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NewsCineEurope plans move from Amsterdam to Barcelona
CineEurope, formerly known as Cinema Expo or Cine Expo, will run June 18-21, 2012.
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GFI announces summer grant winners
Ten films will be awarded production funding by the Global Film Initiative during the summer 2011 granting cycle, with each filmmaker set to receive $10,000.
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NewsBlackburn in pre-production for Elstree shoot of Dream On
The Fades director Farren Blackburn makes his feature directorial debut; golfer Sam Torrance [pictured] to have a cameo.
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France’s CNC approves 12 film tax shelter Soficas worth €63 million
National Cinema Centre favoured shelters which put the accent on independent production, and first and second time features.
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NewsScott Graham to make feature debut with Shell
The Scottish director (and 2011 Screen Star of Tomorrow) is extending his 2007 short film about an oppressive relationship between a father and daughter, starring Joseph Mawle and Chloe Pirrie.
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NewsRioFilme in talks to back Noyce's Bloodsport remake
Underlining its growing enthusiasm for supporting high profile international productions, Brazilian outfit RioFilme is in talks to back Phillip Noyce’s remake of martial arts film, Bloodsport. This follows on the city-owned audiovisual investment company’s $500,000 investment in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1.
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NewsYellow Bird's Marianne Gray to give key note speech at PFM
Producer Marianne Gray of Swedish production company Yellow Bird is to deliver the keynote address at Film London’s fifth Production Finance Market (PFM).
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NewsToei sells Hard Romanticker to South Korea, Hong Kong
At the 6th Asian Film Market, Japanese sales company Toei has sold the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) Midnight Passion title Hard Romanticker to Joy & Contents Group for South Korea and to Sundream for Hong Kong.
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NewsJanet McTeer joins cast of von Trotta's Hannah Arendt
UK actress Janet McTeer, who recently appeared opposite Glenn Close in Rodrigo Garcia’s Albert Nobbs, will play the novelist Mary McCarthy in German director Margarethe von Trotta’s latest feature Hannah Arendt (working title) which begins shooting on location in North Rhine-Westphalia this weekend.
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NewsFinecut sells Poongsan to Japan's Asia Films
South Korean sales company Finecut has announced a slew of deals done at the Asian Film Market and Mipcom which include the Busan festival title Poongsan to Asia Films for Japan.
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NewsProduction Finance Market's offerings include Maybury's Atomic Blonde
New projects from Gillian Armstrong, John Maybury and Sally Potter [pictured] will be talked up to financiers at this month’s PFM.
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NewsUniversal backs down over Tower Heist PVoD plan
The studio said on Wednesday (12) that in response to a letter from theatre owners it would delay it planned premium VoD experiment.
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NewsBeck, Turner join Halo Post Production
Roger Beck and David Turner have joined the UK-based Halo Post Production as it expands into film audio work.
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NewsMatthew Rhys to star in adaption of du Maurier's The Scapegoat
It will be the first production to come out of London-based film and TV company Island Pictures.
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Rio Market: co-production partners show first footage of Rouge Bresil
The $11m epic set during the French expedition to Brazil in the 16th century is being produced by France’s Pampa Films, Brazil’s Conspiracao Filmes and CD Films from Canada and marks the first TV project for Rio de Janeiro’s investment and p&a fund RioFilme.
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NewsAlmanya to open 5th German Current Showcase
Yasemin Samdereli’s comedy of manners Almanya: Welcome To Germany will kick off the event in Los Angeles, presented by The Goethe-Institut Los Angeles, German Films and The American Cinematheque.
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The Truth About Nothing to tackle bullying and school violence
Jason Cohn is set to direct a doc about the rising number of incidents of bullying and school violence. US-based Teen Truth co-founders JC Pohl and Erahm Christopher will produce with Brian Johnson serving as executive producer.
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Sixty-five world premieres among 395-strong AFM roster
The American Film Market is set to screen 395 features from Nov 2-9 in Santa Monica, including 65 world premieres and 295 market premieres.
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NewsMEPs to vote on three LUX Film Prize contenders
Attenberg, The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Play will be shown to MEPs at the European Parliament in Brussels until Nov 10.