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FeaturesFast Girls
Ealing Metro will be tempting buyers in Berlin with British athletics drama Fast Girls, produced by Damian Jones, directed by Regan Hall, and described by star Noel Clarke as “Rocky with girls in lycra”.
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CommentThe Power Of Two
Leading UK producers Ruby and See Saw are going out to investors together next week with a new EIS investment scheme designed to raise working capital for upcoming productions.
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NewsBilly Connolly joins cast of The Hobbit
Connolly to play Dain Ironfoot, a great dwarf warrior, in Peter Jackson’s anticipated adventure-epics.
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NewsNaomi Watts to play Princess Diana
Downfall director Oliver Hirschbiegel will direct Caught In Flight for Ecosse Films.
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NewsRobert Redford to star in J.C. Chandor's All Is Lost
FilmNation Entertainment is handling international sales on the project, which will be distributed in the US by Lionsgate.
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FeaturesHackett hosts BAFTA lunch for John Hurt
Clothing line Hackett hosted a lunch to honour John Hurt’s Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award at the upcoming BAFTAs.
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NewsBFI Shorts scheme open for applications
The scheme is being managed by Lighthouse, the digital agency behind filmmaker mentoring programme Guiding Lights.
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CommentGothenberg closes in style
The closing night ceremony at the 35th Gothenberg International Film Festival (GIFF) last night was a cheerful affair livened up by brassy host Shima Niavarani a Swedish hybrid of Bernadette Peters and Bette Midler who had a whipsmart sense of humour (in English, no less) and a powerful singing voice.
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TIFFCOM market moves to Tokyo Bay
This year’s TIFFCOM contents market (October 23-25) will change venues from the Roppongi Hills complex to the Grand Pacific Le Daiba hotel in Odaiba, Tokyo.
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Easternlight picks up Chinese trio
Arclight’s Asian division, Easternlight Films, has picked up international rights to three upcoming Chinese productions – The Assassins, The Four and Hur Jin-ho’s Dangerous Liaisons.
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FeaturesScreen Berlin dailies 2012
FINAL UPDATE: Catch up on all eight issues of Screen’s Berlin print dailies online here.
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Bombay Berlin brings Prasaad to EFM
Mumbai-based Bombay Berlin Film Production (BBFP) is stepping into international sales with Indian drama Prasaad, which is receiving its market premiere at EFM.
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CJ wages war with epic My Way sales
Korea’s CJ Entertainment has closed a raft of sales on Kang Je-kyu’s My Way, which is screening in Panorama Special.
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Finecut launches sales on Kim Ki-duk’s Pieta
Seoul-based sales agent Finecut has picked up international rights to Pieta, the latest film from prolific Korean auteur Kim Ki-duk.
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Celluloid Nightmares falls into Dead Mine
Celluloid Nightmares has picked up international rights outside Asia to English-language action horror Dead Mine, co-produced by HBO Asia and Singapore-based Infinite Studios.
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NewsLasowski thrills with The Timber
French actress Elisa Lasowski (Eastern Promises) will star opposite Josh Peck and James Ransone in Western thriller The Timber, currently shooting in Romania for Los Angeles-based ANA Media.
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NewsBela Tarr flies Hungarian flag
Bela Tarr has made an impassioned plea on behalf of Hungarian film culture.
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NewsCineart goes on buying spree with Princess Diana, Renoir, Carax
Voracious Benelux buyer Cineart has pre-bought Oliver Hirschbiegel’s Caught In Flight, which focuses on the relationship between Princess Diana (played by Naomi Watts) and the heart surgeon Dr Hasnat Khan.
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NewsBerlin Sellers Roundup: WIDE cuts for Clip; Films Boutique goes Home; Reel Suspects rocks with Hated
WIDE Management has taken on sales of Clip (Klip), which just picked up one of Rotterdam’s Tiger Awards. Maja Milos controversial portrait of teens in Serbia will have market screenings here at EFM, on Monday and Tuesday.