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NewsHong Kong box office soars by 19% in first half of 2012
Hong Kong’s box office increased by 19% to $97.22m (HK$753.97m) in the first half of 2012, compared to $81.65m (HK$633.19m) in the first half of last year.
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NewsSony's Spider-Man weaves worldwide web of wonder
UPDATE: The arachnid has grossed $104m through Sony Pictures Releasing International and is poised to deliver a sophomore thump in more than 60 new territories day-and-date with North America this weekend.
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Kadokawa, Gaga announce executive movements
At the end of June and beginning of July there have been an unusually high number of corporate maneuvers in the Japanese film industry.
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NewsSPT poised to snap up £40m Left Bank
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) is on the brink of acquiring Wallander producer Left Bank Pictures in a deal thought to be worth in excess of £40m.
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NewsChris Fujiwara confirmed as EIFF artistic director for further three years
The decision was made by the EIFF’s board following the positive response to the 2012 edition, which wrapped last week.
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NewsPsykou's Antonis wins Karlovy Vary Works In Progress award
Karlovy Vary’s Works In Progress jury has given a new €10,000 prize to the most promising project, Elina Psykou’s The Eternal Return of Antonis P.
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Responses published to EC Consultation on State Aid for film
Producers and film agencies have rejected the idea that there is “a subsidy race” going on across Europe.
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NewsFrench CDP takes The Fourth Direction at Paris Project
Indian film one of 26 projects presented at Paris co-production market aimed at connecting international filmmakers with French professionals.
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NewsOrganic Marketing makes new appointments
Chris Warrington has been appointed head of UK marketing and Caragh Cook as head of UK publicity at London based company Organic Marketing.
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NewsAmanda Palmer leaves Doha Film Institute
Amanda Palmer is stepping down as executive director of the Doha Film Institute, after three years running the Doha Tribeca Film Festival.
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NewsJoe Cornish to head Film4's Scene Stealers competition jury
Attack the Block writer/director Joe Cornish will head the jury of Film4’s Scene Stealers jury.
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Revenue from shoots in Thailand surpasses 2011 total
The Thailand Film Office (TFO) has reported that revenue from all foreign productions shooting in Thailand has reached $46.5m in the first five months of 2012, which is a 17.5% increase over revenues for the whole of last year
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NewsHitchcock's The Lodger to screen via Cross Artform Venue Network
The BFI’s newly restored version of Hitchcock’s The Lodger: A Tale Of The London Fog will world premiere at the Barbican in London and simultaneously in cinemas across the UK.
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NewsYouView service set for launch this month in UK
YouView set-top boxes are to go on sale by the end of July for £299 as the broadcasters’ delayed £70m connected TV service was officially unveiled today.
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NewsPrincess Diana biopic Caught In Flight renamed Diana
Shooting has begun on Oliver Hirschbiegel’s Princess Diana biopic, starring Naomi Watts.
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NewsKevin McKidd, Ashley Jensen attached to star in Ward's Indian Summer
Michael Hamlyn’s Specific Films (the outfit behind Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert) is planning to begin production early next year on its new $4 million feature Indian Summer.
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NewsKorean admissions reach record 83m in first half of 2012
South Korean cinema admissions have hit a record high in the first half of 2012, increasing by 21% to 82.7 million, according to the Korean Film Council (KOFIC).
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NewsGeorge Entwistle named BBC DG
George Entwistle has been appointed the new director general of the BBC, ending months of speculation about who would get the top job in TV.
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NewsLatvian project Hybrid Vigor seeks Kickstarter support
US filmmaker Brandon Fowler directs the horror film which began principal photography in March and has already completed major sequences on Lake Peipus in Estonia and several locations in Latvia.
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NewsNovember Films takes UK rights to The Punk Syndrome
November Films has taken all UK rights to Finnish documentary The Punk Syndrome.