UK News – Page 599
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NewsExclusive Media to rep Icon library
Library totalling more than 200 titles includes What Women Want, Coriolanus, Hunger, Mean Streets and Project Nim.
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NewsBFI to certify TV, animation, games tax credit applicants
The British Film Institute (BFI) has been appointed by the UK government as the certification unit for the upcoming creative content tax reliefs, spanning high-end TV, animation and video games.
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NewsMary Callery joins IFB in reshuffle
Recent staff restructure includes Emma Scott becoming production and distribution executive; IFB in pact with WME.
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NewsWreck-It Ralph regains high score
Disney’s 3D animation has leapt back to the top of the chart following a $5.2m (£3.4m) weekend; Universal’s Mama is the week’s highest new entry with a $2.4m (£1.5m) debut.
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NewsGlasgow fest admissions up 12%
The ninth edition, which closed with the UK premiere of Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing, recorded a 12% rise on 2012 figures.
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NewsEM Media closes for business
Regional screen agency EM Media, which co-financed films such as This is England and Control, is to close.
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iLL Manors wins film music prize
British crime drama iLL Manors has picked up the best film score prize at the Music+Sound Awards.
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NewsOne Direction sells for Kaleidoscope
Music title I Love One Direction sells for UK distributor at EFM.
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NewsScreen International reader survey
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NewsDay for Night launches distribution arm
Aditya Assarat’s HI-SO and Dominga Sotomayor’s Thursday till Sunday mark first acquisitions.
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NewsHorror short film competition launched
666 Short Cuts to Hell will see one filmmaker win £6,666 and the opportunity to develop a horror short or feature idea under mentorship from Movie Mogul.
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NewseOne signs Eleven Film deal
Canadian producer and distributor Entertainment One (eOne) is planning an aggressive UK push after striking a first-look deal with UK indie Eleven Film.
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NewsSky Movies to launch Disney channel
Renewed deal with the US studio includes the launch of a Sky Movies Disney channel and prevents VoD rivals from offering blockbusters such as Wreck-It Ralph and Iron Man 3.
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NewsLesbian & Gay fest reveals line-up
Over 100 titles will screen at the 27th edition of the BFI London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, which runs March 14-24.
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NewsUniversal to build on Mama success with more co-pros
After Mama’s growing US and international box office success, David Kosse tells Screen “there are more opportunities for this kind of film,” including a sequel to Andrés Muschietti’s horror hit.
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NewsAlt J to score Leave to Remain
Mercury Award winning band Alt-J is to collaborate with director Bruce Goodison on the soundtrack to upcoming Toby Jones film Leave To Remain.
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NewsBarbican to mark Critics’ Circle 100th
Leading critics to introduce films “that changed their life”.
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NewsPeccadillo takes In The Name Of
Małgośka Szumowska’s Berlin Competition title and Teddy Award winner [pictured] follows a Catholic priest who works with troubled teenagers in a rural village in Poland.