• ‘Tommy Guns’: Locarno Review
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    ‘Tommy Guns’: Locarno Review

    2022-08-05T14:48:00Z

    Carlos Conceicao’s confident, slyly deceptive second feature looks at young soldiers during wartime

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    On location: Good

    2007-06-27T00:00:00Z

    Fluctuations in the exchange rate caused problems for a UK production looking for savings in Hungary. Louise Tutt reports. The $16m UK production of Good headed to Hungary in search of savings but almost lost out as a result of exchange rate fluctuations.Lured to Budapest by the 20% tax allowance ...

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    More cast lines up for Wrathall's Good shooting in Budapest

    2007-05-17T14:38:00Z

    Jason Isaacs, Jodie Whittaker and Mark Strong have joined Viggo Mortensen in the cast of Good, John Wrathall's screen adaptation of the CP Taylor stage play, directed by Vicente Amorim.Principal photography has begun in Budapest on the film, in which Viggo Mortensen plays the lead role of John Halder, a ...

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    United Kingdom - Good times

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    If I wasn't a Jew I'd be a Nazi," says UK producer Miriam Segal. It is a forthrightness designed to make you sit up and pay attention. Her debut film, Good, starts shooting in Budapest this week and Segal is determined it will have a shocking appeal - for all ...

  • Philippines' ’Dear Wormwood’ wins best project at Macao film festival
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    Philippines' ’Dear Wormwood’ wins best project at Macao film festival

    2019-12-09T06:33:00Z

    IFFAM Project Market also handed awards to projects from South Africa, Australia-Japan and Portugal. 

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    Jason Isaacs joins Damon, Kinnear in Greengrass' Iraq thriller

    2008-03-01T01:18:00Z

    Jason Isaacs has joined the cast of Paul Greengrass' untitled Green Zone thriller for Working Title Films and Universal Pictures.Based on the non-fiction book Imperial Life In The Emerald City by Rajiv Chandrasekaran, the film is set in and around the Green Zone, the base of operations for US troops ...

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    Rome includes 12 world premieres in 20-film competition

    2008-10-01T16:04:00Z

    The third edition of the International Rome Film Festival has announced the line-up for the upcoming edition that runs October 22-31.The edition is shaping up to be a showcase of European talents and directors.The official competition has 12 world premiere titles, six of which are Italian.There are also five world ...

  • Toronto Film Festival adds 'On Chesil Beach', 'Molly's Game'
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    Toronto Film Festival adds 'On Chesil Beach', 'Molly's Game'

    2017-08-15T15:00:00Z

    Festival brass add Galas, Special Presentations, unveil Contemporary World Cinema, Primetime, Masters, Wavelengths.

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    Rome opens on a high

    2008-10-17T00:00:00Z

    Being the new kid on the block may have its challenges but the three-year-old Rome International Film Festival is rising to them with aplomb. In its first two editions, Rome's ability to squeeze its 10-day festival into the logjam of the autumn calendar raised eyebrows, as did its ability to ...

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    The little black book

    2007-08-17T00:00:00Z

    When deciding where to locate a shoot, the crucial factors might seem cut and dried. What are the tax breaks' Are there decent production facilities' Is there a skilled local workforce' What locations are needed'But such hard-headed considerations overlook an aspect of film-making that has a major impact on the ...