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EM Media starts new intern initiative
EM Media, the regional screen agency for the UK’s East Midlands, has launched a new initiative – Kickstart –offering production companies up to $3100 (£2000) in exchange for mentoring an intern on their next shoot.
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NewsVinterberg's Submarino wins Nordic Council Film Prize
Danish director Thomas Vinterberg’s Submarino was today awarded the Nordic Council Film Prize – Scandinavia’s largest film award, which comes with a $65,000 cheque to be shared between the director, scriptwriter Tobias Lindholm and producer Morten Kaufmann of Nimbus Film.
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Alberto Marini leaves production director post at Filmax
Italian born film executive and producer Alberto Marini is leaving his position as director of international productions at leading Spanish film studio Filmax from November to work on his own “more personal” productions.
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NewsRourke, Ho join cast of Hany Abu-Assad’s The Courier
Mickey Rourke and Josie Ho have joined Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Til Schweiger in the cast of Arclight Films’ action thriller The Courier which started shooting in Louisiana this week.
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DiVA selects 13 participants for Graduate Fellowship Programme
The UK’s Diversity in Visual Arts (DiVA) scheme has announced the selected participants for its Graduate Fellowship Programme 2010-2011.
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Fawcett and Hollier's Atlantic Screen Music launches score production company
Atlantic Screen Music has launched Atlantic Screen Composers to produce music scores for film and TV productions. The company’s £2m launch budget comes from an EIS supported by Octopus Investments.
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NewsDoha speakers include Robert De Niro, Paula Wagner, Rachid Bouchareb
Panelists and speakers at the forthcoming Doha Tribeca Film Festival will include actor/producer Robert De Niro, director Rachid Bouchareb, producer Paula Wagner, composer Nitin Sawhney, photographer Brigitte Lacombe and cinematographer Sandi Sissel.
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Spier launches new fund for productions shooting in South Africa
London- and South Africa-based production outfit Spier Films is launching a new film fund available for international productions shooting in South Africa from January 2011.
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NewsMagnet drawn to Vanishing On 7th Street
Magnet Releasing has announced its second acquisition this week, taking US rights from Cinetic to Brad Anderson’s recent Toronto world premiere Vanishing On 7th Street.
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NewsHemingway's Garden Of Eden goes to Roadside for US
Roadside Attractions has acquired US rights to Hemingway’s Garden Of Eden directed by John Irvin and starring Mena Suvari and Jack Huston.
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NewsJack Gordon to star in Barrett's debut Life Just Is
Shooting has begun on UK film-maker Alex Barrett’s debut feature Life Just Is, featuring Screen International Star of Tomorrow Jack Gordon.
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Mamma Mia breaks 6m DVD mark in UK
Mamma Mia! – The Movie has become the best selling DVD of all time in the UK, according to the BVA (British Video Association).
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Eurimages to present Development Award worth $42,000 in Rome
The second Eurimages Co-production Development Award, worth $42,000 (€30,000), will go to the best project presented in New Cinema Network, the co-production market of the International Rome Film Festival.
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NewsDespicable Me finds friends at UK box office
For the second week in a row three new films opened in the top three spots at the UK box office, with Universal’s Despicable Me finding more friends than Oscar-tipped The Social Network.
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NewsAbbie Cornish replaces Emily Blunt in The Girl
Australian actress Abbie Cornish has stepped in to take the leading role in The Girl, which Goldcrest will be pre-selling at the AFM nextmonth.
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NewsFranco to collect Santa Barbara award
James Franco will receive the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Outstanding Performance Of The Year Award on January 29, 2011.
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NewsPalm Springs to honour Mulligan with breakthrough award
Carey Mulligan will receive the 22nd annual Palm Springs International Film Festival’s (PSIFF) Breakthrough Performance Award for her work in Never Let Me Go and Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.
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Shoreline to commence sales on Bonnie And Clyde at AFM
Shoreline Entertainment has come aboard as sales agent on Cypress Moon Studios’ The Story Of Bonnie AndClyde, which is set to star Hilary Duff and Kevin Zegers.
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NewsDisney pays $115m to distribute Iron Man 3, The Avengers
Disney’s agreement with Paramount modifies the terms under which the former acquired Marvel Entertainment last year.
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Bodyguards And Assassins heads to Indomina
Indomina Releasing has added US rights to Hong Kong martial arts hit Bodyguards And Assassins to its rapidly expanding line-up.