All UK/Ireland articles – Page 956
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NewsUK box office: Eclipse has biggest UK opening of 2010
E1 Films’ release of the third instalment in the Twilght Saga eclipsed all rivals at the UK box office in its debut weekend.
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BFI to start building new Archive storage facility in autumn
Work is finally set to begin in the autumn on the building of the British Film Institute’s new £12 million National Film Archive “sub-zero storage facility.” The aim is to have the new facility, housed at Gaydon in Warwickshire, by early 2012.
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NewsPeccadillo takes Loose Cannons for UK
Peccadillo Pictures has acquired the UK and Irish rights to Ferzan Ozpetek’s Loose Cannons (Mine Vaganti).
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Babelgum strikes deal with Cox, Sundberg for Bengali Detective
Online and mobile platform Babelgum and UK production outfit Native Voice Films have struck a deal for online, mobile, broadcast and feature platform release of a new fly-on-the-wall documentary series set in India, The Bengali Detective.
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Tech institute works with Sheffield for shorts competition
The Chartered Institute for IT (BCS) has teamed up with Sheffield Doc/Fest to launch a short film competition which aims to explore the effects of information technology in the UK.
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NewsFilm4 to kick off Somerset House series with Knight and Day
Film4’s programme of open-air screenings at London’s Somerset House will kick off with summer blockbuster Knight and Day.
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Andreas Wiseman joins Screen as reporter
Andreas Wiseman has joined Screen International as a reporter. Wiseman has worked on a freelance basis at Screen International since 2009.
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NewsLock, Stock actor Dexter Fletcher to make directorial debut
British actor Dexter Fletcher is to make his directorial debut with a gritty family drama starring Charlie Creed- Miles and Jason Flemyng, with David Morrissey and Mark Strong also due to make appearances.
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FeaturesJonny Persey
The head of Met Film School and Met Film Production tells Wendy Mitchell about the synergies between education and production and talks about forthcoming projects including Donor 150 and Maakbet.
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Mike Leigh and Jonathan Entwistle
Celebrated film-maker Mike Leigh tells writer-director Jonathan Entwistle why first-time directors should not waste their energy making compromises
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NewsJoe Wright, Working Title plan live-action Little Mermaid
Working Title is reteaming with Joe Wright to make a live-action feature adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairytale The Little Mermaid, Working Title’s co-chairmen Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner announced.
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The Senate Visual Effects to expand into Soho
London based visual effects outfit is to add a Soho studio to its existing Twickenham base.
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Kierston Wareing to star in UK thriller The Holding
A four-week shoot will start Monday on Susan Jacobson’s thriller The Holding, set on an isolated farm in England’s Peak District.
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Deluxe Digital London, SmartJog sign digital delivery pact
Deluxe Digital London has signed a deal with digital delivery service SmartJog’s pan-European network for the delivery of digital cinema packages to theatres.
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Hospital 100 includes Emily Blunt, Mike Leigh, Danny Boyle
The Hospital, a London members’ club, has announced this year’s The Hospital Club 100, which recognises influential people in the creative industries.
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NewsUK box-office boom continues, spurred by 3D
UK box-office tops $756m (£500m) in first half of 2010, 3% ahead of first half of 2009.
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NewsNetwork Releasing picks up Abel, Heartbeats
The UK distributor has secured Diego Luna’s directorial debut and Xavier Dolan’s I Killed My Mother follow up.
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NewsRidley Scott, Kevin Macdonald team with YouTube for doc
Ridley Scott and Kevin Macdonald are teaming up with YouTube to make what is being called the “first user generated feature length documentary film shot on a single day.”
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BFI launches campaign for public to fund restoration of early Hitchcock films
The British Film Institute (BFI) is launching two new initiatives as part of the Long Live Film celebration of the 75th birthday of the BFI Archive.