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BAFTA leaders say British films are recognised on merit, not nationality
With The Queen and Casino Royale leading the BAFTA nominees, the Academy's leaders say that UK films have held their own against international competitors for BAFTA voters. 'It's a very strong British year,' says BAFTA film committee chairman David Parfitt, who has produced films including BAFTA winner Shakespeare In Love. ...
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Gaumont unveils Warnier's Seeds Of Death at Rendez-Vous
Gaumont will premiere Regis Warnier's latest film, Seeds Of Death, on Friday night at Paris' Unifrance Rendez-Vous of French film. The thriller stars Jose Garcia, Marie Gillain, Michel Serrault and Olivier Gourmet and is a sure to be a hot item amongst buyers at the weekend market. Also on Gaumont's ...
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Homegrown, not Hollywood, talents impress BAFTA voters
The rally cry 'The British are coming' has held true for this year's BAFTA nominees. BAFTA voters have backed British talent to an unprecedented degree this year, ignoring heavyweight American contenders like Bobby, Flags Of Our Fathers and Blood Diamond in favour of homegrown films. Helen Mirren had long been ...
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BAFTA reaches for operatic heights
If you are looking for a Wagnerian spectacle, the next Orange British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) may well provide it.
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The Queen reigns over BAFTA nominees
Stephen Frears’ The Queen leads the nominations for the The Orange British Academy Film Awards, or BAFTAs. The film was recognised in 10 categories.
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Sundance signs shorts deal with iTunes
The Sundance Institute and the Sundance Channel have signed a content deal with iTunes whereby a broad selection of narrative, documentary and animation shorts from the upcoming 2007 Sundance Film Festival will be available for download.The shorts will become available from Jan 22 and downloads will be priced at $1.99 ...
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Rainmaker signs Clark Johnson for $25m Chinese Wall
Producers Georgina Townsley and Paul Goldin of the UK 's Rainmaker Films have signed director Clark Johnson to their legal/political thriller Chinese Wall. The budget is about $25m and the project will shoot in the second half of 2007. The film is set in the US and Africa. Casting will ...
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Pathfinder, Smokin' Aces hit international markets ahead of US
Fox International launches action adventure Pathfinder in four international territories this weekend in advance of its domestic opening on April 27; meanwhile Universal/UPI opens crime caper Smokin' Aces in the UK ahead of its US opening on Jan 26.The overseas-first opening policy is becoming more prevalent and was used last ...
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Ten nominees announced for WGA Awards
The Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) have announced their nominees for top honours for 2006.The Original Screenplay nominees are:Babel (Guillermo Arriaga)Little Miss Sunshine (Michael Arndt)The Queen (Peter Morgan)Stranger Than Fiction (Zach Helm)United 93 (Paul Greengrass).Adapted screenplay nominees are:Borat (screenplay by Sacha ...
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Canadian films to tour India with TIFFG's Film Circuit
Four Canadian films will be screened in Mumbai, India and Kathmandu, Nepal as part of the international touring programme of the Toronto International Film Festival Group's Film Circuit. The films are: Sarah Polley's Away From Her, Aubrey Nealon's A Simple Curve, Bernard Emond's La Neuvaine and Michael McGowan's Saint Ralph. ...
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ASC nominates Lubezki, Pope, Zsigmond, Semler, Richardson
Emmanuel Lubezki (Children Of Men), Dick Pope (The Illusionist), Robert Richardson (The Good Shepherd), Dean Semler (Apocalypto), and Vilmos Zsigmond (The Black Dahlia) will contest the feature film category in the 21st Annual American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Outstanding Achievement Awards.The winner will be announced at the awards gala ...
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Market focus: Digital cinema - Boost for digital drive
Digital cinema has been the talk of the industry for the last few years but 2007 will see it making big leaps forward in many territories.The global spread will be uneven. Screen Digest figures below suggest the number of screens will rise from 2,918 to 5,564.Much of that growth will ...
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Chambers heads to New South Wales
Tania Chambers has been named chief executive of the New South Wales Film and Television Office, the government film agency in the Australian state that hosts the most production in the territory. She will relocate to the east coast from the opposite side of the country, once she has stepped ...
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Norma Heyman: fighting spirit
Producer Norma Heyman recounts with a laugh how she first walked into Shepperton Studios as a producer in 1982, and was mistakenly asked to make tea.'I was greeted as if I carried bird flu or it was ET descending onto the set,' she remembers. The statistics about women in the ...
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Hong Kong - Turtles can fly at Imagi
Once regarded as a surefire bet at the box office, 3D CG animation has become a riskier business, as more studios enter the fray and the novelty of the genre declines with a flood of releases.But long-time media and entertainment executive Douglas Glen had enough confidence in the business model ...
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Universal pictures sets up post-UIP Irish team
Universal Pictures International (UPI) UK and Eire has appointed an Irish team responsible for the sales, marketing and publicity of the company's products in Ireland, following the closure of UIP in the territory. Eclipse Pictures veteran David Burke is leading the team as general manager. Maryse Fitzpatrick will serve as ...
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Keene shifts at Premier
Sara Keene has stepped down as one of the chief executives of Premier Public Relations to take on a role as non-executive director. Keene, who founded Corbett and Keene in 1987, will act as a consultant to the board and will continue to run Premier's personal publicity for individual celebrities ...
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MPRM in overhaul
Los Angeles-based MPRM Public Relations has reorganised its operational structure and named several key appointments. MPRM has hired Anthony Sprauve as senior vice-president for its digital media and technology (DMT) business. Shari Mesulam has been promoted to vice-president in film and events after two years as a director in the ...
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Rock solid
In The Bedroom producer Graham Leader has just locked production on Childless, his first feature since the 2001 Todd Field hit. It launches a slate of feature projects Leader is developing for his new company, New York-based Granite Films.'There has never been a better time for independent films,' says the ...