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Collins and Francke join UK development fund
Chris Collins and Lizzie Francke have been appointed as development producers at the UK Film Council Development Fund.They will reportto Tanya Seghatchian, head of the recently restructured fund.Click here for more on the restructuringCollins and Francke willbe responsiblefor managing applications to the two new funding programmes. Brick Lane producer Collins ...
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Boom for UK film locations
CLICK ON LOCATION FOR MOREThe MidlandsIsle Of ManScotlandThe SouthThe NorthWalesNorthern Ireland/ Republic Of IrelandIt's been a good year for production,' says British film commissioner Colin Brown, of feature film-making in the UK in 2007. His assessment is supported by figures released by the UK Film Council earlier this month.Inward investment ...
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Mermin's Shot In Bombay secures UK run at London's ICA
Liz Mermin's latest film, Shot In Bombay, will have a two-week UK theatrical run at London's ICA from Jan 18, 2008 before going on a regional tour. The documentary goes behind the scenes of a Bollywood film, Shootout at Lokhandwala, starring Bollywood screen legend Sanjay Dutt. US director Mermin, who ...
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Curzon Artificial Eye, NFTS back Ahmed's The Last Thakur
Shooting will begin next month in Bangladesh on Sadik Ahmed's The Last Thakur, the 'Spaghetti Eastern' that is being co-produced by Curzon Artificial Eye and the UK's National Film & Television School. The film is being executive produced by Philip Knatchbull, Nik Powell and Daniel Chamier. The producer is Tamsin ...
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High Point sells Storm Force to MTI for North America
High Point Television, a division of UK-based sales company High Point Media Group, has sold the North American TV and video rights for Storm Force to MTI.The Belgian helicopter-rescue action film, starring Kevin Janssen, is produced by Peter Bouckaert of MMG Film & Television. High Point also sold the film ...
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UK's WFTV give lifetime achievement award to Verity Lambert
Verity Lambert, who produced the original Doctor Who TV series and feature film A Cry In The Dark, will receive Women In Film and Television's Working Title Films Lifetime Achievement Award. Lambert will be presented with the honours at the 2007 Five Women in Film and Television Awards in London ...
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Medusa makes strides with Bahamas and Come Tu Mi Vuoi
Italian distributor Medusa Film made a solid imprint on the international top 40 this weekend with two films - Matrimonio Alle Bahamas and Come Tu Mi Vuoi - generating more than $7m and accounting for 5.2% of the chart's total revenue. For the full international chart, compiled by Len Klady, ...
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Robin Hardy plans March 2008 shoot for Cowboys For Christ
Los Angeles-based Fantastic Films International has come on board for worldwide sales for Cowboys For Christ, written and directed by Robin Hardy. Hardy, known for directing 1973's The Wicker Man, also wrote the book of the same name. Cowboys For Christ will start shooting in March 2008 around Dumfries, Scotland. ...
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Ireland facing majordrop in film production
The annual Audiovisual Federation of the Irish Business & Employers Confederation annual report estimates a big drop in film production in Ireland this year.Irishfeature filmsproduction was worth $44m (Euros 29.8m) in 2006,well up on the lull of $26m (Euros 17.5m) in 2005. But the reviewestimates that the Irish spend will ...
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Lionsgate UK to release horror thriller Babysitter Wanted
Lionsgate UK will release Big Screen Entertainment Group's (BSEG) horror-thriller Babysitter Wanted in 2008.Jonas Barnes and Michael Manasseri directed the story of a girl who is terrorised one night while babysitting on a farm.'Lionsgate UK is one of the premiere marketing machines in the horror genre,' BSEG CEO Kimberley Kates ...
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Brick Lane opens at number 10 as Gangster tops UK box office
Ridley Scott's American Gangster beat CGI epic Beowulf to thetop slot in the UK this weekend, taking $5.3m (£2.6m) from 410 sites. See the full chart here.The 1970s crime story, which stars Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe, boasted the highest site average over the three-day period at $12,818 (£6,249) per ...
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The Hat Factory to host digital workflow seminar
The Hat Factory, Codex Digital, and Sohonet are hosting a digital event, Production 2.0, on Dec 6, to show producers technologies including digital links between Pinewood Studios and post-production companies in Soho. The free demonstrations will be held at 3 pm and 6 pm. The Production Guild is also supporting ...
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BFS moves into theatrical with US deal for Tom Collins' Kings
North American distributor BFS Entertainment & Multimedia Limited will move into theatrical distribution with its acquisition of Tom Collins' Kings. The film, partly in the Irish language and the Irish submission for Foreign-Language Oscar consideration. The big-screen adaptation of Jimmy Murphy's play The Kings Of The Kilburn High Road stars ...
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Intandem books strong AFM sales on How To Lose Friends
UK-based sales company Intandem Films has reported a strong level of sales done at the recent AFM. Robert B Weide's How To Lose Friends And Alienate People, starring Kirsten Dunst and Simon Pegg, was sold to Germany (Concorde/Telemunchen), Italy (Mikado), Portugal (Lusomundo), Turkey (Sanat Ozen), Korea (MFI), Poland (Hagi) and ...
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Last King Of Scotland reigns at Scottish BAFTAs
Kevin McDonald's Last King Of Scotland took three top honours at this year's TSB BAFTA Scotland Awards.The film set in Idi Amin's Uganda picked up prizes for best film, best screenplay (Peter Morgan and Jeremy Brock) and best actor for James McAvoy.Sophie Myles was named best actress for her part ...
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Pathe's hot AFM sellers include The Duchess and Eden Lake
In addition to the recently announced sales for Walter Salles' Linha De Passe, Pathe International has announced a slew of further sales done at the recent AFM. Saul Dibb's The Duchess, which Pathe launched in Toronto, sold to Benelux (Cineart), Poland (Best Film), Greece and the Balkans (Audiovisuals), Portugal (Lusomundo), ...
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Jude Law appears in Real Time Movie short
Jude Law stars an inventive short film being launched in the UK. Starting Monday, UK cinemas will screen the short film directed by Jason Martin on behalf of Polish artist Pavel Althamer. It will show during trailer presentations, subverting the notion of trailers because the film it promotes doesn't exist. ...
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Vikram Bhatt shoots supernatural love story in Yorkshire
Yorkshire, which hosted this summer's Indian International Film Academy awards (IIFAs), is now hosting a new shoot by Indian film-makers. Vikram Bhatt is directing 1920 with a 17-day shoot in Bolton Abbey, Allerton Castle, Bramham Park and Ripley Castle. The film is a supernatural love story about an Anglo Indian ...
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UKFC backs development of Bruce Robinson's Peculiar Memories
The UK Film Council has announced the first awards from its Development Fund since Tanya Seghatchian took over as head of the Fund on April 1. The UKFC has backed six films with $930,000 - with more than half of the funding, or $509,700 - going to Bruce Robinson to ...
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Concrete adds Genetic Engineering system, pacts with Axis
London-based post-production company Concrete is becoming the first facility in Soho to install Quantel's new Genetic Engineering system. Genetic Engineering will be used for eQ systems at Concrete to access to shared projects, and for data transfer between other systems. Also, Axis Post has become the first European post facility ...