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Global gains at the box office
It is more than official. At ShoWest - the North American cinema convention which has traditionally sidetracked international concerns to a pre-show ‘International Day’ - Motion Picture Association Of America (Mpaa) president Dan Glickman declared international box office revenues now accounted for 65% of the studios’ theatrical pie.Given that international’s ...
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NewsHollywood's foreign policy: producers looking increasingly to international locations
On the eve of the annual Locations Trade Show in Los Angeles (April 16-18), Screen reports on why US producers are looking beyond their borders to international locationsmore than ever before.
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NewsIrish Film Board appears safe from government budget cuts
The Irish film industry is understood to have escaped savage cuts to its Government funding after this week’s emergency budget.
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Pact chief to give evidence to House of Lords inquiry
John McVay, the chief executive of cinema and TV industry body Pact, will give evidence to the House of Lords Communications Committee inquiry into British Film and TV.
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NewsUK Film Council faces $33m drop in funding
The UK Film Council is facing a $33m (£22m) cut in lottery funding over the next five years as money is diverted away from film to pay for the London Olympics.
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NewsGood Pitch at Hot Docs selects five social issue projects
The Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival’s Toronto Documentary Forum (TDF) will welcome five projects as part of The Good Pitch at Hot Docs, inpartnership with the Channel 4 Britdoc Foundation and Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program and also supported by the Fledgling Fund and Working Films.
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NewsProtagonist signs deals on In The Loop, Bronson and The Children
London-based sales company Protagonist Pictures has sealed furtherdeals on its Sundance hit In The Loop.
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NewsMike Newell to direct The Box Of Delights
Mike Newell is to direct TheBox Of Delights, a film based on the children’s novel of the same name by John Masefield.
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NewsIndustry pioneer Wouter Barendrecht of Fortissimo Films dies at 43
Fortissimo Films confirmed yesterday that company co-founder and co-chairman Wouter Barendrecht died of heart failure on Sunday April 5 in Bangkok, Thailand, where hehad gone to screen a rough cut of Fortissimo’s upcoming Thai co-productionNYMPH.
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HandMade hires Tara Gaule and Carlos Rodriguez
HandMade Films International has boosted its sales and marketing team with two key appointments. Tara Gaule joins as senior sales executive and Carlos Rodriguez has beenappointed as senior vice-president in the marketing department.
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NewsWinterbottom's The Killer Inside Me saved by last-minute funding deal
The Killer Inside Me, the latest collaboration between director Michael Winterbottom and producer Andrew Eaton, has been saved after securing new funding. The $13m projectwas close to collapse after it lost key financial support.
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NewsSafari adventures in France, The Boat That Rocked launches in the UK
ScreenDaily takes a look at the local and independent releases vying for attention against animated 3D blockbuster Monsters Vs Aliens this weekend.
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UK's Recorded Picture Company promotes Alainee Kent
Recorded Picture Company has promoted Alainee Kent to the role of senior development executive.
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Pathe UK reveals structure of in-house distribution team
Pathe UK has confirmed the structure of its in-house distribution team, following its move to pull out of third party distribution and tie up with Warner Entertainment UK (WEUK)to handle sales in the UK.
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NewsJustin Chadwick to direct The First Grader
Justin Chadwick, whose credits include The Other Boleyn Girl, is to direct The First Grader. Ann Peacock has written the screenplay.
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NewsSally Hawkins stars in It's A Wonderful Afterlife
Sally Hawkins, Jimi Mistry and Zoe Wanamaker have joined the cast of Gurinder Chadha’s It’s A Wonderful Afterlife. The comedy has already begun shooting and a 2010 release is expected.
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NewsUnanimous Pictures pulls out of UK distribution market
Unanimous Pictures is pulling out of UK distributionless than a yearafter launching into the market. The company, formerly known as Halcyon Pictures, will now concentrateexclusively on production.
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UK Actors to give evidence to House of Lords inquiry
Quantum of Solace actor Rory Kinnear and actress Maggie Steed will give evidence to the House of Lords Communications Committee's inquiry into British film and television tomorrow (April 1). The Committee will question the pair on the prospects for the UK film and TV industries and particularly on employment and ...
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Q&A with Take 12 partner Huge Entertainment
Q&A with Morgan Holt from Huge EntertainmentHuge Entertainment is one of Take 12's innovation partners, working with VOD AlmightyWhat do you think of the concept of VOD Almighty'There's definitely a need for an editorial film proposition and they have an already -established network of country agents to help them achieve ...