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Sky opens environmental issues short film competition
UK-based broadcaster Sky has launched a short film competition related to climate change, Green Shoots. Sky, The World Wildlife Fund and the Energy Saving Trust, are calling for public submissions of shorts about environmental issues. The winning short will be aired on Sky. The competition is also tied to Universal's ...
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Bafta calls for submissions for UK entry for foreign Oscar
Again this year, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) will select the UK 's submission for the foreign-langauge Oscar in 2008. Eligible films must have a UK release for at least seven consecutive days for a public paying audience between Oct 1 2006 and Sept 30 2007, ...
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Film4 FrightFest lines up seven world premieres
UK horror film event FrightFest, now backed by Film4, has selected 26 films for its forthcoming run at London 's Odeon West End Aug 23-27. The selections represent seven world premieres, six European premieres and six UK premieres. The Film4 FrightFest opens with Jonathan King's hit New Zealand zombie sheep ...
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Murrell named president of UK industry charity CTBF
The UK-based Cinema & Television Benevolent Fund (CTBF) has elected David Murrell as its president. Murrell joined the CTBF council in 2000 and had been vice president since last year. He was the founder and chairman/chief executive of KPMG's global media and entertainment practice from 1984-1999. He is on the ...
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Britdoc announces international and UK competition titles
The second Britdoc festival (July 25-27) has announced its programme of international and UK documentaries, which will all receive their first UK screenings at the Oxford-based event. Among the highlights are Tribeca award winners We Are Together and Taxi To The Dark Side, Morgan Spurlock-produced What Would Jesus Buy', and ...
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Nick Moran starts UK shoot for big-screen version of Telstar
First-time feature director Nick Moran started principal photography today for Telstar, which will shoot for six weeks at Twickenham Film Studios in the UK. The tragi-comedy is based on the true story of Joe Meek, the first independent record producer whose rise to fame led to a tragic downfall.Moran, an ...
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Muriel Sauzay joins Pathe to head international sales
Muriel Sauzay has been named deputy managing director of Pathe Distribution (France) in charge of international sales. She will be based in Paris, while head of international sales Mike Runagall will continue to be based in London. The two offices will work together under Sauzay's supervision. She had been director ...
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Spider-Man 3 drives Sony to cross overseas $1bn in record time
The apocalyptic robots of Transformers just about did enough to keep Bruce Willis at bay as Paramount/DreamWorks' Transformers ruled the overseas market at the weekend. The action epic grossed an estimated $43.6m from 3,503 venues in 29 territories following last weekend's robust take-off and now stands at $93.6m. ...
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Michael Wailes to join UK's Vertigo as head of sales
Vertigo Films has hired Michael Wailes in its new head of sales post. He will start the new position at the end of August.Wailes has worked in theatrical sales for more than 10 years, most recently at Tartan Films. Vertigo's Rupert Preston said: ''We are thrilled that Michael is joining ...
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Rupert Friend to star opposite Blunt in The Young Victoria
Rupert Friend has been cast as Prince Albert to Emily Blunt's Queen Victoria in the forthcoming feature The Young Victoria. Jean Marc Vallee will direct from a script by Julian Fellowes. Graham King and Martin Scorsese are producing. Denis O'Sullivan will oversee the project for King's GK Films. The Young ...
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AV Pictures strikes UK deal for The Tournament with Entertainment
AV Pictures has sold UK rights to action thriller The Tournament to Entertainment Film Distributors. The film, starring Robert Carlyle, Ving Rhames and Kelly Hu, is about a fight between the world's greatest assassins. AV likens it to 'a grown-up Battle Royale.' First-time feature director Scott Mann will start shooting ...
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Transformers expands to 18 new territories; set to cross $100m
Paramount/PPI's Transformers has already amassed $53.5m since opening last weekend and stands a good chance of crossing $100m over the next several days in international markets. The effects-heavy tale of warring robots touches down in 18 new territories this weekend including Russia, Spain and Sweden on July 4. PPI stablemate ...
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Experts at Screenwriters Festival call for new Code Of Practice
The status of screenwriters in the film industry and issues raised by the Screenwriters Manifesto have been a frequent subject of debate at the International Screenwriters Festival in Cheltenham, UK (July 3-6). After two days catering to emerging talents, Oscar-winning writer William Nicholson (Gladiator, forthcoming The Golden Age) opened the ...
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Editorial opinion: chasing the tale
Story doesn't get the credit it deserves in most contemporary discussions of cinema. Or, come to it, in the industry's own categories of merit.It wasn't always so: between 1940 and 1956, a best story Oscar ran alongside that for best original screenplay; then, in 1957, it was quietly retired, and ...
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Tom Collins: immigrant song
Northern Irish film-maker Tom Collins comes home to his favourite festival in Galway with his debut feature, Kings. Wendy Mitchell reports. The 2007 Galway Film Fleadh will be a homecoming for Tom Collins (above left), who will be screening his debut theatrical feature Kings at the event on July 13.The ...
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MARV Films: the magic touch
Matthew Vaughn and Kris Thykier of MARV Films are moving into the big league with Stardust and a new Sony deal. Wendy Mitchell reports. Anyone bemoaning the decline of the UK film industry should open their eyes to the banner year at Matthew Vaughn's Marv Films. Marv has made the ...
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Metrodome plans August theatrical run for Wild Style
Metrodome is planning the first UK theatrical release of hip-hop classic Wild Style. The 1982 film by Charlie Ahearn will hit cinemas on August 10. The film is a slice-of-life from the South Bronx , starring the likes of Grand Master Flash , Grand Wizard Theodore, D.St,, Grand Master Caz, ...
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Sakkalli takes new Asian sales post at producer Power
European film and TV producer and distributor Power has named George Sakkalli to the new post of vice president, Asian sales and distribution. Sakkalli had been at Granada International where he was vice president of sales, Asia. Prior to that he worked for NBC Entertainment. Chris Philip, Power's worldwide sales ...
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Nicholson launches competition at Cheltenham screenwriting festival
At the International Screenwriters Festival in Cheltenham, Oscar-nominated screenwriter William Nicholson today announced the call for entries for the new Screenwriter Development Competition from regional screen agency South West Screen. ‘I think the competition is a fantastic opportunity and I’m very much looking forward to reading the shortlisted entries and ...
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Valerio Zingarelli joins Babelgum as new CEO
New Internet TV platform Babelgum has appointed Valerio Zingarelli as its new CEO. Zingarelli succeeds Babelgum co-founder Erik Lumer, who will now focus on strategic product development. Zingarelli previously worked at Vodafone, where he was global director of networks and service platforms, and he also served as an independent board ...