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Tech institute works with Sheffield for shorts competition
The Chartered Institute for IT (BCS) has teamed up with Sheffield Doc/Fest to launch a short film competition which aims to explore the effects of information technology in the UK.
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NewsFilm4 to kick off Somerset House series with Knight and Day
Film4’s programme of open-air screenings at London’s Somerset House will kick off with summer blockbuster Knight and Day.
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Andreas Wiseman joins Screen as reporter
Andreas Wiseman has joined Screen International as a reporter. Wiseman has worked on a freelance basis at Screen International since 2009.
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NewsLock, Stock actor Dexter Fletcher to make directorial debut
British actor Dexter Fletcher is to make his directorial debut with a gritty family drama starring Charlie Creed- Miles and Jason Flemyng, with David Morrissey and Mark Strong also due to make appearances.
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NewsJoe Wright, Working Title plan live-action Little Mermaid
Working Title is reteaming with Joe Wright to make a live-action feature adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairytale The Little Mermaid, Working Title’s co-chairmen Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner announced.
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The Senate Visual Effects to expand into Soho
London based visual effects outfit is to add a Soho studio to its existing Twickenham base.
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Kierston Wareing to star in UK thriller The Holding
A four-week shoot will start Monday on Susan Jacobson’s thriller The Holding, set on an isolated farm in England’s Peak District.
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Deluxe Digital London, SmartJog sign digital delivery pact
Deluxe Digital London has signed a deal with digital delivery service SmartJog’s pan-European network for the delivery of digital cinema packages to theatres.
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Hospital 100 includes Emily Blunt, Mike Leigh, Danny Boyle
The Hospital, a London members’ club, has announced this year’s The Hospital Club 100, which recognises influential people in the creative industries.
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NewsUK box-office boom continues, spurred by 3D
UK box-office tops $756m (£500m) in first half of 2010, 3% ahead of first half of 2009.
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NewsNetwork Releasing picks up Abel, Heartbeats
The UK distributor has secured Diego Luna’s directorial debut and Xavier Dolan’s I Killed My Mother follow up.
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NewsRidley Scott, Kevin Macdonald team with YouTube for doc
Ridley Scott and Kevin Macdonald are teaming up with YouTube to make what is being called the “first user generated feature length documentary film shot on a single day.”
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BFI launches campaign for public to fund restoration of early Hitchcock films
The British Film Institute (BFI) is launching two new initiatives as part of the Long Live Film celebration of the 75th birthday of the BFI Archive.
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NewsShrek Forever After takes spoils at UK box office
Paramount Pictures’ Shrek Forever After rumbled into top spot on its debut weekend in the UK.
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NewsTwo members of Fox dynasty join cast of Madonna's W.E
James and Laurence Fox have signed on to play father and son in Madonna’s film about Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson.
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Prime Focus appoints financial chief to its board
The visual services company has promoted its finance director Neil Barnett to its board.
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NewsFulcrum secures $16.7m loan, looks to UK for expansion
The Australian film finance company has secured additional funding and now hopes planning to provide cash flow support to UK productions.
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London institution starts film/TV acting course
London college Arts Ed is launching a new acting course specialising in film and television.
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Scotland's Centre for Moving Image appoints senior team
The new parent body for the Edinburgh Film Festival has appointed a chief executive and chief operating officer to join chair Leslie Mills.