All Africa articles – Page 18
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NewsSouth African delegation meets with senior US executives
A delegation of South African government officials, funders and film executives recently participated in a week-long programme of strategic meetings in Los Angeles with senior US executives.
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NewsMarrakech to fete Yimou, Huppert, Demme, Chopra
Festival also to focus on Hindi cinema, with attendees including Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan and Priyanka Chopra.
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NewsSeattle festival receives $150,000 Academy grant
The multi-year award will allow Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) top brass to develop its African Pictures programme and showcase emerging talent from the continent.
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NewsRotterdam's Hubert Bals Fund awards €333,000 in latest round
Recipients include Chile’s Dominga Sotomayor [pictured].
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NewsDaniel Dencik plans his first dramatic feature about slave trade
Likely controversial project is about slave trading Danish officer in the 1830s.
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Djin awarded The Director's Eye at the African Film Festival of Cordoba
Kenyan filmmaker Hawa Essuman [pictured] receives €25,000 for the film’s development as a result of the award.
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NewsBurn It Up Djassa, Restless City, On The Edge to compete at inaugural Colors of the Nile festival
58 African films from around the continent will be highlighted during the festival, which runs Nov 7-11.
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NewsImax hires to grow Europe and Africa business
Imax Corporation is aiming to extend its reach throughout Europe and Africa with the appointment of a sales exec from Arts Alliance Media.
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NewsProduction round-up: The 33, Fishing Without Nets, The Shipkiller, Cheap Thrills
Mike Medavoy announced on Tuesday (11) that Patricia Riggen has come on board to direct The 33, based on the story of the trapped Chilean Miners.
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NewsFilmmakers from Senegal and Burkina Faso awarded two Open Doors awards apiece
A roundtable at Locarno’s 10th co-production lab also focussed on new local and regional initiatives that have recently been launched.
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NewsDanny Boyle's Olympics opening ceremony draws 27m viewers in UK
Danny Boyle’s near-universally acclaimed opening ceremony scored the biggest UK TV ratings in 14 years; James Bond, Chariots Of Fire, The Queen feature in opening ceremony.
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NewsDurban FilmMart wraps with development, production grants and festival invites
Best Feature Film Project goes to Jambula Tree; some projects on their way to IDFA, Rotterdam.
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NewsInaugural IDFA Worldview Award goes to The Devil's Lair, Logs Of War
The award is presented to the two most promising documentary projects at the Doc Circle Pitch in Durban, South Africa.
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NewsLacote, Lapid win pitching awards in Jerusalem
Phillipe Lacote and Nadav Lapid win $80,000 between them at Jerusalem Film Festival Lab; Ehud Bleiberg to produce Lacote’s Run.
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Talking Drum launches with UK release of Tango With Me
New distributor will focus on black films.
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NewsPwC forecasts 3.1% growth in UK entertainment and media sector in next five years
PwC’s Global Entertainment & Media Outlook forecasts 3.1% growth for UK between 2012-2016.
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NewsuCarmen team plans La Boheme film
EXCLUSIVE: The South Africa theatre project is one of 16 projects on packed slate from UK’s F&ME.
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Cinema Libre lines up Algerian co-pro for Karl Marx project
Cinema Libre Studio has closed a co-production deal with the Algerian Ministry Of Culture to make a feature starring Maximilian Schell about the last days of Karl Marx.