UK News – Page 655
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NewsCity Screen adds second Brighton venue, eyes central London expansion
EXCLUSIVE: Picturehouse takes over programming of ICA from ICO, consults on Regent Street Cinema.
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NewsHot projects on Screenbase
Among this week’s newly added films to Screenbase are French-Belgium drama Landes starring Marie Gillain as well as Ken Loach’s new film Spirit Of ’45.
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NewsKaleidoscope strikes deal with Signature Entertainment
Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment has struck a deal to handle physical and digital distribution in the UK and Ireland for Signature Entertainment’s catalogue and new titles.
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NewsBFI acquires COI moving image collection
The BFI is to obtain the Central Office of Information’s entire moving image archive collection when it closes on March 31.
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NewsCreative England appoints head of communications
Paul Smith was previously head of comms at PACT.
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NewsBBC, Directors UK draw up bill of rights for directors
BBC and Directors UK draw up Creative Rights document for directors working on BBC-in house productions.
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NewsGemma Went appointed director of social media at Premier PR
She will be tasked with expanding the use of social media across Premier.
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NewsA Thousand Words pulled from UK theatrical release
Eddie Murphy’s poorly received comedy no longer coming out in June.
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NewsReelart plans film adaptation of Those In Peril
UK-based production company Reelart Media has acquired the film rights to Wilbur Smith’s novel Those In Peril.
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NewsMiramax expands international sales team, inks UKTV deal
Mathilde Rottier gets promotion; Stuart Shaw, Astrid De Berardinis and Alexandra Tullberg join London office as sales directors; outfit inks first multi-title, linear deal in UK.
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NewsBritish Film Commission to recruit for new EVP of US production
The British Film Commission will soon start recruiting for a successor to Andy Weltman, the former EVP of US production.
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Film London launches education programme for exhibition sector
Cultivate to offer film education programmes for those working in cinema and festival sector; April launch.
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NewsKen Loach begins production on Spirit Of 45
The BFI Film Fund, Film 4 and Channel 4 backed feature documentary will focus on the significance of the year 1945 in British history.
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NewsEIFF talent lab enters second year
The four day programme will run as part of the upcoming Edinburgh International Film Festival.
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NewsDisney signs deal with Google for UK YouTube, Google Play TVOD service
Disney extends YouTube deal to UK, range of portfolio titles available
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NewsEU committee calls for better recoupment and windows flexibility for online distribution
Flexibility of release windows, fair remuneration for rights holders for online distribution and net neutrality called for in European Parliament committee report.
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NewsMichael Murphy launches production services company Rockabill Media
Former Windmill Lane executive to work as co-producer and access Irish tax credit.
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NewsViasat appoints Jakob Mejlhede svp acquisitions and programming
Mejlhede responsible for all of Viasat’s centralised programming acquisition and content development for its free-TV and pay-TV channels.
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NewsWerner Herzog eyes volcano, Helmut Newton docs
EXCLUSIVE: Werner Herzog developing “stylised documentary” about volcanoes, Helmut Newton portrait and Gertrude Bell feature, all with regular producing partner Andre Singer.
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NewseOne takes UK rights to The 4th Reich from Mann Made and AV Pictures
Shaun Robert Smith to direct the WW2 action horror; producers include Scott Mann [pictured].