UK News – Page 648
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NewsWarner Home Video, Revolver dominate BVA awards
Harry Potter scoops a number of prizes at the British Video Association awards ceremony.
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NewseOne picks up US/UK on Cronenberg's Cosmopolis
eOne has acquired multi-territory rights on David Cronenberg’s Cannes thriller Cosmopolis.
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NewsJCA remasters A Queen Is Crowned for ITV
Digital restoration timed for Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
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NewsTWC in tune with Hoffman’s Quartet
TWC picks up US and Latin American rights to Dustin Hoffman’s Quartet from HanWay.
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NewsDogwoof partners with FilmClub
EXCLUSIVE: FilmClub adds ten titles to screening roster from UK distributor Dogwoof.
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NewsStudioCanal, Film4, BFI pact on salsa comedy Cuban Fury
StudioCanal will handle worldwide sales on the title heading into Cannes and has scheduled a UK release for spring 2013. Nick Frost conceived the story and stars alongside Rashida Jones, Chris O’Dowd and Olivia Colman.
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NewsCauseway Pictures unveils two new horror pictures
Red Mist screenwriter Spence Wright has written the script for the two Northern Irish based projects - Deadlocked and Vampires Verses Leprechauns - which will shoot consecutively in the autumn.
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NewsYouTube unveils UK strategy
YouTube has revealed details of its UK content strategy for the first time, urging producers to pitch niche ideas and putting well in excess of £10m up for grabs.
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NewsScreen Yorkshire unveils new board structure
The UK regional screen agency has appointed three new board members and a new chair after recently launching its £15m Yorkshire Content Fund.
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NewsUK's Black Hangar Studios officially opens for business
The UK gets a boost with the launch of new studio facility, Black Hangar Studios, which includes a 32,000 sq ft sound stage, water tank and onsite production services and will be targeting British film and television productions who are unable to get into Pinewood and Shepperton.
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NewsSC Films joins The Fold
EXCLUSIVE: London-based sales company takes on UK drama set in Cornwall.
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NewsBombay Sapphire launches film-making competition
The competition will give film-makers the chance to interpret a script written by Geoffrey Fletcher, who won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for Precious in 2009.
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NewsKarlovy Vary to honour Helen Mirren
Mirren and husband Taylor Hackford to attend the Czech festival
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NewsJamie Laurenson leaves BBC Films to head See-Saw's TV arm
Former BBC executive becomes head of television at Iain Canning and Emile Sherman’s See-Saw Films.
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NewsScreen unveils Marketing and Distribution Awards jury
Jurors include Gareth Unwin, Andrew Cripps, Hugo Grumbar, Edith Bowman, Christian Grass and Mia Bays.
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NewsOne Eyed Films takes on horror Sennentuntschi
London sales company picks up Swiss Film Awards Best Film winner.
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NewsBSkyB posts £939m profit; claims it is 'fit and proper'
BSkyB has staunchly defended its right to a broadcast licence following a stinging attack on its majority shareholder News Corporation yesterday.
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NewsAlliance sale expected to be announced within the month
EXCLUSIVE: A decision on the sale of Alliance Films is expected within the next two to four weeks, company chairman Victor Loewy told ScreenDaily this week.