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NewsUK MEDIA funding up $2m
British companies received nearly $12m (€9m) in funding from the MEDIA Programme in 2012.
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NewsJoanna Hogg’s ‘London Project’ given title
Details of Joanna Hogg’s third feature have emerged, including a title for the film previously known as ‘London Project’.
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NewsVenice online screenings to return
The Venice International Film Festival will bring back its web-based screenings, Sala Web, for the second year.
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NewsSarajevo names doc, Kinoscope titles
Sarajevo Film Festival’s documentary competition will include seven world premieres. Non-competitive sidebar Kinoscope will feature 17 films.
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NewsLocarno unveils ‘diverse’ line-up
A total of 18 world premieres feature in the main Competition line-up of this year’s Locarno Film Festival.
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NewsJarman Award shortlist announced
The sixth annual Jarman Award has announced its shortlist of 10 UK contemporary artists.
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NewsMike Figgis film gets lingerie tie-in
Swipe Films is releasing Mike Figgis’ new erotic thriller Suspension of Disbelief with a promotional tie-in with lingerie boutique Coco De Mer.
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NewsFox Searchlight to produce Wild
The studio has acquired worldwide rights to Nick Hornby’s adaptation of Wild with Reese Witherspoon set to star and produce.
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NewsLew Weitzman, 1937-2013
A memorial service in honour of literary agent Lew Weitzman, who died on Jun 30 aged 76, has been set for Jul 24 in Los Angeles.
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NewsMPAA beefs up global unit
Shanna Winters has joined the Motion Picture Association Of America (MPAA) as senior vp of global policy.
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NewsNEXT Weekend unveils roster
Sundance organisers have announced the line-up for the inaugural NEXT Weekend event, set to run in Los Angeles from Aug 8-11 at various venues. The programme includes world premieres of The Foxy Merkins and How To Be A Man.
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NewsSony to release Inferno in 2015
The studio will relesae the third adaptation in the Dan Brown series on Dec 18, 2015.
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NewsTrio join Wiig's Welcome
Linda Cardellini, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Tim Robbins will join Kristen Wiig in the upcoming Welcome To Me, which Cargo International is selling outside North America. Separately, financier Kilburn Media has lined up its first film, Flock Of Dudes.
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NewsNew Horizons adds Silent Ones to competition
Ricky Rijneke’s Silent Ones has been named as a late addition to the main Competition line-up at Poland’s T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival.
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NewsGuggenheim on Yousafzai doc
The plight of Pakistani student activist Malala Yousafzai has captured the imagination of Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald, who have signed Davis Guggenheim to direct Image Nation Abu Dhabi’s documentary about the teenager.
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News‘Soldiers of the Damned’ wraps
Psychological horror set during the Second World War wraps shoot.
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NewsRobert Englund joins The Last Showing
Psychological horror, which starts shooting this week, to star Nightmare on Elm Street’s Robert Englund and Game of Thrones’ Finn Jones.
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NewsChristiansen back in Denmark for Razone sequel
Christian E Christiansen, whose US debut The Roomate opened at the top of the box office in 2011, has returned to Denmark to shoot a sequel to Råzone (Life Hits).
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NewsMischa Barton, Sean Astin join Kickback
Mischa Barton, Sean Astin, John Hannah, Michael Biehn, Stelio Savante and Noureen DeWulf have joined the cast of thriller Kickback.
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NewsPolish Days titles revealed
All titles for the main industry event at the T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival have been announced.