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Penketh High makes indie feature Days
Over 500 teachers and students at an innovative high school in Warrington, England, combined talents to make a full-length feature film in eight months on a budget of about $11,700-$13,600 (£6000-£7000). Local businesses and organisations also got behind the production. Project co-ordinator Jonathon Kay said the project was the first ...
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Hot Fuzz breaks Shaun Of The Dead UK box-office tally in first week
Universal's Hot Fuzz has already beaten Shaun Of The Dead at the UK box office, raking in a whooping $13.9m (£7.1m) in its first seven days. The new cop comedy marks the reunion of Shaun's team: director Edgar Wright, actors Simon Pegg (who also co-writes with Wright) and Nick Frost, ...
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Directors sign up for Cannes' 60th-anniversary shorts
The Cannes Film Festival has officially announced the names of the directors taking part in Chacun Son Cinema, a feature which will celebrate the 60th anniversary of the event this May. International filmmakers will shoot a three-minute short which will then be compiled to make up the feature to be ...
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Cowan and Wheeldon kick off new UK genre production outfit TFD
Paul Cowan and Chris Wheeldon have launched new UK production company Territorial Film Developments (TFD), which will finance and produce at least three thrillers or comedies per yer with a budget under $1.9m (£1m). The company's first feature is Black Water, being made with the Australian Film Commission. The crocodile ...
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Ecosse, RPC and Samuelson team for new UK film fund
Three of the UK 's top independent production companies - Ecosse Films, Recorded Picture Company (RPC) and Samuelson Productions - are teaming to create Visible Films. The new collaboration will work as an Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) to take advantage of the UK government's new film tax credit. Under EIS ...
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Cartwright joins Lionsgate UK home entertainment division
Nicola Cartwright has been promoted to the newly created role of Commercial Director of the UK's Lionsgate Home Entertainment Division. Cartwright has worked in home entertainment since 2000, where she rose through the marketing ranks at MGM Home Entertainment (UK), where as Senior Product Manager she took on key releases ...
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ThinkSync launches short film and music competition
London-based ThinkSync Films has launched its second competition bringing together independent film-makers and independent record labels and music publishers. Film-makers will submit short films of the theme 'Twist', using one or more tracks from the music freely downloadable at the ThinkSync website. Films should not resemble music videos, and they ...
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UK's Birds Eye View to close with Collyer presenting Sherrybaby
London's Birds Eye View Film Festival, devoted to women filmmakers, will present its third edition from March 8-14 at the Institute of Contemporary Arts and National Film Theatre. The gala opening on International Womens Day will be introduced by Jerry Hall and include a programme of international shorts. The festival ...
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AV Pictures closes Berlin deals on Black Water and Daylight Robbery
London-based sales company AV Pictures finished this year's EFM with a slew of deals on several films in its slate. Australian crocodile thriller Black Water sold to 11 territories including Presidio Film in Japan, FEG in Benelux and Notro Films in Spain. Andrew Traucki and David Nerlich are directing and ...
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London Australian Film Festival to open with Jindabyne
The 13th London Australian Film Festival will open March 15 with Ray Lawrence's Jindabyne and close on March 25 with Rolf de Heer's Ten Canoes. The 10-day event returns to the Barbican to present 25 new features, including for the first time all the 2006 Australian Film Institute award winners. ...
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Liverpool starts scheme for three low-budget features
The UK city of Liverpool is starting a scheme for three feature films to be shot there in the run up to the 2008 Capital of Culture celebrations. North West Vision is partnering with the Liverpool Culture Company, the UK Film Council and the BBC for the Digital Departures scheme.Each ...
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Actors union strikes groundbreaking podcast deal in UK
UK actors union Equity has struck what it believes is the first deal covering contractual rights for performers in a podcast. The agreement is with B7 Productions, which is producing an updated audio version of 1970s sci-fi show Blake's 7. Actors working on the project (due for release this spring) ...
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South West Screen plans film financing event
UK regional screen agency South West Screen is planning a one-day film finance conference in Bristol on March 16. The event is aimed at producers and directors with some industry background. More updated programme information on Funding Your Feature and booking instructions can be found at www.swscreen.co.uk. Speakers coming to ...
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Medb Films opens post-production studios
Medb Films has opened its new post-production studios in Ramsgate, Kent. The facilities include a 20-seat screening room/mixing studio, an HD Final Cut Pro edit suite and an Avid Media film composer. The studio facilities are based at a boutique hotel that can provide accomodations. 'We wanted to create a ...
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Italian box-office up massive 79.1% year-on-year; other regions struggle
Global box office takings of nine major territories collectively fell 9.7% year-on-year this week, pushed by dips in the French, Korean and North American markets, according to Screen International's Screen Index. France dropped by 32.6% compared to the same week last year despite new entries from studio Oscar-nominated films. Blood ...
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Cinema China premieres new Zhang Yimou in the UK
Cinema China, a celebration of the past and present of Chinese film-making, will launch on March 9 in Edinburgh and unfold across 20 cities until March 18. The line-up brings together over 20 significant films, from the three Chinas of the People's Republic, Hong Kong and Taiwan, going back to ...
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Hot Fuzz rocks UK box office with preview figures
Universal's cop comedy Hot Fuzz has generated over $2.9m (£1.5m) in its first two days in the UK box office, hinting at the film's potential weekend success. British lovers preferred the spoof to romantic rival Music And Lyrics as it generated $1.8m (£946,448) on Valentine's Day - its opening day ...
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Screenwriters festival launches script market
This year's international Screen Writers Festival is to launch a speculative script market.scriptMARKET offers writers the chance to send in a script for consideration by a panel of agents, producers, commissioners, developersand/or sales agents.The panel will meeet the top 30 at the festival in the UK town of Cheltenham on ...
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Studios offer triple punch of Ghost Rider, Good Shepherd and Hot Fuzz
A diverse trio of studio-distributed films make their international debuts this weekend, with Sony launching comic book-based action outing Ghost Rider and Universal opening spy drama The Good Shepherd and British comedy Hot Fuzz. Ghost Rider, with Nicolas Cage as the Marvel Comics title character, opens through Sony Pictures Releasing ...
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Viva! Film Festival to premiere Salvador
The 13th annual Viva! Spanish and Latin American Film Festival returns to Manchester from March 15-25 and will host the UK premiere of Goya Award winning Salvador on its opening night. The festival, which will showcase up to 100 Hispanic films including features, shorts and documentaries from Spanish and Latin ...