All articles by Wendy Mitchell – Page 83
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Hamilton departs UK distribution post at Icon
Alex Hamilton has departedhis post as president of UK distribution for Icon Entertainment. Prior to joining Icon in April2005, Hamilton worked at Momentum Pictures. Icon said there is no new appointmentat this time, and that UK distribution was being overseen by COO Andy Mayson and CEO Martin Bigham. Icon's recent ...
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LoveFilm hires Andrew Ground as UK MD
LoveFilm.com has appointedAndrew Ground as UK managing director, effective immediately. Ground had been marketingdirector and then managing director of subscription business Homeserve. He alsoheld senior marketing roles at Sainsbury's and previously worked at Procter Gambleand LEK.LoveFilm now operates itsonline DVD rental service in the UK, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Germany. ...
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Lionsgate pacts with Fintage for music sub-publishing
Lionsgate hassigned an agreement for Fintage Music to handle all of its international musicsub-publishing for current and upcoming projects. The deal coversLionsgate films including Akeelah and theBee, Employee of the Month, Bug and television series including Weeds and Wildfire.Fintage Music isa division of Fintage House, which works on financial solutions ...
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Lisa Hill joins Cosgrove Hall Films
UK animation company Cosgrove Hall Films has appointed Lisa Hill as its newPR and marketing manager.Hill had worked with screenagency North West Vision and is an associate member of the Chartered Instituteof Public Relations. Manchester-based CosgroveHall is celebrating its 30th anniversary and has worked on properties includingDangermouse and Count Duckula.Cosgrove ...
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Encounters recognises shorts from Fazeli, Quinn
The UK's biggest short filmfestival, Encounters, wrapped this weekend with the International Jury Award andits $5809 (£3,000) prize going to Czech film The T-Shirt (Tricko) directed and written by Hossein Martin Fazeli.The international jury gave honourable mentions to Rabbit by Run Wrake (UK) and Linerboardby Jens Jonsson (Sweden).The Best of ...
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Wootliff takes Northern Lights short prize
The Northern Lights FilmFestival presented the Orange North Star Short Film Award was presented toLondon-based Harry Wootliff for her pitch Trip,which whe will write and direct. Wootliff previously directedBafta-nominated short Nits. She willmake the new film in the summer of 2007 either on film or digitally andNewcastle-based Yipp Films will ...
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Rotterdam names first three competition titles
The International FilmFestival Rotterdam has announced the first three films in its VPRO Tiger Awardscompetition. They are How Is Your Fish Today' by Xiaolu Gao (China/UK), Love Conquers All by Tan Chui Mui (Malaysia) and Ex-drummer by Koen Mortier (Belgium). The competition jury willinclude Summer Palace directorLou Ye and Toronto ...
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Universal partners for burnable DVDs in Australia
Universal PicturesAustralasia and ReelTime Media Ltd have partnered to launch the first studiofilm download-to-own service that will let users burn their own DVD. The service, which launchesNov 29 through portal reeltime.tv, will release films online in Australia andNew Zealand on the same date as their retail DVD release.The three-copy DTO ...
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Veritas launches new facilities in Newcastle
Veritas Broadcast, which wasestablished in 2003, has refurbished its facilities based in Newcastle and is launching its new £1m post-production andgraphics suite. The company said it wantedto encourage film-makers to work more from the North East, not just in London.The new facilities includetwo Final Cut Pro edit suites, a Quantel ...
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UK's First Light changes priorities of young film-makers
First LightMovies, the UK's film-making initiative for youngpeople, has changed its priorities to give greater emphasis to children underage 12 and groups from Wales, Northern Ireland and rural Scotland. The programmelaunched in 2001 and has funded more than 750 short digital films by 5- to18-year-olds. The scheme distributes £1.1m of ...
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McAvoy and Minghella on Orange Rising Star jury for Bafta
BAFTAhas announced the jury for this year's Orange Rising Star Award. Thejury is comprised of actors James McAvoy and Thandie Newton, BAFTA's DuncanKenworthy and David Parfitt, director Anthony Minghella, producer SarahRadclyffe, casting director Fiona Weir, and journalists Ian Freer, DavidEdwards, Alex O'Connell, Dylan Jones and Charles Gant. Thejury has cast ...
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Prooptiki takes Greek and Balkan rights to BBC's earth
During the Thessaloniki FilmFestival, BBC Worldwide and Greenlight Media have signed a deal with Balkandistributor Prooptiki for the $15m feature earth.The company, soon to beknown as Audio Visual/Prooptiki, will distribute the 90-minute feature inGreece, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro.The deal was brokered by Prooptiki'sEugenia Mitropoulos, and Sophokles Tasioulis on ...
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BAFTA launches public short competition
The British Academy of Film & Television Arts ( BAFTA ) has launched a new short film competition, 60 Seconds of Fame, in association with Orange and supported by BBC Nations and Regions and the UK’s regional screen agencies.
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Pact encourages extension of UK tax definitions
UK producers organisation Pact has welcomedyesterday's European Union approval of the UK's new film tax credits as well as the UK government's announcement of transitionalarrangements from the old credits to the new. The new tax credit isexpected to take effect from Jan 1, 2007 and the government has extended the ...
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Kearns and Chater join London's Peepshow Post
Peepshow Post Production hasadded editors Tony Kearns and Jerry Chater to its team based in Soho, London. Kearns has worked on commericals for Ikea, videos for Blurand Radiohead, and the Florida Anti Tobacco Project. Chater has varied experiencewith commericals, music videos and documentaries. The team already includesAndrea MacArthur, Mark Edinoff ...
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High Point books deals for Dutch Slaughter Night
After AFM, High Point Filmshas closed more deals on its Dutch horror project Slaughter Night. Tartan Films took all rightsfor North America, in a deal led by Tartan's head of acquisitions JaneGiles. Also, Legend Films boughtfor Germany, Daylight Films for Brazil, DAI Films for Thailand and RAMEntertainment for Singapore and ...
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Directors Guild starts new UK training initiative
The UK-based Directors GuildTrust has launched a new training programme, Direct Access, which has thebacking of established names including John Madden, Richard Eyre and DavidYates. The programme, inpartnership with Film4 and Skillset's A Bigger Future with the UK Film Council,will let new film-makers observe an established director on a project ...
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Intandem picks up four new genre films
UK-based producer and salescompany Intandem Films has acquired world rights to four new features thanks toa $7.2m loan note through US-based private investment bank Capitoline GlobalFinance. Intandem now has worldwiderights to True True Lie, Supergatorand Incubus and world rightsexcluding Benelux, Brazil, CIS, France, Greece, India, Mexico, Spain and the UKto ...
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Marceau and Stuhr to host EFA ceremony
The European Film Academy has announced that French actor/director SophieMarceau and Polish artist/actor Maciej Stuhr will host the 19th European FilmAwards. Marceau starred in 1980's La Boum and has directed films includingParlez-Moi D'Amour and the forthcomingTrivial. Stuhr created the cabaretgroup Pozarcie and has appeared in films including Pogoda Na Jutro ...
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EFP's Shooting Stars to appear at Tallinn Black Nights
The European Film Promotion'sShooting Stars initiative will travel to Estonia for the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. Eight actors from Europeancountries will travel to the festival and introduce their latest films, in aneffort to increase awareness across European countries.The eight travelling toTallinn are: Gabriella Hamori from Hungary with Stop Mom ...