All articles by Sarah Cooper – Page 51
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NewsSony launches UK TV channel geared toward female audience
Sony Entertainment Television will launch on April 7 with the UK premiere of US medical drama Hawthorne, starring and executive produced by Jada Pinkett Smith.
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NewsIsrael, AJC call for New York premiere of Miral to be cancelled
The film’s director Julian Schnabel, producer Jon Kilik, screenwriter Rula Jebreal and distributor Harvey Weinstein have issued a response to claims that the film “portrays Israel in a highly negative light.”
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NewsSkillset training academy launched in UK
It will focus on seven key areas where Skillset research has revealed a short fall of qualified talent.
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NewsLuke Evans to star in FilmNation's Amateur American
Rising star Luke Evans is to play the lead in action thriller The Amateur American, to be directed by Ross Katz, which is due to start shooting in Europe in September.
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NewsMyStreet documentary competition launched
The UK initiative is picking up on the current trend for user generated content.
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NewsUKFC staffers confirmed to move to BFI include Seghatchian, Buckingham, Evans
Tanya Seghatchian, Pete Buckingham and Will Evans are amongst the members of UK Film Council staff who will be transferring across to the BFI as part of the transition between the two bodies.
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FeaturesKatherine Butler, Film4
Film4’s senior commissioning executive talks to Screen about the Film4 philosophy, discovering new talent and why SXSW is the festival to be at.
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NewsTony Blair Faith Foundation launches second short film competition
Open to young film-makers aged between 14 and 18 years old, the competition aims to bring together films and religion.
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NewsJames Knox appointed vice president, UK publicity at DDA
He handled the UK publicity campaign for The King’s Speech whilst covering for previous UK head Bronwyn Pyke last year.
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NewsPinewood Shepperton to invest in smaller-budget British films
The UK studio group will invest equity in up to four British films a year; separately, annual results reveal increase in revenues in 2010.
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NewsAhern, Lougham pick up Untitled screenwriting award
The pair will now go into production on their first feature, The Bogman King.
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NewsRussia becomes member of Eurimages
The move is likely to increase opportunities for Russian and European producers to team up on projects.
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FeaturesPeter Hampden and Norman Merry, LipSync
Post production house LipSync’s managing director Peter Hampden and financial director Norman Merry talk about the benefits of investing in films at the production stage and working with the US studios.
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NewsLuke Evans, Robert Carlyle to star in Dogs Of Law
The London-set police thriller is the feature directorial debut of Declan O’Dwyer, who is also gearing up to direct Broken Cove later in the year.
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NewsF&ME to produce London thriller Mercy Street
Sam Taylor and Mike Downey of F&ME Entertainment are teaming with David Marlow of SilverLight Productions to produce Mercy Street, based on an original screenplay by Peter Miligan.
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NewsJapanese stars including Rinko Kikuchi join cast of Universal's 47 Ronin
They join Keanu Reeves in the film, which will begin shooting in Budapest on March 14 before moving to Shepperton Studios in the UK.
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NewsHollywood star Jane Russell dies aged 89
The voluptuous star of the 1940s and 1950s was most famous for her roles in Howard Hughes’ The Outlaw and in the musical Gentleman Prefer Blondes alongside Marilyn Monroe.
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NewsHubert Bals, Jan Vrijman funds plan second tour of African festivals
The joint film programme will run again in June 2011.
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NewsFilm London launches fifth year of Microwave scheme
The UK microbudget scheme, which produced Eran Creevy’s Shifty, is now in its fifth year; creative services company Technicolor has come onboard as a partner.
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NewsInside Pictures extends reach outside UK
The UK training programme will be open to applicants from the EU for the first time in 2011.