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Death Defying Acts wraps London shoot
Gillian Armstrong has wrappedprincipal photography on Death DefyingActs, starring Guy Pearce, Catherine Zeta Jones and Timothy Spall. Thedrama, about Harry Houdini meeting a mysterious woman on tour, filmed onlocation in and around London.Tony Grisoni wrote thescreeplay with Brian Ward. Marian Macgowan produced forMacgowan Lupovitz Nasatir Films with Chris Curling for ...
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BBC Worldwide on board for African elephant feature
Following on its first twofeatures Deep Blue and earth, BBC Worldwide is planning is third wildlife feature, Distant Thunder. BBC has comeon board as a co-producer with independent film-makers Mark Deeble and VictoriaStone. Distant Thunder will be about the previously unseen emotional intelligence of theAfrican elephant.BBC Worldwide's previous features were ...
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Arista, BBC and Capitol launch minority writing scheme
Arista, BBC Films andCapitol Films Production will launch the minority screenwriting programmeScribes 2 with a networking event on Oct 24. The scheme, for black and minority ethnic UKscreenwriters, is backed by the UK Film Council and Film London. Eight selected participants will go through an eight-month projectdevelopment programme and will ...
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Fourteen short films nominated for Prix UIP
TheEuropean Film Academy and UIP have announcedthe short film nominees for the 2006 European Film Awards. Thenominees are selected at 14 film festivals across Europe and the 1,700 members ofthe European Film Academy now vote for the winner.Thisyear's nominees are: Never Like The First Time!(Aldrig Som Forsta Gangen!) by Jonas ...
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Abraham and Dornford-May pact for South African stories
Producer EricAbraham and director Mark Dornford-May have announced a new collaboration toproduce theatre and film projects based on South African talent for aninternational audience. South Africantheatre veteran Mannie Mannim will serve as a consultant. The projects currentlybeing developed include theatre co-productions with London's Young Vic Theatre,stage and film versions of ...
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Rotterdam's Bals Fund starts digital production grant
The International FilmFestival Rotterdam (Jan 24-Feb 4, 2007) will introduce a new digital productiongrant to the Hubert Bals Fund.The 36th Rotterdam festival has announced a new $24,980 (Euros 20,000)grant for low-budget digital video productions from developing countries. Thegrants can be used to fund total production costs. During the Fund's autumn ...
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Daniel Thomas and Sue Milford join new Film Agency For Wales
The new Film Agency for Wales has tapped Daniel Thomas and Sue Milford for itsmanagement team.Working with previouslyannounced chief executive Pauline Burt, Thomas will serve as audiencedevelopment manager. He previously worked with UGC and Southwest Scotland on behalf of Scottish Screen.Milford has been named finance manager. She has worked withvarious ...
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Gillo Pontecorvo dies in Rome
As the inaugural Rome FilmFest is set to get underway tonight, Italy is mourning one of its cinema greats. GilloPontecorvo, most famous for directing TheBattle Of Algiers, died yesterday in Rome at the age of 86.Pontecorvo's other filmsinclude Kapo, Ogro and Burn (Qeimada)starring Marlon Brando. He worked injournalism and was ...
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FACT, FDA offer tools to fight UK film piracy
The UK's Federation AgainstCopyright Theft (FACT) and Film Distributors Association (FDA) havelaunched a new initiative against film theft. The new "toolkit" is toassist exhibitors and distributors to protect film prints and prevent camcorderrecording of films. FACT noted that more than 90% of pirate DVDs anddownloads originate from camcorder recording in ...
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UK shoot starts next week for Grant's Coffee Sex You
Marcel Grant’s Coffee Sex You will shoot in London from Oct 16-31 before moving to shoot in Italy Nov 1-7.The feature is about a27-year-old investment banker who questions her suicide plans when she meets afledgling film producer. Rosie Fellner and Caspar Zafer will star.The financing is beingraised independently.Grant, who previouisly ...
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London Children's Festival to open with Azur And Asmar
The London Children's FilmFestival will run its second event Nov 18-26 presented by the Barbican and theIndependent Cinema Office in partnership with Film London. The festival willscreen 39 features and 30 shorts from 19 countries.The festival's opening filmis Michel Ocelot's Azur And Asmar and the closing film will be a ...
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Jeremy Thomas to receive Screen International prize at European Film Awards
Famed UK producer Jeremy Thomas has been selected to receive Screen International's Achievement In World Cinema Prize at the European Film Awards. At the European Film Awardsceremony on Dec 2 in Warsaw, ScreenInternational, the European Film Academy and EFA Productions will recognise Thomas as aEuropean professional who has made an ...
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Eurimages backs 14 co-productions with $5.5m
The Council Of Europe's film fund, Eurimages, has announced its supportof 14 new European co-productions for a total of $5.5m (Euros 4.4m). The films are:L'aube du monde by Abbas Fahdel (France/Germany) Back To Africa by Othmar Schmiderer (Austria/Germany)Ein Fall fur Freunde... wie alles begann byTony Loeser and Jesper Moller ...
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David Tennant and Emily Blunt pair for UK's Wedding
UK actors David Tennant and EmilyBlunt have signed on for the lead roles in CheerfulWeather For The Wedding, a project from London-basedClockwork Pictures. The shoot is planned for May 2007.Clockworkproducer Teun Hilte, who was one of the producers of Paul Verhoeven'saward-winning Black Book, is devlopingthe script with Donald Rice and ...
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EFP presents four new films at New York Industry Screenings
EuropeanFilm Promotion is launching its third edition of industry screenings in New York this year. Four newEuropean films will be presented at the Tribeca Screening Room on Oct 23 and 24to US distributors and buyers, festival scouts and cinema programmers.The fourfilms for October are Krisztina Goda's JustSex And Nothing ...
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Lucy Thomas takes promotions job at Paramount
ParamountPictures International has appointed Lucy Thomas as vice president, promotions,effective Nov 1.Most recently,she had been director, International Universal Studio Partnerships for theVolkswagen/Universal Partnership, and she also served as head of internationalpromotions for home entertainment for Universal Pictures International, workingin 14 territories.She has worked onpromotional campaigns for titles includingLove Actually, Die ...
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High Point picks up Dutch horror Slaughter Night
UK-based sales company HighPoint Films has nabbed worldwide rights to Dutch horror film Slaughter Night. Directorial duo Edwin Visserand Frank van Geloven created the film about young friends who encounter anevil spirit in a disused mine. Amsterdam-based Martin Lagestee of Lagestee Filmproduced. High Point is sellingthe film in Pusan, ...
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Woolcock directs modern Exodus story
Director Penny Woolcock isfollowing up her new feature MischiefNight with an unusual film project based on the Biblical Book of Exodus.The Margate Exodus is comissioned and produced by arts group Artangel in association withCreative Partnerships Kent, Arts Council England and Channel 4.The story of Exodus isupdated to 20 years in ...
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London Film Fest announces venues for 50-screen event
The Times BFI London FilmFestival (Oct 18-Nov 2) has announced more details of its special 50-screensurprise film event in honour of the festival's 50th anniversary. On Oct 29, 50 venues across London's various boroughs will host a surprise film event.Up to 10 surprise films will be shown at unusual locations ...
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Jacques Toubon confirmed as Eurimages chair
The Council of Europe'sproduction fund Eurimages has re-elected Jacques Toubon for a third term aschairman. Toubon called upon membersof the management board of Eurimage "to act in their countries to preservecultural diversity and ensure that the rights of directors and actors be fullyrecognised."