All articles by Jeff Cartwright
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NewsEdinburgh selects 13 participants for new mentoring programme
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) has announced a new development and mentoring programme called NETWORK.The programme is meant to provide mentoring opportunities for 13 selected participants by putting them in contact film industry professionals.They are:Writer/director Alex Smith and his adaptation A BOY NAMED KEITHScreenwriter Ronnie Mackintosh and his ...
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NewsWilliams shooting hospital horror Ward 8
Alexander Williams (Jack Falls) is directing the new horror film that is being likened in style to Paranormal Activity.
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NewsFlatpack Film Festival announces early plans for sixth edition
Birmingham will play host again to the Flatpack Film Festival running March 13-18.
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Comment'Archive is like a gift to documentaries'
Kevin MacDonald discussed the importance of archive material during last night’s Ernest Lindgren Memorial Lecture at the BFI.
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NewsChemical Brothers concert film comes to big screen
Don’t Think to be first concert film to feature Dolby 7.1 surround sound.
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NewsNew UK Film Fund To Spotlight Dance And Performance
A new competition is inviting filmmakers to submit long format films for a chance to win a development and production budget between £120K and £400K.
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Production starts on six shorts backed by Abu Dhabi Film Commission
The Abu Dhabi Film Commission has selected six films to for its Aflam Qaseera (Short Film) Production Fund.
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NewsPeter Weir to head DIFF Muhr Arab Features jury
Weir’s last feature The Way Back, was featured in DIFF’s Cinema of the World section in 2010.
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NewsDIFF announces Arabian Nights line-up
The Dubai Film Festival has unveiled half of its Arabian Nights line-up, which will feature five world premieres and 13 Middle East premieres.
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NewsOdeon completes digital transition
Odeon becomes largest cinema chain in Europe to go fully digital
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NewsLeeds Film Festival to become qualifying event for Oscars
The Academy has accepted Leeds as a qualifying festival and will consider the winners of its 2012 prizes.
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News8th Dubai Film Festival unveils line-up
A.R. Rahman is to be honoured with a lifetime achievement award; DIFF to shine the spotlight on German films.
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NewsJim Donovan, Celina Jade board Fangs of War
Canadian director Jim Donovan set to direct reimagining of Bram Stoker’s vampire myth
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NewsFox, HMV launch new bus shelter purchasing system
HMV and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment launch innovative new Blu-ray/DVD purchasing system.
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CommentShort but sweet
The Virgin Media Shorts Awards ceremony at the BFI was a star studded affair.
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NewsFilm-makers to create film in 3 days for new UK film competition
Judges will be Barry Ryan of Warp Films, producer Howard Dawson and Everyman Cinemas CEO Andrew Myers.
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NewsDanny Dyer to star in John Rackham's Daementia
The low budget British film has been written and will be produced by Philip Milne.
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Stray Cinema launches new interactive project
2006 open source film experiment, Stray Cinema, is starting a new project that allows the audience to create their own film out of unedited feature film footage.
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NewsSimon Pegg, Nick Frost become patrons of MediCinema
British actors Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are the newest stars to formally support MediCinema, a charity that brings full-size cinemas into hospitals for patients.
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NewsTadeusz Król starts shooting second feature in Poland
Psychological thriller is filming in Warsaw.