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Whitton launches Belfast production outfit with Attenborough, Gilbert
Robert Whitton, commercially property investment expert and CEO of aAIM Group, has launched a new production company with director Richard Attenborough and producer Jo Gilbert.The company is named Real Holywood Productions, after its Belfast neighborhood. Real Holywood intends to focus on Northern Ireland-based productions.Attenborough and Gilbert recently shot the partially ...
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Revolver takes on UK distribution of U2 3D
UK distributor Revolver Entertainment will handle the UK distribution of U2 3D.Revolver will distribute the film in Real D, IMAX 3-D and other digital 3-D formats across the UK on Feb 22, 2008.The film, which was shown as a work in progress in Cannes, is directed by Catherine Owens and ...
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UK police arrest four people and seize 10,000 pirate DVDS
UK police have arrested four people and seized 10,000 counterfeit DVDs in raids based on information gathered by the Federation Against Copyright Theft. The raids were on three stalls at Western International Market in Hounslow, Middlesex and at two addresses in Slough, Berkshire. Officers from Hounslow Borough of the Metropolitan ...
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BBC World Cinema nominees include Climates, Lives Of Others
BBC Four World Cinema Award has announced the nominees for its 2008 prize, sponsored by Pioneer.The nominees are Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's The Lives Of Others, Michel Gondry's The Science Of Sleep, Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Climates, Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth, and Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Syndromes And A Century.The award, now ...
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Control, Atonement lead London Critics' Circle nominations
Anton Corbijn's Control and Joe Wright's Atonement lead the nominations for the London Critics' Circle Film Awards. Each has eight nominations. Other films with multiple nominations include There Will Be Blood, No Country For Old Men and The Lives Of Others, with four nominations each.The awards will be handed out ...
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Profile:Adulthooddirector Noel Clarke
It is mid-November and almost four weeks into the five-week shoot of his debut feature, actor-writer-director Noel Clarke is a man in his element. He is shooting on the west London streets where he grew up and today's council flat location is 250m from the gym where he was working ...
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Humphreys includes Katyn, Waveriders in first Dublin programme
Grainne Humphreys, new Director of the Jameson Dublin InternationalFilm Festival (JDIFF), has announced the first titles included in her first programme for the sixth JDIFF, running Feb 15-24, 2008. There will be a Special Presentation of GW Pabst's classic Pandora's Box (1929) in the 900-seater Savoy Cinema with live ...
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Sony pacts with Tiscali UK for on-demand TV offerings
Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) and Tiscali TV have launched a new video on demand service, called Screen Gems, as part of Tiscali's on-demand TV platform in the UK.The service initially includes catalogue TV series such as Bewitched, Starsky & Hutch and Charlie's Angels, with new Sony shows to be ...
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UK regional critics name awards after Richard Attenborough
The UK Regional Critics' Annual Film Awards have been renamed The Richard Attenborough Film Awards. The awards were founded a year ago and will be known as the Attenborough Awards from 2008. The awards are given in six categories: film of the year, filmmaker of the year, actor and actress ...
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Hammer's first new film to air episodes on MySpace
Hammer Films is set to produce its first horror film in 30 years, and has created a joint venture with MySpace to broadcast episodes of the feature, entitled Beyond The Rave. MySpaceTV will co-produce the project, which will initially air as 20 'webisodes' on MySpace before being released as a ...
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France makes headway in international chart with L'Auberge, Luke
While The Golden Compass was largely accountable for the 14.5% week-on-week increase in the international top 40, two new entries from France made their presence known taking a collective $4.3m.For the full international chart, compiled by Len Klady, click here.Roissy Films' comedy L'Auberge Rouge was the second highest new entry, ...
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Box Office Focus: Fred Claus stays strong in UK against mighty Compass
Holdover titles in the UK generally suffered steep drops at the box office this weekend as The Golden Compass accounted for nearly 60% of the top 20 revenue this weekend.The fantasy adventure, released through Entertainment Film Distributors, enjoyed an $11.6m (£5.7m) three-day take from 507 sites for a whopping $22,937 ...
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GEM works for DVD, theatrical launch of Peterson films
GEM Entertainment has taken UK and US rights to seven features from UK-based Global Films, EdgeImageBank, Norwood Pictures, and Mnemonics Pictures. Nick Peterson, also known as a musician under the name Virtual Alien, directed all of the films. Five that will be released on DVD are: Writing On The Wall, ...
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Paul Hills starts post-production on Do Elephants Pray'
Post-production has started on the $1m romantic drama Do Elephants Pray'PaulHills directs and produces. He previously worked on projects including 1996 feature Boston Kickout.The film, which was shot in the UK and France, was jointly financed by private investment and produced by Amaranth Film Partners/Elephant Features Ltd.Jonnie Hurn and Julie ...
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Clare Morrow to join Screen Yorkshire in Industry Development
Regional screen agency Screen Yorkshire has announced that Clare Morrow will head its Industry Development team. Morrow takes her post in January. Until April she was controller of programmes north for ITV, and currently works as a freelance executive producer and manager of the Broadcasting and Creative Industries Disability Network. ...
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Future Shorts launches new Secret Cinema series in 6 cities
Future Shorts and Future Cinema are launching a new events series, Secret Cinema. The monthly screenings will surprise guests with unannounced films shown at themed locations with surprise scores, special guests and live installations. The series starts Dec 16 in London, and will continue in Bristol, Manchester, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Glasgow ...
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Sky gets UK broadcast rights to Oscars and Golden Globes
UK TV company Sky has announced that it will broadcast the Golden Globe Awards live on Sky Movies Premiere for the first time. Live red carpet coverage and awards highlights will be shown on Jan 13 and Jan 14 on Sky One, in Sky's exclusive UK broadcast deal. For the ...
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Colin McCabe demands end of 'tragic decade' for British Film Institute
Distinguished British academic and producer Colin MacCabe has today (Monday) publicly announced his candidature for the post of Chair of the British Film Institute (BFI).The current chairman Anthony Minghella is due to step down at the end of the year. Whether or not MacCabe’s application is successful, it is bound ...
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Charlie Mitchell takes development post at MARV Films
Matthew Vaughn and Kris Thykier's UK-based production company MARV Films has added Charlie Mitchell as head of development.Mitchell had been development executive at Robert Jones' Material Entertainment, and prior to that worked in development at Pathe Pictures.At MARV, he will work on a slate including WWI drama The Truce written ...
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Women In Film & TV honour Alison Owen, BBC's Jane Wright
The UK's Women in Film and Television (WFTV) has hosted its 17th annual awards at a ceremony at London's Hilton Park Lane. Honorees include film producer Alison Owen, BBC Films head Jane Wright, and Harry Potter author JK Rowling. The ceremony was opened by Sophie Balhetchet, cair of WFTV, and ...