All articles by Michael Rosser – Page 220
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Newsm-appeal takes Cannes title The Major
Berlin-based sales outfit secures Yury Bykov’s Russian crime drama, set to screen at Cannes Critic’s Week.
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NewsEFAs add comedy award
The 26th European Film Awards (EFAs) will include the launch of a new European Comedy award.
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NewsKim Novak named Cannes guest of honour
Star of Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo has been named the guest of honour at the 66th Cannes Film Festival.
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NewsHiddleston, Atwell join Close Enough
Romantic drama about two war photographers will be directed by Song for Marion’s Paul Andrew Williams.
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NewsStudent Critics Jury returns to EIFF
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) has confirmed the return of the Student Critics Jury for a second year.
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NewsCurzon hires Fremantle’s Mel Alcock
Mel Alcock has stepped down as CEO, EMEA for FremantleMedia Enterprises to become the new chief operating officer at UK independent cinema group Curzon World.
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NewsARP acquires Cannes title Borgman
French distributor ARP acquires Alex van Warmerdam’s new film from Fortissimo ahead of Cannes world premiere.
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NewsShane Meadows to head shorts jury
This is England director Shane Meadows and former Doctor Who star David Tennant are to help judge this year’s Virgin Media Shorts competition, which is now open for entry.
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NewsLegal film-sharing service launches
Stockholm-based VoD firm unveils the “world’s first legal film sharing service”.
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NewsDublin fest boosts management team
Gráinne Humphreys role extended; Jackie Ryan named general manager.
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NewsNew film festival for Cork
A new independent film festival has been founded by former Cork Film Festival veterans Mick Hannigan and Una Feely with the support of director Ken Loach.
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NewsImagina’s Sanze to join K5
Rodolphe Sanze has left Spanish firm Imagina and will join Germany’s K5 International, where Sara Boss has been promoted ahead of Cannes.
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NewsCannes short films revealed
Nine films will compete for the 2013 Short Film Palme d’or, presided over by director and jury president Jane Campion.
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NewsFour Lions pulled after Boston blasts
Chris Morris’ satirical film Four Lions, in which four men detonate explosives during the London Marathon, has been pulled from Film4’s schedules following the blasts in Boston.
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NewsUK’s biggest Everyman to open
The largest Everyman cinema in the UK – and the first in the north of England – is to open in Leeds with five days of special screenings, including a Q&A with the producer of Searching for Sugar Man.
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NewsNot Another Happy Ending closing EIFF
World premiere of comedy starring Doctor Who’s Karen Gillan selected as the closing film of the 67th Edinburgh International Film Festival.
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NewsOpera tops ‘event cinema’ in Europe
First report on ‘event cinema’ reveals opera to be the most popular alternative content across Europe.
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NewsMeetings on the Bridge awards winners
The eighth Meetings on the Bridge, part of the Istanbul Film Festival, has handed out cash prizes to a raft of new projects.
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NewsRaindance crowd-funding first film
Raindance Raw Talent, the production arm of the Raindance Film Festival, has partnered with Mulholland Pictures to make its first feature – a home invasion thriller directed by Ate de Jong.
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NewsWest End shows going global
EXCLUSIVE: Digital Theatre and CinemaLive have partnered to distribute West End theatre productions into cinemas around the world.