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All Africa articles – Page 19
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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.
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NewsWaked’s Zad sings with Cheikh Imam doc
Egyptian actor and filmmaker Amr Waked, star of Salmon Fishing In The Yemen, is coproducing Cheikh vs Imam.
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NewsKaleidoscope takes on sales for doc Mandela's Children
Nelson Mandela’s grandson Kweku Mandela is a co-director and producer and will be in Cannes to show footage.
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NewsSean Bean to star in Devil’s Peak trilogy adaptation
The gritty crime series will be based on South African author Deon Meyer’s detective novels. The Little Film Company is on board to handle international sales and will commence talks with buyers in Cannes.
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NewsEmerging Ethiopian Filmmakers to attend Cannes
The International Emerging Film Talent Association (IEFTA) and the Ethiopian Film Initiative (EFI) will bring three filmmakers to Monaco and Cannes for a week-long visit timed to the Cannes Film Festival.
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12 projects selected for Locarno’s Open Doors
Co-production lab focuses on Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa in 2012.
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How 2 Steal 2 Million wins four prizes at the African Movie Academy Awards
Nigeria was the most awarded country at the eighth AMAAs
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NewsSouth Africa to expand TV tax credits
The South African government is poised to expand TV tax incentives, just weeks after the UK announced its own plans to adopt such a scheme.
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NewsM-Net launches VOD African Film Library
The service promises to offer the world’s largest online collection of African film content.
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NewsPathe boards Long Walk to Freedom
Pathe International has come on board for the Nelson Mandela biopic, described as “the largest South African production ever mounted.”
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NewsChadwick, Harris circle Mandela biopic Long Walk to Freedom
EXCLUSIVE: Anant Singh’s long-gestating Nelson Mandela biopic heats up with Justin Chadwick in advanced talks to direct and Skyfall actress Naomie Harris in talks to star as Winnie Mandela opposite Idris Elba.
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NewsRoland Joffe lands Forest Whitaker as Desmond Tutu
EXCLUSIVE: Roland Joffe is plotting a prison movie set in South Africa that will deal with the Truth and Reconciliation hearings.
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NewsAhmed's Fineline gets funding for development slate in South Africa
Durban-based director/producer Junaid Ahmed plans to use state funding to developing new creative talents from black-filmmakers in South Africa.
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NewsOut of Africa, Blue Ice, Left Bank developing Mandela miniseries
Out of Africa Entertainment, Blue Ice Films and Left Bank Pictures have started development on Madiba (working title), a six-part miniseries about Nelson Mandela.
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NewsFilming to start on The Good Man starring Aidan Gillen
Phil Harrison’s drama to shoot in Belfast and South Africa.