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NewsEastwood, Malick, Aronofsky fight Iceland film cuts
As the Icelandic Film Fund is battling proposed government cuts of 40% for 2014, a group of filmmakers has signed a statement of support for the Icelandic industry.
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NewsGranier-Deferre replaces Goligher at iFeatures
Christopher Granier-Deferre succeeds Tristan Goligher who is currently overseeing post-production and delivery on films previously greenlit under the scheme.
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NewsFirst Channel swimmer biopic wraps
Justin Hardy’s feature about the first man to swim the English Channel shot on location in Dover and London.
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NewsMalick producer unveils Country Called Home
Terrence Malick producer to team with award-winning musician Ryan Bingham on comedy-drama, set to star Imogen Poots.
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NewsWelsh talent receives funding boost
Emerging Welsh film talent is set to receive support from a new fund.
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NewsGolden Globes: nominees react
GOLDEN GLOBES: Cinema’s leading lights express gratitude, surprise
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NewsAcademy names 114 scores for Oscars
Senior executives at the Academy announced on Dec 12 that 114 scores have been submitted for the original score Oscar category.
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NewsThe Price Of Desire wraps
EXCLUSIVE: Principal photography has wrapped on Mary McGuckian’s The Price Of Desire, about modernist designer Eileen Gray.
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NewsHot projects on Screenbase
New films on Screenbase this week include Absolutely Anything starring Simon Pegg alongside the reunited Monty Pythons team, as well as a new Ari Folman animation based on Anne Frank’s life and diary.
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NewsHolland: Europe's “mental Iron Curtain”
A “mental Iron Curtain” has formed between Western and Eastern Europe, according to Polish film director Agnieszka Holland.
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NewsAustralian firms strike China film deal
Agreements set to produce seven family features worth $78m.
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NewsNew Europe Coalition planned
A coalition of film professionals from the EU’s new Member States is likely to be one of the results of the Audiovisual Summit in Warsaw this week.
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NewsHobbit desolates UK buzz chart rivals
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug leads this week’s Way to Blue UK Movie Buzz Chart.
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NewsHubert Bals Fund reveals 14 projects
Harmony Lessons director Emir Baigazin and Uncle Boomee… director Apichatpong Weerasethakul among those selected by the Hubert Bals Fund of International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) to receive grants for post production and for script and project development.
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NewsOmar, Ilo Ilo win top prizes at DIFF
Hany Abu-Assad’s Omar won best film in the Muhr Arab feature competition at this year’s Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), while Anthony Chen’s Ilo Ilo won best film in the Muhr AsiaAfrica section.
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NewsFindAnyFilm teams with PlayStation
VoD service FindAnyFilm.com has secured a new partnership with PlayStation.
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NewsPGA to honour Fruitvale Station
Ryan Coogler’s feature directorial debut will receive Producers Guild Of America’s 2014 Stanley Kramer Award.
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NewsProduction over on He Never Died
Shooting has concluded in Toronto on Alternate Ending Studio’s He Never Died starring Henry Rollins. 108 Media handles world sales.
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The Exchange options Girls
CEO Brian O’Shea announced on December 13 the company has optioned screen rights to How To Pick Up Girls.