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Screen South, Skillset launch co-production producer scheme
Screen South and Skillset, in partnership with Cine Regio and sales association Film Export UK, are launching the new Cine-Euro Co-Production Training Programme.The nine-month programme will help 8 UK producers develop, market, finance and seek partners for European co-productions. The 12 events, including one-to-one consultations and training seminars start in ...
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Martin Price joins UK post-production house Concrete
Martin Price has joined post-production house Concrete.Price will be responsible for the research and development of new markets and will also help to further build the Concrete brand to grow and expand the business.Price is co-founder of non-linear editing facility P3 Post, and also served as head of post production ...
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The Brit Pack beats box-office blues
While most of Europe reported a downturn in ticket sales in 2007, the UK (along with Italy and the Czech Republic) bucked the trend. British cinema-goers generated nearly $1.8bn (£904.9m) in ticket sales last year, up 8% from 2006, while admissions rose 3.7% to 162.4 million.Case study: St Trinian'sEven though ...
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Scottish Screen sets up Slate Fund for development
Scottish Screen has created a new $792,900 (£400,000) Slate Fund to provide financial backing for companies to develop marketable, high value projects over a two-year period.Up to four companies will benefit from investment awards designed to support the development of a range of projects including film, television and interactive digital ...
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HanWay to handle Jean Doumanian catalogue
Jean Doumanian Productions has appointed HanWay Films to represent worldwide sales and distribution rights for its catalogue.Titles include David Mamet's The Spanish Prisoner, David Gordon Green's All The Real Girls, and Woody Allen's Don't Drink The Water. The library of titles also includes early roles from Cillian Murphy (Sunburn), Clare ...
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Brisbane, 4, Bra Boys take audience prizes at London Aussie fest
The London Australian Film Festival closed March 16 with a record 7,000 attendees in its 14th year.The audience awards went to Louise Alston's All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane for best feature; and a tie of Tim Slade's 4 and Sunny Abberton & Macario de Souza's Bra Boys as best ...
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French hit Ch'tis to run at London's Cine Lumiere
Pathe UK is releasing French hit Bienvenue Chez Les Ch'tis exclusively at London's Cine Lumiere from April 1-24.The comedy, which has clocked up a mammoth $103.5m after three weeks on release, proved a surprise hit at the French box office after taking more than 5m admissions in its first week ...
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On-demand market could hit $1.1bn in 2012
On-demand media could generate revenues of $1.1bn by 2012 in the US and Europe, according to a new report from Screen Digest.That will include $665m of new revenue and the rest replacement for DVD spending.Screen Digest noted that the on-demand market 'has the potential not only to revolutionise how consumers ...
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Quantum of Solace to have early UK launch Oct 31
Sony Pictures Releasing (UK) has set an early Oct 31 opening date in the UK for the next James Bond film, Quantum Of Solace. On that Friday, the 22nd Bond film will open at the Odeon Leicester Square and at cinemas across the UK.The date is a week before the ...
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Goldby's The Waiting Room to open East End Film Festival
London's East End Film Festival will open April 17 with the city premiere of Roger Goldby's The Waiting Room.The drama about the tangled love lives of a group of Londoners stars Anne-Marie Duff, Ralf Little and Rupert Graves. Sarah Sulick produced.The cast also features Frank Finlay, Zoe Telford, Phyllida Law, ...
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'Wait and see' attitude prevails in complex digital rights world
If there was one thing that the delegates at Screen's Maximising Digital Revenue conference agreed on, it's that nobody really knows what will happen next with digital rights.The conference brought together key producers, distributors, sales agents and lawyers to discuss how the film industry could move forward to create revenue ...
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EM Media backs four shorts through DV Shorts scheme
UK regional screen agency EM Media has commissioned four films through its DV Shorts scheme, run with the UK Film Council.DV Shorts, now in its sixth year, has selected the following projects:Tandem from writer/directors John and Tom Turrell, with Rachel Dargavel producing for Perfume Films. A comical look at relationships ...
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Persepolis, Hold Me Tight take honours at Bird's Eye View
As the Birds Eye View Film Festival ended its fourth successful run on March 14, Persepolis was given the festival's Best Feature prize. The popular animated feature by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud has collected a slew of awards since its launch in Cannes.Kim Longinotto's Hold Me Tight, Let Me ...
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Tributes continue to pour in for Anthony Minghella
Tributes are flooding in for film-maker Anthony Minghella who died suddenly yesterday at the age of 54.Harvey Weinstein, Minghella's longtime friend, backer and distributor on all his films since The English Patient, issued a statement saying: 'I am shocked and heart broken that we have lost Anthony. He was my ...
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Screen conference keynote: industry has to rethink release windows
The film industry needs to embrace the challenges and opportunities offered by new distribution platforms or lose out as consumers go elsewhere for content.That is the view of Ian Lewis, Director of Sky Movies & Sky Box Office, at BSkyB.Lewis was the keynote speaker at today's Screen International-backed Maximising Digital ...
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Film-maker Anthony Minghella dies at age 54
Film-maker Anthony Minghella has died at the age of 54.His spokespeople released this statement: ' Anthony Minghella died this morning at Charing Cross Hospital in Hammersmith, west London. He was operated on last week for a growth in his neck, and the operation seemed to have gone well. At 5am ...
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Everyman acquires seven-cinema chain Screen Cinemas
UK exhibitor Screen Cinemas has been sold to Everyman Media Group, the parent company of Everyman Cinema Club.Investment banking firm Livingston Partners advised the Screen Cinemas shareholders, including managind director Romaine Hart, during the deal negotiations. Terms were not disclosed.Screen Cinemas operates seven theatres across London and the Southeast of ...
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HanWay takes on library sales for British Film Institute
The British Film Institute has appointed HanWay films as its worldwide sales and marketing agent for its lucrative catalogue of more than 400 films.The BFI collection is comprised of BFI Production Board films, works from the BFI National Archive and a number of additional features, shorts and documentaries for which ...
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Michael Elson leaves UK's Moving Picture Company
Michael Elson has stepped down as head of film and COO at UK-based Moving Picture Company.He will now pursue other film production interests.Christian Roberton, who had been head of production for film at MPC, will take over as head of film.'Michael has played an enormous part in establishing MPC as ...
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Dominic Cooper replaces Orlando Bloom in Scherfig's Education
Orlando Bloom has pulled out of the cast of Lone Scherfig's new film An Education, which starts shooting today. Dominic Cooper now takes the role after Bloom had scheduling clashes. Cara Seymour has also joined the cast for An Education, shooting now in London, is based on a screenplay by ...