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NewsDiversify: 'As an industry we should be ashamed'
At Screen International and Broadcast’s Diversify conference today, Aaqil Ahmed, commissioning editor for religion at the BBC, has said the UK film and TV industries should be “ashamed” of the decline in BAME representation in the creative media industries.
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NewsAbu Dhabi sets 2014 dates
This year’s Abu Dhabi Film Festival attracted more than 40,000 attendees, an 11% increase.
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NewsDiversify: To quota or not to quota?
The question of quotas for diversified talent in the UK film industry was a hot topic at Screen International and Broadcast’s Diversify conference today; experts’ views were decidedly mixed.
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NewsScreen Yorkshire launches talent scheme
National film talent scheme, funded by Creative Skillset, is open to applications from writers, directors and producers.
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NewsBegg to receive BAFTA craft award
Outstanding Contribution to Craft award recognises excellence in one of the craft areas of film and television.
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NewsEFP's Shooting Stars jury unveiled
The jury will select ten actors to be showcased at next year’s Berlinale from a 24-strong shortlist.
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NewsSharon 1.2.3. starts shoot
Second feature from Forest Whitaker’s digital studio JuntoBox Films was greenlit last year at AFM.
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NewsLotte finds trio for Friend sequel
Kwak Kyung-taek directs sequel to his 2001 gangster story Friend.
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NewsSainsbury’s funds Christmas in a Day
Supermarket chain backs Oscar-winner’s Christmas Day documentary compiled from footage submitted by people from across the UK.
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NewsHighland buyers find Mind
EXCLUSIVE: Highland Film Group has closed key territories at AFM on the contemporary romance Your Right Mind starring Katherine Heigl and Ben Barnes.
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NewsDouble Dutch reports strong AFM
EXCLUSIVE: Double Dutch International has concluded further business at the market with a slew of deals on Detour, Saving Santa and Dorfman In Love, among others.
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NewsVladar sells Generation Iron
EXCLUSIVE: New York-based The Vladar Company has closed a trio of high-profile deals at AFM on the documentary.
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NewsBahamas to honour Glover
Danny Glover has been selected to receive the Bahamas International Film Festival’s (BIFF) Career Achievement Award.
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NewsGun violence in film rises
The level of gun violence in PG-13 films in 2012 exceeded that of R-rated releases in the same year, according to a report out this week.
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NewsVision finds Comedy Warriors
Vision Films has acquired worldwide sales rights and to Comedy Warriors: Healing Through Humor and will distribute directly in the US and Canada.
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NewsSummit takes Hercules for US
Summit Entertainment has picked up Millennium Films’ Hercules: The Legend Begins starring Kellan Lutz.
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NewsDisney eyes box office record
Fired up by the antics of Thor 2, Walt Disney Studios top brass said the company was on course to break its previous global box office record of $3.791bn set in 2010.
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NewsWinfrey for SBIFF honour
Oprah Winfrey will collect the Montecito Award at the 29th Santa Barbara International Film Festival on February 5 2014.
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NewsLionsgate gets Angriest Man
The distributor has swooped on North American rights to The Angriest Man In Brooklyn. Cargo Entertainment handles international sales. Separately, Film Movement has taken For A Woman.
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NewsFIP, Ivanhoe partner up
Fox International Productions (FIP) and Ivanhoe Pictures have signed a four-year, multi-film co-financing deal for local language films in India, South Korea, China, Japan and Taiwan.