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NewsVertigo and E1 extend home entertainment partnership
Vertigo Films and E1 Entertainment has extended their home entertainment partnership. The first title to be released under the renewed deal will be Louie Psihoyos’ The Cove.
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NewsEncounters Short Film Festival to screen 150 films over five days
Andrea Arnold, Richard Williams, John Coates and Tony Grisoni will be among the special guests attending the 15th Encounters Short Film Festival, which opens tomorrow (November 17) in Bristol.
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NewsFuture Films, Zero Gravity Management seal transatlantic partnership
Film financier and producer Future Films is embarking on a new joint venture with US producer Mark Williams’ Zero Gravity Management.
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NewsNew cast announced as The King’s Speech starts shooting
Helena Bonham Carter, Jennifer Ehle, Guy Pearce, Derek Jacobi and Michael Gambon have joined the cast of Tom Hooper’s historical drama The King’s Speech, which started shooting today (November 13).
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NewsOptimum/Pinewood to manage StudioCanal’s British film archive
Optimum Releasing is taking over management of StudioCanal’s British Library Archive, including early Hitchcock films, as part of a series of initiatives aimed at protecting British film heritage.
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NewsITV puts Carlton Screen Advertising contracts into liquidation
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has put its remaining interests in cinema advertising company, Carlton Screen Advertising (CSA), into voluntary liquidation. It appointed Grant Thornton to handle the process on October 26.
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NewsNational Schools Film Week attracts record attendees
This year’s National Schools Film Week (NSFW) attracted a record 450,000 attendees.
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NewsJenna Rosher's Junior takes Sheffield audience award
Junior, the debut from US director Jenna Rosher, has won this year’s audience award at the Sheffield International Documentary Festival. The film looks at the relationship between a 75 year old Italian American and his 98 year old mother.
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NewsThis Is It stays ahead of the pack overseas as $29m raises tally to $128.6m
This Is It continued to dominate the overseas market as a further $29m from 8,800 screens in 110 markets through Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI) raised the running total to $128.6m after two weekends.
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NewsVideocracy scoops first special jury prize at Sheffield Doc/Fest
Erik Gandini’s Videocracy has won the inaugural special jury award at the Sheffield International Documentary Festival.
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NewsIn The Loop sweeps the board at Scottish Baftas
Armando Iannucci’s political satire In The Loop was the big winner at the Scottish Baftas last night (November 8) picking up awards for best director, best writing and best actor.
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NewsBuyers jive with Protagonist's Streetdance
UK sales outfit Protagonist Pictures is enjoying a bumper crop of sales for its teen dance movie Streetdance 3D backed by Vertigo, BBC Films and the UK Film Council.
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NewsContentFilm's Ironclad slices up the world
Buyers are rallying to Ironclad, the historical action epic being sold by ContentFilm International at the AFM.
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NewsThe Works International, Mann Made team on The Drought
The Works International is partnering with Mann Made Films on The Drought, an ecological action horror set in a terrifying post-apocalyptic world.
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NewsTill’s Icon makes first acquisition with The Way
In one of its first acquisitions since Stewart Till’s takeover of the Icon Group was completed last week, Icon Entertainment International has confirmed that it will handle worldwide sales for The Way, the new film from director Emilio Estevez.
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NewsMulligan in talks to board Ealing’s Effie
Carey Mulligan, the UK sensation who is being tipped for awards glory in An Education, is in advance discussions to star in the title role of Effie, being sold here by Ealing Studios.
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NewsGwyneth Paltrow to star opposite Nicole Kidman in The Danish Girl
Gwyneth Paltrow will star opposite Nicole Kidman in The Danish Girl, the film of David Ebershoff’s novel about Danish painter Einar Wegener (Kidman) who became the first man to undergo a sex change operation in 1931.
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NewsYouth production company seeks funding for first feature
A group of unemployed London youngsters have launched a film production company and are seeking funding from local people and businesses to fund their first project.
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NewsMcGuigan signs to T Leaf for Quickfire, The Works
The Works International is partnering with James Atherton’s Quickfire Films on T Leaf, a rom-com caper movie about the aftermath of a heist gone wrong that will be directed by Paul McGuigan.
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NewsWhite Lightnin' strikes US deal with Sundance Selects
Sundance Selects, a new label from Rainbow Media, has picked up US rights to Dominic Murphy’s White Lightnin’, a winner of the Hitchcock D’Or at the Dinard Film Festival and the winner this week of the international competition at the Mumbai Film Festival.