All UK/Ireland articles – Page 1007
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Contender, Seville buy Franklyn and Eddie from HanWay
Growing UK distributor Contender Films, now owned by Canada's Entertainment One, has acquired all UK rights for features Franklyn and Eddie The Eagle, both sold by HanWay Films.Also, Entertainment One's Seville Pictures took Canadian rights to both titles.Gerald McMorrow's feature debut Franklyn is a story of four lost souls in ...
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Jobson starts Edinburgh shoot for New Town Killers
Richard Jobson has started shooting chase thriller New Town Killers in Edinburgh.Dougray Scott, Alastair Mackenzie, James Pearson and Charles Mnene lead the cast.Jobson also wrote the story, which follows two disenchanted bankers who try to play manhunt with society's marginal figures.Luc Roeg of London-based Independent is producing with Jobson. Backers ...
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Aspect Film takes on sales for Journal Of A Contract Killer
UK-based sales company Aspect Film Ltd has taken on worldwide rights to Tony Maylam's female assassin thriller Journal OfA Contract Killer.The story is based on true events in the UK and Italy about an assassin who turns on her mafia bosses after her child is kidnapped. Justine Powell and Isabella ...
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Fact Not Fiction launches Welcome Aboard Toxic Airlines
UK-based Fact Not Fiction Films is planning an April DVD launch of its feature documentary Welcome Aboard Toxic Airlines.The 93-minute film is an investigative documentary about how airline crews and passengers can be exposed to hazardous chemicals in unfiltered air.Fact Not Fiction founder Tristan Loraine was a commercial airline pilot ...
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Celtic Media Festival selects seven feature dramas in shortlist
The 2008 Celtic Media Festival has announced the shortlist of seven films competing for the Bronze Torc for Excellence for Feature Length Drama.They are The Last King Of Scotland, Kings, Cre na Cille (Graveyard Clay), The Midnight Drives, Dressing Granite, Calon Gaeth, and Seachd - The Inaccessible Pinnacle.The festival will ...
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London Lesbian & Gay fest kicks off 15-day event
The BFI's successful London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (LLGFF) kicked off its 22nd year last night with a gala screening of Alek Keshishian's romantic comedy Love and Other Disasters.The film follows an American intern (Brittany Murphy) as she tries to find a boyfriend for her gay flatmate (Matthew Rhys).More ...
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Seven Arts strikes investment deal with UK's Zeus Partners
Los Angeles-based Seven Arts Pictures has struck a deal with Manchester, UK-based financial services company Zeus Partners to raise investment capital for Seven Arts' production and distribution activities.The first part of the investment closed March 19 and the rest is expected to close by the end of June.The investment covers ...
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Michael Apted launches UK directors' guild
TV and film director Michael Apted has initiated the launch of a UK directors' guild to address what he views as 'the cynical disregard for the film-maker'.Directors UK (D-UK) will officially launch in May with director Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Ultimatum) as president, and writer/director Charles Sturridge (Brideshead Revisited) as ...
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Jodie Whittaker goes to South Africa for Turner's White Wedding
Jann Turner has started a South African shoot for White Wedding, her feature film debut.The romantic road movie is shooting across South Africa from Johannesburg and Durban to the Eastern Cape and Cape Town.Jodie Whittaker, who starred in Venus and St Trinian's, takes the lead opposite South African veterans Kenneth ...
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Aria, Full Circle, Axis 3D team for UK thriller The Mortician
London-based production outfits Aria Films and Full Circle films are partnering with Axis3D to shoot a new UK thriller using new 3D technology.The Mortician will combine genres of urban noir, contemporary fairytale and psychological thriller to tell the story of one alienated man in a decaying metropolis who is forced ...
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Ealing plans sequel to box-office hit St Trinian's
Ealing Studios is planning a sequel to its hit St Trinian's film. Piers Ashworth and Nick Moorcroft, who worked on the 2007 project, are writing the sequel script now.Click here for more on first film successThe ensemble cast of last year's film featured Colin Firth, Rupert Everett, Stephen Fry, Lena ...
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Screen South, Skillset launch co-production producer scheme
Screen South and Skillset, in partnership with Cine Regio and sales association Film Export UK, are launching the new Cine-Euro Co-Production Training Programme.The nine-month programme will help 8 UK producers develop, market, finance and seek partners for European co-productions. The 12 events, including one-to-one consultations and training seminars start in ...
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Martin Price joins UK post-production house Concrete
Martin Price has joined post-production house Concrete.Price will be responsible for the research and development of new markets and will also help to further build the Concrete brand to grow and expand the business.Price is co-founder of non-linear editing facility P3 Post, and also served as head of post production ...
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The Brit Pack beats box-office blues
While most of Europe reported a downturn in ticket sales in 2007, the UK (along with Italy and the Czech Republic) bucked the trend. British cinema-goers generated nearly $1.8bn (£904.9m) in ticket sales last year, up 8% from 2006, while admissions rose 3.7% to 162.4 million.Case study: St Trinian'sEven though ...
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Scottish Screen sets up Slate Fund for development
Scottish Screen has created a new $792,900 (£400,000) Slate Fund to provide financial backing for companies to develop marketable, high value projects over a two-year period.Up to four companies will benefit from investment awards designed to support the development of a range of projects including film, television and interactive digital ...
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HanWay to handle Jean Doumanian catalogue
Jean Doumanian Productions has appointed HanWay Films to represent worldwide sales and distribution rights for its catalogue.Titles include David Mamet's The Spanish Prisoner, David Gordon Green's All The Real Girls, and Woody Allen's Don't Drink The Water. The library of titles also includes early roles from Cillian Murphy (Sunburn), Clare ...
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Brisbane, 4, Bra Boys take audience prizes at London Aussie fest
The London Australian Film Festival closed March 16 with a record 7,000 attendees in its 14th year.The audience awards went to Louise Alston's All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane for best feature; and a tie of Tim Slade's 4 and Sunny Abberton & Macario de Souza's Bra Boys as best ...
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French hit Ch'tis to run at London's Cine Lumiere
Pathe UK is releasing French hit Bienvenue Chez Les Ch'tis exclusively at London's Cine Lumiere from April 1-24.The comedy, which has clocked up a mammoth $103.5m after three weeks on release, proved a surprise hit at the French box office after taking more than 5m admissions in its first week ...
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On-demand market could hit $1.1bn in 2012
On-demand media could generate revenues of $1.1bn by 2012 in the US and Europe, according to a new report from Screen Digest.That will include $665m of new revenue and the rest replacement for DVD spending.Screen Digest noted that the on-demand market 'has the potential not only to revolutionise how consumers ...
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Quantum of Solace to have early UK launch Oct 31
Sony Pictures Releasing (UK) has set an early Oct 31 opening date in the UK for the next James Bond film, Quantum Of Solace. On that Friday, the 22nd Bond film will open at the Odeon Leicester Square and at cinemas across the UK.The date is a week before the ...