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New talent - The Actors part 2
GEORGIA GROOMEGeorgia Groome made her big-screen debut aged 14 in Paul Andrew Williams' festival hit London To Brighton, in which she played a young homeless girl. She is about to prove her versatility as an actor in Gurinder Chadha's comedy Angus, Thongs And Perfect Snogging which opens at the end ...
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New talent - The Film-makers part 1
ANDREW HAIGH - WRITER-DIRECTORAndrew Haigh cut his teeth in the editing suite, on such mainstream hits as Gladiator and Notting Hill, but his own shorts display a much more indie sensibility. His debut, Oil, employs fast cutting and voiceover to create a poetic and poignant portrait of a man reminiscing ...
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New talent - One to One - John Maybury and China Moo-Young
China Moo-Young: What's the difference between working with Hollywood and British producers'John Maybury: To be honest, none. Now in this country, as soon as you're above $2m (£1m) you're answering to some sort of American requirement. I was working with Capitol Films (on The Edge Of Love) and I was ...
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New talent - The Film-makers part 2
VIRGINIA GILBERT - WRITER-DIRECTORA coolly directed short about a morally compromised man whose holiday is ruined by an unruly boy, Hesitation marks Virginia Gilbert's first foray into directing. That it was nominated for a Bafta this year (as well as winning awards at Galway and Chicago film festivals last year) ...
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One-To-One with Elizabeth Karlsen
One-To-One: UK Star Of Tomorrow producer Laura Rees talks to indie producer Elizabeth Karlsen, of Number 9 Films, whose work includes And When Did You Last See Your Father', Ladies In Lavender and How To Lose Friends & Alienate People.Laura Rees: How did you get into the industry'Elizabeth Karlsen: I ...
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One-To-One withSimon Beaufoy
One-To-One: UK Star Of Tomorrow writer Virginia Gilbert talks to writer Simon Beaufoy, whose work includes The Full Monty, The Darkest Light and Yasmin.Virginia Gilbert: How did you get into the business'Simon Beaufoy: I went to Bournemouth College of Art and Design and trained as a documentary director. I was ...
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New talent - Where are they now' - The Class of 2007
THE ACTORSArsher Ali spent most of the year at the Royal Shakespeare Company in The Merchant Of Venice, The Taming Of The Shrew and The Tragedy Of Thomas Hobbs.Following his starring role in The Kite Runner, Khalid Abdalla has just completed Paul Greengrass' Green Zone.Gemma Arterton won acclaim for her ...
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International - Drunk on success
Six new entries broke into the international box-office chart this week, with Sony Pictures' Hancock storming to the top of the table.Non-US new entries failed to break into the top 10, with India's Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na reaching number 12. Written and directed by Abbas Tyrewala and distributed by ...
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The critical view: On the money
Critics rarely give much thought to the money side of the film industry. In fact, if I miss a film's national press preview or international festival debut, my desire to see it later, alongside a paying public, is generally in inverse proportion to its box-office success.This isn't just critical petulance ...
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Red Cliff has record-breaking opening in mainland China
The first part of John Woo's war epic Red Cliff had a strong opening in major Asian territories on Thursday (July 10), grossing around $4.7m in total from mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea.In mainland China, the film grossed more than $2.92m (RMB20m) on its opening day, according to ...
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Charlotte Rampling to star in Majewski's The Hill And The Cross
Polish director Lech Majewski (Glass Lips, Wojaczek) is in pre-production on The Hill And The Cross, an English-language drama to feature Charlotte Rampling.Majewski is himself producing the film, along with Swedish producer Freddy Olsson of Bokomotiv Filmproduktion. Principal photography will take place in southern Poland this autumn. The film would ...
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Skillset minority fellowships select 10 new participants
The Skillset Graduate Fellowship Programme 2008 has selected this year's participants.The initiative, backed by Skillset and the UK Film Council, gives paid placements at leading film companies for graduates from black, Asian and minority ethnic communities.The scheme pays a training allowance up to about $34,000 (£17,000) per year. Fellows also ...
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Charlotte Clark joins UK digital marketing agency Jam
London-based dgital agency Jam has hired Charlotte Clark as its new head of PR.Clark had been at Way To Blue where Warner Music International was her main client.Jam has worked on digital marketing for projects including Juno, Step Up 2 The Streets, Adulthood, Mamma Mia! and Guy Ritchie's forthcoming Rocknrolla.Daniel ...
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Film London board adds Aston, Comer, and Fletcher
UK screen agency Film London has appointed three new board members.They are: Emily Aston, a lecturer at London Metropolitan University and a longtime producer; Stuart Comer, curator of film at Tate Modern; and Edward Fletcher, co-founder and managing director of independent distributor Soda Pictures.Sandy Lieberson, Chair of Film London said: ...
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Rome changes include new name: International Film Festival of Rome
The Rome Film Fest's recently appointed president Gian Luigi Rondi has announcedsome significant changes to the event as it heads into its third year.The changes include sweeping away elements that differentiated the young city-oriented 'festa' from the Venice Film Festival and other major international film festivals. For example, Rome's populist ...
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Locarno Swiss Cinema Day to include Luftbusiness
Three new Swiss films will have their world premieres during the Swiss Cinema Day at this year's Locarno Film Festival, while Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov's Yuri's Day (Yuriev Den) will screen in the International Competitiion.The Swiss Cinema Day, which will be held by the festival in cooperation with the Federal ...
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Sasha Buehler moves from SquareOne to Constantin
Film and TV veteran Sasha Buehler is to join Constantin Film's acquisitions and licensing team from Oct 1 after spending the past three years as head of acquisitions for Munich's SquareOne Entertainment.American-born Buehler started her career in the industry in 1990 with news production at broadcaster ProSieben, later working for ...
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The Mummy 3 not yet approved for Chinese release
It seems that havingChinese elements in a filmdoes not necessarily result inan easy green light from the Chinese censors. Universal Pictures' summer blockbuster The Mummy: The Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor may be yet another film to face censor troubles in China.The film was originally slated to be released in ...
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Rothwell, Hill, Walker among pitchers for BritDoc
The BritDoc festival, which is gearing up for its third edition July 23-25, has selected the 12 projects to pitch live for funders at the Big Pitch session.The 12 projects are:Donor 150, dir. Jerry Rothwell About one sperm donor's many children.Breaking China, dir. Sarah McCarthy About Universal's creation of a ...
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Czechs producers place hopes in German production-rebate model
With runaway productions finding better conditions further east, Czech producers are switching their hopes from tax rebates to German-style production rebates. Representatives of the Czech Audiovisual Producers Association (APA) revealed 2007 numbers to reporters at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Foreign producers spent $142.4m (CZK 2.1bn) in the Czech ...