UK News – Page 741
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NewsMeaney, Huston, Redknapp join cast of Hot Potato
Louise Redknapp will star opposite Ray Winstone in Tim Lewiston’s British comedy caper Hot Potato
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NewsUK domestic production budgets declining, inward investment still strong
UK Film Council research for the first nine months of 2010 reveals a drop in the number of features produced in the UK and a year-on-year decrease in overall UK spend.
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NewsBFI budget to be cut by 15% over four years
The British Film Institute’s budget is to be cut by 15% over four years, it was announced today (Oct 20) as part of the UK Government’s Spending Review.
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NewsJeremy Thomas at PFM Keynote: UK should re-enter Eurimages
Oscar-winner Thomas also says producers should get enhanced recoupment positions so they aren’t paupers; he says festival heads are more crucial contacts than studio heads.
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NewsGuido Coen, producer and former Twickenham Studios head, dies at age 95
Italy-born Coen came to England in 1929.
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EM Media starts new intern initiative
EM Media, the regional screen agency for the UK’s East Midlands, has launched a new initiative – Kickstart –offering production companies up to $3100 (£2000) in exchange for mentoring an intern on their next shoot.
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DiVA selects 13 participants for Graduate Fellowship Programme
The UK’s Diversity in Visual Arts (DiVA) scheme has announced the selected participants for its Graduate Fellowship Programme 2010-2011.
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Fawcett and Hollier's Atlantic Screen Music launches score production company
Atlantic Screen Music has launched Atlantic Screen Composers to produce music scores for film and TV productions. The company’s £2m launch budget comes from an EIS supported by Octopus Investments.
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Spier launches new fund for productions shooting in South Africa
London- and South Africa-based production outfit Spier Films is launching a new film fund available for international productions shooting in South Africa from January 2011.
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NewsJack Gordon to star in Barrett's debut Life Just Is
Shooting has begun on UK film-maker Alex Barrett’s debut feature Life Just Is, featuring Screen International Star of Tomorrow Jack Gordon.
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Mamma Mia breaks 6m DVD mark in UK
Mamma Mia! – The Movie has become the best selling DVD of all time in the UK, according to the BVA (British Video Association).
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NewsDespicable Me finds friends at UK box office
For the second week in a row three new films opened in the top three spots at the UK box office, with Universal’s Despicable Me finding more friends than Oscar-tipped The Social Network.
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South West Screen greenlights three features to be made in Bristol
UK regional screen agency South West Screen has announced the three films to be greenlit through its iFeatures digital filmmaking scheme.
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NewsMike Leigh cancels workshop in Israel
UK director Mike Leigh has pulled out of a forthcoming educational trip to Israel due to his concern over the Israeli government’s policies including the proposed loyalty oath bill.
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NewsUK's Salt launches film-maker co-op to encourage commercial projects
UK sales and finance outfit The Salt Company has kicked off a new filmmakers cooperative to support new British talent who want to make commercial films.
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NewsMetrodome acquires Rabbit Hole for UK, Ireland
Metrodome has taken UK and Irish rights to John Cameron Mitchell’s Rabbit Hole, starring Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart.
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UK film industry to talk about environmental sustainability at Monday event
The UK Film Council, BAFTA and the BFI London Film Festival are hosting an environmental trade fair and discussion on Monday.
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Pinewood, Kick-Ass, Nowhere Boy among winners at Conch Awards
The UK audio industry was celebrated at the fifth UK Screen Sound Awards (aka Conch Awards) in Soho on Wednesday night.
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Swedish fairy tale wins Power to The Pixel Pitch Award
Sweden’s Helene Granqvist of Good World and Hanna Sköld of Tangram Film won the Pixel Pitch Award at the Power to the Pixel Cross-Media Forum for their project Granny’s Dancing on the Table.
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NewsLFF Keynote: Ken Loach says UK TV industry is 'enemy of creativity'
In his London Film Festival industry keynote, the filmmaker also calls for reform of cinema exhibition.