UK News – Page 726
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NewsG2 to release Aussie hit Red Dog in UK
G2 early 2012 slate includes Australian smash and comedy A Good Old Fashioned Orgy.
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NewsBFI pledges support for film export and international promotion
In a move cheered by the UK industry, the British Film Institute (BFI) has now pledged funds to support the export of British films. Film Export UK gets £70,000 in transitional funding.
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NewsReprisal Films unveils ambitious new slate of McDonagh projects
The UK production company behind indie hit comedy The Guard unveils details of its new John Michael McDonagh projects.
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NewsThe Works gives UK home to Take Shelter
Jeff Nichols’ Cannes and Sundance hit gets UK distribution ahead of UK premiere.
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NewsAnne Hathaway confirmed for Les Miserables film
Working Title/Universal production will be directed by Tom Hooper.
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NewsUniversal Social Cinema Facebook app goes international with Johnny English offer
Universal’s Social Cinema Facebook application to offer Johnny English in UK and Australia
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NewsYellow Bird's Gray talks about importance of producer-author relationships
The Sweden-based producer says that the US version of Headhunters could shoot as soon as 2012.
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NewsEntertainment One picks up French rights to Comedown
Kidulthood director Menhaj Huda is currently shooting the urban horror in London.
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NewsCorey Feldman to star in UK indie feature The Zombie King
Filming is due to begin in the UK in November.
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NewsRussian Film Festival in London to present Co-Production Forum
Festival to open Nov 4 with Generation P.
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NewsCornerhouse plans Spanish and Latin American season
Cornerhouse, the Manchester-based arts and film centre, plans to bring the best Spanish language films to the UK in March 2012 through the ¡Viva! Spanish and Latin American Film Festival, now in its 18th year.
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NewsLord Puttnam calls for bigger UK P&A Fund as part of Audience Development Fund
Puttnam also calls for BFI to create special events and media promotions to stimulate audiences.
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NewsBritish Council adds six new overseas posts to arts team
New jobs will be based in Colombia, Turkey, Bangladesh, Egypt, South Africa and France/Romania.
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NewsShame, Coriolanus to screen at Wales' Soundtrack Festival
Guests attending the festival include award winning film-maker/musician Don Letts and comedian Adam Buxton.
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NewsAir Entertainment Group launches post equity service
AEG is the latest post production company to offer equity stakes in selected projects, with its first investment set to be Trevor Miller’s Riot On Redchurch Street.
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NewsBarry Ackroyd at LFF: 'Camera is there to convince the audience'
Acclaimed cinematographer Barry Ackroyd said his documentary background informs the ‘verisimilitude’ in the way he shoots narrative films today.
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NewsPixel Pitch Prize goes to Aho, Hristov's Love & Engineering
Also at Power To The Pixel’s Cross-Media Forum in London, the Pixel Lab prizes go to Turning Point from Tobias Buchne and The Elders Project from Marc Boothe.
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NewsJohnny English lives on at top of UK box office
The Three Musketeers swashbuckle their way to third, while Real Steel fails to land a knockout blow.
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NewsRedgrave, Ganz, Laurent join cast of Bille August's Night Train To Lisbon
An all-star cast has come aboard Night Train To Lisbon, the new Bille August film which is being sold by K5 International with PalmStar Media Capital and EFish Entertainment who are co-financing.
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Composer Rolfe Kent on board to score Gambit
Kent is best known for Sideways and Up In The Air and is the final talent piece to fall into place on the comedy, which is currently in post-production in London.