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Nine projects on Fast Track for Film Independent
The organisation has selected 19 filmmakers and nine projects for its tenth annual programme at the Los Angeles Film Festival.
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Production begins on SND rom-com Love Punch
Emma Thompson and Pierce Brosnan star in the Europe-set tale. Tim Perell and Nicola Usborne of Process Media are producing with Radar Film’s Clément Miserez and Love Punch Limited’s Jean-Charles Levy. SND is financing and handles worldwide distribution.
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NewsAlan Maher to leave Irish Film Board in July
Alan Maher has said that his departure from the Irish Film Board won’t affect any of the projects on which he is currently working.
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NewsCreative England awards £150,000 via Film Network Fund
Individual awards of up to £25,000 have been made to grass roots organisations across the UK which support and promote filmmaking activities.
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Sam Anthony joins Sundog Pictures
He takes on the role of creative director at Sam Branson’s newly rebranded company Sundog Pictures.
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Garry Charny back in business with Wake Up Dead
Australian producer and businessman Garry Charny (Jindabyne) has returned to film with new Australian production company Spotted Turquoise Films. Cinetic Media is attached to what is likely to be the first film under that banner.
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China’s NFC to back The Annihilator
Chinese state-run fund National Film Capital (NFC) has unveiled a slate of ten US-China co-productions, including Stan Lee’s Chinese superhero project The Annihilator.
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Jia Zhangke launches Yihui with five-project slate
Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke has established a Beijing-based film investment company, Yihui Media, which has a debut slate of five projects.
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NewsGeorge Clooney, Grant Heslov to produce Osage Country
The business partners have boarded The Weinstein Company’s August: Osage Country based on Tracy Letts’ Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play.
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News22 new projects by Greenaway, Lungulov, Amati and Nikonova to be pitched in Moscow, 15 features presented in Sochi
New films by Peter Greenaway, Darko Lungulov, Martina Amati and Angelina Nikonova are among 22 projects to be pitched at next week’s fourth Moscow Co-production Forum.
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Sundance selects 24 fellows, nine projects for doc labs
The 2012 intake doubles the amount of films and filmmakers the Institute is supporting in the post-production phase.
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NewsStanley Weber to star in Not Another Happy Ending
The French actor and son of Jacques Weber will star opposite Karen Gillan in the Glasgow set indie comedy.
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NewsVolker Schlöndorff calls for release of Ulzhan co-screenwriter Atabayev
German filmmaker Volker Schlöndorff has called for the release of the Kazakh director and author Bolat Atabayev who was taken into custody in Almaty on Friday (June 15) for allegedly inciting social discord.
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NewsRomania's Adrian Sitaru planning first English language film with UK's Vernon Films
Anca Damian, whose animated documentary Crulic won the Grand Prix in Annecy, also now in post on her English language debut.
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NewsFrench and Russian producers attend ACE meeting in Paris
Ateliers du Cinéma Européen co-production lab showcases nine projects including Monet’s Water Garden and Siberian train movie Sarma.
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NewsHot Projects on Screenbase
Political thriller Vatican as well as Ernst Gossner’s romantic drama The Silent Mountain are among Screenbase’s new additions.
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Branson's Current Sponge rebranded as Sundog Pictures
Sam Branson unveiled details of his newly rebranded UK production outfit Sundog Pictures, at Sheffield Doc/Fest.
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NewsJohn Madden joins Endgame, Tower Hill's Murder Mystery
Hot on the heels of the $100m global success of Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Madden has lined up the comedic whodunit with Charlize Theron in talks to star.
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NewsWilliam Moseley headlines Gossner's Alpine drama
Moseley [pictured] joins a cast including Claudia Cardinale, Fritz Karl and Eugenia Costantini.