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NewsEFP's Film Sales Support backs 11 films at Sundance 2012
Titles include UK dark comedy/thriller Grabbers [pictured], sold by The Salt Company.
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NewsCameron's comments draw dismay ahead of Film Policy Review; Mike Leigh has 'no comment'
UK Prime Minister David Cameron has riled up the British film community today with a statement emphasising that the BFI should support “commercially successful pictures.”
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NewsNever Alone
The true story behind Finnish director Klaus Harö’s fifth feature film Never Alone (Nie Allein), which received the Screen Internatonal Best Pitch Award at December’s Baltic Event in Tallinn, has fascinated the director and producer Ilkka Matila alike ever since their childhoods.
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NewsJohn Logan to adapt Jersey Boys for GK Films
Graham King and Tim Headington will produce with Frankie Valli and Bob Gaudio serving as executive producers.
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NewsLubezki, Richardson among five ASC nominees
The organisation has unveiled the 2011 nominees ahead of the 26th Annual ASC Awards ceremony in Los Angeles on Feb 12.
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NewsSierra/Affinity to sell new title from Devil Inside team
Nick Meyer will commence pre-sales at the EFM next month on the “genre bending” Untitled Bell/Peterman Project. Director William Brent Bell and his co-writer Matthew Peterman’s The Devil Inside stormed to the top of the US charts last weekend in a shock $33.7m debut.
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NewsHot Docs, Shaw disperse $198k in eighth funding cycle
The Canadian documentary festival and Shaw Media will hand out grants and no-interest loans to 11 projects.
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NewsRelativity promotes Gregory Shamo, Happy Walters
Evp of corporate affairs and general counsel Shamo and Relativity Music Group and Rogue Sports president Walters [pictured] are named co-COOs while former Loeb & Loeb senior counsel Michael Rosner joins as general counsel.
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NewsDouglas Trumbull to receive Academy’s Gordon E Sawyer Award
Trumbull will receive an Oscar statuette at the Scientific and Technical Awards presentation on Feb 11 in Beverly Hills in recognition of a “lifetime of technical contributions and leadership in the motion picture industry.”
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NewsJustin Kerrigan signs on to Urban Hymn for Instinctive
The Berlin-based company behind The Divide wants to explore UK co-productions and will share producing duties with Powder Keg Pictures in association with Mighty Village and Universal Music UK.
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NewsThe Iron Lady hits big in Australia
The success of The Iron Lady in Australia means it will be rolled out onto another 30 screens in the next few weeks, starting from today.
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NewsArte France Cinema boards Breillat’s Abus de faiblesse starring Huppert
Film based on Catherine Breillat’s real-life dealings with notorious hustler who shook down celebrities in Europe and Hollywood.
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NewsMemento unveils next Agnès Jaoui picture at Paris Rendez-vous
The Taste of Others and Look At Me director returns behind the camera for first time in four years.
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NewsNordisk shuffles Swedish office in reorganisation
Swedish CEO Jens Alex departs as Swedish activity centralised in Denmark.
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NewsPixel Lab returns to Potsdam in 2012
Transmedia workshop and training programme Pixel Lab is returning to Potsdam, Germany (July 1-7) for its third edition.
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FeaturesOlivia Colman
The break-out star of Paddy Considine’s Tyrannosaur tells Louise Tutt why she enjoyed playing such a harrowing role.
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FeaturesWill Reiser
50/50 writer Will Reiser tells Jeremy Kay about seeing the funny side of cancer — and balancing laughter and tears.