Small MPU – Page 2005
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FeaturesUK distribution: Letter of intent
The current state of the UK’s virtual print fee negotiations is examined by Andreas Wiseman.
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NewsEvent Cinema Association starts awards
The Event Cinema Association (ECA) will host the first Event Cinema Awards at their Networking Event in London on Oct 15.
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FeaturesUK distribution: A date with VoD
Do ‘innovative’ VoD releases offer UK distributors a worthwhile revenue stream or are they just tinkering at the edges? Andreas Wiseman reports
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FeaturesUK distribution: Show time
After the rise of event cinema and the near completion of digitisation, the UK exhibition sector now needs to focus on increasing admissions, as Michael Rosser reports
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FeaturesGulf states: Narrowing the Gulf
The Gulf may have taken Egypt’s place as Arab cinema’s financial powerhouse but the challenge remains to connect local audiences with home-grown releases, as Colin Brown reports.
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NewsHobbit tops UK chart
Warner Bros’ climactic Hobbit outing posts chart-topping $15.3m (£9.76m) bow; StudioCanal’s Paddington becomes distributor’s highest grossing release of all time.
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NewsSwiss critics praise Goalie, Boyhood
The Swiss film critics association has named Der Goalie bin ig as the best Swiss film of 2014 and Boyhood as best international film.
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NewsFilm London Microwave shortlist revealed
Low budget production scheme selects 12 projects; hits diversity target.
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NewsShoot starts on Indiscretion
EXCLUSIVE: John Stewart Muller’s thriller stars Mira Sorvino [pictured] and Cary Elwes.
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NewsArab digital platforms race to fill content gap
A new report from PwC highlights how online platforms are starting to fill the huge demand for youth-oriented Arabic content that is not being met by the traditional film and TV industries across the Middle East.
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NewsBerlinale 2015: Malick, Greenaway in competition
Kenneth Branagh’s Cinderella to get international premiere out of comp.
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NewsBen Hania to direct rape victim drama
Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania is developing a new project inspired by the true story of a woman raped outside a beachfront nightclub in 2012.
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NewsSBIFF to honour Theory duo
Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones will receive the 30th Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s (SBIFF) Cinema Vanguard Award on January 29.
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NewsSlow West finds US home
A24 and DIRECTV have swooped on their latest film, taking US rights from world sales agent HanWay Films to the upcoming Sundance world premiere starring Kodi Smit-McPhee, Michael Fassbender and Ben Mendelsohn.
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NewsSaban Films closing on Englishman
The ambitious distributor is understood to be in the final stages of exclusive talks for US rights to Pierce Brosnan starrer How To Make Love Like An Englishman.
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CommentKnight Of Cups trailer
The first-look of Terrence Malick’s upcoming Berlinale competition selection has been released.
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NewsSeven advance in Oscar make-up race
Academy voters have made their pre-nomination selections on the road to the 87th Oscars.