All articles by Tim Dams – Page 78
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Vodafone casts eye over Vivendi Universal
UK mobile phone company Vodafone has expressed an interest in buying Vivendi Universal. Vodafone chief executive Arun Sarin said that he would not rule out buying the whole of the French media group in order to get his hands on SFR, France's second largest mobile operator, which Vodafone owns jointly ...
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UK secures largest share of MEDIA development funding
UK filmmakers benefited from over Euros 2.8m (£1.9m) of MEDIA programme investment into their companies this year.The UK MEDIA desk recorded that 18.6% of the total Euros15m of development funding went to UK film projects.2003 is the first year that the UK has received the largest share of funding - ...
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BSkyB strikes MGM movie deal
UK satellite broadcaster BSkyB has struck a movie and entertainment programming deal with MGM, which will supply Sky Movies with a slate of classic titles, including all five Rocky films and 40 other features such as Twelve Angry Men to Moonstruck. The deal also allows Artsworld - a niche channel ...
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Ferch named EFA master of ceremonies
German actor Heino Ferch (Wintersleepers, Comedian Harmonists), has been named as master of ceremonies at this weekend's European Film Awards (Dec 6).Meanwhile, directors Jeanne Moreau, Istvan Szabo and Pedro Almodovar will act as patrons for the nominated films. Twenty-four hours later, on Dec 7, the French-German cultural channel Arte will ...
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Post houses create£1.4bn special effect for UK economy
The UK post-production industry generated £1.39bn in revenues in 2002 and employs 15,000 people, according to a comprehensive new study of the sector published today (Nov 27) by the UK Film Council.The report - Post-production in the UK - concludes that the UK post sector ranks with the USA and ...
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BFI launches online film archive service
As part of a move to make its vast film and television collection more accessible to the public, the British Film Institute (bfi) has launched a new website featuring footage from its archives.Clips of films dating back to the late 19th Century can be viewed on the site, which is ...
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Carlton strikes Spanish deals for Film Collection
Carlton International has struck two deals with Spanish distributors to handle its Carlton Film Collection.Manga Films has taken TV and video rights for the entire Korda Library, which features 33 classic films. This is an expansion of a previous deal, with new titles now added including such as The Scarlet ...
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EFA to honour Chabrol, di Palma
The European Film Academy is to honour Claude Chabrol and Carlo di Palma at its forthcoming awards ceremony.Chabrol, whose credits include Le Beau Serge, Jours Tranquilles A Clichy, Madame Bovary and La Fleur Du Mal, will receive the European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award 2003. Di Palma will receive the ...
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Barbara Windsor wins Women in Film and TV lifetime award
Barbara Windsor is to be awarded the Working Title Films Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2003 Five Women in Film and Television Awards (WFTV).The annual awards ceremony celebrates the achievements of women in all aspects of the British film and television industry and will be held on the Dec 5 ...
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Bellocchio's Goodmorning wins EFA critics prize
The European Film Awards have unveiled its first two prize winning films: Marco Bellocchio's Italian film Goodmorning, Night (Buongiorno, Notte) and S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine by Rithy Panh, from France. Bellochio's film won the European Film Academy Critics Award 2003 - Prix Fipresci, while S21 was awarded The ...
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Arclight clinches sales on The Merchant Of Venice
Arclight Films has completed a string of deals on Michael Radford's The Merchant Of Venice, starring Al Pacino.MGM has taken the film for the UK, Art Port for Japan, Manga for Spain, Paradise for Russia and New Films for Eastern Europe and Latin America.The $30m film of Shakespeare's play will ...
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Arclight clinches sales on The Merchant Of Venice
Arclight Films has completed a string of deals on Michael Radford's The Merchant Of Venice, starring Al Pacino.MGM has taken the film for the UK, Art Port for Japan, Manga for Spain, Paradise for Russia and New Films for Eastern Europe and Latin America.The $30m film of Shakespeare's play will ...
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FACT appoints UK operations director
UK anti-piracy body FACT has appointed of Jim Angell as director of operations.Angell has been acting director of operations since the departure of Spencer Mott in August 2003. He joined FACT in 2001 after a long career in the Metropolitan Police.A Director General post will be filled in early 2004.
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Aardman embarks on lengthy Curse shoot
The UK's Aardman Animation (Chicken Run) has started production on its latest clay-animation feature project, The Curse Of The Wererabbit.Rumoured to cost $50m, the Dreamworks SKG financed feature will take 18 months to shoot and is set for a September 2005 release. 180 people are currently working on the film ...
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Stamp joins cast of Franchise's Fish
Terence Stamp has joined the cast of Dead Fish, which is currently shooting in London.Directed by Charley Stadler, the black comedy thriller also stars Gary Oldman as a ruthless hitman and Robert Carlyle as a heartless debt collector. Stamp will play the eponymous Fish.Elena Anaya (Sex & Lucia), Andrew ...
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Mouth To Mouth rolls with Egoyan as exec producer
Atom Egoyan is acting as executive producer on Mouth To Mouth, the feature film directorial debut of Alison Murray.A turbulent story about a young girl's search for a place to belong, Mouth To Mouth marks the first co-production between producers M2M Films and Egoli Tossell. Producer Anne Beresford is behind ...
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WBITD restructures Euro sales operation
Warner Bros. International Television Distribution (WBITD) has restructured some of its European sales operations.Mickie Steinmann, who currently serves as sales director for Scandinavia, Benelux, Finland, Greece and Cyprus, is being promoted to vice president, sales, and will continue to handle Scandinavia, Benelux and Finland while adding Israel and pan regional ...
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US post outfit Soundelux launches London office
U.S. sound post-production company Soundelux has opened a London office, offering sound supervision and sound editorial services to international feature producers completing their films in the U.K.Supervising sound editor Eddy Joseph will head the new facility. Joseph's credits include Cold Mountain, Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone and Enemy ...
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European Film Academy unveils documentary contenders
The European Film Academy has announced the nominations in its Documentary 2003 - Prix Arte category. The winner will be presented at the European Film Awards Ceremony on Saturday, December 6 in Berlin.The documentary jury consists of: Alfredo Knuchel, documentary filmmaker, festival programme advisor & journalist, Switzerland; Ben Lewis, producer/director, ...
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Pathe UK to send out screeners to BAFTA members
Pathe UK has become the first major UK independent to say that it will send out screener tapes to BAFTA members this year.Pathe UK is distributing two highly fancied awards contenders: The Girl With A Pearl Earring and In The Cut. The company will send out screener tapes for both ...