Small MPU – Page 2053
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NewsDanish producers aim for growth after decline
Ambition to produce 25 Danish features per year with a $14m cash injection.
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NewsCalifornia triples film, TV tax credits
The California senate voted on Friday (August 29) to approve a measure that will ramp up the state’s $100m annual allocation to $330m over five years, starting next year.
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FeaturesDavid Mackenzie, Starred Up
Glasgow-based David Mackenzie’s gritty prison-set drama Starred Up starring UK hot-shot Jack O’Connell and Australia’s Ben Mendelsohn caused a stir as soon as it premiered in Toronto 2013 – but it’s much more than simply a story of violence and incarceration.
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NewsTelluride adds Escobar to line-up
Telluride Film Festival organisers have unveiled two late additions to the programme that will premiere in the coming days in a move that could impact on the classification of one Toronto gala screening.
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FeaturesBoo Ji-young, Cart
Boo Ji-young’s sophomore feature Cart is a topical tale of workers at a big-box retail store.
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FeaturesLone Scherfig, The Riot Club
Danish director and Toronto regular Lone Scherfig (An Education) tackles the badly behaved British aristocracy in Laura Wade’s adaptation of her play Posh, about an infamous Oxford University dining club.
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NewsCinephil strikes Italian deal for The Look of Silence
Follow-up to the Act of Killing goes from Venice to Telluride and Toronto.
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NewsWords With Gods to launch with inter-faith campaign
Further details have emerged of the marketing and release plans for religious-themed portmanteau picture Words With Gods, which features contributions from such directors as Guillermo Arriaga, Emir Kusturica, Mira Nair and Hector Babenco.
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NewsNetflix's Italian challenges; IQIYI's Chinese boom
Is Netflix coming to Italy? Not any time soon if the comments at yesterday’s Venice Film Market panel, “VOD in China and Europe - What is the strategy for Netflix arrival”, are taken as the measure.
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FeaturesSusanne Bier, A Second Chance
The Oscar-winning Danish filmmaker follows the romance Love Is All You Need with this darker tale of a detective (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) who crosses a moral line after a family tragedy.
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FeaturesBaldvin Z, Life In A Fishbowl
Icelandic director Baldvin Z’s second feature interweaves the story of three very different characters struggling with modern life in Reykjavik.
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FeaturesAlan Rickman, A Little Chaos
After making his directorial debut 16 years ago, Alan Rickman returns to the director’s chair with a period drama starring Kate Winslet and Matthias Schoenaerts.
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