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NewsMaria Miller named UK culture secretary as Jeremy Hunt moves to health
Maria Miller has been named culture secretary replacing Jeremy Hunt who will head the Department of Health in David Cameron’s cabinet reshuffle.
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NewsShakespeare's Globe and Arts Alliance Media announce 2012 Globe on Screen season
Season includes three of the Globe’s 2011 productions and kicks off on Sept 26.
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NewsHere Comes The Devil to open 20th Raindance festival
Mexican horror [pictured] is one of 13 international premieres at this year’s edition of the London-based festival which runs Sept 26-Oct 7.
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NewsThykier, Foldager plan Danish football feature with Barfoed
Kris Thykier’s UK-based PeaPie Films is partnering with Meta Foldager’s Meta Films to produce Denmark ‘92, about Denmark’s unlikely victory at the 1992 UEFA European Football Championship.
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NewsSwipe takes UK rights to Tu Seras Mons Fils
EXCLUSIVE: During the Venice market, Frank Mannion’s production, sales and distribution outfit Swipe has confirmed it will handle the UK release of Gilles Legrand’s French wine-themed drama Tu Seras Mons Fils, which is about a family running a vineyard in Bordeaux.
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NewsKen Loach, Mike Leigh to attend inaugural London Labour Film Festival
Biutiful, Metropolis, Made In Daggenham, Snows of Kilimanjaro among films at the inaugural London Labour Film Festival.
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NewsSarah Wright replaces Simon Rexworthy as controller of acquisitions for Sky Movies
Wright, controller of acquisitions for Sky Entertainment, has been promoted to controller of acquisitions, Sky.
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NewsPulse launches distribution arm, Anna Sissons joins from Dogwoof
Anna Sissons joins from Dogwoof to kick-start development of new film division; slate to be announced in autumn 2012.
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NewsTotal Recall wipes out Brave at the UK box office
Sony’s reboot tops chart with $4.4m (£2.8m) debut; Universal’s Ted becomes the distributor’s second biggest release since 2007 in the UK.
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NewsDanny Cohen, McLeod Brothers and Barry Ryan to host masterclasses at Aesthetica
Short film festival runs Nov 8-11 in York.
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NewsKim Longinotto, Sam Fell, Jeremy Thomas among guests at 18th Encounters
Short film and animation festival to take place in Bristol from Sept 18-23.
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NewsBFI opens applications for organisation to run film education strategy
The British Film Institute (BFI) has launched an open call for applications for its new film education strategy aimed at young people ages 5-19.
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NewsNetflix defends UK content spend
Netflix chief creative officer Ted Sarandos has hit back at claims the US company has artificially inflated the cost of digital rights by overpaying for acquisitions.
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NewsSwipe Films boards Winter Of Discontent
EXCLUSIVE: Company to handle international sales for Ibrahim El Batout’s film centred around the Arab Spring.
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NewsEuropean premiere of Great Expectations to close BFI London Film Festival
Premiere to take place at Odeon Leicester Square on Oct 21, with Helena Bonham Carter, Ralph Fiennes and Mike Newell expected to attend the festival.
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NewsWarner Bros. Studios Leavesden appoints Emily Stillman as Sales & Marketing Director
Stillman will be in charge of marketing, business development and client services.
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NewsMister Smith carves out DreamWorks agency deal
David Garrett’s fledgling sales and financing entity has scored a major coup in its first year of operation, signing a pact to handle sales on the studio’s product for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
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NewsFrightFest 2012 roundup: news, reviews, blogs and interviews
Screen presents our roundup of Film4 FrightFest interviews, blogs, reviews and more.
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NewsThe Imposter records impressive opening salvo in UK
Critically acclaimed documentary grosses £345,279 over four-day Bank Holiday weekend.
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NewsRobin Friday biopic gathers steam
Football biopic backed by Telegael, Film Agency Wales, Moonscoop USA, Tasty Films and Ambergreen Entertainment.