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NewsColin MacCabe calls for BFI to handle industry statistics
Outspoken British academic and film producer Colin MacCabe has called for the British Film Institute (BFI) to take over the research and statistics work currently carried out by the UK Film Council.
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NewsResistance is futile: Fox's Avatar invades 106 territories
This weekend the world will enter a new world as Fox International unleashes Avatar day-and-date with North America in 106 territories.
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NewsBridges, Sidibe, Bullock, Mirren earn SAG nominations
Jeff Bridges, Colin Firth, Helen Mirren, Gabourey Sidibe, Christoph Waltz, Sandra Bullock (pictured) and Mo’Nique are in the running for top honours in the 16th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards.Awards ballots will be posted out on December 29 when the entire 100,000-strong Guild membership will have the opportunity to vote. ...
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IFFR adds five films to VPRO Tiger Awards competitions
The International Film Festival Rotterdam has added five films to its VPRO Tiger Awards Competition, including world premieres of several first features.
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NewsLocarno announces Central Asia focus for 2010 Open Doors
The Locarno International Film Festival has announced that the next edition of its co-production lab, Open Doors, will focus on Central Asia.
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NewsMendoza's Lola takes best film prize as 6th Dubai festival closes
Philippine director Brillante Mendoza won the Muhr Africa/Asia Award as the 6th Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) drew to a close yesterday (December 16).
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NewsRat King wins Screen's Best Pitch Award at Tallin
Finnish film-maker Petri Kotwica’s third feature, Rat King, scooped Screen International’s Best Pitch Award at the Baltic Event Co-Production Market, held in Tallinn, at the start of December
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NewsHMRC clampdown on EIS to hit mid-budget UK films
The clampdown on Enterprise Investment Schemes (EIS) is expected to have an immediate impact on UK film financiers, with mid-budget films set to be the worst hit.
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NewsRoy Disney, rebel shareholder and studio guardian, dies at 79
Roy Disney, Walt Disney’s nephew who led two major shareholder revolts that shaped the modern profile of the studio, has died in Newport Beach, California, following a long battle with stomach cancer. He was 79.
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NewsTribeca Cinemas to screen shortlist Oscar docs
Tribeca Cinemas in New York is returning its two-day series Tribeca Cinemas Presents: Docs On The Shortlist on January 8-9.
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NewsSundance Institute unveils 23-strong Documentary Film Programme roster
Sundance Institute has announced 23 feature projects awarded grants across four funding categories that will receive financial and creative support from the Sundance Documentary Film Program.
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NewsSony plans remake of Swedish Millennium crime series
Sony Pictures Entertainment is about to close a deal to option English-language remake rights to the Millennium Series, based on the late Swedish writer Stieg Larsson’s crime novels.
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NewsUS-based financier Film Production Capital taps into Australia
Will French’s tax credit-based financier Film Production Capital (FPC) is opening offices in Australia to capitalise on growing government tax incentives behind the boom in Australian film and television production.
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NewsSanta Barbara to honour awards contender Kathryn Bigelow
Kathryn Bigelow, currently drawing awards heat for directing The Hurt Locker, has been named the 2010 Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Outstanding Director of the Year.
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NewsLast Station, Lightkeepers bookend 21st Palm Springs
Sony Pictures Classics’ The Last Station (pictured) will open the 21st Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) on January 7 and New Films International’s The Lightkeepers will close the event ten days later.
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Symphony 3D acquires Korea’s MasterImage
US-based Symphony 3D Holdings has acquired Korean 3D solution provider MasterImage Co. Infused with a $15m investment, the company has been renamed MasterImage 3D, LLC and moved to headquarters in Burbank, California.
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NewsSixty-three songs make it on to Academy shortlist
Sixty-three songs from eligible features will compete for the title of best original song at the 82nd Academy Awards.The original songs, along with the film in which they are featured, are listed below in alphabetical order by song title:All Is Love from Where The Wild Things Are (pictured)Almost Over You ...
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NewsVeteran film historian and critic Ron Holloway dies at 76
The international film festival circuit will not be the same following the sad news that the veteran film historian, critic and filmmaker Ron Holloway died in Berlin on Wednesday morning at the age of 76.
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NewsAvatar beats Dark Knight in advances for BFI's IMAX
James Cameron’s 3D epic Avatar (pictured) has grossed a $1m in advance ticket sales through London’s British Film Institute IMAX cinema alone. It comes ahead of the film’s release tomorrow (December 17).
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NewsScreen Australia supports first 3D title
Bait 3D, Burning Man and Blame have all received an early Christmas present of production cash from Screen Australia and a fourth feature has scored post-production investment.