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NewsBAFTA appoint Harvey Elliott as new Chairman of Games Committee
Elliott [pictured] replaces Ray Maguire whose term ended in July.
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NewsFilm Agency for Wales launches mentoring programme
Programme will allow 12 producers or company managers to be mentored by distribution executives to develop content for UK and international markets.
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NewsA Most Wanted Man begins shooting
Russian actor Grigory Dobrygin [pictured] among new cast to join Anton Corbijn’s adaptation of John le Carré’s bestseller.
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NewsVandevorst, Van Rompaey to adapt The Angel Maker
Els Vandevorst [pictured] of N279 Entertainment has acquired film rights to The Angel Maker, the 2005 novel by Stefan Brijs.
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NewsEmma Sullivan, Steven Shiel among writers up for Wellcome Trust Screenwriting Prize
Winner to be announced at an awards event at Wellcome Collection on Oct 8.
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NewsStep Into The Dark with the Barbican
Barbican Centre announce opening programme for its new cinemas.
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NewsStewart Mackinnon's Headline grows with busy slate, new Edelman partnership
Stewart Mackinnon’s London and Newcastle-based film and TV production outfit Headline Pictures (the outfit behind Quartet and The Invisible Woman) has confirmed details of a groundbreaking new strategic partnership
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FeaturesAndrew Neel, King Kelly
The New York-based director makes his fictional feature debut with King Kelly, a racy satire about young people’s obsession with the Internet.
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CommentJerry Weintraub talks about his ‘gutsy’ movies including new Liberace biopic
Producer is in Zurich to receive the festival’s career achievement award and to give a masterclass.
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FeaturesGabriela Pichler, Eat Sleep Die
Swedish director Gabriela Pichler makes her debut with Eat Sleep Die, which was awarded in Venice.
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CommentRichard Gere aims for movies ‘about people, not cartoons’
The actor receives Zurich Film Festival’s Golden Icon Award.
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NewsA24 acquires Ginger & Rosa, Kino Lorber buys Resnais
Sally Potter’s Ginger & Rosa premiered in Telluride and will get a 2012 qualifying run before opening in theatres in early 2013. Alain Resnais’ You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet will open early next year.
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NewsExclusive Media invests in Millennium Entertainment
Screendaily broke the story in Cannes that Nigel Sinclair and Guy East’s ambitious company was circling Millennium Entertainment and the principals joined Nu Image founders Avi Lerner and Trevor Short on Tuesday (25) to announce they had acquired a minority stake.
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NewsUniversal Pictures heralds record box office haul
The studio, celebrating its 100th anniversary, announced on Tuesday (25) that its films had amassed $1.128bn for the year-to-date, setting a new company record.