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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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NewsTomas Alfredson to direct Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy
Swedish director Tomas Alfredson has signed on to direct an adaptation of John Le Carré’s Cold War spy novel, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, for Working Title Films.
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Features‘Anonymous’ file-sharing presents the next big challenge
Jorn Rossing Jensen looks at how copyright infringers are looking to get round piracy laws in Sweden
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FeaturesCorruption is a huge problem
Theodore Schwinke takes a look at the problems of camcording and counterfeit DVDs in Russia.
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FeaturesAll peer-to-peer activity may soon be outlawed
Chris Evans takes a look at piracy in Spain, one of the world’s worst offenders.
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FeaturesCounterfeiting as national pastime
Sheri Jenning’s looks at piracy in Italy, where counterfeit goods flourish.
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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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Du Mein Glück (_You My Joy)
A few days in the life of truck driver Georgi seems to be a never-ending nightmare, a spiral of violenceand abuses of power. A dark parable about the situation in Russia today.
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Vorstadtkrokodile 2: Das Abenteuer Geht Weiter (The Crocodiles 2)
Sequel to last year’s successful remake of Suburban Crocodiles.
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NewsSpanish box office dominated by Hollywood blockbusters
Hollywood again dominated the Spanish box office, which rose 6.2% to $392.6m for the first six months of 2009, compared with $368.6m for the same period in 2008.
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NewsParamount first studio in 2009 to surge past $1bn domestic mark
Paramount Pictures has crossed the $1bn domestic box office line ahead of the Hollywood pack on the back of the storming run by Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen.
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NewsFox International expects Ice Age 3 to be too cool for Bruno
Fox International’s animated powerhouse Ice Age: Dawn of The Dinosaurs should continue as overseas champion this weekend despite what it sure to be a concerted effort by a certain Austrian fashionista.
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NewsBangkok film festival to take place September 24-30
The organisers of the Bangkok International Film Festival (BKIFF) have confirmed that this year’s edition of the event will be held September 24-30.
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NewsChina box office up 43% in first half of 2009
China’s box office grew by 42.7% to $330.16m (RMB2.26bn) in the first half of 2009, thanks to a combination of local and US hits, including Transformers 2 which is on its way to becoming the biggest film ever in the territory.
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NewsLionsgate fights off Icahn with board appointment
Independent studio Lionsgate has moved it defend itself from investor activist Carl Ichan by nominating major shareholder, Mark Rachesky, to the board.
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NewsWorking Title to make redundancies
Flagship UK production company Working Title is understood to be making up to six redundancies from its 45-strong workforce.
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NewsCloud 9 floats to UK, Paintball fires off in Spain
ScreenDaily’s round up of the local and independent openings in key markets this week.
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NewsShooting begins on new Simon Pegg and Nick Frost project
Principal photography has begun on Universal and Working Title’s Paul, written by and starring British actors Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. The film is shooting in New Mexico.