UK News – Page 671
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NewsOrange launches Film Pulse web tool
Tool collates opinion from across the Internet and summarises the ‘love’ for a film out of 100.
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NewsOdeon sees increased attendance for British films in 2011
New reward scheme may have helped boost attendance to British films.
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NewsBFI Film Fund backs projects by Newell, Potter, McDonagh
Films to receive recent production funding from the BFI include Mike Newell’s Great Expectations [pictured], Sally Potter’s Bomb and Martin McDonagh’s Seven Psychopaths.
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NewsDogwoof takes UK rights to Sundance docs Big Boys Gone Bananas! and Putin's Kiss
Company also in talks for more Sundance titles.
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NewsBollywood Films acquires rights to 7 Welcome To London
UK distribution company Bollywood Films has acquired international distribution rights to 7 Welcome To London, a romantic Bollywood/British thriller directed by Asad Shan.
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NewsCurzon launches pop-up cinema scheme in UK regions
Momentum, StudioCanal, Soda Pictures, BFI amongst distributors signed up; 6-8 venues expected by end of 2012.
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NewsUK comedy Booked Out plans DIY distribution
Sylvia Syms, Rollo Weeks star in the UK comedy which will tour the UK in March.
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NewsWar Horse leads the field for second consecutive week at UK box office
Disney’s adaptation showcases decent stamina, while Haywire KO’s the rest of the new releases.
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NewsNorthern Film & Media launches pilot jobs fund
The £75K fund is aimed at creating more jobs within the creative industries in the North East of the UK.
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NewsGranier-Deferre makes directorial debut with Le Weekend
The British producer is directing from a script by Geoffrey Gunn.
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NewsPark Circus expands with US sister company
UK-based film sales and distribution company Park Circus has opened a sister company in the US, Park Circus LLC.
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NewsDon Boyd's HiBROW launches with 9 hours of arts content
Highlights include Edinburgh’s Traverse Theatre performing David Eldridge’s All Is Vanity.
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NewsAntonia Campbell Hughes in talks to join Malone in Lonely Hunter
Antonia Campbell Hughes, a 2011 Screen Star of Tomorrow and an EFP Shooting Star at Berlin 2012, is in talks to join Deborah Kampmeier’s Lonely Hunter.
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NewsVertigo plans August UK release of Top Cat: The Movie
Anima Studios project will be released in 2D and 3D.
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NewsThe Artist named Regional Critics' Film of the Year
The award was voted for by critics and writers in all branches of the UK regional media.
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NewsIrvine Welsh adaptation Filth starts shoot with cast led by James McAvoy
Steel Mill Pictures and Logie Pictures will start principal photography Monday on Jon S Baird’s adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s Filth.
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NewsArts Alliance, Molinare strike partnership
In a unique deal, digital cinema company Arts Alliance Media will partner with post-production company Molinare to offer digital cinema services to Molinare’s post clients.
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NewsHot projects on Screenbase
Sophie Marceau will star in Jean-Paul Lilienfeld’s upcoming drama Arrêtez-Moi, while Jim Donovan will direct Fangs Of War, a 20th century reimagining of Bram Stoker’s Dracula.
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NewsPinewood Shepperton refused planning permission for Project Pinewood
UK government refuses planning permission for £200m live-in replica cities.