All articles by Tim Dams – Page 66
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NewsSunny Side doc market kicks off with environmental rallying cry
Temperatures are expected to hit a record-breaking 40C at the La Rochelle festival later this week.
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FeaturesHow TV market LA Screenings is going global
What role does the LA Screenings play in the TV market calendar for international buyers and distributors?
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FeaturesAn industry in flux: five top commissioners discuss Europe's TV drama market
Screen speaks to commissioners from five key European territories.
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FeaturesQ&A: Piers Wenger, controller of drama commissioning, BBC
Upcoming BBC commissions including ‘A Suitable Boy’ and ‘Dark Mon£y’.
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NewsHalo VFX closure hits workers
Halo VFX worked on films including Bohemian Rhapsody and TV shows such as Curfew and A Discovery Of Witches.
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NewsUK Screen Alliance hits out at Immigration Bill
VFX and animation industries will find it harder to attract international talent and stay competitive, says organisation.
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FeaturesGo big or go local: how the European drama sector is responding to Netflix and Amazon
Shows like The Ink Factory’s ‘The Little Drummer Girl’ are searching for other funding sources.
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FeaturesHow Netflix, Amazon and HBO are expanding into Europe
Streaming services are noticing the success of programmes like ‘The Crown’ and ‘The Grand Tour’.
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Fortissimo takes on world sales for House Of Sand
Fortissimo Films is to handleworld sales outside of Brazil and North America for Conspiracao Filmes' The House Of Sand,directed by award winning Brazilian director AndruchaWaddington. Waddington's Me You Them won a Special Mention in theUn Certain Regard sidebar of the Cannes film festival in 2000 and the CrystalGlobe at Karlovy ...
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Sky to show entire Star Wars saga in 2006
BSkyB has signed a deal with Twentieth Century Fox and LucasFilmtoshow the entire Star Wars saga in 2006. The deal gives Sky exclusive UKtelevision rights for all six Star Wars films from August 2006, to coincidewith the start of the pay-tv window for StarWars: Episode III - Revenge of the ...
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Women in Film and Television unveils Technical Change initiative
Women in Film and Television (WFTV) has extended itsmentoring programme Directing Change to help women develop their careers in technicalroles within the film and TV industry. WFTV willofficially launch the new initiative, called Technical Change, on October 10.Working inconjunction with Skillset and the UK Film Council with the backing of ...
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Arts Alliance acquires Danish DVD rental outfit
Arts Alliance Media, the owner of the UK's DVD rentalcompany LOVEFiLM, and lScandinavian operator Boxman AB of Sweden, has furtherincreased its European network with the acquisition of Digitarian A/S,Denmark's largest online DVD rental company.Theacquisition was made through Boxman and means the group will now serve over20,000 customers in Scandinavia."Boxman choseDigitarian ...
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Woods steps down as Sheffield Documentary fest director
Brent Woods is stepping down as director of the SheffieldInternational Documentary Festival (Oct 10-16) after four years in the role andten years in total at the festival.Woodswill be leaving in January 2006 and the Sheffield International Documentary FestivalBoard will begin recruiting a new Director in due course.Woods commented, "I feel ...
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Kindred makes US play for Hoffman's Game 6
Kindred Media Group hasacquired North American distribution rights to Michael Hoffman's dramaticcomedy Game 6, starring Michael Keaton and Robert Downey Jr.Exploring the existentialcrisis of a Broadway playwright and baseball fanatic, Game 6 is based onan original screenplay by acclaimed novelist Don DeLillo. It is directed byMichael Hoffman and produced by ...
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Service of Thanksgiving for Lord Brabourne to be held in London
AMemorial Service of Thanksgiving for Lord Brabourne CBE, who died last month,is to be held in London on November 15 at The Guards Chapel at 3:00pm.Lord Brabourne was a much respected film maker, whoproduced and co-produced 16 international feature films, which collectivelyreceived 25 Oscars/ Oscar nominations.Lord Brabourne was also a ...
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Narnia set for royal world premiere in London
TheChronicles of Narnia: The Lion,The Witch and The Wardrobe is tohave its world premiere in London on December7 as the 2005 Royal Film Performance in aid of theCinema and Television Benevolent Fund.The film will screen in thepresence of HRH The Prince of Wales and The Duchessof Cornwall at the Royal ...
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Graham, Calderwood take key Pact roles
Wall To Wall chief executiveAlex Graham is to become the next chair of UK producers body Pact, while SlateFilms managing director Andrea Calderwood has been named vice chair, film.Both stood unopposed for thekey positions, which will come into effect from January 2006. MalcolmBrinkworth, managing director, Touch Productions, was also named ...
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Economists weigh up impact of UK film industry
The UK film industry is asubstantial contributor to the UK economy, directly contributing £960m to GDPand employing 31,000 people, according to a new report published today byOxford Economic Forecasting.Published at a sensitivetime for the film sector - the Treasury's consultation period on its tax creditproposals ends on October 21 - ...
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Celador readies Marshall, Webber projects
Celador Films, the UK production outfit behind StephenFrears' Dirty Pretty Things and Neil Marshall's The Descent hasunveiled its new development slate. The slate includes a string of projects in the £3-5mbudget range from acclaimed directors such as Neil Marshall and Peter Webber (GirlWith A Pearl Earring) that Celador plans to ...
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Sony Classics buys Waddington's House
Sony Pictures Classics has acquiredNorth American rights to Andrucha Waddington's House Of Sand fromBrazil's Conspiracao Filmes after its premiere at the Toronto film festival.House Of Sand stars leading Brazilian actressesFernanda Montenegro (Central Station) and Palme D'Or winner andMontenegro's daughter, Fernanda Torres (Parle-Moi D'Amour). It tells thestory of three generations of ...