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Movie Day offers industry advice at London's Production Show
Tiger Aspect's Peter Bennett-Jones, PACT's Bertrand Moullier, the National Film and Television School's Stephen Bayly and Oscar-winning director-actor Peter Capaldi are among the panellists for the Movie Day at the Production Show on May 23 at Olympia in London.This year's Movie Day will address the ever-present problems newcomers face trying ...
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Industry figures to attend UK Production Show
Robert Jones, head of the Premiere Fund at UK film body The Film Council, Working Title's Debra Hayward and Universal Pictures' Graeme Mason are some of the names appearing at the Production Show's Movie Day on March 14.Other industry insiders appearing at Olympia in London include Scala Productions' Nik Powell, ...
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American Beauty leads the pack in BAFTA nods
Once again, American Beauty has proved its modern classic status by leading the race for this year's British Academy of Film and Television Awards (BAFTAs) which take place on April 9.Following its eight Academy Award nominations, the Dreamworks production received 14 BAFTA nominations in all the major categories, including best ...
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UK financier relaunches as Future Film Group
UK tax-based film investment company Factor 8 Films has re-launched as the Future Film Group, which expects to generate $40m (£25m) in risk money to invest in British features.The $40m is in addition to the benefits Factor 8 raises through its tax funds over the next two years, according to ...
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RAICinema to launch at Cannes with $250m budget
RAICinema, the recently-formed film unit of Italian state broadcaster RAI, is set to officially launch at this year's Cannes film festival, complete with an annual budget of $250m (L500bn), some of which will be channelled into studio acquisitions.The new outfit will be involved in production, distribution and international sales, with ...
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Bertolucci named Critics' Week patron
Bernardo Bertolucci will take on the newly-created role of patron of the Critics' Week (May 11-19) at this year's Cannes Film Festival.To honour the Italian director, the organisation will hold a public screening of his debut, Before The Revolution (Prima Della Rivoluzione), which screened at the festival in 1964 and ...
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Renaissance, Clear Blue Sky strike three-year pact
UK producer Renaissance Films has teamed up with Paul Allen's Clear Blue Sky Productions in a three-year co-financing and co-producing deal.Renaissance will handle international sales on at least five films to be produced under the agreement which will see the partners share investment and profits. The first project under the ...
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UK partners join forces for urban production
Leaping on the Blair Witch guerilla filmmaking bandwagon, UK production company Samuelson Productions is linking up with BSkyB, Whitecliff Film and Television and British Screen Finance to produce a slate of low-budget, digital films for distribution theatrically, on television and on the Internet.The films - to be shot on digital ...
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Cecchi Gori faces up-Stream battle
Italian media mogul Vittorio Cecchi Gori is taking legal action against his partners in pay-TV platform Stream over a capital increase which he claims is designed to give Rupert Murdoch control of the company.According to Italian press reports, Cecchi Gori has filed an urgent suit with a Rome court to ...
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Giffoni children's fest gets cash boost
The Giffoni Film Festival has had a $1m budget increase (70% from public organisations, 30% from private sponsors) for this year's event which runs from July 15-22.Sharon Stone and Oliver Stone and expected to be among the guests at the event which celebrates its 30th birthday this year. The festival, ...
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Bellens appointed new chief of CLT-Ufa
Luxembourg-based broadcaster CLT-Ufa has named Didier Bellens chief executive officer and Ewald Walgenbach chief operating officer. Bellens takes over from joint chief executives Remy Sautter and Rolf Schmidt-Holtz who were appointed to represent CLT and Ufa when the two companies merged three years ago. The appointments will take effect on ...
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Italy's Eagle appoints Sodano, plans buying spree
Italian distributor Eagle Pictures plans to make several big-budget acquisitions at this year's AFM following an investment boost from private equity financier B&S and the appointment of former SACIS chief Giampaolo Sodano as president. B&S Private Equity Group has taken a 20% stake in Eagle which is gearing up to ...
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UK's Carlton Cinema channel set for cable launch
UK digital terrestrial channel Carlton Cinema is launching on cable on March 1 in a move that will increase its subscriber base by 1.5 million viewers. The 24-hour film channel, owned by UK media group Carlton Communications, has concluded agreements with UK cable operators Cable and Wireless, NTL, Telewest and ...
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Cecchi Gori steps down from running family empire
In a surprise move, Vittorio Cecchi Gori has stepped down from day-to-day running of the Italian film and television company his father set up in the 1940s. The move marks the end of family management of the company, which Vittorio Cecchi Gori took over when his father Mario died in ...
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