All articles by Wendy Mitchell – Page 59
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Film24 channel launches on UK's Sky platform
A new independent channel has launched on Sky's platform. The Film24 (channel 158) launches as a channel about film, not airing films.The original programming covers large and small films and DVD releases, new talent, regional cinema, films in production and more behind-the-scenes programmes.Nicky Davis, CEO of Film24 says: ' Movies ...
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Northwest screen agency starts lab for multi-platform content
UK regional screen agency Northwest Vision + Media is starting a new multi-platform lab for content producers. The linked training and funding initiative Alchemy, set up with consultants Olsberg SPI, will include a residential strategy workshop, a product development period and a networking event. The lab is geared to TV, ...
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Diffusion takes UK rights to Von Trier's The Boss Of It All
UK distributor Diffusion Pictures has taken all UK rights to Lars Von Trier's comedy The Boss Of It All. The deal was struck with Trust Film Sales. The film is about an actor hired to play the boss of an IT firm to negotiate with business partners. Jono Stevens, one ...
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Ingenious invests in music marketing company Trinity
Ingenious Media Active Capital has invested up to $10m (£5m) in Trinity Universal Holdings, a direct-to-consumer entertainment media, marketing and distribution business that mostly works with music-industry clients. This is Ingenious Media's eleventh investment since its IPO in April 2006. The funding wil be used to further technological development, expand ...
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Isaac Julien, Lucy Walker among pitchers at Britdoc Pitching Forum
Next week's Britdoc festival has selected the 13 documentary projects to be presented at the 2007 Pitching Forum. More than 130 proposals were submitted, and the 13 finalists represent newcomers as well as established documentarians including Isaac Julien and Lucy Walker. The pitchers present their ideas on July 26 to ...
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Premiere Picture gets private equity boost
UK-based film financier and production company Premiere Picture said that it has received an investment (of an undisclosed amount) from an offshore private equity fund and plans to now extend its operations. Premiere plans to expand its sales and production staff and open a new London office on the back ...
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Arts Alliance strikes three-year digital deal with Park Circus
Arts Alliance Media has signed an exclusive agreement with UK distributor Park Circus to provide digital cinema content services for their theatrical releases for three years.The agreement covers services including digital mastering and creation and secure distribution of DCI-compliant digital prints.Park Circus specialises in distribution of classic titles for theatrical ...
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Poland's Era New Horizons to open with 4 Months, 3 Days
The seventh Era New Horizons film festival in Wroclaw, Poland will open July 19 with Palme d'Or winner 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days. The festival's opening night will also include a concert by Marianne Faithfull, who will also be in Wroclaw to introduce her film Irina Palm. The ...
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AAM 's Thomas Hoegh joins UK Film Council board
Arts Alliance Media founder and CEO Thomas Hoegh has been appointed to the board of the UK Film Council. He joins the board immediately for four years. Hoegh also sits on the boards of LoveFilm, City Screen, Inlive Interactive, the Metropolitan Film School and Slingshot Studios. He also produces and ...
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Odeon recruits insurance company to sponsor Senior Screen
UK exhibitor Odeon Cinemas has partnered with specialist insurance company RIAS for its Senior Screen screenings. RIAS, which insures over 50s, will sponsor the reduced-price screenings for seniors across the UK. The Senior Screen programme started in June 2006 and offers reduced admission to over 50s at 94 cinemas on ...
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Park Circus gets UK theatrical rights to Buena Vista library
UK distributor Park Circus, which is known for bringing classic titles to cinemas, has struck a deal for theatrical sub-distribution of the Buena Vista library of titles in the UK and Ireland.The Buena Vista catalogue includes about 300 films, which had been previously handled by Buena Vista itself. The deal ...
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Leslie Moonves to deliver opening keynote at MIPCOM 2007
TV and digital content market MIPCOM 2007 has announced seven industry speakers who will give keynotes at this year's conference. They are CBS Corp's Leslie Moonves, Grupo Televisa's Emilio Azcarraga, UTV Group's Ronnie Screwvala, The Zee Network's Subhash Chandra, NBC/Universal's Ben Silverman, Joost's Mike Volpi, and United Artists' Paula Wagner.Moonves ...
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Berlin Today short competition names three finalists
The fifth year of the Berlin Today Award short film competition has selected three finalists: Pakistan's Maheen Zia with Match Factor, about a football player from Iraq who meets a policewoman when he visits Berlin; Finland's Ville Jankeri with The Last Wash, a black comedy about a laundry woman's suicide ...
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UK's FDA starts free consumer magazine to entice cinemagoers
The UK's Film Distributors' Association (FDA) has started a new movie magazine to encourage regional cinemagoing.The new pocket-sized FOCUS magazine will have a circulation of 800,000 and will aim to engage regional consumers with upcoming releases up to three months in advance.The magazine is free and available in print and ...
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New Zealand makes production grants more attractive
New Zealand's film industry got a boost today for both local andinternational film-makers as the country's economic developmentminister Trevor Mallard announced increased government incentives forfilms being made in New Zealand. The Large Budget Screen Production Grant has been increased from 12.5% to 15% ...
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Robert Carlyle to star in Justin Kerrigan's new feature
Robert Carlyle has signed on to star in Justin Kerrigan's new feature I Know You Know.The coming-of-age drama is about a boy who is fascinated by his father's espionage work until the world of spies becomes all too real.. ...
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Konchalovsky starts shooting $65m Nutcracker in Budapest
Principal photography starts today in Budapest on $65m fantasy film Nutcracker - The Untold Story. Russian director Andrei Konchalovksy (Runaway Train, Tango & Cash) co-wrote the screenplay with Chris Solimine, inspired by Tchaikovsky's classic ballet. Tim Rice will write lyrics to eight new original songs based on the Tchaikovsky scores. ...
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Virgin Media to offer downloads of First Light project
First Light Movies, the UK's young people's film-making scheme, has become a content partner for Virgin Media and FilmFlex Movies, to offer the First Light shorts on demand to Virgin Media customers.The films are made by 5 to 18-year-olds and will now be offered for 50p on the service. Films ...
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Babelgum offers content from Giffoni Film Festival
New Internet TV service Babelgum has started festival broadcasts with Italy's Giffoni Film Festival.An entire Babelgum channel will be devoted to the Giffoni event, which is now in its 37th year. The festival concentrates on films for children.The channel is currently offering a selection of shorts from the 2006 festival ...
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The day after Tomorrow
A new multi-platform international outfit is looking to unearth cutting-edge talent. Wendy Mitchell reports.When a company is named Tomorrow Unlimited, it hints at the ambition involved.Six of the principles of the Res Media Group had grown frustrated by the limitations imposed on the company through various corporate deals, and wanted ...