All articles by Orlando Parfitt – Page 20
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Features“I was very nervous”: How Tallinn staged a hybrid festival amid Estonia’s second wave
“Every day when I woke up, I’m asking whether we have to cancel the festival or move it online.”
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NewsDarth Vader actor Dave Prowse dies aged 85
Prowse was also hugely famous in the UK for playing the Green Cross Code Man.
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NewsUK unveils £7m Global Screen Fund to partially replace Creative Europe programme
The total is well below the £17m mooted by the BFI as needed back in June.
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NewsGöteborg Film Festival to run as digital event in 2021
The move is in response to the increased spread of Covid-19 in Sweden.
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NewsEnglish cinemas get greenlight to reopen in lower risk areas from December
When the current lockdown finishes on December 2 cinemas will be allowed to open in tier 1 and 2 areas.
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Features‘The Crown’ breakout Emma Corrin on playing Princess Diana and her producing plans
Corrin was named a Screen Star of Tomorrow this year.
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NewsNetflix appoints ITN CEO Anna Mallett to international physical production role
Mallett joins as VP physical production for the UK and local language production across EMEA, LATAM and APAC.
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NewsJohnny Depp forced to quit ‘Fantastic Beasts’ franchise by Warner Bros
The star, who played Gellert Grindelwald in the Harry Potter prequel series, lost his high profile libel case against The Sun earlier this week.
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NewsUK’s Raindance Film Festival unveils 2020 winners (exclusive)
Giorgos Georgopoulos’s Not To Be Unpleasant But We Need To Have A Serious Talk won the top prize.
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NewsSky sets animated feature ‘The Amazing Maurice’ with Hugh Laurie, Emilia Clarke (exclusive)
David Thewlis, Himesh Patel, Gemma Arterton and Hugh Bonneville also join voice cast.
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NewsUS owner of Culver and Silvercup Studios steps in as new backer of Dagenham Studios
HCP have come aboard after the project’s original backer, Pacifica Ventures, pulled out citing Brexit concerns last year.
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NewsJohnny Depp loses ‘wife-beater’ UK libel case, plans appeal
The judge said the article was ”substantially true”.
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NewsAltitude, Lightbox team on ‘Diana’ feature documentary
Altitude is handling global sales on Diana and will be releasing theatrically in the UK and Ireland.
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NewsEngland lockdown: Film and TV production can continue but cinemas to close
UK culture secretary Oliver Dowden confirmed the news on Twitter.
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NewsIDFA unveils first competition titles
The Dutch documentary section comprises eight world premieres.
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News'Ordinary Love', 'Black ‘47' take top prizes at Irish Film and Television awards
Kerry-born Jessie Buckey won two awards, for Wild Rose and Chernobyl.
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NewsCzech documentary festival Ji.hlava unveils 2020 line-up
The programme features over 220 films in all, with 59 world premieres.
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NewsUK’s £500m production insurance fund given EU greenlight
From today productions can receive compensation from the scheme for future Coronavirus-related losses.
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NewsSally Hawkins, Rhys Ifans join Cornerstone’s ‘The Fantastic Flitcrofts’ now shooting in the UK
Mark Rylance stars real-life golfing folk hero Maurice Flitcroft.
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NewsUK’s Grimmfest reveals 2020 award winners (exclusive)
Jose Luis Montesinos’ Ropes won two awards including best feature.