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NewsEszterhas to top Screenwriters festival
Basic Instinct writer named headline guest speaker at the London Screenwriters’ Festival, which will also feature sessions with the writers of Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa among others.
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NewsBFI unveils £3m 'talent network'
Creative England gets £1.8m in funding for its programmes for new and emerging filmmakers; Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are also partners with enhanced new talent support.
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NewsUK submits Metro Manila to Oscars
Philippines-set crime thriller, made by British filmmaker Sean Ellis, submitted by the UK for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
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NewsMike Leigh to give Peter Brook Lecture
Award-winning writer-director to deliver fourth Directors Guild Peter Brook Lecture.
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NewsDCM hires Aegis CEO Nigel Sharrocks
Sharrocks, previously MD of Warner Bros Pictures UK, joins leading UK cinema advertising firm.
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NewsScreen reveals Rising Star shortlist
Rising Star Award to be handed out as part of Screen UK Marketing & Distribution Awards on Oct 30.
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NewsWolf hot seller for XYZ
EXCLUSIVE: XYZ Films has closed a raft of key European deals on Dutch crime thriller Wolf ahead of the film’s release in the Netherlands on September 19.
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NewsKirsty Bell joins Nyman Libson Paul
The tax specialist recently produced UK feature Harrigan starring Stephen Tomkinson.
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NewsHamptons to honour Working Title
Working Title Films co-chairs Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner will receive the Hamptons International Film Festival’s (HIFF) Golden Starfish Award for Lifetime Achievement on October 12.
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NewsLa Terriere to head EFB UK
EXCLUSIVE: Appointment signals European Film Bonds ambition to establish a stronger foothold in the UK market.
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NewsEast End fest reveals 2014 dates
Sebastian Hoffman to co-curate focus on new wave in Mexican Cinema; partnership with Sheffield Doc/Fest strengthened.
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NewsMenochet, Keoghan join 'Norfolk'
EXCLUSIVE: Principal photography has begun on the second feature from Martin Radich.
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NewsDreamworks aquires Chapman library
Dreamworks Animation expands TV portfolio with acquisition of the Chapman Entertainment library, including Fifi and the Flowertots and Roary the Racing Car.
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NewsBFI sets integrators VPF deadline
EXCLUSIVE: BFI proposes new VPF framework ahead of Film Policy Review meeting.
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NewsBAFTA, WB name Prince William scholars
BAFTA has announced the ten UK recipients of its BAFTA Scholarship Programme, which assists students in need of financial support to study a post-graduate course in film, television or games.
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NewsMonuments Men UK release date set
Twentieth Century Fox has announced the UK release date for The Monuments Men, a Second World War thriller directed by and starring George Clooney.
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NewsInsidious: Chapter 2 tops UK box office
eOne’s sequel scares up strong $4.6m (£2.9m) from its 414 sites to land the number one spot; StudioCanal’s Rush takes $3.3m (£2.1m) from the distributor’s widest-ever UK release of 456 sites.