All articles by Wendy Mitchell – Page 92
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Odeon and Sky pact for UK distribution joint venture
Europe's leading exhibitor Odeon and pay TV company Sky have announced a new collaboration, Odeon andSky Filmworks, which will act as a UK distributor, signing titles directly from film-makers.The joint venture will offerfilms in cinemas, through VOD and DVD, and on television. Initially, Filmworksplans to release six films per year. ...
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Rotterdam Festival recruits Marnix van Wijk
TheInternational Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has announced new industry andfilm sales services. The festival is starting a Sales Club, which will functionas a year-round mediator and also a meeting place during the next festival (Jan24-Feb 7). Also new will be improved industry accreditation procedures and morefrequent industry newsletters. Inother Rotterdam ...
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NPA to add new training for directors and scriptwriters
The UK's NewProducers Alliance has launched new training schemes for directing and scriptdevelopment. The group already runs a similar "9 point" training programme for producers. Courses run from September to Juneeach monthly.The first panel for producers will be about"The Role of The Producer" with Gayle Griffiths, Phil Hunt and M. ...
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Holland Film Meeting selects 21 projects for pitches
The 19thHolland Film Meeting, held Sept 29-Oct 1 during the Netherlands Film Festival,will present 21 feature film projects this year as part of the NetherlandsProduction Platform.The eightDutch and 13 European feature will be pitched to apanel of international producers and financiers. The Dutch films are eligiblefor a prize of $6336 ...
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FilmFour promotes Carlton to senior commissioning editor
FilmFour has promoted Peter Carlton, head of FilmFour Lab, to senior commissioning editor for FilmFour. Carlton now has increased commissioning responsibility andwill work closely with FilmFour head Tessa Ross to commissionprojects and executive produce films at a variety of budget levels. Despite movingaway from the "Lab" tag, Carlton will continue ...
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Raindance line-up includes world premiere of Ramones film
The 14th RaindanceFilm Festival will run in LondonSept 27-Oct 8 with 80 features and 150 shorts selected in what organisersdescribe as a "festival of discovery."As previously announced, thefestival opens Sept 27 with the London premiere of Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe's Brothers OfThe Head, which recently won the Michael Powell ...
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The Works adopts Bragason's Children
The Works International has taken on international sales forRagnar Bragason's Icelandic feature Children. The sales company will startnegotiating for the film at the Toronto International Film Festival. Children will screen in the Zabaltegi-New Directors sectionat San Sebastian and has also beenselected for Pusan. Children is the first of two parent-and-child ...
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UK's Metropolitan Film School taps producer Jonny Persey as school director
The Metropolitan Film School, basedat London's EalingStudios, has appointed Jonny Persey as its new school director. Persey is an active film producer through APT Films,which is finishing Jerry Rothwell's documentary Deep Water. Perseypreviously produced films including WondrousOblivion and Everyone's Child. Healso has a background in education and training in London, ...
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Maja Dyekaer Giese joins Trust Film Sales as CEO
Maja Dyekaer Giese has been appointed CEO ofDenmark-based Trust Film Sales.Giese had been head of distribution andmarketing at the Danish Film Institute and previously worked as head of theatricaldistribution at Scanbox Entertainment. She will attend the Toronto InternationalFilm Festival with the Trust team, working on films including Susanne Bier's After ...
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UK tax credit financier Brighthaven on board for Magicians
Brighthaven, the new film financing venture formed byWaking Ned and Shooting Fish producer Richard Holmes, has agreed to board itsfirst feature film. Brighthaven will be cash-flowing thenew UK tax credit for Andrew O'Connor's Magicians,a comedy feature from the team behind the UK hit TV series Peep Show. Brighthaven was established ...
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Peccadillo gets UK rights to Maximo Oliveros and Beyond Hatred
Peccadillo Pictures hasacquired all UK and Irish rights to TheBlossoming of Maximo Oliverosby Auraeus Solito and Beyond Hatred by Olivier Meyrou. Both films won Teddy Awardswhen they played at the 2006 Berlinale. The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros, soldby UFO, is a Filipino drama about a 12-year-old cross-dresser who strikes up ...
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PPS opens London post facility ilab
UK-based post-production company PPS hasmoved into its new ilab space on Poland Street in London.The company offers post-production services forfeature films, commercial and TV projects. In-house services at ilabinclude 16mm/35mm nefative processing with Photomec, (with an alliance with VTR)Telecine Rushes transfers via Spring DataCine.The ilab team consists of Nigel ...
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Parasol ends pact with Peccadillo, completes work on documentary Thief Of Hearts
TheUK indie distributor formerly known as ParasolPeccadillo Releasing has now split into Parasol Pictures Releasing andPeccadillo Pictures, ending a five-year strategic alliance. Peccadillocontinues to be run by Tom Abell and Kahloon Loke. Parasol is run byChristian Martin. Meanwhile,Parasol said it has invested in a new HD edit suite ...
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Metrodome gets UK rights to Days Of Glory (Indigenes)
Metrodome Distribution has acquired full UK rights for DaysOf Glory (Indigenes)from Films Distribution, following on The Weinstein Company's US deal. Rachid Bouchareb's feature isabout French Algerian fighters during WWII. The North African ensemble cast,including Roschdy Zem, Samy Naceri, SamyBouajila and Jamel Debbouze, collectively won the Best Actor Prize at the ...
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ContentFilm completes acquisition of UAV and Allumination
ContentFilm has completed its previously announced acquisition ofcertain assets of UAV Corporation and UAV Holdings and AlluminationFilmWorks LLC. The company now wholly owns a significantUS DVD distribution operation. Also, the company has added KerryMcCluggage to its board of directors. McCluggage was recently appointed executive chairman of Allumination, which he ran ...
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Tartan gets UK and Irish rights to Taxidermia
Tartan Films have acquired all UK and Ireland rights to Gyorgy Palfi's Taxidermia from Fortissimo Films. The film, Palfi's follow-upto his 2003 debut Hukkle,screened in Un Certain Regard at Cannes and won sixprizes at the Hungarian Film Week. It is also screening at the TorontoInternational Film Festival. Taxidermia is the ...
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Australia submits Ten Canoes for foreign Oscar
TheAustralian Film Commission has selected Rolf de Heerand Peter Djigirr's Ten Canoes as the country's submission for the Best ForeignLanguage Oscar.De Heer wrote the film in collaboration with the people of Ramingining, a community of Yolngupeople in Central Arnhem Land, Northern Territory.The project is the first feature to be shot ...
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Metrodome works with Moodysson for Container installation
UK distributor Metrodome will launch Lukas Moodysson's new film Containerat London's ICA tied in with a unique art installation. The installation, Inside The Head Of Lukas Moodysson: The Container Crypt, will have threeseparate screens playing the film, at different intervals. The film will belooped on the three walls, with only ...
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FIPRESCI to give Grand Prix to Almodovar's Volver
Pedro Almodovar'sVolver willreceive FIPRESCI's Grand Prix for Best Film of theYear during the San Sebastian International Film Festival.The annual award will bepresented to producer Agustin Almodovar on Sept 21,during the opening gala of the festival. The prize from TheInternational Federation of Film Critics is voted on by more than 350 ...
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Warner Home Video plans UK HD DVD and Blu-ray releases
Warner Home Video has announced plans to deliver its firsttitles in the HD DVD and Blu-rayformats in the UK. The first releases in theformat, both recent films and catalogue titles, will be available in late 2006.Titles already announced for UK release in HD DVD and Blu-rayare Batman Begins, Harry Potter ...