghost Rider is expected to dominate the international arena for a third consecutive weekend as it prepares to launch in three major markets.Sony Pictures Releasing International's (SPRI) comic book adaptation has amassed $41.3m so far and this weekend rides into the UK and Brazil on Mar 2 on 350 and ...
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Danny Boyle plans thriller set at South Africa's Ponte City
UK director Danny Boyle's next project will be thriller Ponte Tower, a co-production between the UK and South Africa. Ponte Tower is loosely based on the book by German novelist Norman Ohler, which Michael Thomas is adpating. The film-makers plan to shoot the film entirely within the South Africa 's ...
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First Light hands out awards to UK's young film-makers
The UK's First Light scheme handed out this year's awards for young film-makers. The ceremony in Leicester Square, London yesterday awarded prizes in nine categories for short digital films made with National Lottery funding by young film-makers aged 5 to 18. Industry attendees at the awards included Imelda Staunton, Sean ...
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UK Film Council, Sledgeto launch Myfilms 'social networking' site
The UK Film Council is backing a new site that aims to boost cinema attendances of independent European films. Myfilms.co.uk will be launchedin mid Marchby marketing agency Sledge, under the watchful eye of the UK Film Council, as a forum for people to voice their opinions about a wide variety ...
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UK's Rainmaker to make Russian orphan documentary with Jon Blair
UK-based finanacing and production company Rainmaker Films is working with award-winning director Jon Blair (Anne Frank Remembered) for documentary Ochberg's Orphans. Tsotsi cinematographer Lance Gewer is on board, as is film archivist Adrian Wood. Rainmaker's Paul Goldin and Georgina Townsley are producing. The documentary is about a South African tycoon ...
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Dogwoof strikes UK deal for Dv8's Bunny Chow
UK distributor Dogwoof Pictures has taken UK rights to Dv8's South African comedy Bunny Chow. John Barker's comedy world premiered in Toronto and recently had its European premiere in Rotterdam 's Tiger Competition. The film is on release in South Africa from March 9, after already taking best actor and ...
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Handmade pact with Ilion for $50m CGI film Planet One
The UK's revived Handmade Films is partnering on financing, production and sales with Spain's Ilion Animation Studios for the $50m CGI animated feature Planet One. Shrek and Shrek 2 writer Joe Stillman wrote the original screenplay for the project, which will be directed by Jorge Blanco, who created the game ...
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The Leo Media & Entertainment Group hook up with Fuglers LLP
London law firm Fuglers LLP has entered into a unique arrangement with film, TV and literary representation organisation The Leo Media & Entertainment Group, whereby Fuglers will provide legal advice and services to the agency’s clients. As well as being an agency, The Leo Media & Entertainment Group ...
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Jeremy Thomas to work with Jon Amiel on Charles Darwin film
Prolific UK producer Jeremy Thomas of Recorded Picture Company is in pre-production on a drama based on the life of Charles Darwin.The film will be directed by Jon Amiel (The Core, Entrapment, Sommersby) and John Collee (Happy Feet, Master And Commander) will adapt from Randal Keynes' 2001 book Annie's Box.The ...
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UK's Darklight scheme selects 10 women for horror projects
The UK has launched a new training and production initiative to encourage women film-makers working in the horror genre. Darklight: Women Direct Horror has been established by Warp X with Threshold Studios, and support from Skillset. There were 76 applications for the scheme, and 10 women have been selected: Smita ...
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World Circuit Records launches a film division
The four-time Grammy Award-winning independent record label today announced the launch of World Circuit Films, an in-house production company dedicated to the creation of music-related films for theatrical, television, DVD and digital release.The company will be headed by Rosa Bosch, who was previously deputy director of the London Film Festival ...
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Mary McGuckian plans UK and US shoot for Art In Las Vegas
The UK's Pembridge Pictures is in pre-production for Mary McGuckian's Art In Las Vegas, the third film in her 'amorality' trilogy which will start shooting this summer in London and Las Vegas. London-based Scion Films and Toronto-based Prospero Pictures are also on board. The ensemble cast will draw from some ...
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Daughters Of The Dust opens Images Of Black Women Film Festival
The third annual Images of Black Women Festival, a celebration of the achievements of black women in cinema, will open on Friday (March 2) at the Tricycle Theatre in London.The event opens with a screening of the Daughters Of Dust, followed by a Q&A session with the director Julie Dash. ...
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FDA reports UK film industry is thriving
According to figures released today by the Film Distributor's Association, an average of ten films a week were released in the UK last year (505 up from 467) with a print-and-advertising spend of $588.6 million (£300m) in 2006. The UK 's 2006 box-office return was equivalent to that of 2005 ...
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Fox executive VP Grass to take leading role at Universal
Christian Grass, London-based executive vice president at Fox International, is leaving to take on the key international production job at Universal Pictures.The move reunites Grass with his old Miramax International boss David Linde, who was named co-chairman of Universal Studios in March last year.Neither Grass nor Universal would comment on ...
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Sheffield Docfest to offer eighth UK touring programme
The Sheffield Docfest is working with the BFI to launch its UK tour at the Barbican in London on March 7, in partnership with Dochouse. The Sheffield touring programme is now in its eighth year and includes highlights from the November festival. The tour will travel for three months to ...
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UKFC Development Fund backs projects from Kudos and Vertigo
The UK Film Council's Development Fund has announced the latest round of projects it is supporting with National Lottery awards. The projects being funded include spy satire Blowback, which is written by Rupert Walters and will be produced by Stephen Garrett and Paul Webster at Kudos. That film gets $121,892 ...
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BFI partners with HP for Mediatheque's digitised archive offerings
As the British Film Institute (BFI) gets ready to unveil its revamped Southbank home next month, the institute has announced a new partnership with Hewlett-Packard (HP). HP will use its digital technology to offer the BFI National Archive materials to the public. The pact was announced this morning by BFI ...
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John Wilkinson to depart UK's Cinema Exhibitors' Association
John Wilkinson, who has served as chief executive of the UK-based Cinema Exhibitors' Association (CEA) since 1990, plans to step down from his post. He will remain in place until a replacement has been found. Barry Jenkins, chairman of CEA, said: 'John has successfully led the Association for 17 years ...