UK News – Page 701
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NewsBFI resurrects previously unseen Ken Loach documentary
1969 doc DOP’d by Chris Menges to screen as part of major BFI retrospective.
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NewsAdam Deacon to star in urban thriller Payback Season
Deacon will play a professional footballer in the film, which starts shooting in London on July 19.
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NewsBFI Lottery Transition Fund awards £888,000 to 37 UK projects
FilmClub, BIFAs and Watershed Bristol among biggest beneficiaries of first round of BFI funding
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NewsEran Creevy's Welcome To The Punch starts shooting
Peter Mullan, David Morrissey, Daniel Mays and Johnny Harris join the cast of the anticipated second feature from Shifty director Eran Creevy.
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NewsReg Traviss to direct thriller Silvertown
The film about a faded boxer will shoot in East London in spring 2012 for Canyon Creek Films.
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NewsLevelK boards Molotnikov's Blood Or Water
The Danish sales company also handled international sales on Molotnikov’s first feature Crying With Laughter, which was named best feature at the Scottish BAFTAs
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NewsSheffield Doc/Fest announces 2012 dates
The festival will once again take place in June, following its successful move from November this year
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NewsUK box office up 3% in first half of 2011 despite drop in 3D revenues
UK 3D revenues fell 21% year-on-year in the first half of 2011
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NewsFilm London shortlists 11 films for Best of Boroughs Awards
The awards will recognise the best short films to come out of the London Borough Film Fund Challenge
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NewsDaniel Brühl circling Niki Lauda role in Rush
The Spanish-born star is understood to be in talks to play the Austrian Formula One champion and arch rival to British racing icon James Hunt in the project from UK-based Revolution Films and Working Title and US financier Cross Creek Pictures.
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NewsMark Fisher appointed finance director for The Works Group
Fisher previously spent 10 years at the Icon Group
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NewsRaindance launches postgraduate training programme
The course, which allows students to negotiate on the content and title of their final certificate, will run at the UK’s Staffordshire University
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NewsLoveFilm, eOne ink exclusive content deal
LoveFilm to be only subscription VOD service in the UK to stream eOne’s new catalogue for next five years
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NewsBen Kempas joins Scottish Documentary Institute
The film-maker/co-host of The D-Word will take up the role of producer for marketing & distribution
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NewsJoel Kennedy joins the UK's Metrodome as head of acquisitions
Former Revolver and Channel 4 executive takes over from James Brown
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NewsChina Lion, Metrodome in UK pact for Sex And Zen 3D
The distributor of Chinese titles will release the erotic arthouse hit exclusively through the Odeon chain on Sept 2 and has enlisted Metrodome to manage the theatrical release.
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NewsColours Of Passion wins audience award at London Indian Film Festival
Ketan Mehta’s film about Indian artist Raja Ravi Varma was one of 28 films to screen at the second London Indian Film Festival
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NewsFilm London, Film Export UK, Skillset launch video of experts detailing film value chain
Film London, Film Export UK and Skillset have launched Market Place Live, an online video resource with experts talking through every step of the film value chain.
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NewsJack O'Connell, Sheridan Smith to star in London set feature Tower Block
The film is being directed by first time feature film-makers Ronnie Thompson and James Nunn from a script by James Moran.