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Special People wins Germany's Britspotting prize
Justin Edgar's Special People won the best feature audience award at Britspotting, the British & Irish Film Festival in Germany. The film wins a post-production/editing prize worth $22,200 (Euros 14,000).Dominic Coleman, Sasha Hardway, Robyn Frampton, David Proud and Jason Maza star in the story of four kids in wheelchairs who ...
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Edinburgh programmes 22 docs, with gala for Man On Wire
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) has announced that its programme will include 22 documentary features this year.There will be three galas for Chris Waitt's A Complete History Of My Sexual Failures, James Marsh's Man On Wire and Errol Morris' Standard Operating Procedure.In addition, festival's Document section will show 19 ...
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UK's FDA launches one-minute summer cinema trailer
Summer admissions in the UK have increased steadily in the past five years, with 2007 up 27% from 2003, and are expected to continue to increase according to the Film Distributors Association (FDA). According to a survey from the trade body, more than two-thirds of UK adults citied summer movie ...
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Universal International unveils first Blu-Ray slate of 29 titles
Universal Pictures International Entertainment (UPIE) plans to release 29 titles on the Blu-Ray format for the first time.The first release will be TV series Heroes Season 2 on Aug 26. Heroes Season 1 will also be available on the same day on Blu-Ray.Further Blu-Ray releases later in 2008 will be ...
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Delanic signs three-year home entertainment deal with Anchor Bay
UK distributor Delanic Films has struck a DVD deal with Starz Media's Anchor Bay Entertainment UK to release a slate of feature films in the UK and Ireland.Delanic Films managing director Joe Simpson and Anchor Bay Entertainment UK Managing Director Colin Lomax announced the deal.Delanic will manage theatrical and TV ...
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BAFTA sets 2009 date for February 8, two weeks ahead of Oscars
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has set the Orange British Academy Film Awards for Feb 8, 2009 at London’s Royal Opera House.
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Sticks stays strong for Pathe; Son Of Rambow nears $5m in UK for Optimum
Eros International had an impressive weekend as two new Indian films made represented the highest non-US entrants in the international top 40, with a combined total of $4.6m. The top 40 international films generated $111.3m across 39,818 screens for the period of April 11-13. For the full chart, compiled by ...
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Reelscape kicks off with development of Wise's Small Inclusions
New UK production company Reelscape Films will make its debut with Herbert Wise's Small Inclusions, now in development. Wise has previously directed TV projects include Inspector Morse, Rumpole of the Bailey and I Claudius. Michael Gambon, Bob Hoskins and Greta Scacchi are in talks to star.Peter Sushitzky, who has worked ...
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LoveFilm-Amazon Europe deal cleared by regulators
LoveFilm International's previously announced acquisition of Amazon Europe's DVD rental business in the UK and Germany was cleared for completion by regulators yesterday. The companies plan to complete the acquisition shortly.'We are looking forward to officially welcoming customers from Amazon in the United Kingdom and Germany to LoveFilm,' said Simon ...
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Katie Melua writes original song for Faintheart
SingerKatie Melua will be the lead artist on the soundtrack to Faintheart, the MySpace community-driven feature film.Her new song Toy Collection was written especially for the film. Mike Batt (Watership Down) will serve as composer for the movie.MySpace users will be able to vote for a track by an unsigned ...
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Sofia Neves moves from Capitol to HanWay Films
UK-based sales company HanWay Films has hired Sofia Neves as director of worldwide salesand distribution.Neves starts at HanWay this week after departing her position as sales director at Capitol Films. Before her three years at Capitol, she worked at Renaissance Films and for producer Paulo Branco.She reports to Thorsten Schumacher, ...
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UKFC P&A Fund backs Happy-Go-Lucky with $412,000
The UK Film Council's Prints & Advertising (P&A) Fund has announced the latest films to get support for distribution.The fund is set up to support distributors releasing films that UK audiences might not otherwise be able to see, to increase viewing choices for UK audiences.The latest funding round went to:Happy-Go-Lucky ...
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Icon takes UK rights to James Marsh's Man On Wire
Icon Film Distribution (IFD) has acquired UK theatrical and home entertainment rights to James Marsh's documentary Man On Wire.The deal was done with UK production company Wall To Wall.Man On Wire won the jury prize and audience award in the World Cinema Documentary competition at Sundance.The film is about Philippe ...
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Ed Clarke leaves Capitol to be development head at Kudos
Kudos Pictures has hired Ed Clarke as head of development. Clarke spent the last three years at Capitol Films as head of development and acquisitions.Kudos Pictures, which was lead producer on David Cronenberg's Eastern Promises, is the film arm of Kudos Film and TV. Its forthcoming productions include wildlife documentary ...
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Revamped Baker Street partners with Darkside on Kitchen Games
UK producer and film financier Baker Street Entertainment is partnering with London based animation studio Darkside Entertainment on ambitious new $8m (£4m)CGI animated feature, The Kitchen Games. The film comes billed as 'a tale of cutlery from opposite sides of the table, which compete once a year to decide who ...
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EFP selects 22 producers for Cannes Producers on the Move
The Hamburg-based, pan-European promotional organisation European Film Promotion (EFP) has selected 22 aspiring European producers for its Producers On The Move networking initiative to take place during the Cannes Film Festival next month.Since being launched in 2000, Producers On The Move has enabled over 140 up-and-coming European producers to meet ...
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BFI London IMAX sets record with U2 3D
U2 3D's run at the British Film Institute's London IMAX has proven a triumph, as the venue has become the highest grossing cinema in the world for the concert movie.The film has generated $442,127 (£223,235) to date on the UK's biggest screen since its February 22 release and has reported ...
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Natalie Portman lines up for Ecosse's Wuthering Heights
Natalie Portman has signed up to play Cathy Earnshaw in John Maybury's new adaptation of Wuthering Heights.Robert Bernstein and Douglas Rae's UK-based Ecosse Films is producing. HanWay Films is handling sales.Bernstein said: 'I'm delighted that we have attracted an actress of Natalie Portman's calibre to Wuthering Heights, she will bring ...
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21, Leatherheads kick off overseas campaigns in Europe as Horton hurtles away
Fox International's Horton Hears A Who! remains the leading Hollywood export and looks like the one to beat this weekend as executives expect it to cross $100m.The family film has amassed $93.9m and opens in 10 territories including Greece on April 10.The romantic comedy 27 Dresses is doing well on ...
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Salt Shakers: rebranding Luminafilms
What's in a name' A lot if it is misleading. That is why Lumina Films has this week rebranded as The Salt Company.Lumina was originally founded in Spain to sell the Latin American films produced by Buena Onda Films. But since 2005, Lumina has been London-based with a more diverse ...