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Orange plans BAFTA red-carpet event hosted by Myleene Klass
BAFTA title sponsor Orange has announced plans for new red-carpet coverage to be broadcast to the Orange website and Orange mobile TV. Myleene Klass will host the red-carpet coverage starting at 4:30 pm on awards night, Feb 11. The one-hour special will be available at orange.co.uk/redcarpet and through Orange 3G ...
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Fox buys UK and Australian rights to Scorsese's Stones documentary
20th Century Fox International has picked up UK, Australia and New Zealand rights to Martin Scorsese's upcoming Rolling Stones documentary from international sales agent Fortissimo Films. As previously announced, Paramount will roll out the as-yet-untitled documentary in the US in late 2007. The film, which is centred around two New ...
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Odeon and Sky Filmworks strike first deal for UK rights to Kenny
Odeon and Sky Filmworks, the new joint venture between broadcaster Sky and UK exhibitor Odeon, has announced details of its first acquisition. The company's debut release in UK theatres will be Australian hit comedy Kenny, a mockumentary about an employee in a company that rents toilets for big events. 'It ...
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InFrame on board for The Riddle starring Vinnie Jones
UK and US sales company InFrame, a division of Hollywood Classics, has picked up worldwide rights to the $5m thriller The Riddle and will start sales at Berlin's European Film Market. Brendan Foley wrote and directed the story of a journalist, a police press officer and a tramp who who ...
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Smith brings Happyness to SPRI at international box office
The Pursuit Of Happyness ended the weekend as the number one overseas attraction in a highly successful week for Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI).The rags-to-riches drama stars Academy Award nominee Will Smith and grossed an estimated $16m to raise the tally to $71m.The result was buoyed by impressive debuts in ...
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De La Iglesia starts UK shoot for The Oxford Murders
The second English-language project by Spanish director Alex de la Iglesia, The Oxford Murders, has started shooting on location in London and Oxford for nine weeks. The serial killer thriller is produced by Tornasol Films, Estudios Picasso, Oxford Crimes, and La Fabrique de Films. The UK producer is Kevin Loader, ...
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Sky To Sponsor BAFTA party after Burberry pulls out
Sky has come on board as the sponsor of the first BAFTA Film Nominees Party, replacing Burberry which has withdrawn its sponsorship. Burberry pulled out to 'avoid embroiling BAFTA and its guests in threatened disruptive behaviour as part of campaigning against Burberry following its closure of its polo shirt factory ...
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Pirate DVD sellers arrested in East London
The UK's Federation Against Copyright Theft has announced that seven people have been arrested in Hackney, East London by police working with FACT, Hackney Council and the Immigration Service. The raid was conducted at a Tesco carpark, where five men and two women, all of Chinese origin, were arrested. More ...
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Tartan plans Jobson tour and classes for A Woman In Winter
Richard Jobson, screenwriter and director of 16 Years of Alcohol and The Purifiers, is to launch his latest film A Woman In Winter, through Tartan Films, with a UK tour stretching from the film's setting, Edinburgh, to London. As well as screenings of the film, the former frontman of the ...
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UK Film Council to handle Cultural Test applications as of April 1
As expected, the UK government has announced that the administration of the new cultural test to qualify for the new UK film fax relief will move from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport to the UK Film Council. As of April 1, all Cultural Test applications will be assessed ...
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Paul Trijbits joins Alison Owen's production company Ruby Films
Paul Trijbits, whose six-year stint as head of the UK Film Council's New Cinema Fund ended last autumn, has joined Alison Owen's London-based Ruby Films. Full details of Tribijts' role at Ruby are yet to be confirmed, but it is expected that he will be active in acquiring and executive ...
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Paul Trijbits joins Alison Owen's production company Ruby Films
Paul Trijbits, whose six-year stint as head of the UK Film Council's New Cinema Fund ended last autumn, has joined Alison Owen's London-based Ruby Films. Full details of Tribijts' role at Ruby are yet to be confirmed, but it is expected that he will be active in acquiring and executive ...
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Int'l Box Office Preview: the march rolls on for big US trio
Ben Stiller, Will Smith and Beyonce are all in action this weekend as the race to dominate the international arena heats up.Fox International's Night At The Museum starring Stiller has swept all before it in the overseas arena for several weeks and must still be the one to beat.The family ...
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StudioCanal picks up three new projects, including new Klapisch film
StudioCanal has announced three new films set to debut on its Berlin slate. The first is from director Cedric Klapisch who will re-team with his Auberge Espagnole star Romain Duris. Few details are currently available apart from cast with Juliette Binoche, Fabrice Luchini, Francois Cluzet, Karin Viard and Albert Dupontel ...
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Dublin to open with Jindabyne and close with Sparkle
John Carney, fresh from Sundance where his film Once won the coveted audience award, was on hand to launch the programme the fifth Jameson Dublin International Film Festival in Dublin last night. Once is among the new Irish films slated for the event. The festival opens Feb 19 with Australian ...
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Walak promoted to head Momentum's acquisitions team
Following the sudden suspension of Xavier Marchand in January, Momentum Pictures has also announced changes to its acquisitions team ahead of Berlin. Richard Napper, the company's acting managing director, has promoted Robert Walak as the new head of acquisitions, with Louis Tisne serving as acquisitions manager and Nadia Ward named ...
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HanWay, Ecosse working with Jarrold for new Brideshead Revisited
HanWay Films has announced plans for a big-screen adaptation of Brideshead Revisited, to start shooting this spring. Kinky Boots and Becoming Jane director Julian Jarrold will direct from Andrew Davies and Jeremy Brock's screenplay adapted from the Evelyn Waugh classic novel. Robert Bernstein and Douglas Rae of Ecosse Films, who ...
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Global box office down slightly this week, as Germany and Japan slip
Global box office takings took a slight dip of 2.9% this week in comparison to the same week last year and fell by less than 1% from last week, according to the Screen International Screen Index.The marginal decrease was led by year-on-year falls in major territories such as Germany, Japan, ...
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Penny Wolf quits Peace Arch Films
Penny Wolf is leaving her post as managing director of Peace Arch Films in London, effective Mar 16.Wolf will attend the European Film Market in Berlin to meet buyers as a company employee, before going on to pursue new opportunities.Further details including an announcement of Wolf's replacement will follow in ...
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DCL agrees deal with DTS for Irish D-Cinema upgrade
Digital Cinema Ltd (DCL) plans to upgrade the first phase of its Irish D-Cinema installation in an exclusive agreement with US digital technology company DTS.The agreement provides for both parties to work together to facilitate the wider rollout of digital cinema in Ireland. So far 15 cinema sites are operational.DCL ...