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FeaturesGraham King
With two mega-budget films in production under a new deal at Sony Pictures and the launch of their own distribution outfit, FilmDistrict, Graham King and his business partner Tim Headington have become Hollywood’s most ambitious empire-builders.
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FeaturesFestival Scope
An online service is looking to help rights holders and festivals to take their films to a wider industry viewing base.
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FeaturesEaling hands
One of the UK’s most commercially successful producers, Ealing Studios chief Barnaby Thompson has ambitious plans to bring a slate of big-budget commercial films to the independent marketplace. Geoffrey Macnab reports.
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FeaturesProfile: Vertigo Films
The success of StreetDance 3D has given UK producer-distributor Vertigo Films ambitions for larger-scale films. Wendy Mitchelltalks to Rupert Preston and James Richardson.
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FeaturesProfile: Razor Film
Roman Paul and Gerhard Meixner’s Razor Film has become one of the most prolific production houses in Europe. The principals tell Mike Goodridge how they got there.
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FeaturesA New Hope
George Lucas talks to Conor Dignam and a group of young film-makers about the technological changes revolutionising the film industry and how opportunity for all means the end of the studio system.
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FeaturesGeorge Lucas Q&A
The Films Without Borders participants quiz George Lucas on the lessons learned from a lifetime in film
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FeaturesThe content converters
Run by Mark Ordesky and Ileen Maisel, former senior production executives at New Line Cinema, with New Line stablemate Jane Fleming and documentary film-maker Lawrence Elman, Amber Entertainment is combining new film paradigms with old. The principals talked to Mike Goodridge.
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FeaturesThe bigger picture
Blacklight Transmedia has ambitious plans to create original franchises that can be exploited across multiple platforms ― and has a rare first-look deal with Imagine Entertainment. Jeremy Kay reports.
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FeaturesLife in public
DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg talks to Mike Goodridge about the DWA business model, the attention the company pays to international distribution, the relationship with Paramount and the pressures of running a public company
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FeaturesLocal films from a global giant
Fox Filmed Entertainment’s two-year-old local production unit, Fox International Productions (FIP), started the year with local hits in China and India. President Sanford Panitch tells Jeremy Kay about FIP’s expanding ambitions
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FeaturesThe bridge builder
The veteran producer tells Jeremy Kay about his 100th film, partnering with Imagenation and why he wants to make connections between east and west
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FeaturesChoosing wisely
In the two years since it was founded, WestEnd Films has prospered in backing titles which have scored theatrical sales in a tough global marketplace. The principals talk to Geoffrey Macnab.
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FeaturesThe new internationalist
With ambitious plans to build on Bavaria Film’s successful local film-production activities, the company’s head tells Martin Blaney why he believes international co-productions are the key to its future
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FeaturesSetting the pace
WME Global, the packaging, financing and distribution consultancy arm of William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, is paying close attention to new distribution models. Jeremy Kay speaks to division head Graham Taylor and his team.
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FeaturesHitting a Homerun
Daniel Yun is galvanising the Singapore film community with his latest venture — Homerun Pictures. He tell Liz Shackleton how he is setting up film funds with China and Australia and launching an international sales outfit
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FeaturesPassion Projects
Passion Pictures’ John Battsek and Red Box Films’ Simon Chinn talk to Sarah Cooper about their new UK producing partnership formed for Oscar winner James Marsh’s next film
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FeaturesA French Legende
With new films from Olivier Dahan, Roselyne Bosch and Forest Whitaker in the pipeline, Alain Goldman — one of France’s leading producers — tells Nancy Tartaglione his recipe for international film-making
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FeaturesFrom Paris with love
Paris-based EuropaCorp has cemented its early standing as one of the world’s most prolific vertically integrated film outfits. Pierre-Ange Le Pogam talks to Mike Goodridge about the company he co-founded with Luc Besson, how it has achieved global profile from a distinctively French base and its next steps
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FeaturesA route to funding
Rebecca O’Brien, Ken Loach’s long-time producer, says raising film financing in the UK has became complicated and expensive. She talks to Sarah Cooper about why she turned to France to fund Loach’s latest project, Route Irish.