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NewsWeir at BAFTA lecture: Cinema is becoming 'more childish'
The Australian director of Master and Commander and The Way Back says he is unlikely to make another studio film.
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NewsHat-trick for Harry Potter at UK box office
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows made it three consecutive weeks at the head of the UK box office last weekend, leading the pack after taking $5.8m (£3.7m) for a week high screen average of $10,367 (£6,561) from 570 screens.
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NewsHigh Point takes rights to In Our Name
The company will begin sales on Brian Welsh’s debut feature at Berlin; Curzon Artificial Eye to release in the UK.
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NewsLevelK takes on Zandvliet's Applause and new Passer project
LevelK has taken on rights to the two films by rising Danish writer-director Martin Zandvliet.
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NewsVentana Sur screenings move online with Cinando
As Ventana Sur closes up shop tonight in Buenos Aires, screenings will continue online.
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Rush to receive Santa Barbara's Montecito Award
Geoffrey Rush, riding high on critical acclaim for his role in The King’s Speech, will receive the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Montecito Award.
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Rossellini, LaBute, Caouette among Sundance shorts entrants
Neil LaBute, Isabella Rossellini and Jonathan Caouette are among the film-makers whose shorts will screen at the Sundance Film Festival next month.
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NewsAnnies nominations put Dragon in front
How To Train Your Dragon dominates the Annie Awards nominations announced on Monday [6] for excellence in animation.
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Lionsgate confirms Greenberg departure
Sarah Greenberg has left Lionsgate as co-president of marketing, leaving Tim Palen in the role as sole head.
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Punch, Odenkirk, Sommer join The Giant Mechanical Man
Lucy Punch, Bob Odenkirk and Rich Sommer have joined the cast of The Giant Mechanical Man which began shooting in Detroit recently.
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Pact re-elects Debbie Manners as chair of council
Members of UK production group Pact have re-elected Debbie Manners as Pact chair in the elections for Pact council. She is the fomer COO of Hat Trick Productions and now serves as director of Manned Media. Manners said: “Pact’s work has undoubtedly contributed to the strong growth of the independent ...
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NewsBerlin invites Jafar Panahi to join 2011 jury
Not yet known if Iranian director will be able to join jury.
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UK/China Animation Forum kicks off in Beijing
The forum, which begins today, brings together animation specialists from China and the UK.
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NewsCelestial starts shoot for first production My Kingdom
Celestial Pictures is co-producing with Beijing-based Skyland Films and production company DW Films Limited.
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NewsFilm Agency For Wales launches producer development scheme
The four-month programme is being lead by Angus Finney; mentors include Paul Trijbits and Andrea Calderwood.
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All Dutch cinemas to be digital by 2012
All Cinemas in the Netherlands are to become digital by 2012, at a cost of $50.5m (€38m), it was announced today.
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NewsJohnnie To, Asif Kapadia amongst Dubai jurors
They will join fellow film-makers and industry experts to judge the Muhr Awards at the upcoming Dubai International Film Festival; 75 films to compete across three sections.
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Sony strikes UK deal for Jon Wright's Grabbers
Sony Pictures Releasing has come on board for UK rights to comedy-horror Grabbers, which is shooting now. Principal photography is underway in Belfast and Donegal, Ireland, on director Jon Wright’s comedy-horror.Richard Coyle, Ruth Bradley and Russell Tovey head the cast in screenwriter Kevin Lehane’s story of a rural Irish fishing ...
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Star Chinese Movies signs pay-TV deal with Huayi Brothers
Star Chinese Movies and Beijing-based Huayi Brothers have signed a deal under which Huayi will offer the channel exclusive cable TV, pay-per-view and VoD rights to its 2011 upcoming productions for Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore.
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NewsHogg, Ballard to star in The Comedian
Edward Hogg and Jamie Ballard have signed on to star in Tom Schkolnik’s debut feature, The Comedian, which is due to start shooting in London next year.