All articles by Michael Rosser – Page 82
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NewsHaifa Film Festival determined to host 2020 edition
The 36th edition is set to run October 1-10.
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NewsUrgent appeal after the UK’s Covid-19 relief fund falls £2m short
Nearly 3,000 people from the film and television industries have applied for financial aid.
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NewsNordisk Film acquires stake in Norway’s Fantefilm
Oslo-based Fantefilm is the production company behind ‘The Quake’ and ‘The Wave’.
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News“No doubt” Sarajevo Film Festival will take place despite virus crisis but Jerusalem postpones
Uncertainty remains over this year’s Locarno and Karlovy Vary film festivals.
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NewsSafy Nebbou’s ‘Who You Think I Am’ retains Curzon streaming lead
‘Portrait Of A Lady On Fire’ leads MUBI chart.
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NewsScreen Scotland hires duo to key development roles
Sambrooke Scott was previously manager of Film Hub Scotland.
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NewsParkland Entertainment reshuffles UK theatrical releases, acquires three new films (exclusive)
It is also putting three planned theatrical releases on hold until later in 2020.
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NewsFormer BBC Drama Studios producer Maggie Boden joins The Ink Factory
Boden appointed director of development at the outfit behind ‘Fighting With My Family’ and ‘The Little Drummer Girl’.
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NewsUK’s Grimmfest launches free genre streaming platform during lockdown (exclusive)
Manchester-based genre festival to offer horror features and shorts for the duration of quarantine.
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NewsPoland’s New Horizons Film Festival postponed due to Covid-19 ban
Festival in Wroclaw was due to launch in late July.
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NewsUniversal, Focus set UK digital release for ‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always’
Eliza Hittman’s Berlin and Sundance prize-winner was due to receive a theatrical release in the UK.
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NewsNetflix, Netherlands Film Fund launch Covid-19 production aid
Streaming giant contributes €1m to launch the fund.
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NewsDisney reveals ‘Artemis Fowl’ digital release date
Kenneth Branagh’s family adventure will be the biggest release to bypass a cinema release to date due to Covid-19 pandemic.
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NewsGreenham Common protests documentary in the works from Universal Content Group, GFC Films (exclusive)
Feature documentary will tell the story of the women’s peace camp and the part it played in the demise of the Cold War.
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NewsReason8 sells Russian horror ‘Tvar’ to North America retitled ‘Evil Boy’ (exclusive)
UK sales outfit also secures sales of crime comedy ‘Schemers’ and comedy-drama ‘My Thoughts Are Silent’.
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NewsAngelos Frantzis’ ‘Eftyhia’ sweeps Greece’s Iris Awards
Biopic of celebrated Greek songwriter Eftyhia Papagianopoulou wins eight awards.
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NewsKey UK film industry Covid-19 crisis funds go live
The BFI FAN Covid-19 Resilience Fund for exhibitors and Film and TV Charity’s repayable grants scheme applications open.
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NewsCurzon scores record premium VoD opening with Safy Nebbou’s ‘Who You Think I Am’
‘Bait’ and ‘Knives Out’ lead BFI Player charts.
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NewsHBO Europe orders ‘At Home’ anthology series from five Spanish directors
Warner Bros. has created the series with Caballo Films in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak.
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News‘Misbehaviour’ producer talks having film pulled due to virus crisis: “It’s devastating”
Suzanne Mackie spent a decade getting the Miss World comedy-drama onto the big screen, where it was pulled after just four days.