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NewsAustralian productions down, but foreign investment healthy
Screen Australia notes that only 17 Australian films completed principal photography in the 12 months to June 30.
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NewsRiver Road boards McQueen’s Slave; Summit takes AFM sales
Bill Pohlad’s River Road Entertainment has joined Plan B as producer and will finance Twelve Years A Slave from red-hot Steve McQueen (pictured). Chiwetel Ejiofor, Brad Pitt and McQueen regular Michael Fassbender to star.
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NewsFocus Features International brings Nero Fiddled to AFM
Alison Thompson will introduce buyers to the eternally prolific Woody Allen’s latest film, his first to be financed by Medusa Film which wrapped production in Rome over the summer.
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FilmFunds launches web-based filmmaker tools
The LA-based company which nurtures an online community to help filmmakers realise their projects has unveiled a slate of tools to build on its pre-existing products like the real-time Emotional ID (EID) and image recognition.
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NewsMichell's Scar Tissue starts shooting in London
Principal photography has started in London on horror thriller Scar Tissue.
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NewsLily Collins joins Artina Films’ The English Teacher
Julianne Moore, Greg Kinnear, Nathan Lane and Michael Angarano star in the comedy about a repressed high school teacher who runs into trouble when she stages a former star pupil’s play.
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NewsIntandem on board for Bert&Bertie's $20m debut Lucidity
Intandem Films will handle international sales on the new $20m UK thriller Lucidity, which is set to shoot in February 2012.
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NewsPer Fly plans biopic of Swedish singer-actress Monica Zetterlund
Edda Magnusson to star; Lena Rehnberg to produce for StellaNova.
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NewsKOFIC unveils plans to grow Korean industry to $1.3bn by 2013
Plans to boost international co-productions as well as promoting Korean locations and other initiatives.
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Film Independent announces projects for 11th annual Producers Lab
Karin Chien, Ted Kroeber, Gina Kwon and Meg LeFauve are the instructors for the seven-week Producers Lab in Los Angeles.
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NewsWroclaw's Gotham In Progress selects 11 projects
Projects come from US directors and producers including Karin Chien, John Maringouin and Tim Kirkman.
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NewsEmbargo Films re-teams with Vertigo on The Sweeney
London-based finance and production company Embargo Films has come on board its third feature, The Sweeney.
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NewsSpeaking at LFF, Alexander Payne confirms next two projects
Director Payne confirms that he’s working on black-and-white road movie ‘Nebraska’ and graphic novel adaptation.
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NewsHot projects on Screenbase
Nicholas Cage will star in German production Black Butterflies (working title), while Pierre Arditi and Jean-Pierre Marielle have been cast in French drama Zana.
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NewsNew projects from Metz, Berghall, Pallotta included in IDFA Forum
Topics of films for IDFA’s co-financing market range from immigration to Frank Zappa.
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NewsBhattacharya’s BMW starts shooting in Mumbai
Indian director Aditya Battacharya’s crime thriller BMW: Bombay’s Most Wanted starts shooting tomorrow (Oct 22), with a cast including The Sopranos’ John Ventimiglia and Indian actress Tannishtha Chatterjee.
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NewsJapanese advertising giant Hakuhodo sets up company to produce film & TV contents overseas
Major Japanese advertising conglomerate Hakuhodo has launched new company Stories LLC to produce Hollywood and overseas films and TV programming based on existing Japanese contents.
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NewsReprisal Films unveils ambitious new slate of McDonagh projects
The UK production company behind indie hit comedy The Guard unveils details of its new John Michael McDonagh projects.
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Two-year shoot wraps on eco-doc Greedy Lying Bastards
Craig Rosebraugh’s privately financed $1.5m film documents the impact of the fossil fuel industry.