UK News – Page 691
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NewsSoda to launch Gerhard Richter doc to coincide with Tate exhibition
Soda Pictures is planning the UK launch of Corinna Belz’s Gerhard Richter Painting for Oct 3, just ahead of the opening of his retrospective at the Tate Modern (Oct 6-Jan 8).
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NewsTinker Tailor in control for second week on £2.1m ($3.3m) in UK
StudioCanal records its biggest-ever UK haul as Tinker Tailor overtakes Unknown’s £6.5m ($10.1m).
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NewsHanWay sells You're Next to more than 30 territories
Deals include UK (Icon), Germany (Splendid), France and Benelux (French Connection), and Japan (Asmik Ace).
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NewsAnchor Bay to release Dexter Fletcher's Wild Bill in UK
Actor turned director Dexter Fletcher’s directorial debut picked up the Youth Award at San Sebastian and will go on to have its UK premiere at the BFI London Film Festival.
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News12 feature projects shortlisted for Microwave scheme
Tony Grisoni, Asif Kapadia and Christopher Granier-Deferre are amongst those whose projects have been selected for Film London’s Microwave scheme which is backed by BBC Films and Skillset.
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NewsAndrea Wong named president, international, Sony Pictures Entertainment
Wong also becomes resident of international production for Sony Pictures Television
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NewsFilmmakers launch Golden Rhino festival to boost South African talent
Durban festival’s Noshen Moodley to serve as artistic director.
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NewsFilmFlex partners with Film4oD for downloads-to-rent
FilmFlex Movies, the European on-demand company backed by Sony and Disney, is launching a download-to-rent option on Film4oD.
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NewsSupervision strikes deal to bring four Broadway musicals to cinemas
New York- and London-based Supervision Media has struck an exclusive multi-year licensing deal with New York-based Broadway Worldwide to bring four Broadway musicals to cinemas around the world.The deal includes Memphis, the 2010 Tony winner for Best Musical; Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical starring David Hasselhoff; Stephen Sondheim’s Putting It ...
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NewsPaul Bettany, Brian Cox attached to Nick Murphy thriller
Neal Street feature scripted by Bill Gallagher gets go-ahead funding from BBC Films and BFI.
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NewsKen Hay appointed as interim CEO of Centre for the Moving Image
The appointment comes after the abrupt departure of the CMI’s chief executive Gavin Miller.
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NewsAs If I Am Not There chosen as Ireland's Oscar submission
Juanita Wilson’s feature debut has been chosen by the Irish Film & Television Academy as Ireland’s submission for the Foreign Language Oscar.
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Cookies, Williams set up London post company Watertron
Nicolas Cookies & Matt Williams have launched a new London-based post-production company, Watertron Digital Media.
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NewsBFI appoints new director of marketing, communications, audiences
Christopher Travers, who prevoiusly worked for Royal Parks and the BBC, will take up the newly created role in October.
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NewsInside Pictures' new class includes Bray, Hunt, Van Weede
For the first time this year the film business training programme was fully open to all members of the EU.
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NewsRaindance jurors to include Dexter Fletcher, Gillies MacKinnon
The jury for the 19th Raindance Film Festival includes Dexter Fletcher, Helen McCrory and Gillies MacKinnon.
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NewsI Am Nasrine to world premiere at Berwick Film Festival
Iraninan director Tina Gharavi’s coming-of-age film will open the festival, which takes place in the North East of the UK.
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NewsUPI names Patel as SVP, Marketing Strategy and Media
Shephali Patel has been with Universal Pictures since 2006.
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NewsTinker Tailor Soldier Spy opens big on £2.8m ($4.4m) in UK
StudioCanal (formerly Optimum) scores its biggest opening weekend in UK, easily outwitting newcomers I Don’t Know How She Does It and 30 Minutes Or Less
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NewsNick Moorcroft, Piers Ashworth to adapt A Year In The Merde
The St Trinians’ screenplay writers will adapt Stephen Clarke’s best selling comedic novel about a British man’s experiences of working in Paris, for German company UFA Cinema.