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NewsUlrich Thomsen, Sonja Richter to star in Ireland-set Flowers of Desire
Danish-language co-production will shoot this summer for director Simon Staho.
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NewsScott Free UK plans TV co-pro adaptation of Mosse’s Labyrinth
Four-hour TV series being made with Germany’s Tandem Communications.
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NewsBulgarian filmmakers appeal to prime minister
Continuing concerns about the future of the Bulgarian film industry have led the local community to petition Prime Minister Boyko Borissov [pictured] “to find a lasting solution for the tremendous problems of Bulgarian cinema.”
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NewsEuropean Commission earmarks $19.5m for African, Caribbean and Pacific films
The European Commission is to support filmmakers from the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) with a total of $19.5m (€14m) as part of its new ACP-EU Support Programme to the ACP Cultural Sectors running between 2011 and 2016.
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NewsArgentina and Chile dominate the Toulouse Films In Progress titles
The Latin American Film Screenings of Toulouse has announced its six projects which will compete in the 19th Films In Progress programme, all of which are either Chilean or Argentinian co-productions.
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NewsElmosnino, Chabat to start in TF1's War of The Buttons
TF1 International has locked in Eric Elmosnino and Alain Chabat to star in its version of War Of The Buttons.
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Incident By A Bank triumphs at Tampere
Swedish director Ruben Ostlund’s Incident By A Bank won the Grand Prix at the 41st Tampere Film Festival.
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NewsRutger Hauer's Milan festival taps jurors including Robert Rodriguez, Ridley Scott
The fourth edition of Milan-set international film festival I’ve Seen Films — which is founded and directly managed by actor Rutger Hauer since 2008 — has announced its international jury of the upcoming edition.
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NewsLuke Evans to star in FilmNation's Amateur American
Rising star Luke Evans is to play the lead in action thriller The Amateur American, to be directed by Ross Katz, which is due to start shooting in Europe in September.
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NewsShelter wins in Sofia; Indian Wife, Youth take pitches awards
Dragomir Sholev’s feature debut Shelter has become the first Bulgarian film to win the Grand Prix of Sofia International Film Festival’s (SIFF) International Competition.
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NewsSwiss Oscar entry wins two awards at this year’s Swiss Film Prize
Switzerland’s 2011 Oscar entry La Petite Chambre by Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond won the awards for Best Film and Best Screenplay at this year’s Swiss Film Prize Quartz 2011.
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NewsTykwer’s Three picks up six Lola nominations
Tom Tykwer’s love triangle with a difference Three (Drei) has picked up six nominations for this year’s German Film Awards which will be presented at a gala ceremony in Berlin’s Friedrichstadtpalast on Friday, April 8.
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Reliance Broadcast to form joint venture with RTL Group
Following its joint venture with US broadcaster CBS, India’s Reliance Broadcast Networks (RBN) is planning a similar deal with Bertelsmann-owned RTL Group to launch a bouquet of channels.
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Sony takes on world home entertainment rights for God Loves Caviar
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has acquired all media rights worldwide from Athens-based Alexandros Film for the upcoming Greek feature film God Loves Caviar (O theos agapaei to haviari) to be directed by Yannis Smaragdis.
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NewsEC Commissioner Vassiliou responds to producers' fears about MEDIA
Androulla Vassiliou, EC Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, has sought to allay European producers’ concerns about the financial independence of a future MEDIA Programme.
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NewsEssential Killing, All That I Love, Ghost Writer win Polish awards
At this week’s Polish Film Academy Awards (The Eagles), Jerzy Skolimowski’s Venice prize winner Essential Killing was named best film and he also won best director.
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NewsSandrew Metronome to shut down Swedish theatrical distribution business
Sandrew Metronome Sweden has announced that it will close down its Swedish theatrical distribution. The company’s last release will be Mikael Håfström’s Anthony Hopkins starrer The Rite (Ritualen) [pictured].
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NewsL’Atelier selects directors including Kenyeres, Verbeek, Al-Daradji, Vega brothers
L’Atelier invites 15 projects from 15 countries to participate in the Cinefondation-supported programme.
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NewsCineworld leads 2010 exhibitor market share in UK; negotiating new funding
Cineworld claims a market-leading box office share of 26.2% (EDI Rentrak) in the UK in 2010; chain negotiating a $273m (£170m) facility with banks.
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NewsMedusa on board for Woody Allen's Rome-set film
Italy’s Medusa film has confirmed they will produce director Woody Allen’s next feature, to be shot in Rome in July.