All articles by Wendy Mitchell – Page 57
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Ascot Elite takes German-speaking rights to This Is England
Swiss independent distributor Ascot Elite has taken all German-speaking European rights to Shane Meadows' This Is England from sales company The Works International. Meadows' somewhat autobiographical story of a young boy influenced by skinheads in 1980s England won the best film and best newcomer (Thomas Turgoose) awards at the British ...
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OTX expands film tracking service in Russia and China
The OTX (Online Testing Exchange) International Film Tracking service is expanding to Russia and China, the first such tracking service in each country. Clients of the consumer research and consulting company will be able to use the service to evaluate marketing campaigns up to five weeks before release. OTX's weekly ...
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LoveFilm hires BBC iPlayer expert Ben Lavender
Ben Lavender will join LoveFilm as group digital and product director. He joins LoveFilm from the BBC, where he was project manager for celebrity stock market Celebdaq and also pioneered the recent launch of the BBC iPlayer. At LoveFilm, he will develop LoveFilm - including leading new features - across ...
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Mia Bays joins Film London's micro-budget Microwave scheme
Film London's Microwave low-budget scheme has recruited a new production executive, Mia Bays, who takes over from Sol Gatti-Pascual. Bays recently produced Scott Walker - 30 Century Man and the Oscar-winning short Six Shooter. Microwave, which is producing 10 features with budgets under $202,000 (£100,000), is gearing up to start ...
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HanWay and Celluloid Dreams brands revived as Dreamachine concentrates on library
Just three months after the splashy merger of HanWay Films and Celluloid Dreams, their joint venture company Dreamachine has now announced that the Celluloid and HanWay brands will be run as separate first-run sales and acquisition businesses in London and Paris, as they traditionally had been. The companies had sold ...
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Goldfinger UK re-release draws $85,561 on one night
Continuing the strength of the UK box office, Park Circus' re-release of 1964 James Bond classic Goldfinger grossed $85,561 (£42,000) on Tuesday, July 31 as a one-night-only special presentation. The film, newly digitally restored by Lowrey Digital, showed digitally in 136 cinemas across the UK. Goldfinger was the opening film ...
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London International Animation Festival to host 200+ films
The London International Animation Festival will host its fourth event Aug 21-26 at the Curzon Soho, Renoir Cinema, the Horse Hospital and the Rio Cinema.The programme includes more than 200 films over six days, including work from 28 countries. The international competitive programmes include films such as Don Hertzfeldt's Everything ...
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Grierson trusts partners for new awards at Sheffield Doc/Fest
The Sheffield Doc/Fest has partnered with the UK 's Grierson Trust to launch three new UK documentary awards. The Grierson: Sheffields are in the categories of The Green Award, The Youth Jury Award and The Innovation Award. The partnership kicks off this year at the November festival, with the new ...
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Sarajevo to host tribute to Ulrich Seidl
Austrian director Ulrich Seidl will be honoured with the Sarajevo Film Festival's Tribute this year. The Tribute programme includes features and documentaries Animal Love, Dog Days (Hundstage), Fun Without Limits, Jesus, You Know, Losses To Be Expected, and three Seidl segments from State Of The Nation : Austria In Six ...
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Silence Is Golden tops prizes at Rushes Soho Short Festival
The ninth Rushes Soho Short Film Festival ended its week-long event last night in London, with the Ascent Media Short Film Award going to Chris Shepherd's Silence Is Golden. The runners up in that category were James Larkin's Interior Bedsit Day and Simon Ellis' Soft. The Era Animation Award went ...
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Britdoc: international incidents
This year's Britdoc festival underlined why UK documentary film-makers are turning to the international market. Wendy Mitchell reports. Oxford's Britdoc festival hopes to distinguish itself from other UK festivals by setting its sights on the international market for feature documentaries. This year's event (July 25-27), with increased ranks of US ...
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Margery Bone: contenders shift stage to screen
Margery Bone is using her contacts in theatre to develop new talent and feature projects. Wendy Mitchell reports. Producer Margery Bone knows first-hand how one career can morph into another. She started as an actress in her teens and 20s before moving into producing shorts and features.And now she is ...
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UK 's Footprint Films aims to raise initial $22m with new film fund
Yet another player has entered the UK film financing landscape. Film finance house Footprint Films has worked with The Route Group to launch the Footprint Film Fund, which aims to raise an initial $22m and a further $21m during its first year of operation. Footprint said it would offer a ...
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Directors in Warp X's Darklight include McKeon and Bhide
Low-budget studio Warp X has selected the four directors going forward in its Darklight: Women Direct Horror scheme. The directors are Smita Bhide, Miranda Bowen, Corinna Faith and Juliet McKeon. Each will now work with Warp X to develop their individual projects. Bhide's project is about a young Indian woman ...
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Lionsgate UK to release Power's first feature Flood
UK production company Power has signed a deal with Lionsgate UK to handle the theatrical launch of Power's first feature film, Flood.Lionsgate will release the film at a central London cinema in August and may roll-out from there.The $30m project is directed by Tony Mitchell and stars Robert Carlyle, Jessalyn ...
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Sarajevo documentary compeition to include nine world premieres
The Sarajevo Film Festival has announced its documentary competition programme, including nine world premieres. The world premieres from Bosnia and Herzegovina include Nedzad Begovic's A Burdensome Job, about a mortician and a gravedigger; Semsudin Gegic's Ambassadors Learning Languages, about local children evacuated from an orphanage in 1992; Alen Drljevic's Esma, ...
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Showroom and Workstation hire team for new Festival Centre
Showroom and Workstation are moving ahead with plans for a new Festival Centre in Sheffield, UK. London-based architectural studio Carmody Groarke will design the centre. The firm previously worked on a new film studio in Australia, the refurbishment of the Electric Ballroom in London and Antony Gormley's Light Pavilion. The ...
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UKFC's new Capital and Access Fund opens applications
The UK Film Council's new Capital and Access Fund for cinemas will give Lottery Funding of $1m (£500,000) to independent cinemas to update buildings and facilities and better serve impaired audiences. The fund will assist cinemas with essential capitol projects including expansions or improvements such as access for disabled cinema-goers. ...
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Italian Film Festival UK plans leading ladies retrospective
The Italian Film Festival UK is planning a retrospective dedicated to the leading ladies of Italian cinema. The Signore & Signore season will run Sept 27 to Nov 29 in London, Glasgow and Edinburgh. The programme will cover more than four decades of films in a range of styles. The ...
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Roma Khanna to leave CHUM for NBC Universal International
Roma Khanna has been named president, Global Networks and Digital Initiatives, at NBC Universal International, based in London. She takes up the new position on Sept 17 after leaving Canada 's CHUM Television, where she was co-head and senior vice president of content. She will report to Peter Smith, president ...