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NewsCreative England's new CEO among panelists for financing panel in Newcastle
Caroline Norbury, the new CEO of Creative England, will be on hand to discuss the new agency’s role at an upcoming financing panel at the BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art in Newcastle.
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NewsFramestore's Iceland office doubles in size, completes first whole studio project
The Icelandic outpost of post-production/visual effects company Framestore has now doubled in size since its inception three years ago.
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NewsLondon's Creativity Media to offer completion guarantees
London based post-production and finance company Creativity Media is to start providing completion guarantees for films under £1.5m, which it is already doing the post production work on.
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NewsHot-selling thriller Last Passenger starts UK shoot today at Shepperton
BFI-Pinewood backed thriller starring Dougray Scott, described as “a micro-budget Tony Scott film”, gets underway today.
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NewsUPDATED StudioCanal announces €150m slate financing deal
Pan-European major StudioCanal has announced a three-year, €150m slate financing deal with London-based private fund Anton Capital Entertanment [ACE], bringing its total production and acquisitions budget for the period to €500m.
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WIFF Finishing Fund announces grant recipients
Women In Film’s Finishing Fund co-chairs Betsy Pollock and Nancy Rae Stone have announced the recipients for the annual fund grant programme.
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NewsCentEast selects 10 works in progress
The CentEast Warsaw-Moscow has selected 10 Eastern European films to present as works-in-progress.
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NewsZhang Ziyi, Jang Dong-gun to star in Chinese Dangerous Liaisons
Shoot starts tomorrow in Shanghai for director Hur Jin-ho.
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NewsHarmony Lessons wins project prize at Eurasia
Psychological drama Harmony Lessons, from young Kazakh filmmaker Emir Baigazin, was awarded the top prize of inaugural projects market, Spotlight: New Kazakh Cinema, which took place during the Eurasia film fest (Sep 19-24).
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NewsMedia Rights Capital closes $350m revolving credit facility
JP Morgan Chase, Comerica, Bank Of America, SunTrust and Union Bank led the financing.
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Paramount Pictures unveils Hollywood Project preservation plan
The studio has applied to the City Of Los Angeles to upgrade its 62-acre property comprising the 56-acre lot and six adjacent properties in Hollywood.
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NewsEU approves Canary Islands 1% corporate tax for film producers
The Canary Islands government has taken the unprecedented step of applying to the Spanish government and the European Union for approval on a 1% corporate income tax, which would be available to international film producers who set up on the islands.
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NewsEurasia Film Festival launches Kazakh co-production event
Kazakhstan’s Eurasia International Film Festival is launching a co-production event, Spotlight: New Kazakh Cinema, at this year’s edition of the festival in Almaty (Sep 19-24).
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NewsDubai Film Market selects 12 upcoming Arab titles for funding
The post production fund, Enjaaz, will support fiction features and documentaries from Egypt, Morocco, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan
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NewsSwedish Film Institute backs Easy Money sequel
Babar Najafi’s Easy Money II and Danish-Swedish director Kathrine Windfeld’s Hamilton-In the Interest Of The Nation to receive backing from the Swedish Film Institute.
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Grosvenor Park returns to film lending, launches EIS fund in UK
Grosvenor Park is returning to lending on film after exiting the space in 2008 and expects to put $100m to work over the next year for projects in the $10m-$30m range.
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FeaturesProducers doing it for themselves
An increasing number of producers are choosing to bypass sales agents altogether and negotiate directly with international buyers. As a producer points out, it can make sense to sell your own film — but only in special cases.
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NewsMountain of evidence grows for UK Film Policy Review
Film trade bodies and organisations were scrambling Friday to complete their submissions to the UK Government’s Film Policy Review consultation.
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NewsLondon's PFM strikes partnership with Toronto's IFF
Sam Taylor in Toronto pitching Dominic Murphy’s Cassy and Jude.
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NewsWinterbottom eyes Jack Black, Steve Coogan projects
As he hits Toronto with his new film Trishna, Michael Winterbottom says he is waiting to hear if his next project to shoot will be one with Jack Black or one with Steve Coogan.