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Festival hit Enemies of the People close to distribution deals
Documentary about Cambodia picks up several new awards, including top prize at Full Frame.
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NewsSony, Warners honoured at BVA awards
Sony Pictures were rewarded for their outdoor Terminator Salvation campaign, whilst Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince was named retail title of the year
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NewsPathe takes international on Gnomeo & Juliet
Kelly Asbury is directing the 3D animated fantasy comedy, produced by Elton John’s Rocket Pictures.
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NewsUniversal takes multiple territories on Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method
UPI has acquired the film, starring Keira Knightley, Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender and Vincent Cassel, to distribute in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Spain and South Africa. HanWay handles sales.
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Endemol plans theatrical film about Manchester City football club
Blue Moon Rising will follow the club through its pivotal 2009-2010 season, after the takeover of Sheikh Mansour and a big win against Chelsea.
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Film London launches new art based production fund
Five projects have been greenlit, with a further $200,000 available for more moving image projects.
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NewsPact outlines new recoupment proposals to help UK producers
UK producers body Pact will tomorrow launch a new proposal for public funding of UK film production, so that recoupment of investments would go back to producers, not to the UK Film Council, BBC Films or Film4.
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NewsCenturion invades the UK, France welcomes The Countess
ScreenDaily’s weekly round-up of the local and independent openings in key European markets this week.
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NewsParamount takes UK rights to Killing Bono from Salt
Ben Barnes and Robert Sheehan star in Nick Hamm’s Irish comedy; Paramount will release in UK and Ireland.
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UK box office up 16% in first quarter of 2010
Between January and March this year, the UK box office took $448.3m (£291.1m), compared with $386m (£250.80m) in 2009, according to new FDA figures.
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NewsLondon-based Berkeley Square launches as production, finance, sales outfit
Film and finance veterans launching the venture are Paul Tamasy, Daniel Figuero, Justin Howard, Stephen Metcalfe, John Tibbs and Star Wars star Mark Hamill.
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Pearl & Dean acquired by Thomas Anderson subsidiary Image Ltd.
Thomas Anderson created the newly incorporated Image Ltd. specifically for this deal, which is subject to shareholder approval.
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Norris replaces Luckwell as UK Screen Association chair
UK trade body UK Screen has announced that Steve Norris will replace Mike Luckwell as the group’s new chairman, effective immediately.
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BBC, Script Factory to read winning screenplays from Circalit
Features screenplays will be judged by scriptwriter Tom Lazarus.
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NewsVisual Factory adds three European titles ahead of Cannes
London-based sales company Visual Factory has taken on three new European features ahead of Cannes.They are Grandfather Mountain (Narciso); The Silk Merchant’s Woman (Il mercante di stoffe); and Warriors of Chaos (Chaos Tage).Italian title Grandfather Mountain directed by Marcello and Dario Baldi stars Roberto Herlitzka as a lonely old man ...
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NewsVerve strikes UK deal for The Arbor; Wavelength takes on international sales
Clio Barnard’s film is a fiction-documentary hybrid which will have its world premiere on April 25 at Tribeca.
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NewsBritish public invited to vote for National Movie Awards
Categories include most anticipated movie of the summer and best family movie.
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NewsDear John clashes with Titans at top of the UK box office
Paramount Pictures International’s Dear John earned itself a number one debut in the UK, denying Warner Bros’ Clash Of The Titans a third week at the top.
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Metrodome announces appointments as part of restructure
The UK distributor has made three key appointments following the departure of its general manager and CEO.
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NewsPinewood submits appeal for expansion plans
The studio has submitted its appeal for Project Pinewood to South Buckinghamshire District Council.