All UK/Ireland articles – Page 924
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NewsOptimum takes UK rights to Blue Valentine
Optimum Releasing has taken UK rights from The Weinstein Company for Blue Valentine, and will co-distribute the film with TWC.
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Benjamin Johns shooting feature debut Tribe
UK singer David Essex has joined the cast of Tribe, an adaptation of John F. McDonald’s novel, which is currently shooting in the South East of England.
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NewsLovefilm secures online rights to Momentum titles
Film subscription service Lovefilm has partnered with UK distributor Momentum to offer members a catalogue of Momentum’s titles via internet enabled devices.
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NewsBirmingham talent gets boost from Woolcock's 1 Day
Penny Woolcock’s musical hip hop drama 1 Day, which screened at the LFF and will air on Channel 4 this week, has proved to be a springboard for inner city urban talent in the UK city of Birmingham.
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NewsDeathly Hallows casts its spell on UK box office
The penultimate instalment in the blockbuster franchise plundered $29.1m (£18.3m) at the UK box office over the November 19 – 21 weekend.
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NewsUniversal strikes partnership with Australia's Hopscotch
Universal Pictures International (UPI) has formed a partnership with Australian independent production company Hopscotch Features to develop, produce and distribute films for the global marketplace.
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Zoe Brown promoted at BBC Films
Zoe Brown has been appointed as senior legal and business affairs manager in fiction at BBC Films.
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NMA partners with Bellwood Media
Los Angeles-based entertainment promotions and publicity firm Norm Marshall & Associates is to partner up with UK company Bellwood Media, which specializes in production resources, film clearances and celebrity events.
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NewsIDFA kicks off with pleas against Dutch cultural budget cuts
The 23rd International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) opened this week with Festival director Ally Derks making an impassioned plea for the new Dutch coalition Government to rethink its planned budget cuts in the cultural sector.
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Mysterious Foundation launches trailer competition with London Film School
A mysterious new organisation called The Foundation is launching a film trailer competition in association with the London Film School.
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The Bureau launches second series of screenwriting, production labs
London-based Production company The Bureau is starting the second year of its Save Our Scripts (SOS) development lab, seeking to work with rising screenwriters and producers.
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NewsOptimum takes UK rights to $20m Spanish historical epic Lope
Wild Bunch has secured several key deals on Brazilian director Andrucha Waddington’s $20m historical epic Lope, including Optimum for the UK and Concorde for Germany.
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NewseOne's library now valued at $250m
In reporting its interim results for the six months ended Sept 30, eOne noted that its revenue was up 30% to £212m.
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NewsLipSync on board at production stage for The Deep Blue Sea, My Week With Marilyn
London-based post production company Lip Sync has signed on as a production partner on The Deep Blue Sea and My Week With Marilyn.
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NewsDogwoof acquires nine NFB docs including Up the Yangtze
Leading UK theatrical distributor for socially conscious films, Dogwoof, has acquired distribution rights to nine documentaries from the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), including the multi-award winning Up the Yangtze( EyeSteelFilm/NFB).
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NewsUK Film Council gives latest round of innovative digital distribution support
Upcoming UK releases Monsters, Chalet Girl and Chatroom are amongst the films to benefit from the last round of the UKFC’s Digital Innovation in Distribution scheme.
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NewsThe Animators to be directed by Ruairi Robinson
Director Ruairi Robinson will get his feature debut on Qwerty’s anticipated sci-fi-thriller The Animators, which is due to shoot in the first quarter of 2011.
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NewsHelena Bonham Carter, Liam Neeson to be honoured at BIFAs
The Moet British Independent Film Awards will give special honours this year to Helena Bonham Carter and Liam Neeson.
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Prime Focus lines up expert team for new London VFX, 3D division
Prime Focus is launching a new division, Prime Focus Film, which will be a London-based film VFX and stereoscopy facility.