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Robert Carlyle comes on board as Edinburgh Festival Patron
The Edinburgh International Film Festival has signed up Scottish-born actor Robert Carlyle as the festival's latest patron.He joins Tilda Swinton and Sean Connery, the festival's other patrons.Carlyle had a particularly good run in Edinburgh this year, appearing in The Stone Of Destiny and also taking the best actor prize for ...
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Sheffield Doc/Fest unveils early selections for Nov line-up
Sheffield Doc/Fest, now planning its 15th edition, has announced several early selections for its 100+ film programme running Nov 5-9.Sheffield will unveil a new strand of docs about a specific cultural issue, this yer's being Regime Change (tied to the US election). Films set for this initiative are: Mohamed Al-Daradji's ...
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Delanic takes UK rights to Spread starring Ashton Kutcher
UK distributor Delanic Films continues to build its release slate by adding Spread starring Ashton Kutcher.David McKenzie's erotic comedy has been acquired for the UK and Ireland from Voltage Pictures. The story is about a womanising conman in LA who meets a female hustler.Spread is still in post and is ...
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Works closes more Somers Town, Man On Wire sales post-Cannes
As its filmsswept the prizes at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, London-based sales company The Works International has announced a number of new deals closed since Cannes.Shane Meadows' Somers Town sold to Taiwan (Filmware International).James Marsh's documentary Man On Wire sold to Taiwan (Filmware International), Japan (Shin Nippon), and Hungary ...
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BIFAs to move to Old Billingsgate Market for Nov 30 awards
The British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) have set their next awards for Nov 30, 2008.James Nesbitt will again host the awards, to be held at Old Billingsgate Market in London in its 11th year, moving from last year's venue of The Roundhouse.BIFA directors Johanna von Fischer and Tessa Collinson said: ...
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Winding Refn starts Scottish shoot for Valhalla Rising
Nicolas Winding Refn has started the Scotland-based shoot for his next film, Valhalla Rising.Alongside Mads Mikkelsen, the film will star Jamie Sives and Gary Lewis from Billy Elliot fame. The budget is about $7m.The famed Danish director is taking with him the organic working method from his Pusher films shooting ...
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Somers Town takes Powell prize as Edinburgh closes first June festival
As The Edinburgh International Film Festival comes to a close in its first June edition today, Shane Meadows' Berlin and Tribeca favourite Somers Town won the Michael Powell Award for Best New British Feature continuing a banner year for Meadows after his BAFTA Korda award for This Is England.Marianna Palka ...
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Tartan Films goes into administration
UK distributor Tartan Films has gone into administration, ending months of speculation.The business, founded in 1982 by Hamish McAlpine, is believed to have made more than 20 staff redundant.The news has come as no surprise after months of discussion about the company's finance.Last year, the business restructured with veteran managing ...
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Newcastle's Tyneside reopens after digital revamp
The new-look Tyneside Cinema in Newcastle has reopened to the public following a $14m (£7m) refurbishment to bring the venue into the digital age, whilst restoring all its original art-house glory.The cinema now boasts a modern extension with two new digital screens, to meet the demands of growing audiences in ...
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Galway celebrates 20th anniversary with O'Toole, Lange, and Pullman
The 20th Galway Film Fleadh (July 8-13) will open with a screening of Fugitive Pieces, Jeremy Podeswa's drama set in Nazi-occupied Poland and adapted from the novel by Canadian poet Anne Michaels. The closing film is the unreleased Bonneville (2006), in which three women played by Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates ...
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Warp X to kick off shoot for fifth film, Bunny And The Bull
Paul King from British TV's The Mighty Boosh will start shooting his feature film debut Bunny And The Bull on June 30 (Monday). Edward Hogg, Simon Farnaby and Veronic Echegui will star. And the Boosh's Julian Barratt, Noel Fielding and Richard Ayoade will appear.The Warp X production will be produced ...
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Matthew Rhys takes a trip with Marc Evans' Patagonia
Matthew Rhys, currently starring with Keira Knightley and Sienna Miller in The Edge Of Love, has come on board to star in Patagonia with Nia Roberts.Marc Evans (Snow Cake) will direct and Rebekah Gilbertson (The Edge Of Love) will produce with Argentina's Oscar Kramer.Laurence Coriat (Wonderland, A Mighty Heart) wrote ...
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World premiere of Frost/Nixon to open London Film Festival
The world premiere of Ron Howard's Frost/Nixon is to open The Times BFI London Film Festival.The Universal Pictures film - adapted by Peter Morgan from his hit stage play - will screen on October 15.The story of a legendary 1977 US television interview between UK television presenter David Frost and ...
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Ealing signs UK deal for Julian Fellowes' film
Ealing Studios International has sold Julian Fellowes' From Time To Time to new distributor Delanic Films for the UK.Ealing has also announced other deals for the film including Australia and New Zealand (Hopscotch), Odeon (Greece) Castello Lopes (Portugal), and Shooting Stars (Middle East).The second directorial feature from the Oscar-winning writer ...
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International Screenwriters festival completes stellar line-up
The third International Screenwriters Festival is set to cement its position in the industry calendar with a stellar line-up that includes some of the world's best-known writers.Among the speakers this year are film-makers and writers who have been major names at the major awards ceremonies.They include BAFTA and Palme d'Or ...
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Graham, McDonald take key footballer roles in The Damned United
As the shoot continues for Tom Hooper's Brian Clough story The Damned United, Stephen Graham and Peter McDonald have taken the roles of legendary 1970s footballers Billy Bremner and Johnny Giles, respectively. Bremner was the Leeds Captain and Giles was a midfielder.Other actors taking on footballing roles are Mark Cameron ...
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City Screen goes beyond DSN to back five new digital installations
In an important step in the evolution of digital cinema in the UK, independent exhibitor City Screen Picturehouse Cinemas is planning to commercially back the installation of five new digital screens.The 18-cinema small chain (which has 50+ screens) has already seen the UK Film Council's Digital Screen Network install 18 ...
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Film4 extends sponsorship of FrightFest until 2009
Film4 has extended its headline sponsor deal with the UK's FrightFest for the third year running.The 2009 event will be the 10th anniversary of the genre festival. The partnership will expand further with Film4 for more on-air and off-air initiatives.Meanwhile, the 2008 FrightFest will be held at London's Odeon West ...
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Dogwoof's Whitaker sets up new indie distribution co-operative
Andy Whittaker, head of forward-thinking UK distributor Dogwoof Pictures, is heading a new film distribution co-operative. Essentially, ordinary film fans will be part of a group acquiring rights to independent films.TheMoviesClub.com launches officially today at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.The co-op has been set up to raise capitol to invest ...
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AAM moves into Spain with five-screen Yelmo deal
Digital cinema company Arts Alliance Media is making its first move into the Spanish exhibition market with a Madrid multiplex.AAM has struck a deal with exhibitor Yelmo Cines and equipment installer Suministros Kelonik to fully outfit Yelmo's Isla Azul five-screen site in Madrid.The five digital systems - Christie 2K projectors ...