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PictureBox VOD service strikes deal with Icon in UK
Movies-on-demand subscriber service PictureBox has struck a deal with Icon Film Distribution for the rights to more than 30 Icon films.
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Roger Moore joins board of Red Carpet Film Fund
The first project to come out of the fund will be Causeway Picture’s Connemara Days, to be directed by Kevin Connor, which is due to commence principle photography in Ireland in late August.
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BFI strikes 3D deal with Samsung
The British Film Institute (BFI) has announced a 3D partnership with electronics giant Samsung whereby Samsung will have access to hold screenings at the BFI IMAX and the BFI Southbank in London.
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NewsIron Man 2 holds off all newcomers in the UK, Four Lions debuts in top ten
Paramount Pictures International’s comic book adaptation holds off five new entries to retain the UK number one spot.
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UKFC's Lenny Crooks to set up New York-based consultancy
Lenny Crooks, former head of the UK Film Council’s New Cinema Fund, is moving to New York to start a new consultancy service for filmmakers on both sides of the pond.
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Hopscotch takes on Australian rights to new Paul Andrew Williams Film
E1 Entertainment has sold the Australian rights to Paul Andrew Williams’ Song for Marion to Hopscotch.
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NewsScreen starts new UK Marketing and Distribution Awards
The event, slated for Oct. 5, will honour outsanding achievement in UK film marketing and distribution in 15 categories which will be judged by an illustrious panel of judges chaired by Lord Puttnam.
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NewsLoach's Route Irish added to Cannes Competition
There are now 19 films in competition at the festival.
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Bankside takes on project from Richard Kwietniowski, Gael Garcia Bernal
London-based international sales company Bankside Films has taken international rights on Richard Kwietniowski’s Regret Not Speaking, starring Gael Garcia Bernal and co-starring John Hurt.Currently in pre-production, this is an erotic comedy set aboard a plane. Bankside will be introducing the project to buyers during Cannes.The plot concerns two strangers who ...
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NewsLiam Gallagher plans Beatles film with Revolution
Oasis frontman’s In 1 Productions working with Revolution to adapt Richard DiLello’s The Longest Cocktail Party, about the rise and fall of Apple Corps.
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UK Film Centre plans busy line-up at Cannes
Speakers to include producers John Battsek, Alison Owen and Mark Herbert.
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BFI searching for architect for new film centre
The BFI has launched a search for an architect to design its new $271m (£166m) film centre on London’s South Bank.Architects are being invited to submit “expressions of interest”, which the BFI will use to create an initial long list. The potential designers will then be interviewed and a short ...
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Fifth Unifrance Rendez-vous planned for London in June
The six films in this fifth edition will receive special gala screenings open to the public, ahead of their release by UK distributors.
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DMK plans June shoot for UK feature The Veteran
The story is about a young soldier who returns from Afghanistan and becomes involved with surveillance of suspected terrorists in the UK.
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Skillset launches third Guiding Lights mentoring programme
Alison Thompson, president of international sales and distribution at Focus Features, chairs the steering committee this year, taking over from Working Title’s Tim Bevan.
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NewsNew UK distributor launches to concentrate on Italian films
Chris Johnson’s VITA strikes a multi-film deal with Fandango.
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ContentFilm barks for Dog Squad 3D
Principal photography is due to start in late summer 2010 in Canada.
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Screen lines up dailies and events schedule for Cannes
Screen International will be presenting a series of publications and events at the Cannes Film Festival and Cannes Market, which kicks off May 12.
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NewsIron Man 2 shows mettle at the UK box office
PPI’s Iron Man 2 number one opening benefits from poor weather in the UK.
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NewsLorianne Hall joins Scanbox acquisitions team
Hall, an industry veteran in Europe and the US, is based in London and will be attending Cannes for the company.