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NewsScreen Opinion: Black day for UK film
Screen editor Mike Goodridge argues that the British government’s proposed abolition of the UK Film Council is a major betrayal to film-makers, the industry and the medium of film.
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NewsUKFC: Hunt says he 'wants to hear everyone's opinions' on planned closure
Jeremy Hunt cites UKFC’s £3m budget on overheads as one reason to abolish the organisation.
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UK industry reacts with shock to UKFC closure plans
Members of the UK film industry have reacted with anger, bafflement and dismay at today’s shock DCMS decision to abolish the UK Film Council.
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Venice picks The Tempest to close festival, completes competition jury
American director Julie Taymor’s William Shakespeare adaptation The Tempest boasting an all-star cast including Helen Mirren, Alfred Molina and David Straithairn will close the Venice Film Festival, playing out of competition.
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WGA sets 2011 awards timeline
The 2011 Writers Guild Awards will take place on February 5, 2011 at simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York.
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Icahn sues Lionsgate over debt-to-equity swap
Carl Icahn, the man who would be king of Lionsgate, is suing the studio over its move last week to convert $100m of debt into equity.
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Production wraps on Atlas Shrugged - Part One
Production has wrapped on Strike Productions’ Atlas Shrugged – Part One based on Ayn Rand’s rousing 1957 novel about the collapse of American society after leading thinkers and creators go on strike.
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Reliance MediaWorks adds Today's Special to the menu
Reliance MediaWorks has picked up US rights to New York-based Inimitable Pictures’ first US production Today’s Special.
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BFI says it will 'work in collaboration' with UK Government
BFI says it welcomes news that it will report direct to Government; says UKFC has done ‘really important work’ over past decade.
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FiGa takes on Locarno premiere Aardvark
Los Angeles-based sales company FiGa Films has taken on international sales of two titles that will be showing in Locarno.
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NewsLars von Trier starts Melancholia shoot with Dunst, Gainsbourg, Sutherland
The cast for the ‘psychological disaster movie’ includes Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlotte Rampling, John Hurt, Alexander Skarsgård, Stellan Skarsgård, Jesper Christensen, Udo Kier, Brady Corbet and Cameron Spurr.
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NewsVenice Days to open with Blier's The Clink Of The Ice
Twelve titles hailing from regions as diverse as Burkina Faso and Chile have been selected for the seventh edition of the official Venice Days sidebar, set to unspool during the 67th edition of the Venice Film Festival.
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NewsToronto world premieres to include The Conspirator, Never Let Me Go, Rabbit Hole
TIFF to also premiere new films from Mike Mills, Guillaume Canet, Michael Winterbottom, David Schwimmer.
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Disney to handle video distribution of UTV titles
The Walt Disney Company India has signed an agreement with UTV Motion Pictures under which it will handle home entertainment distribution for some key titles from UTV.
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NewsFacebook campaign, independent petition set up to ‘Save The UK Film Council’
The UK film community is starting to rally around grassroots efforts to save the UK Film Council, a day after the Department of Culture Media and Sport announced its surprising decision to abolish the UKFC.
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IMAX continues European grown with 14-screen pact in Russia
IMAX has signed its biggest European deal in company history: a 14-theatre pact with Russian exhibitor Cinema Park.
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Pusan Asian Cinema Fund supports Tan Chui Mui, Ashvin Kumar
The Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) has selected 27 winners for this year’s Asian Cinema Fund (ACF), including Tan Chui Mui’s second feature The Year Without a Summer for post-production support.
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Puro Casting develops 3D facility for auditions
The UK based casting agency is developing a facility which will allow producers and directors to watch auditions in 3D.
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NewsToronto selections show the 'angst' of the modern world
“Probing” is the word Piers Handling, CEO/director of the Toronto International Film Festival, used to describe current world cinema.