UK News – Page 574
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NewsSkillset opens call for training support
Creative Skillset has now opened its first call for funding for training as part of its new Film Skills Strategy.
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NewsA World Not Ours wins top Edinburgh prize
Mahdi Fleifel’s refugee documentary wins Best Film in the International Competition. Experimental doc Leviathan wins Best British Feature.
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NewsBFI launches $8.5m programming fund
The British Film Institute (BFI) has launched a Programming Development Fund, worth up to $2.1m (£1.4m) a year to 2017.
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NewsFrightFest unveils biggest line-up
The 14th edition of London-based genre festival to screen record 51 films across August Bank Holiday weekend (Aug 22-26) with ten world premieres; UK premieres include Jim Mickle’s We Are What We Are [pictured].
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NewsFilm4 Somerset House talks include David Gordon Green
Nat Faxon and Jim Rash to talk about The Way Way Back.
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NewsSwipe takes Figgis’ Suspension of Disbelief for UK
EXCLUSIVE: Swipe Films has boarded Mike Figgis’ erotic thriller, Suspension of Disbelief, as UK theatrical distributor.
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NewsGyllenhaal to star in Honourable Woman
Actress to play lead role in drama series set against an international political backdrop.
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NewsBFI unveils Gothic cinema season
The British Film Institute (BFI) is to launch a major project dedicated to Gothic cinema, which includes more than 150 films and around 1,000 screenings throughout the UK.
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NewsPinewood Shepperton reports $8.3m profits
Annual report highlights the biggest film productions to shoot at Pinewood Shepperton’s UK studios, international growth, movie investments and its bid to expand capacity.
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NewsEdinburgh names Best of the Fest
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) has announced its Best of the Fest line-up.
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NewsSoda acquires ‘Peril’ for UK
EXCLUSIVE: Protagonist Pictures has secured a deal with Soda Pictures to handle UK distribution on Cannes Critics’ Week title For Those In Peril.
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NewsWhite House Down re-mastered for IMAX
White House action drama starring Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx to be released on IMAX screens internationally.
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NewsUK Gold launches East End festival
The 12th edition of the East End Film Festival kicked off in London last night with the world premiere of Mark Donne’s documentary, The UK Gold.
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NewsJohn Travolta fears for future of film
John Travolta has said he fears character-driven stories are being overtaken by gimmicks in cinema - and paid tribute to late actor James Gandolfini.
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NewsDogwoof lands Cutie and the Boxer
Doc is about painter Ushio Shinohara and his wife and artist Noriko.
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NewsVerve takes Short Term 12, Kelly + Victor
Verve Pictures has acquired UK rights for Destin Daniel Cretton’s feature Short Term 12 and Kelly+Victor, Kieran Evans’ adaptation of the novel by Niall Griffiths.
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NewsGoodson-Thomas joins Ingenious
Production exec Katie Goodson-Thomas joins as director of production and acquisitions.
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NewsBroadcasters acquire Having You
EXCLUSIVE: High Point inks multiple TV deals on Sam Hoare’s Having You.
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NewsScreen unveils 2013 UK Stars of Tomorrow
Meet this year’s class of rising talents in acting and filmmaking.