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The Works dives into UK deal for Mee Shee: The Water Giant
The Works UK Distribution has taken all UK rights to Mee Shee: The Water Giant from ContentFilm. The $27m family film is directed by John Henderson for the Jim Henson Creature Shop.The story follows a young boy's relationship with a sea monster. It will be released this summer.As previously reported, ...
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Velvet Octopus strikes major deals for The Moon Princess
UK sales outfit Velvet Octopus, which will be unveiling Peter Howitt's Dangerous Parking to buyers at the London UK Film Focus (June 25-28), has done brisk business on its Cannes slate. ' Cannes was a fantastic market for us,' Simon Crowe, managing director of Velvet Octopus, said. Following on from ...
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Pathe, BBC slate includes big-screen version of Upstairs Downstairs
Pathe and BBC Films, with support from the UK Film Council's Development Fund, have announced a development slate of five new projects, after announcing a year ago that they parties would join forces to develop bigger films with commercial potential. The four new projects announced are: an adaptation of Edwardian ...
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BBC Fiction boss Tranter spells out her plans for BBC Films
Controller of BBC Fiction Jane Tranter has defended the recent decision to move BBC Films out of its West End offices and back into BBC Television Centre. She told ScreenDaily.com that the move, likely to happen 'by around the end of the year,' is intended both to 'underpin the enormous ...
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Telepool sells A Crude Awakening to UK's Dogwoof
Telepool has closed an all-rights deal for the UK with Dogwoof Pictures for the feature documentary A Crude Awakening by Basil Gelpke and Ray McCormack of Swiss-based Lava Productions. The film about how humans are sucking dry our most valuable, non-renewable resource - oil - was released by Columbus Film ...
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Metrodome strikes UK deal for Ruzowitzky's The Counterfeiters
UK distributor Metrodome has taken all UK rights to Stefan Ruzowitzky's Berlinale hit The Counterfeiters.Sales agent Andreas Rothbauer of Beta Cinema negotiated the deal with Metrodome CEO Peter Urie, general manager - theatrical and broadcast Sara Frain and acquisitions & business affairs manager Kate Falconer. Metrodome will release in the ...
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Blueberry Recruitment becomes Blueberry Creative Consultants
Post-production talent company Blueberry Recruitment has changed its name to Blueberry Creative Consultants. The company's clients include production mangers, producers and directors from the likes of BBC, CNN, RDF, Darlow Smithson and Flaming CGI. Blueberry works with about 150 freelance editors and designers. The rebranding comes as the company expands ...
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Film4 Summer Screen to open with Knocked Up
London's Somerset House has announced the line-up for its open air cinema series Film4 Summer Screen. The giant-screen projections, hosting up to 2,000 people, will run Aug 2-11. The series opens with Judd Apatow's hit US comedy Knocked Up. Other films selected are The Descent, The Thing, The Good, The ...
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BBC Worldwide takes stake in Andy Harries' Left Bank
BBC Worldwide recently announced that it will take a 25% equity stake in Left Bank Pictures, the new production company being set up by former ITV/Granada production head Andy Harries, one of the producers of The Queen. Helen Jackson, BBC Worldwide's director of Independents, will take a seat on the ...
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Film Sales Company strikes three new deals for Crazy Love
The Film Sales Company has announced theatrical rights sales of documentary Crazy Love to Tartan Films for the UK, Palace Films for Australia and Shani Films for Israel. All three distributors plan an early autumn release for the film, which is directed by Dan Klores and co-directed by Fisher Stevens ...
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Fuel's gold
Small can be very sweet, as the Irish director discovered when his new film Garage was well-received at Cannes last week. He talks to Ted Sheehy. Lenny Abrahamson's first film, Adam & Paul, is one of the most successful Irish films of recent years. And with the film's cult status ...
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DVD: specialty forces
The specialty DVD market has thrived in recent years. But with the market under pressure Denis Seguin looks at how niche distributors are making their product stand out. Consider the sophisticated bachelor pad circa 2003, art-dressed to impress a visitor: on the coffee table, an issue of The New Yorker ...
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The Hospital goes digital with Kodak JMN3000
London private members club and screening venue The Hospital has installed a Kodak JMN3000 digital projector in its 30-screen cinema. The DCI -compliant unit can handle JPEG and MPEG-compressed files, including 3D MPEG, and is the first player to include Kodak Image Science. David Marrinan-Hayes, marketing communications manager for The ...
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Artificial Eye buys four more from Cannes, including The Banishment
UK distributor Artifical Eye has announced four more acquisitions from Cannes. They are Andrei Zvyagintsev’s The Banishment, Fatih Akin’s The Edge Of Heaven, Alexander Sokurov’s Alexandra, and Bela Tarr’s The Man From London.The Banishment (Izgnanie) stars Konstantin Lavronenko, who won the best actor prize in Cannes.Fatih Akin won the best ...
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UK producers group Pact appoints four new key personnel
UK producers body Pact has announced the appointments of four new staff members. Joining June 4 are Dawn Simpson and Matthew Basham, who have been named director and deputy director, respectively, of Out Of London. That new department will be based both in London and Wales . Simpson previously worked ...
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Tartan on board for Silent Light and Paranoid Park
Tartan Films has taken all UK and Ireland rights to two Cannes competition award winners: Silent Light and Paranoid Park. Carlos Reygadas' Silent Light, sold by BAC Films, jointly won the Jury Prize. The film is about a father and husband whose faith is tested when he falls in love ...
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MySpace, Film4 and Vertigo name 12 finalists for feature competition
MySpace and its partners Film4 and Vertigo Films have selected the 12-person shortlist for its MyMovie MashUp contest. One winner will get $1.97m (£1m) to direct a feature film. The finalists are: Sadik Ahmed, Sean Conway, Katy Davis, Scott Flockhart, Tom Geens, Tom Harper, Mat Kirkby, Frazer Lee, Vito Rocco, ...
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Deborah Lincoln takes new post in London for Warner Bros.
Veteran communications and political strategist Deborah Lincoln has been named to the newly created position of vice president, corporate communications, Europe, Warner Bros. Entertainment Based in London, Lincoln will work closely with Susan Fleishman, Warner's executive vice president of corporate communications, territory managers and managing directors on corporate business issues, ...
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Film music company Cutting Edge acquires Air-Edel
Music supervision and publishing company Cutting Edge has acquired Air-Edel Associates and Air-Edel Recording Studios from the Sanctuary Group. Air Edel was founded by George Martin and Herman Edel and is now run by Maggie Rodford. The company manages composers and provides music supervision for film, TV and video games. ...
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Cobra to announce winners of 50-second short competition
Cobra Beer will host its second-annual CobraVision Awards on Monday, June 4, at London 's BFI Southbank. Presenters at the ceremony will be TV presenter June Sarpong and actor Martin Freeman. Of the 20 finalists in the company's 50-second short film competition, CobraVision will select one winner and two runners-up. ...
