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NewsScreen Australia backs four new films, including new Rolf de Heer film
Rolf de Heer will be putting his directing boots back on and three directors, Tony Krawitz, Wayne Blair and Miro Bilbrough, will be making their debut features in 2011 thanks to investment decisions made this week by Screen Australia.
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NewsNorthern Film & Media backs production of United
Regional screen agency Northern Film & Media and Northstar Ventures have come on board to invest 150,000 in United, shooting now starring David Tennant.
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NewsBFI's Amanda Nevill: 'This is an organisation that does make money, unlike the Film Council'
After yesterday’s announcement that the BFI would be taking on a number of key activities formerly overseen by the Film Council, Screen’s Wendy Mitchell spoke to BFI Director Amanda Nevill about how the BFI would have to change moving forward.
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NewsUK industry mostly welcomes BFI move, but wants more detail quickly
There was a mostly bullish response from the industry to UK Culture Minister Ed Vaizey’s new plans for the Government’s support of film.
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NewsUPDATED: Vaizey puts BFI in charge of Government's film plans, Lottery funding
Vaizey says Lottery funding to increase to £43m/year, regional agencies move under Creative England, new Ministerial Film Forum to be launched in January.
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NewsFilm London takes on UK-wide inward investment, export role
Adrian Wootton says there will be a distinctly separate unit that will be UK-branded to work on UK-wide inward investment and export of British films.
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UK indies partner on new transmedia thriller project
New Black Films is partnering with Pure Grass Films (backed by Endemol) to launch a cross-platform project entitled Shape Shifter. Regional screen agency Northern Film & Media has invested in the project.
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NewsUKFC's Film Fund backs a slew of projects despite government uncertainty
Even with plans to abolish the UK Film Council, the UKFC’s new Film Fund has been quietly operating business as usual, funding dozens and dozens of diverse projects.
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NewsMagnet Media Group's Monteith and Buerling broaden horizons
Magnet Media Group founding partners Maggie Monteith and Jeanette Buerling are splitting their respective business operations into two separate entities.
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NewsVaizey to reveal government plans for UK film on Monday
Vaizey will deliver speech followed by question-and-answer session.
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NewsLipSync on board at production stage for The Deep Blue Sea, My Week With Marilyn
London-based post production company Lip Sync has signed on as a production partner on The Deep Blue Sea and My Week With Marilyn.
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India’s NFDC unveils 18 projects for Film Bazaar
India’s National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) has unveiled the 18 projects that will take part in this year’s Film Bazaar co-production market, including seven projects from other South Asian nations.
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ACE to launch co-production lab at next year's HAF
Ateliers du Cinema European (ACE) and consultancy Sinapses Asia will launch the first ACE Co-production Lab Hong Kong at this year’s Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF).
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FeaturesWhat’s Hot in Docs?
From crowd funding, to worthy subject matters, Sarah Cooper looks at the issues that have been getting the documentary world talking at this year’s Sheffield Doc/Fest.
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Singapore's MDA launching $50m fund with CJ, Bang, AMTC
Singapore’s Media Development Authority (MDA) is launching a $50m film fund in partnership with Korea’s CJ Entertainment, production company Bang Singapore and Singapore-based Asia Media & Technology Capital (AMTC).
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NewsIcon, Weinsteins confirm new joint finance/production fund
Grumbar and Glasser to head fund, which could reach $100m in initial two years.
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NewsFirst four films chosen under New Zealand low-budget initiative
Guy Pigden, one-time employee of the UK’s Scala Productions, is one of four directors who will make the first ultra low-budget films under the New Zealand Film Commission’s (NZFC) “escalator” initiative.
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NewsDoha Film Institute to co-produce Quinta's Black Gold
The Doha Film Institute has come on board to co-produce the big-budget epic Black Gold, which is being produced by Tarak Ben Ammar’s Quinta Communications.
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FeaturesScreen International launches Global Guide To Soft Money 2011
The annual PDF report, available to buy online, is a territory-by-territory guide to the most lucrative international production incentives.
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FeaturesCompetitive incentives change the US landscape
The US worked up production incentives relatively late. But with the majority of states now offering schemes, the competition is benefiting producers. By John Hazelton