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NewsPotter pure magic as $114m dominates overseas
An astonishing $114m propelled Warner Bros’ latest Harry Potter episode to within touching distance of $400m after little more than a week as the fantasy film smothered the competition.
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NewsSarah's Key to open Santa Barbara Int'l FF
The US premiere of Gilles Paquet-Brenner’s drama Sarah’s Key starring Kristin Scott Thomas will open the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
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NewsHiatus goes On Tour in Hong Kong
Taiwanese distributor Hiatus Media has acquired all Hong Kong rights for Mathieu Amalric’s On Tour (Tournée).
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NewsVaizey puts BFI in charge with new government plan for film
Lottery funding to increase to £43m per year in 2014.
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NewsFilm London takes on UK-wide inward investment, export role
Adrian Wootton says there will be a distinctly separate unit that will be UK-branded to work on UK-wide inward investment and export of British films.
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NewsUPDATED: Vaizey puts BFI in charge of Government's film plans, Lottery funding
Vaizey says Lottery funding to increase to £43m/year, regional agencies move under Creative England, new Ministerial Film Forum to be launched in January.
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NewsVaizey again calls for Sky to invest in British film production
At his speech outlining the UK Government’s plans for film, Culture Minister Ed Vaizey once again called on Sky to invest in British film production.
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NewsCreative England's jobs impact on regional agencies not yet known
Speculation is growing that the three major centres of the newly announced Creative England will be Bristol in the South, Manchester in the North and Birmingham in the Midlands.
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NewsUK industry mostly welcomes BFI move, but wants more detail quickly
There was a mostly bullish response from the industry to UK Culture Minister Ed Vaizey’s new plans for the Government’s support of film.
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NewsBFI's Amanda Nevill: 'This is an organisation that does make money, unlike the Film Council'
After yesterday’s announcement that the BFI would be taking on a number of key activities formerly overseen by the Film Council, Screen’s Wendy Mitchell spoke to BFI Director Amanda Nevill about how the BFI would have to change moving forward.
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NewsDavid Tennant, Dougray Scott to star in United
Jack O’Connell and Sam Claflin will also star in the BBC film, which is based on the story of Manchester United’s Busby Babes.
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NewsDisney pick up Chico & Rita for Spain
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Spain have taken theatrical rights to Oscar winning Spanish director Fernando Trueba’s Spanish-UK animation feature Chico & Rita.
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NewsPSIFF to bestow career achievement award on Robert Duvall
Robert Duvall, in contention this season for his performance in Get Low, will receive the 22nd annual Palm Springs International Film Festival’s (PSIFF) career achievement award.
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Alan Arkin to receive BIFF career tribute
Top brass at the Bahamas International Film Festival have chosen Alan Arkin to receive the career achievement award.
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Sundance Institute unveils Film Forward slate
The Sundance Institute announced the ten films selected to participate in the inaugural Film Forward: AdvancingCultural Dialogue initiative.
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Hollywood bids farewell to Kershner, Nielsen
Hollywood lost its second celebrated figure in two days as it emerged on Monday [29] that The Empire Strikes Back director Irvin Kershner had died.
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NewsWinter's Bone claims top Gotham Awards honour
Debra Granik’s acclaimed drama scooped the best feature prize at last night’s [29] 20th Anniversary Gotham Independent Film Awards at Cipriani Wall Street in New York.
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Features21st Stockholm International Film Festival
Winners and attendees at the 21st Stockholm International Film Festival, Sweden.
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NewsDeathly Hallows continues to dominate UK box office
Warner Bros.’ Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows dominated the UK box office in its second week, taking $12.9m (£8.3m) from 581 screens at a $22,459 (£14,363) average and $51.7m (£33.3m) running total.