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NewsDisney starts building Shanghai resort
Disney has begun construction today on its first resort in mainland China with approval from the Chinese central government; the $3.7 billion park is expected to open in five years.
NewsTarifa Africa Film Festival to host 10 African film pitches
Africa Produce co-production forum will run in June in Spain.
NewsRed Dog, Jucy bookend London Australian Film Festival
Festival to also present 16 finalists from Tropfest short film festival.
NewsScotland's Italian Film Festival opens with Beautiful Thing
Festival will offer spotlight on Toni Servillo including One Man Up.
NewsPiotr Kamler to receive the Dragon of Dragons in Krakow
Acclaimed animator Piotr Kamler will receive the Dragon of Dragons Award at the 51st Krakow Film Festival (May 23-29).
NewsTransmission, Paramount strike Aussie DVD deal for The Tunnel
Distracted Media has signed a DVD distribution deal with Transmission Films and Paramount Home Entertainment Australia for Carlo Ledesma’s horror film TheTunnel.
FeaturesZeina Durra
British director Zeina Durra’s debut feature The Imperialists Are Alive! is screening at the Birds Eye View Film Festival in London this week. She talks to Screen about her upcoming projects and why she doesn’t want to be known as a ‘female film-maker.’
NewsElfie Hopkins cast grows with Rupert Evans and Kate Magowan
Ray and Jaime Winstone starring in cannnibal horror film, now shooting.
NewsDimension 3 to hold fifth festival in May
Dimension 3 looks into the future of images with 5th edition Festival to take place May 24-26 in La Plaine Saint-Denis.
NewsPartners launch first Scandinavian on demand film festival
Eurocinema, Nordisk Film & TV Fond and Diva.AG launch the new initiative.
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European Producers Club (EPC) heads to China
The European Producers Club (EPC) announced yesterday that they will partner with the Beijing International Film Festival to bring its first edition to life on April 23-28.
NewsNorwegian Wood, Au Revoir Taipei bookend Pan-Asia Film Festival
Academy Award nominated director Tran Anh Hung’s Norwegian Wood and Arvin Chen and Wim Wenders’ Au Revoir Taipei bookend the third Pan-Asia Film Festival set to run from March 1-13.
NewsSydney to unveil new 3D, AI cinema experience
Scenario, the world’s first 360-degree 3D Artificially Intelligent (AI) cinematic experience, will premiere in Sydney in June 2011.
NewsCartoon Movie to welcome more than 660 participants
Chico & Rita to open 13th edition of Cartoon Movie, the forum that awards and honours the best in European animation.
NewsItalian Cinema London returns for second edition
Paola Randi’s Into Paradiso to open second edition of Italian Cinema London.
NewsLondon Italian Film Festival announces programme
Festival to open with concert by Nicola Piovani at Cadogan Hall.
NewsOnline French film festival attracts 300,000 users
Over 300,000 Internet users tuned into the first edition of the uniFrance and Allocine presented online French film festival at myFrenchFilmFestival.com.
NewsTongues of Fire to host 13th London Asian Film Festival
The 13th London Asian Film Festival will come ablaze as Tongues of Fire (TOF), a non-profit organisation celebrating Asian cultures, is set to host the event from Mar 18-27.
NewsWoody Allen’s Stranger to Bradford International Film Festival
Artistic Director Tony Earnshaw of the Bradford International Film Festival (BIFF) announced today that Woody Allen’s romantic comedy You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger will open the festival on Mar 16.
NewsSci-Fi London has 'bigger and bolder' plans for 10th year
Festival plans special sci-fi screenings tied to Royal Wedding, as well as 48-hour film challenge to be judged by Edgar Wright [pictured].