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CommentWhat Went Wrong?
The box office holiday season in North America was a big letdown, as a series of major box office hopes stumbled by the wayside. The problem lies not with the audience but with the films.
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CommentBrand appeal
Branded film must appeal to audiences’ social motivations, says content & digital director at FRUKT Communications, James Poletti.
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CommentChina’s digital future
Liz Shackleton examines how China is racing ahead of other markets in terms of digital delivery of film.
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CommentOne Night In Tallinn
The European Film Awards turned 23 last weekend in Estonia and the event has found a comfortable groove and a fixed place on the calendar.
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CommentA New Hope
The UK film industry is entering another new chapter courtesy of the new government. So now we know the plans, there’s an occasion for optimism.
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CommentThe Minister’s Speech
The UK government’s new film policy plan unveiled in a speech by Ed Vaizey next week promises another crucial period of consultation and reorganization in a local industry weary from upheaval.
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CommentThe Greatest Showman On Earth
The late Dino De Laurentiis can be remembered for a spectacular producing career but he also invented the foreign sales business and spawned a breed of international movie moguls.
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CommentThe Horror, The Horror
The American Film Market (AFM) highlighted the increasing diversity and creative richness of the horror genre, as buyers snapped up original and ingenious movies from around the world.
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CommentFalling Stars?
Are movie stars losing their power in the film business? At the AFM as well as in the executive offices of the studios, the appetite is for high concepts and visionary film-makers over pricey star vehicles.
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CommentEmbracing change
EM Media chair Lisa Opie calls for the industry to face change head on and remember not to throw the baby out with the bath water.
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CommentBarriers to entry in Japan
In a brutal Japanese market for world cinema, the Tokyo International Film Festival is doing everything in its power to encourage buyers to take on foreign films.
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CommentMiddle East Is Middle East
Tarak Ben Ammar, Ed Pressman and others gave the UAE states plenty to think about at the Circle Conference last week in Abu Dhabi.
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CommentFacing The Film Industry
How did Ed Vaizey measure up in his first public address of the industry since abolishing the UK Film Council?
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CommentProtecting your ideas
Don’t allow others to rip off your ideas when you can take some simple steps to protect yourself. Pamela Forte, media lawyer at Forte Law, offers some practical tips on safeguarding confidential information.
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CommentBollywood's boom and bust
Bollywood is officially in recovery, but unless it applies the brakes, it runs the risk of over-heating again quite soon.
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CommentA Smiley Face For Europe
StudioCanal has stepped up to fully finance Working Title’s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. It is a significant deal for all parties.
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CommentThe Foreign Film Conundrum
Foreign language films made with a mainstream wide-audience sensibility often fall through the cracks when being sold overseas. So why the snobbery?
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CommentPandora’s Lightbox
This year’s Toronto Film Festival is coming to an end, having successfully opened its new C$200m film centre over last weekend, but keeping everybody happy during this year’s event was a tough task.
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CommentProtecting Inward Investment
A new proposal to make the UK tax credit recoupable seems to ignore the fact that virtually every other country in the world is lining up to steal big productions away from the UK.
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CommentUK government should direct Lottery funds to arthouse film
Commercial UK cinema should live or die on the open market both in financing and distribution, but artistic cinema needs government support.