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Warner launches remastered Movies That Matter series in UK
Warner Bros. is planning a Movies that Matter Film to bring 15 of its classics to the big screen, remastered and restored.The initiative is being created with the British Film Institute, The Times (of London), Vue Cinemas, Arts Alliance Media and distributor Park Circus.The films, all rematstered to 2K digital ...
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Lorraine Lydon joins UK post house Evolutions
London-based post-production company Evolutions has appointed Lorraine Lydon as operations manager.Lydon joins from a similar position at Envy Post and she previously worked at TMR and Blue.Lorraine will be based in Evolutions Soho Square facility and will manage the library, edit and media support team plus be responsible for maintaining ...
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The Hospital Club starts list for emerging UK talents
UK members club The Hospital is launching a new initiative, The Hospital club 100, to search for the most powerful movers and shakers in London's media and creative industries, including film.Voting is open to anyone in the publishing industry and The Hospital seeks to uncover unsung heroes and emerging talents.Nominations ...
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Hot Fuzz wins BAFTA/LA Comedy prize
Edgar Wright's Hot Fuzz won Best British Comedy Film Award at the inaugural BAFTA/LA British Comedy Award in Los Angeles last night and star Simon Pegg took home Best British Comedy Performer In Film.Billy Connolly received the BAFTA/LA Lifetime Achievement Award in Comedy and Extras won Best British Comedy Television ...
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Swipe to handle Cannes market title Vanechka
Frank Mannion's UK-based Swipe Films will be handling international sales at Cannes on the Russian film Vanechka, which will have its international premiere in the Cannes market on May 17.The film is set during 1998, against the backdrop of Russia in an economic crisis and centres on an aspiring actress ...
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The Descent 2 starts shooting this weekend for Celador
Celador Films and Pathe will start principal photography on May 4 (Sunday) for The Descent 2.The film will reunite the team from the original horror hit. Neil Marshall, who directed the original, will this time produce alongside Christian Colson of Celador. Jon Harris, who edited The Descent, will make his ...
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Britdoc opens applications for Big Pitch forum
Britdoc, now in its third year, has opened applications for The Big Pitch, it's Dragon's Den-style international pitching forum.Investors and comissioning editors from the US, Europe and Asia will participate. Last year's panel included experts from HBO, IFC, ARTE, Sundance Institute, ITVS, NHK Japan, Netflix, Discovery Films and SBS Australia.More ...
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Black & Blue starts shooting UK comedy Mixed Up
Black & Blue Films has started shooting UK comedy Mixed Up. The story, set in a record shop, stars Billy Murray, Adele Silva, Terry Stone, Zara Dawson, Lee Otwayterry Stone, Anna Brecon, Faye Tozer, Lisa McAllister, Giles Alderson, Sylvester McCoy and Abi Titmuss.The privately financed project is shooting on location ...
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TLA signs deal with Jinga for Richards' Summer Scars
Jinga Films has signed an all-rights North American deal with TLA Releasing for Julian Richards' Summer Scars.TLA will release through its TLA Presents and Danger After Dark labels.The coming-of-age thriller recently won two Welsh BAFTA Awards.'This success is all about the newcomers,' said Julian Richards at the BAFTA Cymru Awards ...
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Holly Weston follows Madonna film with UK horror Splintered
Simeon Halligan is making his feature directorial debut with psychological horror/thriller Splintered.Holly Weston, who recently appeared in Madonna's Filth & Wisdom, plays the lead as troubled teen Sophie, who leads a group of friends into trouble in the countryside before she is captured. The cast also features Stephen Martin Walters, ...
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Bill Lawrence named creative director at Showroom, Workstation
Bill Lawrence has been named to the new post of creative director at Sheffield, UK-based Showroom and Workstation.He will will be responsible for all of the company's creative programming including films, seasons, retrospectives, cross artform exhibitions and projects and entertainment.Bill was most recently Head of Film at the National Media ...
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Irish courts approve $96,540award to children shown in doc
Five young school children whose images were used without permission in the Oscar-nominated documentary, Deliver Us From Evil, about American paedophile priest Oliver O'Grady, have had settlements totalling more than $96,540 (Eu62,500) approved by the Dublin Circuit Civil Court.The children's parents had sued director Amy Berg and Disarming Films, both ...
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Protagonist takeson sales forBBC Films' In The Loop
New UK sales company Protagonist Pictures has taken on its first third-party project, Armando Iannucci's In The Loop.Principal photography has now started on the BBC Films, UK Film Council and Aramid Entertainment project.Optimum Releasing has pre-bought UK theatrical rights to the political comedy.Tom Hollander, James Gandolfini, Chris Addison, Peter Capaldi, ...
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The Works International takes on sales for Palka's Good Dick
UK-based sales company The Works International has taken on rights for Good Dick, which premiered at Sundance.Glasgow-born Marianna Palka directed, produced and stars in the Los Angeles-set film, about an awkward romance between a porn-addicted loner and a video-store clerk. The cast also features Jason Ritter, Eric Edelstein, Mark Webber, ...
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Forbidden Kingdom kicks into top international spot on Screen's chart
Martial arts adventure The Forbidden Kingdom came up trumps this weekend with a $16.8m take from 10 territories, making it this weekend's number one international film. The top 40 international films generated $104.2m across 36,933 screens from the period of April 25-27.For the full chart, compiled by Len Klady, click ...
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Sky works on new simultaneous deal for Lionsgate titles
Sky Movies and Lionsgate UK are offering two Lionsgate titles, 3:10 To Yuma and War, free to Sky Movies subscribers on Sky Box Office the same time they are available for all other Sky Box Office viewers at a cost of about $8 (£3.99).The move is unusual because of the ...
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Nine get funding from London Artists' Film and Video Awards
Nine London-based film and video artists will receive funding to produce new work through the 2008 London Artists' Film and Video Awards (LAFVA), supported by Film London in partnership with Arts Council England.This year's award recipients, each receiving up to $40,000 for proposed projects, are: Luciano Zubillaga; Stephen Connolly; Sarah ...
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James, Machin, Davies join Film Agency For Wales board
The Film Agency For Wales has added three new board members. They are journalist/producer Alison James, THINKFilm International's Will Machin and Welsh media studies lecturer Cath Davies.The appointments were announced by Agency chairman Peter Edwards.Edwards said: 'The first 18 months of the life of the Film Agency has been an ...
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Bekkie Sunley named brand manager for LoveFilm
Bekkie Sunley has joined LoveFilm as brand manager.She joins LoveFilm from Universal Music Group, where she had product manager and marketing coordination roles across Universal Classics & Jazz, and Universal Music TV.Sunley will report to head of brand marketing Fliss White, who said: 'Bekkie is a welcome addition to the ...
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Irish Film Board appoints O'Neill and Notley to business roles
The Irish Film Board (IFB) has appointed Patrick O'Neill to the new position of industry affairs executive and Laura Notley to the role of business affairs co-ordinator.O'Neill will work closely with IFB head of business affairs and deputy CEO, Teresa McGrane, on IFB policy and will manage one-off IFB projects ...