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NewsInward investment surges in UK as number of domestic productions and spend fall
Film creates an annual £1.5bn trade surplus for UK, according to BFI, but as inward investment rises number of domestic productions, and spend of those productions, fall.
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NewsGerman co-financier of Traffic and Gangs Of New York making first foray into local production
EXCLUSIVE: Splendid Medien, the Cologne-based co-financier of such US mainstream films as Traffic and Gangs Of New York, is set to make its first foray into local German production this autumn.
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NewsDurban FilmMart wraps with development, production grants and festival invites
Best Feature Film Project goes to Jambula Tree; some projects on their way to IDFA, Rotterdam.
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NewsScreen Australia to back The Rover starring Robert Pattinson
Screen Australia has agreed to invest in four features including The Rover, which will star Robert Pattinson and Guy Pearce and be directed by David Michôd who made the much admired Animal Kingdom.
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NewsMEDIA backs new films from Greenaway, Folman, and Loznitsa; Libya now eligible for European funding
New films from Peter Greenaway (Goltzius & The Pelican Company), Ari Folman (The Congress) and Sergei Loznitsa (In The Fog, pictured) are among 38 titles awarded a total of over €1.36m by the European Commission’s MEDIA i2i Audiovisual Programme.
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NewsBrendan Fraser, Annabelle Wallis to star in comedy-western In with the Outlaws
EXCLUSIVE: Fraser and The Tudors and Pan Am star Wallis headline cast including Peter Fonda and Danny Trejo; comedy-western set to shoot at Shepperton from September.
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NewsBBC Worldwide partners with See-Saw Films
BBC Worldwide has signed a first look deal with the fledgling television arm of The King’s Speech and Shame co-producer See-Saw Films.
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NewsJonathan Rhys Meyers to play Dracula
Downton Abbey indie Carnival Films is to produce a new version of classic vampire story Dracula for Sky Living and US network NBC.
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Production underway in New Orleans on The Butler
Laura Ziskin Productions and Lee Daniels Entertainment made the announcement today. IM Global sold out the project at Cannes.
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In Lieu Of Flowers wraps in New York
Patina Pictures has completed filming on William Savage’s feature debut.
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NewsFirst edition of New Horizons' Polish Days includes new films from Folman, Wajda
New works in progress event in Wroclaw attracts more than 180 industry attendees.
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NewsProduction underway on Ain’t Them Bodies Saints
Evolution Independent, Lagniappe and Paradox Entertainment’s thriller is filming in Shreveport, Louisiana, and stars Rooney Mara (pictured), Casey Affleck and Ben Foster.
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NewsShooting begins in Glasgow on Not Another Happy Ending
The indie rom com stars Karen Gillan as a quirky writer and French actor Stanley Weber as her publisher.
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Jena Malone joins Catching Fire cast
The actress will play Johanna Mason in Lionsgate’s sequel to its global smash The Hunger Games.
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NewsWhite Collar Hooligan 2 to kick off in Spain, Momentum boards UK
EXCLUSIVE: Momentum, Mediawidth Classics take rights for UK, Germany, respectively; original posts strong DVD sales.
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NewsEuropaCorp signs distribution pact with China's Fundamental Films
First picture due for release in Mainland China under the deal will be Luc Besson’s upcoming Malavita.
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NewsMalta's first full length animation gets greenlight
The Golden Calf has picked up fuding from the Malta Film Funds and will be produced by Maltese production house Pro Motion Limited.
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NewsNFTS launches diploma in entrepreneurial producing
EXCLUSIVE: “We need a more holistic entrepreneurial approach to the creative industries,” says course sponsor Patrick McKenna. Course director Chris Auty in talks with Peter Bazalgette, Peter Watson and Rough Trade to participate in diploma, which will teach business skills across seven creative fields, including film, music, games and theatre.
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