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NewsSharon 1.2.3. starts shoot
Second feature from Forest Whitaker’s digital studio JuntoBox Films was greenlit last year at AFM.
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NewsEFP's Shooting Stars jury unveiled
The jury will select ten actors to be showcased at next year’s Berlinale from a 24-strong shortlist.
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NewsBegg to receive BAFTA craft award
Outstanding Contribution to Craft award recognises excellence in one of the craft areas of film and television.
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NewsDiversify: To quota or not to quota?
The question of quotas for diversified talent in the UK film industry was a hot topic at Screen International and Broadcast’s Diversify conference today; experts’ views were decidedly mixed.
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NewsScreen Yorkshire launches talent scheme
National film talent scheme, funded by Creative Skillset, is open to applications from writers, directors and producers.
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NewsDiversify: 'As an industry we should be ashamed'
At Screen International and Broadcast’s Diversify conference today, Aaqil Ahmed, commissioning editor for religion at the BBC, has said the UK film and TV industries should be “ashamed” of the decline in BAME representation in the creative media industries.
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NewsFifty Shades moves to 2015
Highly anticipated adaptation moves to Feb 13, 2015 from Aug 2014 release.
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NewsTrustNordisk closes deals on Ragnarok
Family adventure sells to China, Indonesia, Spain, Brazil and Thailand.
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CommentAngelina Jolie in Maleficent trailer
First trailer and images from Disney’s “untold story” of the Sleeping Beauty villain, played by Angelina Jolie.
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FeatureseOne partners' appreciation lunch
On Monday in Santa Monica, Entertainment One hosted a Partners Appreciation Lunch, coinciding with the AFM.
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FeaturesMoliFilms: On the Rise
The team behind UK production outfit MoliFilms looks for films with heart and credibility, and the new EIS-funded slate includes its biggest project yet.
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FeaturesThomas Gammeltoft, Copenhagen Film Fund
The new Copenhagen Film Fund is looking to back international film and TV projects. Wendy Mitchell talks to CEO Thomas Gammeltoft about how the fund can help lure projects to Denmark.
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NewsHigh Court issues site blocking Orders
Orders require the six largest UK ISPs to block access to two illegal streaming sites, SolarMovie and Tubeplus; MPA’s Chris Marcich [pictured] says “we have an obligation to take action against illegal websites”.
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NewsDiversify: BFI could introduce diversity obligations
BFI Film Fund director Ben Roberts said at today’s Diversify conference that in the future the BFI might introduce diversity obligations for producers to receive their full amount of Lottery funding.
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NewsDiversify: What are the actions to move forward?
Experts at Screen International and Broadcast’s Diversify conference suggested a number of concrete ideas of how the UK film and TV industries can move forward.
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NewsNight sells for XYZ Films
XYZ Films has closed a raft of deals at AFM on The Night Comes For Us, its Indonesian and English-language action-thriller collaboration with Gareth Evans’ PT Merantau Films.
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NewsFactory 25 takes All The Light
Factory 25 has acquired US rights to director Joe Swanberg’s All the Light in the Sky.
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NewsPhilomena earns PG-13 rating
The Weinstein Company’s (TWC) latest ratings battle has resulted in a victory after the MPAA overturned Philomena’s R classification.
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NewsNYFCC sets vote date
The New York Film Critics Circle will stage its annual awards ceremony on January 6 2014 at The Edison Ballroom.
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NewsRelativity boards Hope
Relativity Media has acquired worldwide rights to finance, produce and distribute Not Without Hope (working title) with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson attached to star.