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Thema starts Russian shoot for In Transit
UK/Russianco-production In Transit started productionin St Petersburg yesterday. TomRoberts, who has directed dozens of documentaries for BBC, PBS, and Channel 4,will make his narrative directorial debut.Thecast features John Malkovich, Thomas Kretschmann, Daniel Bruhl, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Eugene Mironov, Vera Farmiga, and JohnLynch.TheThema Productions project will shoot for five weeks. Thema's Michael ...
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Working Title lines up March shoot for Hot Fuzz
Working Title has confirmed that Hot Fuzz, the new film from Shaun of the Dead co-creators EdgarWright and Simon Pegg, will start shooting in Marchin the UK.Wright will direct the action comedy, which heco-wrote with Pegg. The action comedy is about London police officer(Pegg), who is sent to a sleepy ...
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British cinematographers announce 2006 award nominees
The British Society ofCinematographers has announced the 2006 nominations for its best cinematographyaward. The nominees are Cesar Charlone for TheConstant Gardener, Andrew Dunn for MrsHenderson Presents, John Mathieson for Phantom of the Opera, Wally Pfister for BatmanBegins, and Roger Pratt for HarryPotter and the Goblet of Fire. In a change ...
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Miramax gets North American rights to Becoming Jane
Miramax has taken North American rightsto Becoming Jane, starring AnneHathaway as young novelist Jane Austen.Becoming Jane is set to start its eight-week shoot in Ireland on March 27. Director Julian Jarroldpreviously directed Kinky Boots,another UK project that Miramax distributed. James McAvoyhas joined the cast starringas Tom Lefroy, Jane's love interest. ...
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Skillset picks 26 for Guiding Lights mentor programme
Skillset, the Sector SkillsCouncil, and training provider Lighthouse have announced the 26 successfulapplicants for mentoring scheme Guiding Lights. The scheme runs for 12months and pairs the applicants with established mentors including directors Paul Greengrass, GurindaChadha, Peter Cattaneo, andStephen Frears, writers Julian Fellowesand Tony Grisoni, producers Andrew Eaton and MichaelKuhn, and ...
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Arista planning UK development conference in April
Arista Development is planningits third Business of Development Conference, to be held in London on April25-26. The topics will includeinformation on development investments in the UK, US studio involvement in UK film development, the newfilm tax credit, case studies of film financing, making a second film, and areview of the ...
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Oscar shorts on sale at iTunes
Shorts International and Magnolia Pictures have struck a deal to offer this year's five live action shorts Oscar nominees for paid download at the iTunes Music Store. Also, Shorts International and Magnolia are working with UK exhibitor Picturehouse Cinemas to release a program of the Oscar-nominated shorts to 14 cinemas ...
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UK Film Council honours young filmmakers
FirstLight, the UK Film Council's initiative for young filmmakers, presented itsawards in London today. The winners were TheEnchanted Gourd by East Riding School Improvement Service for bestanimation, Come Play by Calling theShots for best horror, Ice House byCre8 Studios for best thriller, Babes byAll Change Arts for best documentary, ARight ...
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UK film marketers launch film channel on Sky Digital
Digital TV company etv and the UK film industry group AllIndustry Marketing are partnering on a new Sky Digital channel, Eat Cinema,that will be devoted to promoting current films to consumers. Eat Cinema, channel 199, launchesFebruary 28 with 24-hours-a-day programming designed to lure UKaudiences into cinemas. The programming will include ...
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Redbus rebranded as Lionsgate UK
UK independent film distributor Redbus Film Distribution has rebranded as Lionsgate UK.It follows last October's takeover of Redus by Lionsgate Entertainment in a combined cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $35m.The company's first release under the new name is George Clooney's Oscar-nominated Good Night, And Good Luck.,which was co-produced ...
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Devereux named deputy chair of British Screen Advisory Council
Mark Devereux,senior partner at law firm Olswang, has been named adeputy chair of the British Screen Advisory Council (BSAC). Mark Devereux is a longstanding member ofBSAC, and since 2003 has been chair of the BSACCo-production Working Group which worked on policy papers about filmco-productions.Mark Devereux said, "I am delighted tobecome ...
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Metropolitan Police starts new film piracy unit with FACT
The Metropolitan Police's Economic and Specialist Crime Command in London isworking in partnership with the Federation AgainstCopyright Theft (FACT) tolaunch a new police unit to combat film piracy.The unit will investigate individuals and organised crime networks thatprofit from film piracy. The unit will initially operate for 12 months and willcomprise ...
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UK film industry welcomes BBC investment
The UK film industry has given a largely enthusiastic welcome to the BBC's announcement that it is increasing its investment in film.Thenews, following a couple of months after the announcement of a new tax credit, has certainly changed the mood of film-makers."Ithink it's really good news," says producer Andrew Eaton, ...
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BBC earmarks more than $500m for UK cinema
The BBC has announced a substantial increase inits intended film production and acquisition budget. All of the proposed investments are subject tothe favourable settlement of the current licence fee negotiations but the broadcaster says its new plans could mean an investment of $522m (£300m) to British film over its ...
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Dogwoof picks up two Berlinale titles
UK distributor DogwoofPictures has picked up two titles out of the Berlinale, Man Push Cart and Brasileirinho. Both deals werestruck with French sales company Wide Management. Ramin Bahrani's Man PushCart is about a Pakistani immigrant trying to establish a life in New York City.Mika Kauriskami's Brasileirinho is a documentary about ...
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Artificial Eye picks up Offside and It's Winter
UK distributor Artificial Eye has acquiredboth of the Iranian films that played in Competition at the Berlin FilmFestival. The first is Jafar Panahi'sOffside,shared winner of the Silver Bear about a girl who disguises herself as a boy towatch a football match in Tehran. The distributoralso acquired Rafi Pitts' Zemestan (It's ...
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The Works does brisk business for Guantanamo
London-based sales company The Works had a busymarket in Berlin, led by sales for Michael Winterbottom'sSilver Bear winner, The Road to Guantanamo. Deals were struck with Alta for Spain, Art Film for Brazil, Palace for Australia and New Zealand, Falcom Media for Germany and Austria, Prooptiki for Greece and Cyprus, ...
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Richard Fox honoured in France
The French CulturalMinistry in Paris will today name Richard Fox,executive VP of Warner Bros. International, a Chevalier de l'Ordredes Arts et des LettresRenaud Donnedieude Vabres, minister of culture and communication,will present the award. The Chevalier is the highest honourin L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, which was created in 1957 ...
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Brokeback Mountain dominates the BAFTA awards
Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain was the clear winner at this year's BAFTA awards.It picked up best film, best director, best supporting actor for Jake Gyllenhaal and best adapted screenplay for Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana.The British hopeful that had led the nominations, The Constant Gardener, managed to win just one ...
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BAFTA 2006 winners in full
Best FilmBrokeback Mountain (Diana Ossana/James Schamus)Alexander Korda Award For Best British FilmWallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit (Peter Lord/David Sproxton/Nick Park/ Steve Box/Mark Burton/Bob Baker)Carl Foreman Award For First Film Joe Wright (Director,Pride & Prejudice)David Lean Award For Best DirectorBrokeback Mountain (Ang Lee)Best Original ScreenplayCrash (Paul Haggis/Bobby ...