All articles by Screen staff – Page 79
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NewsJeremy Hunt to speak at Media Festival Arts
Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, has confirmed his participation at the Media Festival Arts taking place at London’s Roundhouse, Oct 8 -10. Hunt will address over 300 delegates from across arts, film and media, followed by an in-depth interview by Peter Bazalgette, Deputy Chairman ...
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Lim joins Tiger Gate
Hong Kong pay TV channel operator Tiger Gate Entertainment has appointed of Jef Lim head of programming and production.
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NewsEd Vaizey, John Woodward confirmed for Screen International Film Summit
Culture minister to give talk and take part in Q&A; other confirmed speakers include Jane Wright, Barnaby Thompson, Danny Perkins and Olivier Courson.
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NewsVenice competition includes new films from Gallo, Coppola, Tykwer, Miike
Selections include Somewhere, Norwegian Wood, Venus Noire, Miral, Potiche, 12 Assassins.
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Loeb & Loeb sets up Beijing office and offers entertainment legal services in China
US law firm Loeb & Loeb LLP announced that the firm has formally established its Beijing office at the city’s Central Business District.
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NewsToronto world premieres to include The Conspirator, Never Let Me Go, Rabbit Hole
TIFF to also premiere new films from Mike Mills, Guillaume Canet, Michael Winterbottom, David Schwimmer.
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NewsUKFC: John Woodward says target is to close down by April 2012
Woodward tells industry that today’s move by DCMS “is short-sighted and potentially very damaging, especially as there is at present no roadmap setting out where the UK Film Council’s responsibilities and funding will be placed in the future.”
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NewsAftershock breaks Chinese and Hong Kong box-office records
Feng Xiaogang’s disaster drama opens on 4,000 Chinese screens; Aftershock also marks the first time a foreign-language film will be released by IMAX.
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China to open up film imports by March 2011, with new WTO timeline
Following the World Trade Organization ruling, China will open up its market for entertainment goods by March 2011, parties have agreed.
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NewsScreen's UK Marketing & Distribution Awards unveils prestigious jury
Jurors joining Lord Puttnam include Roland Emmerich, Amanda Berry, Nik Powell, and Sally Caplan.
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Andreas Wiseman joins Screen as reporter
Andreas Wiseman has joined Screen International as a reporter. Wiseman has worked on a freelance basis at Screen International since 2009.
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Chong's The Fourth Portrait takes three major prizes at Taipei Film Awards
The 12th Taipei Film Festival closed on Saturday with documentary Let The Wind Carry Me by Chiang Hsiu-chiung and Kwan Pun-leung taking the grand prize of Taipei Awards, the top award of the festival.
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Prime Focus appoints financial chief to its board
The visual services company has promoted its finance director Neil Barnett to its board.
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NewsLu Chuan plans war epic Grand Feast Of The King
The project will be the award-winning director’s fourth feature but his first historical film.
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NewsChina opens up to Taiwanese films
A new agreement between the two countries will ease restrictions on Taiwanese films.
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Scotland's Centre for Moving Image appoints senior team
The new parent body for the Edinburgh Film Festival has appointed a chief executive and chief operating officer to join chair Leslie Mills.
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Lionsgate adopts "poison pill" strategy to fend off Ichan
The studio adopts a rights plan aimed at giving shareholders greater control over the company’s future.
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NewsChinese box office grew 80% in first half of year
The box office gross from April to June reached $242m, thanks to Hollywood blockbusters such as Iron Man 2.
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China Film Group signs $88m film and new media deals with Chinavision Media Group
Four feature film projects and two animated film projects are set to come out of the deal.
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Everything to play for
China’s exhibition sector has seen astounding growth in the past few years, with a large number of new cinemas being built. Yet the territory remains under-screened and is set for further major expansion