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Toby Melling to head Content's new library sales division
Toby Melling has joined ContentFilm International as head of film library sales, the company's newly launched division which has a library of 100+ feature films. Melling had been vice president sales at Granada International and previously worked at BBC Worldwide, Capitol Films and Pandora in Paris. He will also run ...
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UTV Motion Pictures valued at $321m as AIM trading starts
Indian film studio UTV Motion Pictures has started trading today on London's Alternative Investment Market (AIM). The company has raised about $70m (£35m) to fund a new slate of about 30 films, both Bollywood offerings and projects made with Hollywood.Shares rose from a placement guide of $2.90 to $3.07, putting ...
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Daniel Craig project to start UK portion of shoot
Bailie Walsh's Flashbacks of A Fool had been shooting in South Africa since May 28 and will move to the UK on July 4.In addition to the previously announced starring role for Daniel Craig, the Flashbacks Of A Fool cast also includes Helen McCrory, Olivia Williams, Emilia Fox, Mark Strong, ...
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Arts Alliance signs content deal with HP's Video Merchant arm
Arts Alliance Media (AAM) has signed a deal to become the international content provider for HP's new Video Merchant Services business. HP will now offer AAM's film content to distribution partners around the world, including North America. HP Video Merchant Services powers online video web stores and provides content fulfilment ...
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Writers rights
Screenwriters are looking to change the way they are treated by the industry - and win more recognition. As the UK's International Screenwriters' Festival (July 3-6) opens, John Hazelton explores the writers' lot. It's in the zeitgeist that the writers' lot must be improved in order for movies to get ...
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Screenwriting: odds even.
Initiated at Sundance, screenwriters' group 1.3.9 hopes to work directly with actors and directors on film projects. So how will the arrangement work' John Hazelton reportsChristopher McQuarrie (The Usual Suspects) and Erik Jendresen (TV series Band Of Brothers) hatched the idea for 1.3.9, their recently launched writers' co-operative, after stints ...
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European screenwriters' manifesto: world in motion
Signatories from the US and Europe have backed a manifesto to give more rights to writers. John Hazelton reportsLaunched at this year's Berlin International Film Festival, the European Screenwriters' Manifesto had around 2,000 signatories as of late May.Most of them were writers, but the document has also been endorsed by ...
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Writers' co-op: singular vision
John Wells' Writers' Co-Op draws together a stable of veteran writers to generate scripts and share in a project's upside. Unveiled three months ago, John Wells' Writers' Co-Op has been in the works for several years.For Wells (writer of ER and producer of movies including White Oleander and Doom) and ...
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Networkmoves into theatrical withFlight Of The Red Balloon
UK-based Network has taken TV, theatrical and DVD rights three Cannes 2007 titles: Hou Hsiao Hsien's The Flight Of The Red Balloon, and Albert Lamorisse's 1956 short The Red Balloon and 1953's precursor White Mane. The Flight Of The Red Balloon stars Juliette Binoche as a single mother who hires ...
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James Purnell named UK Culture Secretary in Brown's new cabinet
As new UK prime minister Gordon Brown today unveils his new cabinet, James Purnell has been named Culture Secretary. He replaces Tessa Jowell, who will now be Olympics Secretary. The role means Purnell will now be in charge of areas including film co-production treaties, and he will also have ultimate ...
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Charlie Cox leads cast for Scottish feature Stone Of Destiny
Scottish feature Stone Of Destiny started principal photography this week on location in Glasgow and London. Charlie Cox, Billy Boyd, Kate Mara, Robert Carlyle and Brenda Fricker star. Charles Martin Smith wrote and directed the project, based on Ian Hamilton's book, The Taking Of the Stone Of Destiny. The film ...
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Verve and Dogwoof join Film Distributors' Assocation
Verve Pictures and Dogwoof Pictures have joined the UK 's Film Distributors' Association (FDA). The FDA now has a membership of 20 companies, including 14 independent distributors. Verve's forthcoming releases include Charlie Bartlett, while Dogwoof's future releases include Ecoute Le Temps. Mark Batey, the FDA's chief executive, said: 'In recent ...
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Fulwell 73 on board for Hawkes' Breathing and Drawing Dead
UK production company Fulwell 73, who are behind recent Cannes Market hit documentary In The Hands Of The Gods, have optioned two new projects from writer/director Kieron Hawkes. The new projects are Check If I'm Still Breathing, a love story following a couple through a turbulent 10-year period. Hawkes has ...
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UK sales companies join forces for new group Film Export UK
Thirty-one UK sales companies have joined forces to create the new trade association Film Export UK.The group's remit is to give the sales companies the strength of a united voice to lobby their interests; to create a platform to discuss common practices - especially in tricky areas such as new ...
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UK's Vue cinemas to offer live Formula One coverage
UK cinema chain Vue Entertainment is continuing the diversification of its programme offerings by hosting a live Formula One event. In a first, Vue will screen Formula One racing live and uninterrupted from the British Grand Prix at Silverstone on July 8. The event will be broadcast to big screens ...
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Galway bookends with Red Like the Sky and Seraphim Falls
The 19th Galway Film Fleadh will open July 10 with Cristiano Bortone's feature Red Like the Sky, inspired by the true story of Italian sound editor Mirco Mencacci. Bortone will attend for a Q&A session following the screening. The Fleadh will close July 15 with David Von Ancken's western Seraphim ...
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Stephen Frears to speak at Screenwriters Festival
Stephen Frears is the latest big name speaker to join the line-up for next week's International Screenwriters Festival in the UK. The director of The Queen, Dirty Pretty Things, The Grifters and High Fidelity will talk about how he collaborates with screenwriters in a conversation with critic Nigel Floyd.Oscar nominee ...
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Medb Films wins Kent Business Award
The Ramsgate-based UK mini-studio Medb Films has just won the top prize in the Creative Industries Category at the Kent Business Awards. Medb was founded by Elaine Wickham and Jan Dunn, the pair behind acclaimd British dogme feature Gypo and the newly completed Ruby Blue, starring Bob Hoskins and Josiane ...
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London UK Film Focus to screen 40 films to about 150 buyers
The London UK Film Focus (LUFF), which runs from June 25-28 at the revamped BFI Southbank, is expected to attract around 150 buyers to London. Around 40 films will be screening. The event, a showcase for British films, is now in its fourth year. LUFF's organisers claim that approximately $2m ...
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UK exhibition: rule Britannia
UK exhibitors anticipate a record-breaking performance this year, but still await digital rollout, writes Diana Lodderhose. The UK box office has seen a healthy start to the year, with takings up 7% in the first five months compared to the same period in 2006, generating $661.9m (£332.1m).February and March were ...