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Richard Lester gives box of mementos and stills to BFI Archive
Veteran director Richard Lester - best known for making Beatles films A Hard Day’s Night and Help! - has donated a 60-box collection of his scripts, correspondence and stills to the BFI National Archive.
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NewsSugarman starts Wales shoot for punk comedy Vinyl
Shooting has begun in North Wales on Vinyl, a punk rock comedy starring Brit actors Phil Daniels, Keith Allen and Perry Benson.
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UK veteran James Lee proposes creation of Government-backed film distributor
Ex-UK Film Council Board member and former Chairman of Scottish Screen James Lee has called for the creation of a State-backed “British National Distribution Company.”
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NewsTwickenham Studios Theatre gets Dolby award
London’s Twickenham Studios has refurbished and upgraded its Richard Attenborough Theatre.
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NewsIndian Film Festival of London to open with Peepli Live
The inaugural Indian Film Festival of London will open at Riverside Studios in Hammersmith on Aug 25 with the UK premiere of Peepli Live, a comic satire about suicide in an Indian farming village.
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NewsGyllenhaal, Dancy pair up for vibrator rom-com Hysteria
Maggie Gyllenhaal and Hugh Dancy will star in the romantic comedy Hysteria for Forthcoming Films, Beachfront Films and Informant Media.
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Comic book veteran Mark Millar supports Glasgow Film Festival
The Glasgow Film Festival has recruited Mark Millar as a festival ambassador.
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NewsBFI plans theatrical release, takes on sales rights to Venice selection Robinson in Ruins
The British Film Institute (BFI) has acquired the UK rights and the international sales rights for Patrick Keiller’s Robinson In Ruins.
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NewsSecret Cinema sells 9,000 tickets already for September London event
Organisers have already sold 9,000 tickets for the latest Secret Cinema event in London which is due to take place from September 3-5 at an as-yet-undisclosed location.
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NewsVaizey accuses UKFC of 'overzealously' promoting its own interests
Amid signs of increasing tension between the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the UK Film Council, the DCMS has effectively accused UKFC of briefing against it — a charge that the Film Council has strongly denied.
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Nordisk Fund, Power to the Pixel pact for kids cross-media project development
Nordisk Film & TV Fond is joining forces with UK cross-media company Power to the Pixel to collaborate on developing six pre-selected Nordic cross-media projects for children.
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NewsMike Leigh involved in London 2012 Olympics project
A number of top British filmmakers, including Palme D’Or and Golden Lion winner Mike Leigh, look set to participate in the cultural events being staged across Britain in 2012 to celebrate London’s hosting of the Olympic Games.
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NewsThird Narnia film selected for Royal Film Performance in November
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader has been selected for this year’s Royal Film Performance.
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NewsHalle Berry, Olivier Martinez start shoot for Stockwell's Dark Tide
Principal photography is under way in Cape Town on John Stockwell’s action-thriller Dark Tide, starring Halle Berry and Olivier Martinez.
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NewsMetrodome completes acquisition of Target Entertainment
Deal includes Target’s rights businesses as well as production labels Pink Sands and Target US.
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NewsLondon Film Festival to close with Danny Boyle's 127 Hours
The 54th BFI London Film Festival, in partnership with American Express, has selected Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours as its Closing Night Film on Oct 28.
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NewsNetwork takes UK rights to Asian slasher film Dream Home from Fortissimo
Network Releasing has acquired all UK rights to Pang Ho-Cheung’s Dream Home, a slasher movie set against China’s housing crisis.
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Online competition launched for Relative Desire soundtrack
UK production company NyAC is launching an online competition – Soundtraxs - to create a feature film soundtrack for Michael Baig Clifford’s upcoming feature film Relative Desire.
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NewsCambridge to open with Adele Blanc-Sec, close with Made In Dagenham
The 30th Cambridge Film Festival will open with the UK premiere of Luc Besson’s fantasy costume drama The Extraordinary Adventures Of Adele Blanc-Sec starring Louise Bourgoin and Mathieu Amalric.
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NewsTamara Drewe to open third Branchage film festival
Stephen Frears’ Tamara Drewewill open the third Branchage International Film Festival, which runs Sept 23-26 on the island of Jersey.