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NewseOne takes UK rights to The 4th Reich from Mann Made and AV Pictures
Shaun Robert Smith to direct the WW2 action horror; producers include Scott Mann [pictured].
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FeaturesAnna Higgs, Film4.0
Film4’s new digital arm will tell stories in ‘parallel places’ with film-makers including Ken Loach.
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FeaturesFabien Riggall, Future Cinema
A film made in 1949 inspires more than $1.1m in ticket sales in a six-week London run — no wonder the industry is paying more attention to Secret Cinema. Wendy Mitchell talks to Future Cinema founder Fabien Riggall.
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NewsGrace Carley appointed CTBF's head of fundraising
The Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund (CTBF), the charity which supports film and television industry employees and their families in times of hardship, has appointed Grace Carley as its new head of fundraising.
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NewsWerner Herzog eyes volcano, Helmut Newton docs
EXCLUSIVE: Werner Herzog developing “stylised documentary” about volcanoes, Helmut Newton portrait and Gertrude Bell feature, all with regular producing partner Andre Singer.
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NewsMichael Murphy launches production services company Rockabill Media
Former Windmill Lane executive to work as co-producer and access Irish tax credit.
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NewsAndreas Rothbauer leaving Beta Cinema
Andreas Rothbauer, Head of Theatrical Sales & International Acquisitions at Beta Cinema, is to leave after 12 years in the post.
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FeaturesTurnaround story
After the premium VoD controversy at last year’s CinemaCon, exhibitors are ready to talk about other hot topics including 2012’s improved box office, digital virtual print fees and the ongoing fight against piracy.
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FeaturesSightseers
Ben Wheatley follows the acclaimed Kill List with a ‘lighter’ story about serial killers on a caravan holiday. Ian Sandwell visited the set.
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FeaturesAll eyes on the Netherlands
Ahead of its public opening, Geoffrey Macnab visits the EYE in Amsterdam and looks at how the museum and the EYE Film Institute can boost the Dutch film industry
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FeaturesMixed blessings
Dutch films have been booming in recent years, but public spending cuts are threatening future success. Screen examines the current state of Dutch production, including 10 hot films.
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NewsFestival Scope adds partnership with HAF
Festival Scope adds HAF pact in addition to Hong Kong International Film Festival.
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NewsViasat appoints Jakob Mejlhede svp acquisitions and programming
Mejlhede responsible for all of Viasat’s centralised programming acquisition and content development for its free-TV and pay-TV channels.
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FeaturesFirst among sequels
How did the top international territories fare at the box office in 2011? Ian Sandwell looks at Harry Potter’s dominance, local hits and trends in 3D
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Paramount launches film channel in Spain
Available on free to air TV, the new channel will feature more than 600 films.
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NewsLocarno's Casa Del Cinema project secures funding
The Locarno Film Festival’s long gestating Casa Del Cinema project has taken a major step forward following a CHF 10m donation by the recently established private foundation Fondazione Stella-Chiara.
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NewsWu, Eberts strike Allied Productions East JV
Bruno Wu’s Seven Stars Film Studios has announced its second of three partnerships in the US in a deal with financier-producer Jake Eberts. First on the runway is the immigrant drama Mission Boys from Secretary screenwriter Erin Cressida Wilson.
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NewsMy Way, The Intouchables bookend COLCOA
The 16th Annual City Of Lights, City Of Angels film festival will run from Apr 16-23, opening with the Claude Francois biopic My Way and closing with another French hit, comedy-drama The Intouchables (pictured).
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NewsJosh Hutcherson to receive CinemaCon breakthrough award
The star of global hit The Hunger Games (pictured, far right) will collect the honour at the annual Las Vegas convention’s awards ceremony on Apr 26.