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NewsShooting begins on Joanna Hogg's third feature
Hogg’s as-yet-untitled “London Project” will shoot for six weeks in and around west London.
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NewsDinard director calls for more British support
Dinard festival artistic director Hussam Hindi has made an impassioned plea for the British to resume their support of the event (which showcases British films to French audiences).
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NewsSoda Pictures acquires Jem Cohen’s Museum Hours for UK
EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based sales company MPM reports a flurry of post-Toronto deals for picture which is due to screen in the BFI London Film Festival.
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NewsFox, Momentum win big at Screen Marketing & Distribution Awards
Third annual awards ceremony honouring marketing and distribution campaigns was held last night in London at a gala event.
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NewsDogwoof Global picks up Eugene Jarecki’s The House I Live In
Dogwoof to handle sales on Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner.
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NewsSheffield Doc/Fest launch Indiegogo crowdfunding initiative
Initiative aims to raise $25,000 over a 43-day period for their 20th anniversary in 2013.
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NewsDemian Bichir, Emilia Clarke join RPC’s Dom Hemingway
Demian Bichir, Emilia Clarke, Jumayn Hunter and Madalina Ghenea join Jude Law and Richard E. Grant in Richard Shepard’s black comedy.
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NewsArgo, Amour to bookend Leeds International Film Festival
26th edition runs Nov 1-18, presenting 167 feature films.
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NewsShoreline Entertainment acquires worldwide rights to Sir Billi
Scotland’s first CGI animated feature boasts the vocal talents of Sean Connery in his first voice-over role.
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NewsBedlam adds Olwyn Silvester, Stella Nwimo
Bedlam Productions appoints Olwyn Silvester as director of production, Stella Nwimo to production and development role.
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NewsSaffery Champness acquires RSM Tenon’s film and TV unit
UK accountant’s film unit, run by John Graydon [pictured] and Nigel Burke, acquired by rival firm; all current film contracts to transfer to Saffery Champness.
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DCMS opens tax relief consultation for high-end TV drama
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is nailing down the criteria used to decide which programmes are eligible for the proposed drama tax relief for high-end TV.
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NewsBFI Future Plan to invest £500m over next five years
Three areas of concentration are education and audiences, filmmaking and film heritage; Film Fund will rise to £24m annually by 2017.
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NewsShooting begins on John Michael McDonagh’s Calvary
McDonagh’s follow-up to the critically acclaimed The Guard stars Brendan Gleeson [pictured], Chris O’Dowd, Kelly Reilly and Aidan Gillen, among others.
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NewsMan Booker shortlist set for live cinema broadcast
Authors competing for the Man Booker Prize are to feature in a live broadcast to Picturehouse, Cineworld and independent cinemas around the UK.
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Martin Radich, Alex Taylor, Jonathan Entwistle, Rachel Tunnard among directors selected for iFeatures2
Creative England, BFI Film Fund and BBC Films have selected eight projects for the full development stage of iFeatures2.
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Odeon West End gets two-week exclusive run of The Master in 70mm
Entertainment Film Distributors has confirmed that Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master will get a 70mm release in the UK.
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NewsLooper jumps to number one at the UK box office
eOne’s sci-fi records impressive $3.9m (£2.4m) debut to end ParaNorman’s reign at the top after just one week.
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NewsWinner of BFI-Nintendo competition revealed
Senna director Asif Kapadia [pictured] to mentor winner of competition.
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NewsShortlist revealed for Hospital's h.Club 100 Film Category
Time Out readers submit Andrea Arnold [pictured] as ‘Wild Card’ nominee.