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Eurimages announces latest funding of $5.4m
MIME-Version: 1.0Content-Location: file:///C:/34889F51/wendy1.htmContent-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printableContent-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii"The board of Eurimages has decided tosupport 12 features in its latest funding round, marking a total amount of =$5.4m(Euros 4.2m). The coproductoins supported are:35Rhums, dir. Claire Denis (Fran=ce,Germany, Belgium) Capri1934, dir. Benoit Jacquot (Fra=nce, Germany) Elsa, dir. Silvio Soldini (Italy, Switzerland) Fureinen Augenblick, Freiheit, ...
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UK anti-piracy group adds theatrical investigator
The UK's Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) is clamping down on camcorder use in UK cinemas by creating the new role of theatrical investigator. The theatrical investigator will liaise with the UK exhibition and distribution industry to help prevent camcorder use and other forms of digital recording. The post reports ...
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Paramount on board for feature based on Olympic short
Paramount and Nickelodeon have signed on to turn Moongate Films's three-minutepromotional short Inspiration into afull-length feature tentatively titled LegendOf The Rings. UK-based Moongatecreated Inspiration for London's 2012 Olympic Bid, and the promo was shown to theInternational Olympic Committee meeting in Singapore last July. The short is about inspiring children ...
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Universal brings downloads to own to France
Following similar deals inthe UK and Scandinavia, Universal Pictures has struck a deal to offerdownload-to-own movies in France.Universal Pictures VideoFrance is partnerning with TF1 Vision to offer a"three-copy" download service. For a price of $12.54 to $25.08 (Euros 9.99 toEuros 19.99) consumers will get one digital copy for their PC ...
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Cambridge Festival to open with UK premiere of Volver
The Cambridge Film Festivalwill host more than two dozen UK premieres at its 26th event, running July 6-16.The festival, headquarteredat the Cambridge Arts Picturehouse under festivaldirector Tony Jones, will open with the UK premiere of Pedro Almodovar'sCannes award winner Volver. Tidelandwill close the festival with director Terry Gilliam in attendance. ...
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Serotonin, Hope & Glory and Spice Factory partner for Bhopal
TheUK's Serotonin Films isworking with partners Hope & Glory Pictures and Spice Factory to producethe drama Bhopal.Ravi Kumar is writing and directing his feature-lengthdebut, with Serotonin's Dominic Norris producing.Thestory follows a young rickshaw puller who gets a menial job at a chemical plantamidst the 1984 Union Carbide industrial disaster in ...
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Edinburgh picks Reed's Odd Man Out for closing night
The Edinburgh International FilmFestival (EIFF) announced that Carol Reed's 1947 film noir Odd Man Out will be the closing-night film at this year's 60thanniversary festival. The film opened the same year that the festival waslaunched, and a digitally restored version will be shown in Edinburgh (as well being shown in ...
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Fortissimo gets four Hal Hartley features
Sales company Fortissimo Films has struck a dealwith director Hal Hartley and his Possible Films to add four of his films tothe Fortissimo library.Marking the first time Hartley has worked withFortissimo, the company is taking rights to 1990's Trust, 1995's Flirt, 1997'sHenry Fool and 2005's The Girl From Monday. Hartley ...
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Spain's Cinema Jove gives top prize to Ryna
Tough coming-of-age Romaniandrama Rynawon top honours at the 21st edition of Spain's youth-oriented Cinema Jove International FilmFestival (June 17-24).The jury selected director Ruxandra Zenide's featurefor the Golden Valencian Moon and its $22,612 (Euros18,000) prize for its risk-taking and emotional toughness. The story turnson a young woman looking to escape her ...
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Oxfam Novib signs on as IDFA principal sponsor
Anti-poverty organisation Oxfam Novibhas become the principal new partner of the International Documentary FestivalAmsterdam (IDFA). The partnership is set for one year with the optionfor a three-year extension. Oxfam will contribute $90,198 (Euros 72,000) to thefestival's organisers. IDFA is now planning Oxfam NovibDay, with proceeds to benefit the charity, to ...
