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NewsDonkeys wins best film at Scottish BAFTAs
Peter Mullan wins best director and best writer for Neds.
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FeaturesThessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece
Winners and attendees at the 52nd annual Thessaloniki International Film Festival (November 4-13).
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FeaturesImmortals pips Arthur Christmas at UK box office
Immortals and Arthur Christmas lead a number of underwhelming debuts at the UK box office.
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NewsEIS backing for films in UK could be hampered by new Treasury consultation
There could be a sting in the tail for British film financiers when the cap on the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) is raised from £2 million to £10 million ($15.7 million) next April.
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NewsFox, HMV launch new bus shelter purchasing system
HMV and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment launch innovative new Blu-ray/DVD purchasing system.
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FeaturesInternational Film Festival Bratislava, Slovakia
Winners and attendees at the 13th edition of the International Film Festival Bratislava (Nov 4-9) in Bratislava, Slovakia
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NewsSKE boards Caine melodrama Mr Morgan’s Last Love
Sandra Nettlebeck has begun shooting in Paris based on her adaptation of Françoise Dorner’s novel La Douceur Assassine. Sidney Kimmel Entertainment (SKE) will co-finance and co-produce and Michael Caine stars.
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Rob Marshall to receive CAS Filmmaker Award
The Cinema Audio Society (CAS) will present the director of Chicago and Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides with the honour on Feb 18 in Los Angeles.
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NewsDavid Gordon Green to direct romance Q for Columbia
The studio is in final discussions to acquire rights to Evan Mandery’s novel. Former Columbia Pictures co-president Matt Tolmach will produce.
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Adopt Films to release Mighty Fine on Memorial Day 2012
Jeff Lipsky has added a third title to the pipeline, taking US rights to Debbie Goodstein’s semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story.
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NewsPinewood film revenues in line with 2010
Pinewood has revealed that its film revenues for the period 1 July 2011 to 14 November 2011 are in line with the same period last year.
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NewsBruce Tuchman appointed president of Sundance Channel Global
Former head of MGM Worldwide Networks joins AMC international division
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NewsGalway Fleadh gets Academy recognition
Galway Film Fleadh shorts winners to be eligible for Oscar consideration.
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FeaturesMads Brugger, director of The Ambassador
Danish journalist/filmmaker Brugger goes undercover with a diplomatic passport to expose corruption in the Central African Republic.
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NewsTwilight Breaking Dawn cleared for younger audiences in Sweden
First instalment of Breaking Dawn now gets +11 rating instad of +15 rating.
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NewsLipSync boards Newell's Great Expectations
The London-based post production company has boarded the project as an equity investor alongside BBC Films and the BFI Film Fund.
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FeaturesMary McGuckian and Larry Mullen Jr
Elnaz Toussi caught up with McGuckian and Mullen Jr to chat about their collaboration on the The Man On The Train, which Tribeca Film has just released on VOD in the US.
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NewsNetflix signs pre-UK launch content deal with Miramax
Pulp Fiction, Chicago, Cold Mountain, The English Patient among titles on offer when service launches in UK in early 2012.
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ASC unveils quartet of honourees for February gala
Dante Spinotti, William Wages, Francis Kenny and Fred Godfrey will be celebrated at the American Society Of Cinematographers (ASC) awards night on Feb 12 in Hollywood.