All articles by Wendy Mitchell – Page 233
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NewsNewport festival to kick off June 3 with In The Loop
The 12th annual Newport International Film Festival will open June 3 with Armando Iannucci’s In The Loop, and will close on June 7 with Pierre Marcel’s new documentary Tabarly.
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NewsSchwartz to replace Rosen as dean at UCLA film school
UCLA has appointed Teri Schwartz as dean of its School of Theatre, Film and Television.
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NewsCinetic pacts with UK-based portal Blinkbox
New York-based Cinetic Rights Management has made its first foray into the international market, through a slate of films offered online at UK-based broadband portal Blinkbox.
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NewsEuropean productions up 10% in 2008
European film production hit a record high in 2008, according to new research from The European Audiovisual Observatory.
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FeaturesPuerto Rico’s warm welcome
With US-style services, skilled crews, impressive locations and a 40% tax incentive, this Caribbean island has a lot to offer producers. Wendy Mitchell reports
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NewsHormann plays along with No Game
Director Sherry Hormann has come aboard The No Game, a teenage love story for Doris Kirch’s Blue Angel Films.
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FeaturesTalk Of The Town
International producers give Wendy Mitchell the lowdown on their recent experiences of filming in Puerto Rico.
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NewsTribeca awards About Elly and Racing Dreams
The eighth-annual Tribeca Film Festival presented its best narrative feature prize to Asghar FarhadI’s Iranian drama About Elly (Darbareye Elly).
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FeaturesWerc It Out
Producer/financiers Christine Kunewa Walker and Elizabeth Redleaf of Werc Werk Works are busy with Allen Ginsberg project Howl and features from Todd Solondz and Bela Tarr.
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NewsBabelgum's second online film festival presents $130,000 in prizes
The Babelgum Online Film Festival presented more than $130,000 in prizes last night at the TribecaFilm Festival in New York City.
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Tribeca Sloan Fund gives $170,000 to five feature projects
The Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) Sloan Filmmaker Fund has given a total of $170,000 to five film projects that integrate science into cinema.
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NewsTribeca All Access wraps after 430 meetings, $55,000 in prizes
Tribeca All Access, the year-round diversity initiative of the Tribeca Film Institute, handed out a total of $55,000 in cash prizes with its awards last night in New York.
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UK distributors spend more than $523m on P&A
UK distributors spent more than $523m (£300m) on prints and advertising last year, according to figures released by the UK-based Film Distributors’ Association (FDA).The FDA Yearbook, using research from Nielsen Media Research, shows film prints and trailers in2005 cost UK distributors $221.5m, up 2% from 2004, while media advertising spend ...