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Capitol promotes Schoukroun to head of sales
Capitol Films has promotedEve Schoukroun to head of sales and has recruitedJames Norrie as its new sales director. Schoukroun replaces Simon Crowe, who has been with Capitolsince October 2004 and is leaving at the end of June to work with new UK-basedsales company Velvet Octopus.Schoukroun has been at Capitol for ...
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UK's Slingshot plans 10 digital features in 3 years
Slingshot, a new UK-baseddigital film production and distribution company, hasannounced plans to finance, produce and distribute a slate of 10 low-budgetfeature films over the next three years. Arvind Ethan David, Rachel Connors and Thomas Hoegh have founded the company, which will be based atEaling Studios. David previously served as managing ...
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Icon promotes Buckner to senior sales manager
IconEntertainment International has promoted Anthony Buckner to the post of senior salesmanager, effective immediately. Bucknerhas worked at Icon since 1996, most recently as international sales manager. Inthe new position, he will be responsible for new territories including Spain, Latin America and Benelux. He replaces sales managerJames Norrie, who is departing ...
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Lucy Moore wins new UK horror prize
Writer Lucy Moore has wonthe inaugural Golconda Films Horror ScreenwritingCompetition with her script Lullaby.Moore was recently featured as one of Screen International's 2006 Stars of Tomorrow.She will receive a $1,845 (£1,000)advance on a script option to make the horror film and will work with producersGolconda Films during the development process. ...
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Report says film business will hit $104.5bn in 2010
Spending on filmedentertainment in key territories will rise at a 5.3% compound annual ratereaching $104.5bn in 2010, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers' new GlobalEntertainment and Media Outlook.That figure compares to$80.5 bn in 2005, in the US, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific, Latin America and Canada. PWC defines the filmed entertainment market ...
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UK film to get same proportion of Lottery funds from 2009-2019
Tessa Jowell,the UK's Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, hasannounced that the percentage of National Lottery funds allocated betweensport, arts and film and heritage recipients won't change for the period2009-2019. The Lottery's "good causes"funding gets $.58 (28p) from every $1.84 (£1) Lottery ticket. Sport, arts andfilm, and heritage ...
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Woody Allen casts Hayley Atwell in next film
WoodyAllen has cast Hayley Atwell, one of Screen International's 2006 Stars ofTomorrow, to star opposite Ewan McGregor, ColinFarrell and Tom Wilkinson in his next film.TheUntitled Woody Allen Project will behis third consecutive film to shoot in London following Match Point and Scoop, which both starred ScarlettJohansson. "There'sa girl I'm hoping ...
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Rising Star starts building Russia's largest multiplex
Rising Star Media has broken ground for construction of its St Petersburg cinema complex KinoStar City. The 10,000square meter multiplex and entertainment centre is part of the Piter Raduga Shopping Center.Construction will be completed later this year. This location is Rising Star's third multiplex in Russia, and thecompany said ...
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Joe Wright starts UK shoot for Atonement
Working Title Films startedprincipal photography on Monday for Joe Wright's Atonement, the follow-up to his debut film Pride & Prejudice. In addition to thepreviously announced Keira Knightleyand James McAvoy, the cast also includes youngnewcomer Saoirse Ronan, RomolaGarai, Brenda Blethyn,Vanessa Redgrave, Benedict Cumberbatch,Patrick Kennedy, Juno Temple, Peter Wight, Daniel Mays and ...
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Vue in management buyout worth $645m
UK exhibitor Vue Entertainment has announced amanagement buyout in partnership with Bank of Scotland Corporate.The bank is backing thecurrent management team in a deal valued about £350m and also is taking aminority stake in the company. Previous investors BostonVentures, Clarity Partners and Legal & General Ventures have sold theirshareholdings to ...