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Stephen Frears joins board of EM Media
UK regional screen agency EM Media has added several new boardmembers: film-maker Stephen Frears, TIGA CEO Fred Hassan, Lincoln University professor John Simons, consultant Barbara Benedek and ITV Central'sMike Blair. Alison Ford, head of journalism at BBC Nations and Regions,has been appointed chair of the board. She replaces Ian ...
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Bird's Eye View takes women's shorts on UK tour
The Birds Eye View FilmFestival, held in London earlier this month, is taking highlights of itsprogramme on a summer tour of the UK. The tour, which presents shorts made by women, willgo to cinemas in East Finchley, Dalston and Croydon and will bepresented at the Cambridge Film Festival, Rushes Soho ...
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Bawke and The Danish Poet among top winners at Worldwide Short Film Festival
The Canadian Film Centre'sWorldwide Short Film Festival wrapped this weekend, handing out 10 awards andmore than $125,000 in cash and prizes. Best Live-Action Short wentto Hisham Zaman's Bawke from Norway, with an honourable mention to Charles Williams' The Cow Thief from Australia. The C.O.R.E. DigitalPictures Award for Best Animated Short ...
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London Film School hosts panel featuring Mike Leigh
The London Film School's 50thanniversary celebrations continue on Wednesday with a topic that hits close tohome. At the National Film Theatre at 6:15, the school willhost Rebels Without A Course, a discussion about theimpact of formal film education and what film schools should be in the 21stcentury.The panel features LFS ...
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Aardman content goes to M1 in Singapore
Mobile content company Starcut has struck a deal on behalf of AardmanAnimations for Singapore-based M1 to distribute Aardmancontent.M1's Watch-A-Video service,available to 3G customers, will now carry Aardman clipsfrom Wallace & Gromit,Angry Kid and Creature Comfortsas part of its distribution deal with Starcut formobile content in Southeast Asia. "Aardmanhas looked to ...
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Indian Film Awards headed to Yorkshire
The International IndianFilm Academy (IIFA) Awards has selected Yorkshire to host the 2007 ceremony. The winning bid, beating cities including New York, was madeby Regional Screen Agency, Screen Yorkshire, Regional Development Agency,Yorkshire Forward and Yorkshire Tourist Board. The IIFA Awards will be held over four days, including theceremony, a world ...
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Britdoc plans sessions for science and politics
Theinaugural Britdoc festival has lined up a series ofnetworking events for documentary film-makers to meet experts outside the filmworld.Thefestival, to be held July 26-28 at Keble College in Oxford, is presented by theChannel 4 British Documentary Film Foundation.Thefestival has organised two "would like to meet" networking sessions toencourage collaboration between ...
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Strongroom and Air combine post-production business
The post-productiondivisions at Strongroom and Air have been combined asBreathe Post Production. Breathewill offer a range of HD editing, graphics and finishing facilities for videoand audio post production at both its Hampstead and Shoreditch locations in London. Formerpost production co-ordinator for Air Sally Drury has been named post productionmanager for ...
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London to host second Short Film Summer School
London's Curzon Soho is hosting thesecond Short Film Summer School (SFSS) from July 12-15. The SFSS willscreen 66 shorts as well as hosting workshops, panel discussions, networkingevents, demonstrations, and young people's programming. A market will run eachday.Screen International will host a panel about the future ofthe short film and digital ...
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SPI takes Eastern Europe rights to 9 Cannes titles
Warsaw-based distributor SPI International has announced several acquisitions on the back of Cannes. The company has taken theEastern European rights to the $100m (Euros 80m) Asterix At The Olympic Games (from Pathe), whichwill star Gerard Depardieu, Alain Delon, Jean ClaudeVan Damme, David Beckham, Michael Shumacher,Zinedine Zidane and GiselleBundchen.The distributor also ...
