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NewsEWA Network unveils eight women film producers selected for Netflix-backed series programme
Series Accelerator programme kicks off next week in Amsterdam
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NewsBBFC appoints IMDb founder Col Needham as "global brand ambassador"
The role will represent the BBFC internationally with key stakeholders.
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NewsTim Roth joins John Maclean’s ‘Tornado’ as Lionsgate swoops on UK-Ireland rights (exclusive)
HanWay Films has pre-sold a raft of deals, as production gets underway in Scotland.
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NewsUK sales outfit Rapt Films International launches with ‘Big Boys’ pickup (exclusive)
The company is run by former SC Films and Blue Finch executive Russell Webber.
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NewsSundance Institute, Alfred Sloan Foundation honour ‘Love Me’, grantees
Emily Everhard, Sara Crow and Daniel Rafailedes, Lizzi Oyebode receive cash awards.
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NewsNorman Jewison, director of ‘In The Heat Of The Night’, ‘Moonstruck’, dies at 97
Toronto-born filmmaker established Canadian Film Centre in 1986.
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NewsScott Stuber to depart as Netflix head of film
Well-liked executive reportedly has financing to set up new film and TV venture.
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News‘Anatomy Of A Fall’ wins best film at France’s Lumière Awards
Justine Triet and Arthur Harari win best screenplay, Sandra Hüller best actress.
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NewsNetflix swoops on Sundance horror ‘It’s What’s Inside’ in $17m deal
Deal follows Searchlight’s $10m acquisition on A Real Pain.
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NewsFilmmakers protest Argentinian leader’s proposed defunding of INCAA, film schools
More than 300 members of global film community sign statement.
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NewsBusan film festival nominates Park Kwang-su as chairman
Appointment of a new festival director and ACFM director is ongoing.
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NewsGamer documentary ‘Ibelin’ leads Tromso winners as ‘Grandmonster’ takes pitching prize
Fiction Norway event was attended by executives from Participant, Searchlight, FilmNation.
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NewsTaiwanese filmmakers issue appeal claiming funding shift could cause “irreparable damage”
TAICCA recently announced it would shift an international funding scheme to more mainstream projects.
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NewsDoha Film Institute unveils 44 projects in latest funding round, including ‘Naseem, Fight With Grace’
Three UK co-production features among the 44 titles.
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NewsFormer Warner Bros marketing exec Julian Senior dies, aged 85
Senior worked on campaigns for notable films including ‘A Clockwork Orange’, ’Goodfellas’ and ‘Chariots Of Fire’
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NewsFinecut picks up Hong Sangsoo’s Berlin Competition drama ‘A Traveler’s Needs’
The film stars Isabelle Huppert.
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News‘Mean Girls’ knocks ‘Wonka’ off top spot at UK-Ireland box office with £2.5m opening weekend
‘Anyone But You’ has another £1m+ session; ‘The Holdovers’ starts well with £600,000.
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NewsRediance boards Berlin Encounters title ‘Sleep With Your Eyes Open’ (exclusive)
Huang Shuli’s short ‘Goodbye First Love’ also picked up.
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NewsMarian Quinn’s ‘Twig’ to open Dublin film festival 2024 (exclusive)
The 2024 line-up also includes a season of African films, with Cannes premieres ’Four Daughters’, ’Goodbye Julia’ and ’Banel & Adama’ among the titles programmed.
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NewsBerlinale heads Carlo Chatrian, Mariette Rissenbeek discuss stepping down from the festival
Chatrian and Rissenbeek will both step down after the 2024 festival