All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 40
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FeaturesEuropean buyers taking cautious approach to virtual Cannes market
Buyers have signed up for the Marché and CAA-led agency market in big numbers but they’re stepping gingerly.
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NewsAutlook boards music doc ‘Rockfield’ ahead of virtual Cannes (exclusive)
Documentary centres on the iconic recording studio and includes interviews with Robert Plant, Chris Martin and Liam Gallagher.
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NewsAsia buyers take to MMA thriller ‘Russian Raid’ (exclusive)
Action film is inspired by Gareth Evans’ martial arts hit ‘The Raid’.
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FeaturesCannes virtual market: buzz titles from Germany, Spain, Italy, Nordics, and rest of world
The Marche du Film Online is running from June 22-26.
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NewsM-Appeal swoops on ‘King Of Ravens’ for virtual Cannes (exclusive)
The erotic drama is the second feature of Piotr J Lewandowski (‘Jonathan’).
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NewsHeretic Outreach picks up ‘The Users’ ahead of Cannes market (exclusive)
Ivan Ikić’s second feature is a love triangle drama set in an institution for youngsters with special needs.
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NewsDutch film industry plots post-lockdown revival
Netherlands Film Fund head Bero Beyer has an additional €5m to navigate the pandemic.
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FeaturesUK production restart guidelines: Key points at a glance
The guidelines are based on current social distancing advice and will be regularly reviewed.
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NewsUK production gets greenlight to resume as BFC issues safety guidance
Tasked as a priority by the UK’s leading film bodies, the guidance will allow production to resume on major projects like ’The Batman’.
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NewsAdrian Wootton addresses “very detailed” British Film Commission Covid-19 guidelines
The BFC has given itself until May 15 to complete its consultation.
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NewsTrevor Green, Entertainment chief and UK distribution stalwart, dies aged 66
Tributes have been paid from across the film industry to Green, who was joint managing director of Entertainment Film Distributors.
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NewsNetherlands Film Fund chief reveals first measures to protect Dutch industry
A number of both short and longer term measures are being discussed.
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News‘The Forgiven’ starring Ralph Fiennes and Jessica Chastain halts production in Morocco
Producers chartered a plane to fly the cast and crew home.
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NewsUK film sector scrambles to respond to the coronavirus crisis
”We are all in it together. We’re all in the same business. There is no differentiation between who it is hurting.”
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NewsPlans afoot to turn Edinburgh’s Filmhouse into Scottish national film hub
£50m ($65m) plan likely to take at least five years to complete.
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NewsUK sales outfit first to confirm it will not attend Cannes due to coronavirus concerns (exclusive)
Guy Collins’ GFM hopes to set up series of virtual meetings instead.
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NewsThe Match Factory strikes deals on Christian Petzold’s Berlinale award-winner ‘Undine’ (exclusive)
The company has also secured deals on Berlin titles ‘Bad Tales’ and ‘Father’.
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NewsScreen Scotland greenlights Connery-led studio First Stage with £1m investment
Jason Connery and producer Bob Last have been appointed to run the large-scale film and TV studio in Leith.
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NewsFrance tightens coronavirus restrictions as Cannes speculation intensifies
French government bans gatherings of more than 1,000 people.
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NewsAutlook boards hit sexual predator documentary ‘Caught In The Net’ (exclusive)
Feature doc about online sexual predators has broken records in the Czech Republic and prompted police investigations.