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SPI takes Eastern Europe rights to 9 Cannes titles
Warsaw-based distributor SPI International has announced several acquisitions on the back of Cannes. The company has taken theEastern European rights to the $100m (Euros 80m) Asterix At The Olympic Games (from Pathe), whichwill star Gerard Depardieu, Alain Delon, Jean ClaudeVan Damme, David Beckham, Michael Shumacher,Zinedine Zidane and GiselleBundchen.The distributor also ...
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Three arrests made in Wales over film piracy
South Wales Police have arrestedthree people in raids targeting film piracy. Operation CARDwas carried out by the police working with Trading Standards, the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT),the British Phonographic Institute and European Leisure Software PublishersAssociation. Six addresses in Aberdare and Merthyr Tydfilwere investigated, with one linked address in Brecon. ...
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The Works takes UK rights to Shortbus
TheWorks UK Distribution has licensed John Cameron Mitchell's Shortbus from sales companyFortissimo Films.Thefilm, Mitchell's follow-up to Hedwig And The Angry Inch, is an explicit story of relationships in"New York City's polysexualbohemian scene." It played in official selection in Cannes. Thecast includes Sook-Yin Lee, Paul Dawson, Lindsay Beamish, PJ DeBoy, Raphael ...
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International Indian Film Academy weekend opens in Dubai
The seventhInternational Indian Film Academy (IIFA) weekend has opened in Dubai. The weekend opensat Dubai's Grand Cineplex with Jagmohan Mundra's Provoked,starring Aishwarya Rai, Naveen Andrews, Miranda Richardson and NanditaDas.On Thursday, organizers will kick off the new IIFA Film Festival with Chandramukhi. Thefestival will also screen 30 other films. Indian actorsappearing ...
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UK police arrest 10 in film piracy raids
The Metropolitan Police'sFilm Piracy Unit and Territorial Support Group have arrested ten people in andaround Greater London suspected of involvement in a large network dealing infilm piracy. Three have been released on bail.The arrests followed raidsin North Chingford, Harlow and Walthamstow at both residences andbusinesses. Police used information from sources ...
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UK's Contender takes Suburban Mayhem
UK distributor Contender Entertainment Group has takenall rights to Suburban Mayhem fromsales company Fortissimo Films.Thefilm, in Cannes official selection, is Contender's first non-Asianfilm acquisition and its second deal with Fortissimo following Tsui Hark's Seven Swords. Australiandirector Paul Goldman's Suburban Mayhem followsa 19-year-old single mom who plans a murder that will ...
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Ken Russell to shoot Moll Flanders in Croatia
Ken Russell is gearing up toshoot his new adaptation of Moll Flanders.The $10m production willstart shooting in Croatia on August 7. Russell also wrote thescreenplay. Film newcomer LucindaRhodes-Flaherty will play the title role and the cast also includes BarryHumphries and Steven Berkoff. Harry Alan Towers is producing. Russell has previouslydirected ...
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London film delegates to visit Shanghai
As part of the new London and Shanghai city-to-city partnership announced in February,members of the UK film industry will visit Shanghai from June 14-20. Shanghaidelegates visited Londonearlier this year. UK Trade and Investment is funding the officialdelegation, with representatives John Chang of KAI Computer Services, AndrewKeogh of Fresh Paint Pictures, ...
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Guillermo Del Toro to speak at Screenwriters' Festival
The International Screenwriters' Festival has added Guillermo Del Toro toits speakers slate. The writer-director, whose Pan's Labyrinth just premiered in Cannes, will be at the UK-basedfestival on June 28 to discuss and show his work with film writer Nigel Floyd.The inaugural event runs June 27-30 in Cheltenham in the UK's ...
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Swipe takes on Earthlings and Real Time
London-based filmproduction, sales and distribution company SwipeFilms has signed a two-film deal with Shoreline Entertainment, acquiring Earthlings and Real Time.AlexandreO. Philippe's Earthlings is afeature-length documentary about Star Trek fans and the KlingonLanguage Institute.Fabrizio Prada's Real Time (Tiempo real) is aMexican crime thriller shot in one continuous take on a single ...