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Goldby's The Waiting Room to open East End Film Festival
London's East End Film Festival will open April 17 with the city premiere of Roger Goldby's The Waiting Room.The drama about the tangled love lives of a group of Londoners stars Anne-Marie Duff, Ralf Little and Rupert Graves. Sarah Sulick produced.The cast also features Frank Finlay, Zoe Telford, Phyllida Law, ...
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'Wait and see' attitude prevails in complex digital rights world
If there was one thing that the delegates at Screen's Maximising Digital Revenue conference agreed on, it's that nobody really knows what will happen next with digital rights.The conference brought together key producers, distributors, sales agents and lawyers to discuss how the film industry could move forward to create revenue ...
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EM Media backs four shorts through DV Shorts scheme
UK regional screen agency EM Media has commissioned four films through its DV Shorts scheme, run with the UK Film Council.DV Shorts, now in its sixth year, has selected the following projects:Tandem from writer/directors John and Tom Turrell, with Rachel Dargavel producing for Perfume Films. A comical look at relationships ...
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Persepolis, Hold Me Tight take honours at Bird's Eye View
As the Birds Eye View Film Festival ended its fourth successful run on March 14, Persepolis was given the festival's Best Feature prize. The popular animated feature by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud has collected a slew of awards since its launch in Cannes.Kim Longinotto's Hold Me Tight, Let Me ...
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Tributes continue to pour in for Anthony Minghella
Tributes are flooding in for film-maker Anthony Minghella who died suddenly yesterday at the age of 54.Harvey Weinstein, Minghella's longtime friend, backer and distributor on all his films since The English Patient, issued a statement saying: 'I am shocked and heart broken that we have lost Anthony. He was my ...
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Screen conference keynote: industry has to rethink release windows
The film industry needs to embrace the challenges and opportunities offered by new distribution platforms or lose out as consumers go elsewhere for content.That is the view of Ian Lewis, Director of Sky Movies & Sky Box Office, at BSkyB.Lewis was the keynote speaker at today's Screen International-backed Maximising Digital ...
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Film-maker Anthony Minghella dies at age 54
Film-maker Anthony Minghella has died at the age of 54.His spokespeople released this statement: ' Anthony Minghella died this morning at Charing Cross Hospital in Hammersmith, west London. He was operated on last week for a growth in his neck, and the operation seemed to have gone well. At 5am ...
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Everyman acquires seven-cinema chain Screen Cinemas
UK exhibitor Screen Cinemas has been sold to Everyman Media Group, the parent company of Everyman Cinema Club.Investment banking firm Livingston Partners advised the Screen Cinemas shareholders, including managind director Romaine Hart, during the deal negotiations. Terms were not disclosed.Screen Cinemas operates seven theatres across London and the Southeast of ...
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HanWay takes on library sales for British Film Institute
The British Film Institute has appointed HanWay films as its worldwide sales and marketing agent for its lucrative catalogue of more than 400 films.The BFI collection is comprised of BFI Production Board films, works from the BFI National Archive and a number of additional features, shorts and documentaries for which ...
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Michael Elson leaves UK's Moving Picture Company
Michael Elson has stepped down as head of film and COO at UK-based Moving Picture Company.He will now pursue other film production interests.Christian Roberton, who had been head of production for film at MPC, will take over as head of film.'Michael has played an enormous part in establishing MPC as ...
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Dominic Cooper replaces Orlando Bloom in Scherfig's Education
Orlando Bloom has pulled out of the cast of Lone Scherfig's new film An Education, which starts shooting today. Dominic Cooper now takes the role after Bloom had scheduling clashes. Cara Seymour has also joined the cast for An Education, shooting now in London, is based on a screenplay by ...
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UK Film Council backs Edinburgh Film Fest with $3.8m over 3 years
The Edinburgh International Film Festival has become the first beneficiary of the UK Film Council's Film Festival Strategy to support UK Festivals of national and international significance. Edinburgh will receive $3.8m (£1.88m) of funding over a three-year period until 2010.The announcement is a major boost for a Festival that is ...
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UKFC commits almost $4m to Edinburgh festival over 3 years
The UK Film Council has announced $3.78m (£1.88m)in funding over three years to the Edinburgh International Film Festival.The Lottery funding, coming via the UKFC's Film Festival Strategy, will run until 2010.The groups said the funding will support growth for public audiences as well as industry professionals from the UK and ...
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India's Century buys UK effects house Men From Mars
India-based Century Communications has acquired UK-based visual effects house Men From Mars.Century is the independently owned media company that is the parent of Indian effects company Pixion.Simon Frame and Phil Attfield founded Men From Mars in 2000 after leaving Men In White Coats. The company has since worked on films ...
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Joel Kennedy joins Revolver as senior acquisitions manager
Joel Kennedy has joined UK distributor Revolver Entertainment as senior acquisitions manager.Separately, the company announced that it has acquired Sundance hit The Wackness starring Ben Kingsley, and buzz French title Female Agents starring Sophie Marceau. The Wackness is sold by Celluloid Dreams and Female Agents by TF1 International.Kennedy will acquire ...
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Nick Broomfield: Battle Scars
Nick Broomfield adds his voice to the wave of films on modern warfare and terrorism with Battle For Haditha. It is a stirring piece of cinema verite that premiered in Toronto last autumn and will air on March 17 as part of Channel 4's Iraq season in the UK, and ...
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BFI to unveil two new Mediatheques in the UK
Celebrating the one-year anniversary of its London launch at the new BFI Southbank, the British Film Institute has revealed that it plans to open two new UK mediatheques by December 2008.The first will be at QUAD, Derby's new $20m (£10m) centre for art and film, and the second in Cambridge ...
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UK financiers don't see disaster with closed tax loophole
UK film financiers have been striking a philosophical note about yesterday's Budget 2008 government announcement that 'sole traders' who spend fewer than 10 hours a week on film-related activities will no longer be able to offset predicted losses on film investment.Previous UKGovernment clampdowns, whether last year's sudden closure of so-called ...
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UK Culture Minister defends Creative Industries strategy
Criticism that there are no funds to support the UK government's recently released strategy for the creative industries has been shrugged off by the UK's new Minister for Culture, Creative industries and Tourism, Margaret Hodge.In an interview with film producer David Puttnam that was made public, Hodge was asked whether ...
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Film4 budget holds steady as Channel 4 unveils future vision
Channel 4's film production arm Film4 was held up as a central part of the company's public service contribution during the broadcaster's 'Next On 4' future vision presentation earlier today.In London, Channel 4 chairman Luke Johnson, chief executive Andy Duncan and director of TV/content Kevin Lygo unveiled strategic plans for ...