All articles by Wendy Mitchell – Page 76
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NewsNew Mandela film festival to show 400 films
The new Mandela International Film Festival is gearing up for its inaugural edition to run Dec 3-13, 2015 in Nelson Mandela Bay in South Africa’s Eastern Cape.
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NewsRight Said Fred eyes film projects
Fred and Richard Fairbrass, the musical duo best known as Right Said Fred, are attending the AFM to talk about their film plans.
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NewsBankside declares War with McDonagh
EXCLUSIVE: Garrett Hedlund and Michael Pena to star in War on Everyone.
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NewsShashank Arora lines up with Q
EXCLUSIVE: Indian director Q has signed Titli star Shashank Arora to play the title role in B Naman.
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FeaturesSet report: The Ones Below
David Farr’s feature directorial debut, The Ones Below, is a study of contemporary London, the loneliness of motherhood and the anxiety of the modern world. Wendy Mitchell visits the set.
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NewsHeretic starts new fest/sales consultancy
EXCLUSIVE: Producers Giorgos Karnavas and Konstantinos Kontovrakis of Athens-based Heretic Productions are teaming with Ioanna Stais to launch Heretic Outreach, a new initiative to help the global reach of innovative films from Southeastern Europe.
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FeaturesTERRITORY FOCUS: Australia
There is much to champion in Australia this year, and Screen is thrilled to highlight a few of these talents and trends.
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NewsIM Global scares up Ghouls
EXCLUSIVE: IM Global and China’s Wanda Media are teaming for worldwide sales, excluding China, for Wanda’s action adventure film The Ghouls.
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NewsBFI mourns loss of Chris Collins
BFI colleagues have paid tribute to Chris Collins, the BFI Film Fund Senior Development and Production Executive who lost his battle to cancer on Saturday, Nov 1.
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FeaturesAndrew Myers, Everyman
Andrew Myers, CEO of Everyman, leaves the media group with a turnover that has doubled - and recognition at last month’s Screen Awards for achievement in exhibition.
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FeaturesSet report: Shaun the Sheep the Movie
On the set of Shaun The Sheep The Movie, Aardman Animations veterans are taking inspiration from silent comedy to guide the flock to the big screen. Wendy Mitchell reports.
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NewsCharlie Hunnam joins Thai boxing thriller
EXCLUSIVE: HanWay to sell Jean-Stephane Sauvaire’s Thai boxing prison thriller A Prayer Before Dawn at AFM.
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NewsPuttnam warns about European copyright policy changes
In a speech at a Film Distributors’ Association event yesterday, Lord Puttnam addressed “the very latest developments in Europe, which I believe present opportunities and challenges for us all.”
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NewsUK film distributors launch first internship scheme
FDA and Creative Skillset also launch comprehensive training programme for distribution sector.
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NewsPuttnam says Attenborough was 'force of nature'
Lord Puttnam, speaking at a Film Distributors’ Association event in London yesterday, paid tribute to his late friend and colleague Richard Attenborough [pictured].
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NewsPaz Vega joins SJP in Rome
Paz Vega has joined Sarah Jessica Parker, Claudia Cardinale, Rosie Day and Raoul Bova in All Roads Lead To Rome.
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NewsVertigo takes Moomins for UK
EXCLUSIVE: Indie Sales handles rights to Moomins On The Riviera; UK release planned for May 2015.
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NewsCreative England launches international markets scheme
12 participants will be selected in the programme backed by Creative Skillset.
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NewsOf Horses and Men wins Nordic Council Film Prize
Icelandic writer-director Benedikt Erlingsson and producer Fridrik Thor Fridriksson have won lucrative The Nordic Council Film Prize for Of Horses and Men.