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FeaturesBFI fundraising gala Luminous
The BFI raised £250,000 for the BFI National Archive at its first fundraising gala, Luminous, in London.
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FeaturesVijay Singh, Fox Star Studios
Fox Star Studios is scaling up with in-house productions and a remake of a Hollywood film. Liz Shackleton spoke to CEO Vijay Singh.
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FeaturesAnup Singh, Qissa: The Tale Of A Lonely Ghost
The first film to shoot under the India-Germany co-production treaty, Anup Singh’s Qissa: The Tale Of A Lonely Ghost recently won the NETPAC award at the Toronto International Film Festival and is now screening in Busan’s A Window On Asian Cinema section.
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FeaturesGulf states: Collective spirit
For the first time, the Gulf States are coming together to promote themselves as a cohesive regional film hub. By Colin Brown
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FeaturesGulf states: Film-making at a crossroad
The Gulf continues to cement its reputation as a film-making hub, but the growing presence of big budget international shoots serves to highlight the lack of local production, says Colin Brown.
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FeaturesGulf states: Narrowing the Gulf
The Gulf may have taken Egypt’s place as Arab cinema’s financial powerhouse but the challenge remains to connect local audiences with home-grown releases, as Colin Brown reports.
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FeaturesUK distribution: Show time
After the rise of event cinema and the near completion of digitisation, the UK exhibition sector now needs to focus on increasing admissions, as Michael Rosser reports
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FeaturesUK distribution: Letter of intent
The current state of the UK’s virtual print fee negotiations is examined by Andreas Wiseman.
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FeaturesUK distribution: Independent spirit
The UK remains a challenging market for independent distributors, but the mood is one of cautious optimism, as Sarah Cooper discovers.
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FeaturesUK distribution: A date with VoD
Do ‘innovative’ VoD releases offer UK distributors a worthwhile revenue stream or are they just tinkering at the edges? Andreas Wiseman reports
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FeaturesUK distribution: Big hitters
The UK’s studio heads tell Wendy Mitchell about how they cut through the clutter in a crowded marketplace, whether huge blockbusters are too risky, and if theatrical windows will ever change.
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FeaturesGulf states: Abu Dhabi’s digital domain
Wayne Borg of twofour54 explains to Wendy Mitchell how the Abu Dhabi Media Summit has become a must-attend event for global media leaders; and how Abu Dhabi Film Festival is building connections.
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FeaturesGareth Evans, V/H/S/2 and The Raid 2
The Welsh director speaks to Ian Sandwell about his segment in V/H/S/2 and the eagerly anticipated sequel to The Raid.
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FeaturesAxel Kuschevatzky, Telefonica Studios
Teléfonica Studios director discusses the new European studio.
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FeaturesPrishtina International Film Festival
Winners include An Episode In The Life of An Iron Picker and Halima’s Path.
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FeaturesAthens Film Festival
The 19th Athens International Film Festival ran Sept 18-29, welcoming guests including Jeremy Irons, Ari Folman and Adele Exarchopoulos.
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FeaturesZurich Finance Forum tennis tournament
Film industry experts got competitive out of the cinema with the tennis tournament at the fourth annual Film Finance Forum, organised by Winston Baker, at the Zurich Film Festival on Sunday.
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FeaturesZurich Finance Forum and dinner
The fourth annual Film Finance Forum in Zurich was held on Saturday at the Dolder Grand Hotel, welcoming top speakers and attendees from the US and Europe.
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FeaturesAtom Egoyan, Devil’s Knot
Atom Egoyan’s Devil’s Knot, which premiered at Toronto, is making the rounds of European festivals in San Sebastian and Zurich this week. In Zurich, Egoyan talked about the film at a press conference.