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NewsFilm4's Tessa Ross to receive BAFTA honour
Film4 head Tessa Ross is to receive the Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award at the EE British Academy Film Awards next month.
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FeaturesMax Ophüls Prize Film Festival
The 34th Max Ophüls Prize Film Festival took place in Saarbrücken, Germany from Jan 21-27 with Rainer Frimmel and Tizza Covi’s The Shine of Day taking the top prize.
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NewsNorbury warns of “creaking infrastructure” as Pinewood looks to double capacity
Industry execs discuss UK infrastructure at London event as Pinewood finalises new planning application.
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FeaturesAgnieszka Holland, Burning Bush
The Polish director talks to Geoffrey Macnab about her three part drama series for HBO Europe.
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NewsScandinavian directors forge Creative Alliance
Thomas Vinterberg and Lone Scherfig are among six top Scandinavian directors who have joined forces with US outfit Parts & Labor to develop English-language films for the international marketplace.
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NewsMPM picks up Workers and Habi, the Foreigner
EXCLUSIVE: Sales arm of Paris-based production house MPM heads to EFM with biggest slate to date.
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Newsdcinex installs Dolby Atmos in five cinemas across Europe
In addition to the five installed, dcinex is currently preparing the implementation of 11 other Dolby Atmos [pictured] platforms in the coming months.
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NewsJeff Berg launches Resolution agency
The announcement follows Berg’s departure from ICM Partners following 27 years as chairman and CEO of its previous incarnation ICM.
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NewsMan of Steel exec Lloyd Phillips dies aged 63
The New Zealander recently served as executive producer on the upcoming summer release The Man Of Steel. He died of a heart attack in Los Angeles on Jan 25. He was 63.
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NewsPierre Morel in talks to direct Prone Gunman
Sean Penn will star in the Silver Pictures/StudioCanal action thriller about a spy who is forced to flee across Europe after he is betrayed by his organisation.
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NewsTony Kushner earns WGA honour for Lincoln screenplay
The screenwriter will receive the WGAW’s (WGA-West) 2013 Paul Selvin Award for his adapted screenplay.
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UK police seize 44,000 DVDs in counterfeit investigation
Police in North Yorkshire have seized 44,274 DVDs worth more than £200,000 as part of an investigation into counterfeit goods.
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Arts Alliance and Cinevise ink Cine Colombia deal
Cine Colombia has agreed a deal with Arts Alliance Media (AAM) and Cinevise to equip its circuit with AAM’s Theatre Management System, Screenwriter.
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NewsSkyfall writers to pen Refn's Barbarella series
Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, writers of the last five James Bond movies, are to pen a new TV series based on ‘60s sci-fi character Barbarella.
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NewsK5 secures Beware of Mr Baker for EFM
K5 International has picked up the international rights to rock drummer documentary Beware of Mr Baker and will take the award-winning film to Berlin’s European Film Market next week.
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NewsProduction: New Regency goes to Pyongyang, MGM acquires Me
New Regency and Gore Verbinski’s Blind Wink are joining forces on Pyongyang. Separately MGM has secured feature rights to Jojo Moyes’ bestseller Me Before You.
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NewsProduction: Black Nativity kicks off, Eva Green joins Sin City 2
Fox Searchlight top brass announced on Tuesday [29] that shooting has begun on Black Nativity. Separately, Dimension Films has cast Eva Green in Sin City: A Dame To Kill For, which Aldamisa International is selling outside North America.
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NewsMusic Box takes Le Weekend, Dada goes gaga for Mental
Music Box will distribute Roger Michell’s Le Weekend, while MJ Peckos and Steven Raphael’s Dada Films has picked up Toni Collette’s reunion with her Muriel’s Wedding director PJ Hogan.
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NewsTwenty Feet From Stardom, Venus And Serena bookend Miami
Miami International Film Festival executive director Jaie Laplante said for the first time documentaries will open and close the event, which runs from Mar 1-10.
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NewsSony promotes three in domestic distribution ranks
Adrian Smith is promoted to president of Sony Pictures Releasing Domestic Distribution and Adam Bergerman and John Spinello are named assistant general sales managers for domestic distribution.