UK News – Page 560
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NewsJinga acquires Goldberg & Eisenberg
Jinga Films has acquired Oren Carmi’s award-winning thriller for world sales.
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NewsMetrodome catches Winter Chill
EXCLUSIVE: Drama reunites Kristin Scott Thomas with director Philippe Claudel.
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NewsSoda takes Night Moves for UK
EXCLUSIVE: Soda takes UK rights to Kelly Reichardt’s Venice competition title Night Moves from The Match Factory.
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NewsDisney's live-action Cinderella begins shoot
Director Kenneth Branagh begins principal photography at London’s Pinewood Studios.
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NewsNew CEO reveals Icon distribution plans
Icon Distribution UK sets sights on AFM; will add acquisitions executive; Demonic among likely first releases.
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NewsRush tops UK box office
StudioCanal’s F1 biopic overtakes Insidious: Chapter 2 with $2.1m (£1.34m) second weekend; Diana draws $1m (£623k) on debut.
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NewsShoot begins on musical Holiday!
Vertigo Films to release musical, including the feature debut of singer Leona Lewis, in 2014.
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NewsDouble British win at Encounters
The two top prizes at Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival went to Screen Stars of Tomorrow Jamie Stone and Felix Massie.
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NewsIcon relaunches in UK
Jerome Booth of New Sparta buys Icon UK Distribution; Ian Dawson CEO; Norman Humphrey and Zak Brilliant among execs.
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NewsRizzle Kicks singer makes feature debut
EXCLUSIVE: Shoot underway in London on thriller from Metrodome production slate; Salt handles sales.
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NewsHawking opens Cambridge fest
Professor Stephen Hawking helped launch the Cambridge Film Festival with a Q&A broadcast to 70 cinemas nationwide and messages from Sir Richard Branson, Morgan Freeman and the cast of The Big Bang Theory.
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NewsEszterhas to top Screenwriters festival
Basic Instinct writer named headline guest speaker at the London Screenwriters’ Festival, which will also feature sessions with the writers of Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa among others.
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NewsBFI unveils £3m 'talent network'
Creative England gets £1.8m in funding for its programmes for new and emerging filmmakers; Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are also partners with enhanced new talent support.
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NewsUK submits Metro Manila to Oscars
Philippines-set crime thriller, made by British filmmaker Sean Ellis, submitted by the UK for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
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NewsMike Leigh to give Peter Brook Lecture
Award-winning writer-director to deliver fourth Directors Guild Peter Brook Lecture.
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NewsDCM hires Aegis CEO Nigel Sharrocks
Sharrocks, previously MD of Warner Bros Pictures UK, joins leading UK cinema advertising firm.
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NewsScreen reveals Rising Star shortlist
Rising Star Award to be handed out as part of Screen UK Marketing & Distribution Awards on Oct 30.
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NewsWolf hot seller for XYZ
EXCLUSIVE: XYZ Films has closed a raft of key European deals on Dutch crime thriller Wolf ahead of the film’s release in the Netherlands on September 19.