UK News – Page 687
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NewsPixar's Andy Schmidt to speak at Bradford Animation Festival
The Pixar animator is amongst the high profile animators set to attend the 18th edition of the festival which runs Nov 8-12.
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NewsUK's Soda Pictures moves into US with Red Flag partnership for Norwegian Wood
New Video’s Flatiron to handle DVD/digital release in US.
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NewsJulia Short named head of acquisitions for The Works Film Group
Weiner, Bestwick also join The Works.
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NewsArtificial Eye circles 360; company builds on Paramount ties
UK distributor Artificial Eye is thought to be in final negotiations to acquire Fernando Meirelles’ 360, whichopened the BFI London Film Festival on Wednesday.
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NewsChristophe Honore, Daniel Auteuil to attend French Film Festival UK
Now in its 19th year, the festival will open with Jean-Pierre Ameris’ Romantics Anonymous on Nov 9.
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NewsSophie Fiennes wraps The Pervert's Guide To Ideology
The feature doc is the second collaboration between Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow director Fiennes and philosopher Slavoj Zizek.
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NewsArtificial Eye takes UK & Irish rights for Michael Winterbottom's Trishna
India-set Tess update stars Frieda Pinto and Riz Ahmed.
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NewsAnna Higgs amongst panelists at Darklight Industry Symposium
The Irish Film Board is sponsoring the event will take place during independent digital festival Darklight in Dublin on Oct 20.
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NewsBBFC bans Adam Rehmeier's The Bunny Game
The film had been picked up by Trinity for its DVD genre label Trinity X in Cannes this year.
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NewsBlackburn in pre-production for Elstree shoot of Dream On
The Fades director Farren Blackburn makes his feature directorial debut; golfer Sam Torrance [pictured] to have a cameo.
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NewsScott Graham to make feature debut with Shell
The Scottish director (and 2011 Screen Star of Tomorrow) is extending his 2007 short film about an oppressive relationship between a father and daughter, starring Joseph Mawle and Chloe Pirrie.
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NewsYellow Bird's Marianne Gray to give key note speech at PFM
Producer Marianne Gray of Swedish production company Yellow Bird is to deliver the keynote address at Film London’s fifth Production Finance Market (PFM).
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NewsBeck, Turner join Halo Post Production
Roger Beck and David Turner have joined the UK-based Halo Post Production as it expands into film audio work.
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NewsMatthew Rhys to star in adaption of du Maurier's The Scapegoat
It will be the first production to come out of London-based film and TV company Island Pictures.
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NewsPower To The Pixel: Lance Weiler to launch Robot Heart Stories project next week
Filmmaker and transmedia pioneer Lance Weiler is set to launch his next project, Robot Heart Stories, on Oct 17.
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I Don’t Want To Go Back Alone scoops Cardiff's Iris Prize
The short film prize was awarded as part of the Cardiff Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.
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NewsEaling Metro to handle Lamprell's Goddess starring Ronan Keating
Laura Michelle Kelley stars as a young mother who is poised for international stardom.
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NewsThe End Of The Line nets Puma Creative Impact Award
The inagural award, launched by sports brand Puma and Channel 4 Britdoc Foundation, aims to recognise the documentary that has made the most significant positive impact on society.
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NewsLuis Mandoki to direct delayed Kenneth Grahame biopic
Banking On Mr Toad has been resurrected by producer Timothy Haas after it fell apart due to the Irish banking crisis in 2009.
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NewsEdward Hogg to star in Stephanie Zari's Dawn
The short film about triplets who are separated at birth is being developed into a feature version.