All articles by Wendy Mitchell – Page 77
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NewsNordic festival returns to UK
Film selections include Paris of the North [pictured], Kon-Tiki and Hotel.
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NewsBuyers gaze into High Point's Mirror
High Point has confirmed the first acquisitions of Ed Boase’s urban myth-inspired horror, The Mirror.
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NewsD’Hive talks co-pros
Shanghai-based media city expects to be able to launch specific projects and co-productions at Cannes 2015.
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NewsIcon adds five for UK
Titles include Ben Younger’s Bleed For This and Noah Baumbach’s While We’re Young [pictured].
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NewsVikings meet The Godfather in Icelandic trilogy
Iceland’s Truenorth attends AFM with slate of original productions.
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NewsEFM head talks TV spotlight
EFM Series will run Feb 9-10 and EFM director Matthijs Wouter Knol [pictured] is looking to spotlight TV series and documentaries as special themes.
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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.”