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FeaturesUnited Kingdom
Total box office revenue in the UK and Ireland surpassed the $1.5bn (£1bn) mark in 2009 for the first time.Admissions reached a seven-year high of 173.5 million, helped by 3D. While the box office boomed, the crowded independent distribution sector was under pressure to consolidate. Even ...
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NewsPinewood Shepperton's film revenues slip in 2009
The overall revenue for last year was $61m (£40.3m) compared with $65m (£42.9m) in 2008.
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Features
South Korea
South Korea’s box office hit a record high in 2009 grossing $940m, up 12.7% year on year. Admissions rose 5.1% to 154.9 million.Audiences watched more films - 3.15 per capita, up from 3.03 in 2008 - and ticket prices were raised in the middle of the ...
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NewsEdinburgh, and EIFF, to benefit from creation of Scotland's largest cinema
Edinburgh is planning a new world-class cinema facility, seating 1,600, at the Festival Theatre.
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Features
Screen's Global Top 10 - March 26-28
Screen International’s top 10 films worldwide this weekend.
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NewsFrightFest founder joins newly rebranded Horror Channel
Also, Horror Channel strikes five-film deal with Revolver Entertainment.
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NewsSecond ScreenLit festival to honour Armando Iannucci
Other special guests to include Chris Morris and Rob Brydon.
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NewsJeonju to open with Park Jinoh's Should've Kissed
South Korea’s 11th annual JIFF will close with Pedro Gonzalez-Rubio’s To The Sea.
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FeaturesDavid Baddiel
Writer-comedian David Baddiel talks about The Infidel, the film he wrote and produced, and explains why many risk-taking British comedians are turning from TV toward the big screen.
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FeaturesWeekly International Box Office - March 31
ScreenDaily brings you the weekly international box-office news.
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NewsThe Works International launches TV division with Michael Oesterlin
The Works’ first two international TV sales prospects are The Canyon and Starsuckers.
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FeaturesThe Congress
Ari Folman’s follow up to Waltz With Bashir combines live action feature and 2D animation sequences to explore the ethics of contemporary cinema and culture.
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De Lane Lea opens new division for low-budget films, TV
The outfit is due to reopen in April following a major refit which includes six new sound stages.
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NewsEM Media backs 9 new projects, including Paddy Considine's Tyrannosaur
Other media projects backed with support of emda include Jim Loach’s Oranges and Sunshine.
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NewsMGM, Miramax buy time in separate ownership sagas
Deadline extension was the name of the game in Hollywood yesterday [March 31] as two unrelated ownership sagas involving storied Hollywood brands dragged on.