All articles by Sarah Cooper – Page 86
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FeaturesThe demand is there for legal online film downloads
Piracy costs the UK film industry $660m a year and universal broadband is expected to increase that further. Sarah Cooper reports.
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NewsWelsh film agency supports Ray Winstone, Olga Kurylenko project
The Film Agency for Wales has invested $486,000 (£300,000) in John McNally’s debut feature Four Working Days, starring Ray Winstone and Bond girl Olga Kurylenko.
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NewsNottingham's ScreenLit Festival honours Paul Schrader
Taxi Driver writer Paul Schrader was presented with the ScreenLit lifetime achievement award in screenwriting at the inaugural Screenlit Festival of Film, TV and Writing at Broadway Cinema in Nottingham.
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NewsFilm London announces local film competition winners
Film London’s Best of Borough Film Awards awarded East London film-maker Alex Taylor the jury award on July 6 for his short film, Kids Might Fly.
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NewsMetrodome to release Thirst in the UK
UK distributor Metrodome is to release Park Chan Wook’s Cannes Jury prize winner Thirst in the UK, as part of a deal with Palisades Tartan.
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NewsUKFC launches £1.2m rural cinema scheme
The UK Film Council has allocated £1.2m of Lottery funding to a new scheme that aims to bring the latest digital cinema equipment to film fans in remote communities in the UK.
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FeaturesTake 12: Film Export UK
Charlie Bloye, CEO of Film Export UK, one of the 12 organisations taking part in Nesta and the UKFC’s digital innovation programme, explains the challenges facing sales companies in the digital age
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NewsPaul Andrew Williams gears up for summer shoot on third feature
London To Brighton director Paul Andrew Williams will begin principal photography on his third feature, Cherry Tree Lane, on July 16 in North London.
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NewsDe Menezes film sees strong opening in Brazil
Henrique Goldman’s Jean Charles has taken $416,121 in its opening weekend in Brazil, catapulting it into Screen’s International top 40 chart, despite only opening in the one territory.
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NewsEM Media appoints Lisa Opie as chair
Lisa Opie, the former managing director of content at UK broadcaster Five, has taken over as chair of regional screen agency EM Media.
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NewsNotting Hill Film Festival opens with Bananaz, Telstar
The Notting Hill Film Festival will kick off on July 10 with the Gorrillaz docu-film Bananaz, directed by Ceri Levy, followed by Nick Moran’s directorial debut Telstar.
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NewsDuncan Jones’ Moon takes top prize at Edinburgh
Duncan Jones’ debut feature Moon has scooped the Michael Powell Award for the Best New British Feature at this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival.
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NewsEM Media adds Hip Hop feature doc to its slate
EM Media, the UK’s regional screen agency based in the East Midlands, announced a new addition to its slate today at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.
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NewsUKFC and Nesta call on industry to exploit digital world
The UK Film Council and the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) is calling on the film industry to expand digital distribution, seek new sources of funding and work with online audiences as publishers not just viewers, as part of series of findings from their digital innovation ...
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NewsProducer Stephen Woolley named as patron of EIFF Directors Lab
Producer Stephen Woolley has been named as patron of the Directors Lab at the Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) for the second year running.
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NewsActress Meera Syal to host Trailblazers masterclass at EIFF
Meera Syal, the actress and comedienne, will host a masterclass at this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) as part of Skillset’s Trailblazers scheme.
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NewsJoe Wright to head up Edinburgh’s Michael Powell jury
Atonement and Pride And Prejudice director Joe Wright has been named as president of the Michael Powell jury for best British film at this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF).
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FeaturesCall of the Roman empire
Neil Marshall’s historical action thriller Centurion is the first in a wave of Romans-on-the-rampage projects to go into production. Sarah Cooper visits the set.
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Meet the new Dirty Harry
On a grey February morning at Elstree film studios just outside London, the crew on the set of UK film Harry Brown are gearing up for a particularly harrowing scene. Michael Caine, on the other hand, is doing John Wayne impressions. It is appropriate, given the film is dubbed an ...
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Film London pushes locations to review costs
Film London has started talks with the city’s locations and boroughs as part of a move to make the capital cheaper and more accessible to productions.