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Screen International unveils its UK Stars Of Tomorrow
Published both in this week's Screen International and online (click here), the annual talent survey - now it fourth year - highlights the brightest actors, directors, writers and producers in the UK. Nearly 40 new names are profiled, coming from shorts, documentaries, drama and film school, the stage and television.
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Government closes UK tax schemes
The UK Treasury has pulled the plug on tax schemes expected to raise hundreds of millions of pounds of film finance this year.
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Screenwriters festival launches script market
This year's international Screen Writers Festival is to launch a speculative script market.
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The Queen and King win royal flush at the Baftas
The Queen's royal progress in this year's awards season was matched at this year's Orange British Academy awards by the grand success of Last King Of Scotland.
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United 93 named best film by London critics
Forest Whitaker won best actor for The Last King of Scotland, while best actress and biggest international actress honours went to Meryl Streep for The Devil Wears Prada.
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Chinese censors approve Lost In Beijing with major cuts
Zhang Hongsen, deputy director of the Film Bureau under the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT), confirmed that the film was approved during this afternoon's meeting and will be allowed to screen as scheduled in competition at Berlin.
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Lost In Beijing producer awaits final decision from censors
The Film Reviewing Committee under the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) reached a decision last Wednesday to ban the film from going to Berlin.
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UK exhibitors pull Museum in row over DVD release window
Some of the UK's biggest exhibitors are pulling Fox's Night At The Museum this weekend in a row over a shortened 13-week window between theatrical and DVD release. Odeon and Vue cinemas are amongst those taking action - though none of the chains involved was making a statement tonight.It follows ...
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Aardman and Dreamworks finally part ways
DreamWorks andAardman have formally announced the premature ending of their five-film exclusive partnership that dates back to 1999.
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Chinese box office to double by 2010, says report
Chinese box office revenues will almost double over the next three years, according to analyst Screen Digest and Nielsen NRG, from last year's $336m to $720m by 2010.The rapid box office growth that has been driven by the opening up of the Chinese market and the fast development of modern ...
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Multi-million dollar boost for Irish film
The arts, sports and culture department is conducting a review of the development of film in Ireland and the ability of its infrastructure to support both local film-makers and to attract inward investment.
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Bond and The Queen head BAFTA longlist
Casino Royale and The Queen top the Orange British Academy Film Awards longlist with 14.
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China bans Summer Palace director for five years
Following months ofspeculation, Chinese authorities have finally made a statement aboutcontroversial Cannes competition entry Summer Palace, banning both the directorLou Ye and producer Nai An from making films in China for five years.
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Volver tops Screen's Cannes critics poll
Ken Loach'sThe Wind That Shakes TheBarley may have captured the Palme d'Or, but by a notable margin Screen International's juryof critics voted Pedro Almodovar's Volver as thebest film in Cannes competition.
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Elena Anaya joins cast of The Floating World
Goya nominee Elena Anaya hasjoined Wintertime Films and Walker Films' Australian Outback-set drama TheFloating World.
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Triple triumph for Adam's Apple at Brussels Film Festival
Adam'sApple, by Danish director Anders Thomas Jensen (Flickering Lights, The Green Butchers), was the big winner of the24th edition of the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festivalon Saturday. The film scooped the GoldenRaven (Grand Prize of the Festival), the Meliès d'Argent (Best European Fantastic Film)and the Pegasus (AudiencePrize).
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Pioneering launch of DVD quality human rights film on the Internet
DerekWyatt MP, Chair of the Parliamentary Internet Committee, launched the firstever DVD quality human rights film on theInternet. The documentary film, Russia/Chechnya:Voices of Dissent, produced by Vanessa Redgraveand directed by Carlo Nero, was made in honour of Amnesty International.