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Film London pushes locations to review costs
Film London has started talks with the city’s locations and boroughs as part of a move to make the capital cheaper and more accessible to productions.
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Italian Film Commission presents new tax credit in LA
The Italian Film Commission is presenting the country’s first film incentive at a meeting in Los Angelestoday (April 16). It will be held at Shutters in Santa Monica this evening.
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Eduardo Campoy named interim president of Spanish Film Academy
Leading film producer Eduardo Campoy has been named as the interim president of the Spanish FilmAcademy following the appointment of former chief, Angeles Gonzalez-Sinde, as minister of culture.
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IFP Independent Filmmaker Lab announces ten documentary projects
Ten new documentaries at the rough cut stage have been selected to participate in IFP’s Independent Filmmaker Lab taking place this week.
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Cayman Islands Film Commission launches 30% production rebate
International producers have a new location to consider after The Cayman Islands Film Commission announced its 30% rebate on film, video, commercial, and television productions that shoot in the Caribbean locale.
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Spanish minister of culture looks to boost film funding
Angeles Gonzalez-Sinde, the new Spanish minister for culture, is seeking to help local film companiessecure loans through a deal with Aval Audiovisual SCR (Reciprocal Guarantee Society).
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Pan-Asian auteurs line up for Chengdu omnibus
Beijing-based Zonbo Media is preparing a three-part film set in the earthquake-stricken city of Chengdu in Western China, to be directed by Korea’s Hur Jin-ho, Hong Kong’sFruit Chan and Chinese rock singer and filmmaker Cui Jian.
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Longtime publicist Emma Griffiths launches Emma Griffiths PR
Former 42West and Falco Ink publicist Emma Griffiths has launched the full-service PR agency Emma Griffiths PR.
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Screen Australia to back war movie Beneath Hill 60
Screen Australia today announced it would back $5.7m (A$8m) war movie Beneath Hill 60, the only feature to secure the federal government agency’s backing this month.
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Wolverine producer applies for Screen Australia funding
As the X-Men Origins: Wolverine publicity machine kicked into gear today, one ofthe producers on the film, Seed Productions, confirmed that it has applied for taxpayer fundingthrough Screen Australia.
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San Francisco Bay Area projects vie for SFFS/KRF Filmmaking Grant
The San Francisco Film Society and The Kenneth Rainin Foundation have announced the 12 finalists and four honorable mentions for the initial $35,000 SFFS/KRF FilmmakingGrant.
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NewsHollywood's foreign policy: producers looking increasingly to international locations
On the eve of the annual Locations Trade Show in Los Angeles (April 16-18), Screen reports on why US producers are looking beyond their borders to international locationsmore than ever before.
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NewsCanadian locations fight stronger competition
The world may be in an economic crisis but you would not know it looking at the latest statistics coming from the Vancouver film and television industry. Hollywood’s northernmost suburb recently posted some jaw-dropping production statistics.
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NewsBruce Robinson is 'comeback kid' with Rum Diary
Bruce Robinson jokes that on the set of The Rum Diary starring Johnny Depp, he is the ‘comeback kid’ - directing his first film since 1992’s Jennifer 8. ‘Now I’m working with the world’s most famous movie star all of a sudden,’ Robinson says. ‘It’s kind of a shock to ...
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NewsThe Asian Equation - studios turn to Asian audiences, not crossover hits
Nearly all the major US studios and many of the larger indies are now involved in local-language production in Asia. Their varying goals, strategies and levels of success were discussed by a panel of senior executives at the recent Filmart convention in Hong Kong.
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NewsIrish Film Board appears safe from government budget cuts
The Irish film industry is understood to have escaped savage cuts to its Government funding after this week’s emergency budget.
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Austrian Film Institute backs new projects by Seidl, Svoboda, Roehler
New films by Antonin Svoboda, Ulrich Seidl, Harald Sicheritz and Peter Patzak are among the projects supported by $8.9m (Euros 6.7m) of funding from the Austrian FilmInstitute (ÖFI).
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Indian Film Festival Of Los Angeles announces seminar line-up
Producing Indian content for the Indian and international market and film financing options will be on the agenda at the 7th Annual Indian Film Festival Of Los Angeles’seminar series In Prime Time: Hollywood’s Spotlight On India on April 24.
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NewsOverture to handle Sundance screenplay winner Paper Heart
Overture Films has taken over financing and worldwide theatrical distribution on Nicholas Jasenovec’s award winning comedy Paper Heart from sister company Anchor Bay Entertainment.
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GC Corp, Killer Films take over Betsy And The Emperor
New York-based Killer Films has boardedBetsy And The Emperorbased on Napoleon’s final years in exile, which Patrice Chereau had previously been lined up to direct for AzorFilms and BackUp Films.