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NewsChadwick, Harris circle Mandela biopic Long Walk to Freedom
EXCLUSIVE: Anant Singh’s long-gestating Nelson Mandela biopic heats up with Justin Chadwick in advanced talks to direct and Skyfall actress Naomie Harris in talks to star as Winnie Mandela opposite Idris Elba.
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NewsFilm 4.0 to discuss Dreams Of A Life cross-platform success during SXSW panel
Film4.0 head Anna Higgs will moderate the Monday panel; street-based game to launch during SXSW.
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NewsBarbican's 30th anniversary plans include opening new cinemas with dystopian film programmes
As the London-based arts centre The Barbican marks its 30th anniversary (the celebrations start tonight), the organisation has announced some highlights planned for the coming year.
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NewsLondon Asian Film Festival to be open with Ribhu Dasgupta’s Michael
Trishna, Lucky and Bol among screenings at the festival’s 14th edition, which runs March 16-24.
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NewsNational Youth Film Academy launches apprenticeship scheme
20 budding young film-makers from the UK will take part in the scheme which runs for 9 months.
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NewseOne to ramp up TV co-productions, Peter Emerson relocates to London
Entertainment One (eOne) looks to ramp international co-productions with expanded European focus.
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NewsTom Tagholm leaves Channel 4 to develop film, commercial projects
Been with channel for 11 years.
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NewsOrigin develops scripts with Greenhalgh, Towhidi, Graham
EXCLUSIVE: The UK’s Origin Pictures is working across an exciting slate of film and TV projects including a The Wire-style crime-drama set in Manchester from Matt Greenhalgh and an adaptation of recently optioned PD James novel Death Comes to Pemberley.
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NewsApril shoot for I Give It A Year
Rose Byrne, Anna Faris, Rafe Spall and Simon Baker will star in Dan Mazer’s directorial debut, produced by Working Title.
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NewsVueXtreme rolls out in London and Bolton
VueXtreme launches in three venues this spring, rollout to continue through 2012.
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NewsSundance London confirms 14 UK premieres including Liberal Arts, The House I Live In
The Sundance Film Festival’s first foray into the UK, Sundance London (April 26-29 at the O2), has announced that the bulk of its film programme.
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NewsSusan Morris joins London law firm Halebury
Media and technology law firm Halebury has appointed Susan Morris as a senior media lawyer.
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NewsElles, In Darkness, Fear Of Falling to screen at tenth Kinoteka Film Festival
London’s Polish film festival kicks off this Thursday (8).
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NewsLipSync boards Murphy's Blood, Athale's Wasteland
The Soho based post production house will provide equity investment and post services for Murphy’s second feature.
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NewsUK MPs urge BBC Worldwide to be more commercial
The BBC should reconsider how much income it can generate through its commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, in a report by MPs that labels its current plans “unambitious”.
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NewsBeaufoy, Buffini, Watkins among speakers at Page to Screen Festival
UK festival to host preview screening of Salmon Fishing in the Yemen; Beaufoy in conversation with novelist Torday.
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NewsBFI Southbank launches Made In Britain season
The first installment will kick off in April, with a focus on female directors from the UK.
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NewsMan Without A Cell Phone to kick off 15th London Palestine Film Festival
Sameh Zoabi’s quirky comedy is one of 26 premieres to take place at the festival, which runs April 20-May 3.
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NewsCharlotte van Weede starts new job at eOne
Charlotte van Weede has today started her new position as Head of Sales for Entertainment One.
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NewsLondon's Pan-Asia Film Festival to open with world premiere of One More
UK premiere of 11 Flowers will close the festival, which runs March 9-18.