Small MPU – Page 2621
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NewsShe Monkeys wins best film at Sweden's Golden Bug awards
Ruben Oslund wins best director for Play.
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NewsCurzon launches pop-up cinema scheme in UK regions
Momentum, StudioCanal, Soda Pictures, BFI amongst distributors signed up; 6-8 venues expected by end of 2012.
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NewsPercentage of women directors in Hollywood declining
Women account for just 5% of directors working in Hollywood, according to a new report conducted by the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film.
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NewsBollywood Films acquires rights to 7 Welcome To London
UK distribution company Bollywood Films has acquired international distribution rights to 7 Welcome To London, a romantic Bollywood/British thriller directed by Asad Shan.
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NewsHugo leads Oscar nominations, followed closely by The Artist
Surprise nominations include Extremely Loud for Best Picture; JC Chandor’s Margin Call for Best Original Screenplay; and A Cat In Paris for Animated Film.
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FeaturesComing up shorts
The shortlists for the live-action and animated shorts categories at the Oscars include a diverse mix of styles and subject matters from around the world. Laurence Boyce previews the titles in the running for the final nominations
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NewsBooks at Berlinale selects 12 novels
Books include Simon Mawer’s The Girl Who Fell From The Sky.
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FeaturesWelcome To The Punch
How did the UK film-makers behind Welcome To The Punch attract an A-list cast, top financiers and Ridley Scott?
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FeaturesThe UK's high five
Buoyed by local hits, the UK box office rose 5% last year. Andreas Wiseman analyses the numbers.
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NewsBFI Film Fund backs projects by Newell, Potter, McDonagh
Films to receive recent production funding from the BFI include Mike Newell’s Great Expectations [pictured], Sally Potter’s Bomb and Martin McDonagh’s Seven Psychopaths.
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CommentRemembering Bingham Ray
The film world lost one of its most colourful and passionate characters this week when Bingham Ray died at the age of 57 after a stroke at the Sundance Film Festival.
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NewsOscar nominees react
Gary Oldman says the nomination is “amazing”; Hell & Back Again producer says Oscar would be “the ultimate honour.”
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FeaturesThomas McCarthy
Thomas McCarthy tells Jeremy Kay about using wrestling to explore middle-class life in Win Win.
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NewsMEDIA says Bosnia & Herzegovina to be full member by end of year
Bosnia and Herzegovina is expected to become a full member of the EU’s MEDIA Programme later this year.
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Tore Fredrik Dreyer appointed MD Twentieth Century Fox Norway
Dreyer takes over from Bjorn Jacobsen, effective May 2012
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NewsEaling picks up Jessica Yu doc Last Call at the Oasis
EXCLUSIVE: Ealing picks up Jessica Yu’s documentary about global water shortages, film gets its international premiere in Berlin.
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NewsUK comedy Booked Out plans DIY distribution
Sylvia Syms, Rollo Weeks star in the UK comedy which will tour the UK in March.
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NewsSPC takes Celeste, Focus signs on for Good Time
Tuesday morning (24) brought two further deals as Classics acquired all North American, Latin American and Eastern European rights to Celeste And Jesse Forever after it emerged that Focus had paid in the region of $2m for worldwide rights to For A Good Time, Call…