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London Film Festival announces dates
Festival artistic director Sandra Hebron has announced that The Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival will take place from Wednesday 14 October toThursday 29 October 2009.
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Warner Bros' Josh Berger joins UK Film Council board.
Minister for Culture Barbara Follett has announced today that Josh Berger, President and MD of Warner Bros. Entertainment UK Ltd (WBEUK) has been appointed to the UK Film Council's board of directors. Berger, who has been with Warner Bros Entertainment Inc. since 1989, has been WBEUK's President and MD since ...
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NewsSlumdog marches on but BAFTA nominations did have surprises
Danny Boyle must be savouring the 11 Bafta nominations for Slumdog Millionaire but Mike Leigh is nodoubt wondering why his Happy-Go-Lucky was so resoundingly ignored.
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UK box office revenues jumped 5% in 2008
UK box-office revenues for 2008 saw a 5% increase on the previous year, according to figures released by the UK Film Council (UKFC). The figures, collated for the UKFC by Nielsen EDI, show that takings at the box office in the UK & Ireland totalled £949.5m in 2008, compared with ...
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Government to consider UK co-production report early in 2009
The UK's Departmentfor Culture, Media and Sport is analysing a report on the effect of the country's tax credit on co-production activity with recommendations to ministers expected in the next few months.The report from Oxford Economics, whichhas been seen by Screen,warns that theUK film tax credit has created adverse effects ...
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Slumdog Millionaire and Benjamin Button top BAFTA nominations
Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire looks favourite to add BAFTA honours to its huge Golden Globe success.The film - which picked up four Globes this week including best picture - is nominated in 11 categories including best film, best director (Boyle), best actor (Dev Patel), best supporting actresss (Freida Pinto), best ...
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Revolver takes UK rights to Slamdance premiere City Rats
Revolver Entertainment has snapped up UK rights from Facefilms and Scanner Rhodes Productions to City Rats ahead of its world premiere in competition at Slamdance.Steve M Kelly directed from Simon Fantauzzo's script about eight individuals who seek to help each other improve their lives. Danny Dyer, Tamer Hassan, MyAnna Buring ...
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NewsSlumdog Millionaire and Kate Winslet big winners at Globes
Kate Winslet scored a stunning double triumph at the 66th GoldenGlobes last night while SlumdogMillionaire upset the form guide andshut out pre-show joint favourites The Curious Case Of BenjaminButtonand Frost/Nixon.
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Hunger, Kisses, 32A, The Escapist lead Irish Awards nominees
The shortlist for the 6th Irish Film and Television Awards [IFTA] includes best feature film nominations for Marian Quinn's coming of age drama 32A; the prison-break thriller The Escapist; Lance Daly's festival favourite Kisses; the IRA hunger strike drama Hunger; and Ian Fitzgibbon's dark comedy A Film With Me In ...
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Carl Clifton takes up key roles at The Works
Former HandMade COO and head of sales Carl Clifton has started work in his new role as executive director of UK-based international film company The Works Media Group. He is also managing director of the company's sales agency, The Works International, whose current slate includes James Marsh's Man On Wire ...
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UK Blu-ray sales reach record levels
The home entertainment market, including Blu-ray, remains healthy despite difficult trading conditions across the retail sector according to figures released by the British Video Association.The figures show that 1.5 million Blu-ray discs were sold in December alone, up almost 400% against the same period in 2007. In total 3.7 million ...
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Wina free ticket to the Screenwriters Festival launch
Screen is offering readers the chance to win a free ticket to the Londonlaunch of the 2009 International Screenwriters Festival on the evening of January 13.Speakers at the event at Channel 4 headquarters in Horseferry Roadinclude producer and former head of BBC Films David Thompson and Olivia Hetreed, producer of ...
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Profile: Shorts International
It might seem like a challenge to fill a rolling 24-hour schedule with short films but Carter Pilcher, head of Shorts International, the London-based company behind the new UK channel Shorts TV, is unfazed.'We developed a huge catalogue, building video-on-demand relationships,' he explains. 'We have an enormous library and thousands ...
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Profile: Ray Burdis' Britflick Productions
This time last year, UK producer-writer-actor-director Ray Burdis was happily retired and making wine in the south of France. But his passion for film-making, and encouragement from his friends in the industry, brought him back to the UK where he has set up a new production company, Britflick Productions.'I had ...
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Slumdog Millionaire leads London critics' nominations
Slumdog Millionaire heads the list of nominees for the 29th London Critics' Circle Film Awardswith six nominations, including Best British Film.In a strong UK line-up, there are five nominations for Hunger, Frost/Nixon and Happy-Go-Lucky.The highlight of the night will be the Critics' Circle's presentation of the Dilys Powell Award for ...
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White Lightnin' earns Berlinale Panorama spot
Dominic Murphy's Sundance-bound directorial debut White Lightnin' is among the first titles to win a place in the 2009 Panorama section at Berlin.The story of Appalachian mountain dancer Jesco White, starring Carrie Fisher, newcomer Edward Hogg and Muse Watson earned its place following the Berlinale's December screenings.Mike Downey, who produced ...
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BAFTA preview: the Battle of Britain
The British economy may be in crisis but the quality of British film-making has rarely looked healthier.
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High-street recession bites backat UK DVD sales
A high street retail crisis in the UK has crashed into what was shaping up to be a bumper holiday season for distributors.UK film distributors were preparing to release DVD titles such as Mamma Mia!-The Movie, Hancock, Wall-E, The Dark Knight, Wanted and The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.Mamma Mia! ...
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HandMade makes Hedman head of sales
Fred Hedman has been promoted to head of sales at HandMade Films International. Hedman, who has been with the company for six years, will oversee the company's sales operation alongside chairman, Guy Collins, and Marketing Director, Amanda Kenyon.The company has a busy schedule for next year with projects including Eloise ...