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NewsBFI new governors include Berger, Kidron, Justice
As the UKFC handover comes into effect, the BFI also notes that UK production funding will rise from £15m to £18m
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NewsHop, Sucker Punch set for overseas weekend tussle
Universal’s family confection and Warner Bros’ action fantasy are shaping up to be the ones to beat this weekend as Hop lands in around 30 territories and Sucker Punch debuts in four major markets.
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Vanguard, Aurelius, Maloof partner on $20m fund
The alliance creates a p&a pool for animated films and the parties have named Simon Crowe’s SC Films International as sales agent.
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FeaturesThe beautiful country
All roads may no longer lead to Rome but Italy’s network of regional film commissions and a generous tax credit are putting the territory and its producers firmly on the international production map. Sheri Jennings reports
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FeaturesTax credit: the lowdown
How can foreign producers access the tax credit? Sheri Jennings reports
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FeaturesThe nuovo generation
Who does the Italian industry believe are the country’s most exciting new Italian actors, directors and writers? Profiles by Sheri Jennings
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NewsHot projects on Screenbase
Irish-UK co-productions Jump and Whole Lotta Sole are currently shooting in Belfast, while Ugly Duckling is preparing its May shoot in Spain.
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FeaturesPain relief
How did an English-language, New York-set project end up as a majority Italian co-production with access to the country’s full array of financial incentives — as well as those available in the US? We talk to the team behind Someday This Pain Will Be Useful To You
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FeaturesAuteurs in action
New projects from Nanni Moretti, Paolo Sorrentino, Emanuele Crialese and Gabriele Salvatores are putting Italian film-making on course for a stellar year.
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FeaturesLaughter therapy
How can international films make a mark at the Italian box office in 2011 when local films tackling timely subjects are dominating?
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NewsDisney UK launches integrated sales/promotion operation
The Walt Disney Company UK & Ireland has launched a new integrated ad sales and promotions operation, Disneymedia+.
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NewsExclusive: Amanda Nevill details top priorities for revamped BFI
BFI director Nevill outlines new plans, including addition of a deputy chief executive; 38 UKFC staff who move to BFI stay at same salary level.
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FeaturesOpen season
The fourth Pirates and the eighth Harry Potter are the summer tentpoles around which all other releases are circling. International distribution heads reveal their summer plans to Screen.
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FeaturesSummer joyride
The US summer season revs into high gear on April 29 with the release of UPI’s Fast Five.
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FeaturesInternational contenders
Screen looks at the biggest local films to be released in their home territories this summer.
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CommentPleasure and pain
Screen’s globe-trotting chief critic takes in two classy spine-tinglers, before catching Sharon Stone’s latest turn — as a UN prosecutor
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CommentChampers - and pants - for charity
Screen was the top bidder on a case of champagne, but Shots beat us to the more intriguing offer of a dinner with a man wearing only his pants
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CommentNobody does it better than Disney!
Even this cynical journalist couldn’t help being taken in by the Disney magic at a special launch event in London.
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NewsTF1 teams with EuropaCorp for miniseries Flight Of The Storks
TF1 International is teaming with EuropaCorp Television for a €10m miniseries based on Jean-Christophe Grangé’s best-selling novel, The Flight Of The Storks.
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News2B Pictures to adapt Alan K Baker's Dyatlov Pass
The feature adaptation about a real life skiing incident in Russia will be directed by Simon Fellows and financed by Future Films.