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Tribeca top brass unveil free community events roster
The line-up includes the Tribeca Drive-In from Apr 21-23, the Family Festival Street Fair on Apr 30 and the free panel series Tribeca Talks: Pen To Paper and Tribeca Talks: Industry that run from Apr 23-30.
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NewsLord Puttnam calls for increase in P&A Fund; says education is key in future of film
FDA President Lord Puttnam calls for rise in Distribution Fund budget as Lottery investment rises; expresses “dismay” at the delay of the Digital Economy Act.
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NewsFilm London to receive $2.1m from Mayor of London
Despite a 22% drop on last year’s funding, it represents an ongoing commitment from the Mayor of London to film.
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NewsFederal government’s proposed budget commits $240m to Canadian moving pictures
Buried deep in Canada’s proposed federal budget lies an unprecedented “commitment” to the Canada Media Fund, granting it the coveted “A” status to receive $102m (C$100m) annually for five years.
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NewsOberhausen launches VOD platform that gives filmmakers more options
Short films by Robert Frank, Jan Svankmajer and Jeanne Faust are among the first titles available at Oberhausen Films Online, a new kind of video-on-demand platform launched by the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen.
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NewsGalloping Horse secures second-round private equity financing
Financiers include culture fund of CCB International, Kaixin Investment, ChinaEquity, Zero2IPO and New Access Capital.
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NewsSky veteran James joins LoveFilm
European DVD and internet subscription service LoveFilm has appointed Nick James as its new Digital Technical Development Director.
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NewsLars von Trier considers Nymphomaniac project
The film could be his most controversial to date, about a woman who discovers her eroticism.
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NewsItaly's new culture minister named; arts budget reinstated to 2010 levels
Giancarlo Galan, the former governor of Italy’s Veneto region and most recently minister of Agriculture, has been named Italy’s new culture minister.
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NewsScorsese, Liman, De Niro among Tribeca special events
Brian Williams will interview Robert DeNiro and Alec Baldwin will put questions to Doug Liman in two of several on-stage attractions unveiled by festival top brass today [23].
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NewsTomorrow When The War Began to screen at ActionFest 2
The official US debut of Japanese cult genre Battle Royale and the North American premiere of Australian smash Tomorrow When The War Began (pictured) are among entries in ActionFest 2 in North Carolina.
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Lionsgate sets director for What To Expect When You're Expecting
The studio has hired Kirk Jones of Nanny McPhee and Waking Ned Devine fame to direct the ensemble rom-com based on Heidi Murkoff’s bestselling maternity manual.
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NewsSpain’s Lazona to adapt Ugly Duckling series for big screen
Madrid based outfit Lazona is in development on two new projects, one a coming-of-age comedy with popular director Roberto Santiago and the other a film adaptation of the International Emmy-nominated series Ugly Duckling (Patito Feo).
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NewsTornasol to work with Cell 211 director Daniel Monzon on murder mystery
Spanish outfit Tornasol Films, producers of Oscar winner The Secret In Their Eyes, will work on an English-language murder mystery film with director Daniel Monzon, hot off his huge success with Cell 211.
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NewsUK chancellor to extend Enterprise Investment Scheme
New EIS rules could be a major boost for UK production companies looking to raise private financing for films; government also sets up new Creative Industries Council.
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NewsLibertines doc gets world premiere at East End Film Festival
The East End Film Festival will open April 27 with documentary The Libertines – There Are No Innocent Bystanders.
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NewsAuteuil plans three more Pagnol adaptations with AS Films, Pathe
Daniel Auteuil is planning a series of three new films based on Marcel Pagnol’s plays Marius, Fanny and Cesar.
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NewsSerner named CEO of Swedish Film Institute
Anna Serner comes from publishing organisation Tidningsutgivarna.
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NewsElizabeth Taylor dies at age 79
Oscar-winning acting legend Elizabeth Taylor has died in Los Angeles at the age of 79.
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NewsSecond Babylon programme to kick off for European, African filmmakers
The second annual Babylon International programme for European and African filmmakers, run by Scenario Films, is set to launch in Berlin in May.