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Shaun Woodward named new film minister in UK
The UK has a new film minister as Shaun Woodward has beennamed the new Creative Industries and Tourism Minister, replacing James Purnell. After his Labour partydidn't fare well in last week's local elections, Prime Minister Tony Blair madesignificant shifts among government leaders. As part of the changes, Purnell was moved ...
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Lumina's Panic Attack label to represent thriller Reverb
London-based sales company Lumina Films will be handlingthe worldwide rights (including UK) for supernatural thriller Reverb.The film is being handled by Lumina's thriller label PanicAttack.Reverb stars rising UK actors Leo Gregory, Eva Birthistle, Margo Stilley andLuke de Woolfson. The project is in post-production,eyeing an autumn festival launch.The film centres on ...
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The Works to handle sales for Falardeau's Congorama
UK-based sales company The Works International has takenrights to Philippe Falardeau's Congorama, premiering as theclosing-night film in Directors Fortnight at Cannes. The film stars previous Cannes bestactor winner Olivier Gourmet alongside Paul Ahmarani. Congorama followsa Belgian man (Gourmet) who discovers he was adopted and stumbles intomisadventures when he goes to ...
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UK's Northern Film and Media funds three local documentaries
UK regional fund Northern Film & Media, working with digital TVstation Community Channel, has commissioned three local filmmakers to makedocumentaries about the North East. The documentaries now goinginto production are Emily Barber's Sing YourHearts Out, Louise Rea's The ChevyChase, and ReubenJacob Abraham's The Grass Never Goes.TheCommunity Channel plans to air ...
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UK's Jan Dunn recruits Bob Hoskins for Ruby Red Chequer
Writer/directorJan Dunn and producer Elaine Wickham of Medb Films are following up their British Dogme film Gypo with a second feature, Ruby Red Chequer. Ruby Red Chequer will star Bob Hoskins,French actress Josiane Balasko,and film newcomer Jody Latham (TV's Shameless)in the story of a widower who falls for his foreign ...
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UIP CEO Stewart Till named chairman of football club
Stewart Till, the CEO ofUnited International Pictures, has been appointed as the new chairman of UK football club Millwall.Till told ScreenDaily.com that the role was non-executive and non-paid and wouldn't change his duties at UIP. "It's a dream come true for me, but obviously UIP pay my salary and they ...
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Pathe and Vertigo set to start Nick Love's Outlaw
Pathe Productions and Vertigo Films are planning a May 12start date for Nick Love's Outlaw.Sean Bean, Danny Dyer,Rupert Friend, Lennie James, Sean Harris and BobHoskins star in five interwoven stories about victims of crime taking law intotheir own hands. The feature will shoot inthe Southwest of England and London. Vertigo's ...
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Swipe takes worldwide sales on thriller Flourish
London-basedSwipe Films has picked up worldwide sales rights on Flourish, a feature that will have its debut at the Cannes Market. Thethriller stars Jennifer Morrison as a babysitter who helps investigate a younggirl's mysterious disappearance. Morrison,who stars on TV's House, alsoproduced the film. The cast also features her House co-star ...
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High Point adds four films to Cannes slate
High Point Films hasadded four features to its sales slate ahead of Cannes. The London-based film and TV sales and production companyhas picked up world rights to Zoo RangersIn India, Hell in Tangier,Under The Ice, and Doomstown.Zoo Rangers in India, in post-production, is the sequel to teenage adventurefilm Zoo Rangers ...
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Vertigo, Pathe gear up for cop thriller WAZ
Pathe Pictures International and Vertigo Films will startprincipal photography May 8 for New York-set thriller WAZ. Tom Shankland, who previouslydirected Bafta-nominated shorts Bait and Going Down,makes his feature directorial debut. Vertigo's James Richardsonand Allan Niblo are producing. Stellan Skarsgard, Melissa George,Selma Blair and Ashley Walters star.Clive Bradley wrote thescript about ...
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Pope joins UK's NPA as CEO
The UK's New Producers Alliance (NPA) has named David Popeas its new CEO. Pope had been director of education at New York Film Academy UK.He also directed the shortfilm Skulls, Angels Mom and Dad andfeature film Miles FromNowhere. Pope is also an associatetutor for the British Film Institute and is ...
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Fletcher promoted to distribution head at Pathe
Pathe Entertainment has promoted John Fletcherto MD of distribution from his current post of creative director. He replaces IanGeorge, who announced last week that he was leaving Patheafter seven years to become managing director of Twentieth Century Fox UK. Also, Pathe has promoted Neil Marshall from director of sales todeputy ...
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Cinema Expo to honour Warner Bros pair
CinemaExpo International announced that it will award its 2006 internationalachievement in distribution and marketing award to Warner Bros PicturesInternational's Monique Esclavissat and Con Gornell.Escalvissat serves asexecutive VP of European distribution and Gornell asexecutive VP or European marketing. They have worked on recent hits including Harry Potter and the Goblet of ...
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Rotterdam festival to curate film programme at Holland Festival
The International FilmFestival Rotterdam (IFFR) is collaborating for the first time with performingarts festival the Holland Festival.The organisations willpresent a programme of 20 films in Amsterdam from June 8-11, duringthe 59th Holland Festival (June 2-25). IFFR will curate the new film section,which will be titled Rotterdam, Holland and will include ...
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The Works takes on Scenes of a Sexual Nature
The Works International hastaken on international sales for Ed Blum's Scenesof a Sexual Nature, which will have its market debut at Cannes. The film, written by Aschlin Ditta, follows sevencouples during a summer afternoon around London's Hampstead Heath. Blum also produced the film, with VadimJean and Suran Goonatilake servingas executive ...
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Canadian, Greek shoot starts for Podeswa's Fugitive Pieces
Serendipity Point Films has started principal photography on its drama Fugitive Pieces. Jeremy Podeswa isdirecting and also adapted the screenplay from Anne Michaels' book of the samename. The story follows a Jewish-Polish boy who is orphaned during WWII, saved bya Greek archaelogist, and later finds love as an adult living ...
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Finland's Salmenpera starts Man's Job shoot
Finnishdirector Aleksi Salmenpera has started shooting his second feature Man's Job (Miehen tyo).Salmenpera also wrote Man'sJob, the story of an unemployed man who becomes a gigolo to support hisfamily. The cast features Tommi Korpela, JaniVolanen and Maria Heiskanen. Petri Jokiranta and TeroKaukomaa are producing forBlind Spot Pictures. They expect delivery ...
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UK 's Digital Screen Network heads into phase two
The UK FilmCouncil-backed Digital Screen Network is cleared to go into phase two of itsinstallations. During phaseone, the Film Council's partner Arts Alliance Media set up the first 50 systemsstarting in autumn 2005. The 50th screen was installed on February 24, ahead ofschedule. After a formalreview of that process, the ...
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UK Film Council's P&A Fund supports 19 films
The UK Film Council hasannounced the latest round of awards from its Prints and Advertising Fund. The biggest awards in therecent round of funding were $304,442(£174,196) to Tartan Films for TheProposition, $262,154 (£150,000) to Momentum for Tsotsi, $174,749 (£100,000) to Pathe for Transamerica, and $174,749 (£100,000) to Maiden Voyage Pictures ...
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Working Title, Tiger Aspect plan May 15 start for Bean II
Working Title Films, in association with Tiger Aspect, will startprincipal photography for Bean II onMay 15.Rowan Atkinson will star in the sequel, which is directed by Steve Bendelack from a screenplay by Robin Driscoll and Hamish McColl based on a story by Simon McBurney.TV veteran Bendelack made his feature film ...