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Film London to grow audiences for African and African-Caribbean film
Film London has launched The New Black a funding and training programme to increase opportunities for African and African-Caribbean film exhibitors in London.At the launch eventAdrian Wootton, Film London's CEO, Diane Abbott, MP for Hackney and Stoke Newington, and Kanya King MBE, founder and CEO, MOBO, revealed details of the ...
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EuropaCorp begins shoot on From Paris With Love
EuropaCorp has announced the start of principal photography on the $55m (Euros 38m) From Paris With Love, starring John Travolta and Jonathan Rhys Meyers. Director Pierre Morel began filming Monday near Annecy and will carry on to Paris and its environs for a total 12-week shoot. The film is based ...
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Netherlands Production Platform presents 20 European co-productions
The 20th Holland Film Meeting will this year present 14 International projects and six Dutch projects at the Netherlands Production Platform (NPP).The NPP encourages co-production between the Netherlands and other countries by pitching selected projects to international film professionals in order to assess their market potential.Among the projects to be ...
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Funny Balloons seals raft of territories for Louise-Michel
French sales outfit Funny Balloons has sold Benoit Delepine and Gustav Kervern's black comedy Louise-Michel to Ad Vitam in France, Pony Films (Austria), Columbus (Switzerland), Cirko (Hungary), Independenta (Romania), UTV (India), Vendetta (New Zealand/Australia), and Maywin (CSI and Baltics). The deals were closed on the back of the film's world ...
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San Sebastian announces Cinema In Motion award winners
San Sebastian's Cinema In Motion programme has selected Najwa Najjar's romantic drama Pomegranates And Myrrh, Mohamed Chrif Tribak's political tale Le Temps Des Camarades and De Gaulle Eid's moving film Chou Sar' as this year's winners.The three were chosen from a shortlist of five projects all from the Maghreb region ...
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The Day After Peace toscreen at Dubai International Film Festival
The Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) announced that the documentary feature film, The Day After Peace, has been chosen as part of the line up for 2008. The choice of film reflects the organisers support for film-makers who promote worldwide peace.'The film has a cultural bridge theme furthering the Festival's ...
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With A Little Patience nominated for the European Film Awards
Turelem (With A Little Patience) has been announced as the final of 14 shorts nominated for the European Film Awards 2008. The announcement was made at the International Short Film Festival in Greece.The Hungarian short was written and directed by Laszlo Nemes and produced by Hungarian studio Inforg. Nemes teamed ...
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Wide Management sells La Vida Loca to Siren Visual for Australia/New Zealand
Wide Management has sold Christian Poveda's documentary La Vida Loca to Siren Visual for theatrical distribution in Australia and New Zealand.The deal was struck following the film's world premiere at the San Sebastian film festival on Saturday. In addition, Wide Management is negotiating the rights to La Vida Loca for ...
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TwentyTwenty Vision to co-produce Rafi Pitts' The Hunter
Berlin-based production house TwentyTwenty Vision will be the German co-producer on Iranian-British director Rafi Pitts' fifth feature The Hunter.Speaking exclusively to Screendaily.com, Pitts explained that the drama will be produced by AMA Media Productions - which co-produced his 2006 Berlinale competition film It's Winter (Zemestan) - and Aftab Negaran Productions, ...
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UK effects studio Framestore looks to outside investment
Framestore, the Oscar-winning provider of visual effects, animation and computer generated imagery announced that it plans to consider interest in the company from potential new investors.The company hopes to aid the growth of its business and has instructed Hawkpoint Partners to investigate options, including the introduction of an external investor.William ...
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Metrodome and Rialto strike double deal for Seraphine
Metrodome has joined forces with Rialto on a deal for Martin Provost'sSeraphine.Metrodome takes on all UK and Ireland rights while Rialto takes on New Zealand and Australia rights.The deal was brokered by Metrodome's CEO Peter Urie, general manager distribution Sara Frain and head of acquisitions James Brown with Yohann Comte ...
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No One's Son enters the Oscar race for Croatia
Ostojic's No One's Son has been nominated as Croatia's entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar despite not having an official distributor. Arsen Anton Ostojic's No One's Son (Niciji Sin) has been chosen by the Croatian Association of Film Workers as Croatia's foreign language film candidate for the 2009 Academy ...
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Serbia adds Markovic's The Tour to the Oscar poll
The Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences has chosen Goran Markovic's The Tour as its submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the 81st Academy Awards.Markovic's film was in competition with 10 other films for the nomination. The shortlisted films were: Berlinale panorama entry Love And Other Crimes (Ljubav I ...
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Serbia adds Markovic's The Tour to the Oscar poll
The Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences has chosen Goran Markovic's The Tour as its submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the 81st Academy Awards.Markovic's film was in competition with 10 other films for the nomination. The shortlisted films were: Berlinale panorama entry Love And Other Crimes (Ljubav I ...
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Swiss selectLewinsky'sThe Friend as Oscar entry
Micha Lewinsky's feature debut The Friend (Der Freund) has been selected by an expert group convened by the Federal Office for Culture to be Switzerland's entry for the Foreign Language Oscar.The drama about a shy outsider who poses as the boyfriend of a woman after her sudden death and is ...
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Takeshi Kitano to be honoured atThessaloniki
Takeshi Kitano will receive a life time achievement award at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival.The acclaimed Japanese director and actorwill make his first trip to Greece to receive the festival's Honorary Golden Alexander and to present his last film Achilles And The Tortoise (Achilles To Kame). Click here to see ...