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NewsFrance unveils five-feature Oscar shortlist
The selection committee will now meet with the films’ producers, sales companies and US distributors.
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NewsWelsh government sells Cardiff’s Seren Studios to Great Point Studios
Great Point Media has leased the studio since 2020.
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NewsRaindance Film Festival 2023 unveils line-up of UK and international indie features
Christian Cooke’s directorial debut ‘Embers’ is among the world premieres.
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NewsSandi Toksvig, president of UK’s Writers’ Guild calls on TUC to support fight for fair streaming residuals
Sandi Toksvig was speaking at the UK’s annual Trade Unions Congress.
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NewsNeon Films, barry crerar, Working Title producers join ScreenSkills Film Skills Council (exclusive)
A new ScreenSkills exhibition and distribution group has also formed, featuring UK Cinema Association’s Phil Clapp and Film Export UK’s Charlie Bloye.
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NewsTrustNordisk secures deals on WWII drama ‘Before It Ends’; ‘Birthday Girl’ for UK (exclusive)
Pilou Asbaek stars in ‘Before It Ends’ as a headmaster whose high school is turned into a refugee camp.
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NewsSan Sebastian rejects calls to pull Netflix ETA terrorism documentary from festival line-up
’No Me Llame Ternera’ features interview with a former leader of the Basque terrorist group ETA.
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NewsVenice competition title ‘The Theory Of Everything’ scores UK-Ireland deal (exclusive)
Timm Kröger’s feature debut title is being sold by Paris-based sales outfit Charades.
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NewsTIFF ‘Stop Making Sense’ screening powers Imax to record live event gross
Release via A24 to follow later in September.
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NewsIndie producers at TIFF voice packaging fears amid SAG-AFTRA interim agreement logjam
“This isn’t just an American strike; it’s a global strike.”
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News2023 Academy Gold Fellowship For Women recipients announced
$35,000 prize for US and international winners.
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NewsNetflix buys Lucy Walker’s TIFF doc ‘Mountain Queen’ as heat builds on handful of acquisition titles
Wicked Little Letters, Hit Man, Knox Goes Away also generating interest.
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NewsHayao Miyazaki’s ‘The Boy And The Heron’ lands UK-Ireland distribution
The Studio Ghibli animation proved a box office hit in Japan and opened this year’s Toronto International Film Festival.
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NewsChina to be country of honour at Mipcom
Tencent Online Video CEO Sun Zhonghuai to deliver keynote.
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NewsIceland submits Hlynur Palmason’s ‘Godland’ for international Oscar race (exclusive)
The film was a standout title from Cannes’ Un Certain Regard line-up in 2022.
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NewsOscar-winner Edward Berger to join Berlinale festival director selection committee
The director of ‘All Quiet On The Western Front’ will help choose the next head of the Berlinale.
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NewsEuropean Film Academy demands end to threats against Agnieszka Holland by Polish justice minister
Filmmaker was criticised last week after the Venice premiere of competition film ’The Green Border’
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NewsFilmfest Hamburg unveil full 2023 line-up
The German festival will take place from September 28 to October 7.
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NewsAfrican AuthenticA Series Lab participants include Ladj Ly school graduate (exclusive)
Four African screenwriters have been chosen for the second edition of the scheme.
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NewsJapan launches first official film and TV production incentive scheme
Programme aims to attract films, high-end TV and streaming projects to shoot in the country.