Richard Flynn
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Acosta dances into film lead
A British film which casts Cuban ballet star Carlos Acosta as a lead – and saw him play an integral role in securing film rights in his home country – premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.
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Budgets on trial
Film London gathered key industry figures, including Microwave’s Mia Bays and filmmaker Julian Gilbey (A Lonely Place To Die) at the Edinburgh International Film Festival to discuss the merits of microbudget filmmaking.
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A family affair
Journalist-turned-filmmaker Kate Spicer talks about documentary Mission to Lars.
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Brussels hosts Bidegain, Greenaway, Zentropa masterclasses
Tenth Brussels Film Festival bookended by Jean-Paul Rouve’s Quand Je Serai Petit and Trishna; events include Zentropa day; programme includes Woody Allen’s To Rome With Love.
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New Tribeca Firenze to include Rust And Bone, The Zen Of Bennett
John Malkovich and Tony Bennett to attend Florence event.
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Molina, Vandermeyer to speak at Europa Distribution workshop in Annecy
Europa Distribution is set to host its fifth consecutive workshop at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival and Market in June.
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Stage fright
Screen headed down to Leicester Square to join in the festivities surrounding its reopening… only to find itself taking part in the world’s hardest horror movie quiz.
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Arab Spring makes way for new look Cairo Film Festival
The 35th Cairo Film Festival will implement a new structure in order to benefit from state support.
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Masked crusader
Julian Assange – the so-called ‘cyber terrorist’ behind WikiLeaks – was among guests participating in a Q&A (wearing a mask!) following a BAFTA screening of documentary Shadows Of Liberty.
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London's Leicester Square re-opens after 18 month renovation
The square re-opens just in time to host the premiere of Ridley Scott’s Prometheus on May 31.
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Northern Film & Media confirms new funding, strikes collaboration with BALTIC
Northern Film & Media has struck up a partnership with the BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead, to develop film, TV and digital propositions, as well as securing new funding for its production services.
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FILMCLUB to screen 60 great British films to schoolchildren
The initiative has been launched to coincide with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.