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NewsMary FitzPatrick joins UK Film Council as head of diversity
She had been diversity executive at BBC and Channel 4.
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NewsHessen extends film funding scheme until 2013
The German state has extended its film investment programme for a further four years.
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FeaturesPoised to strike
Thai films are scoring at home and overseas. Jean Noh looks at some of the hottest films from Thailand coming in 2010
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NewsYellow Bird, Nordisk follow Millennium trilogy with six Liza Marklund adaptations
Six films planned from novels by Swedish bestselling crime author Liza Marklund.
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FeaturesFrance: the centre of Europe
Home to some of the continent’s only movie majors and a production and sales sector which embraces the world, France is the cinema centre of Europe.
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NewsSeville Pictures picks up Room In Rome for Canada
Wild Bunch also sells Julio Medem’s romantic drama to Yeni Bir Film for Turkey.
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NewsUK's Film London and Screen South to merge location departments
Following cuts to regional funding, the two bodies will merge their location and inward investment departments.
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NewsJoe Cornish starts shoot for Attack The Block starring Jodie Whittaker
Big Talk, Film4, Optimum, StudioCanal and UK Film Council are behind Cornish’s debut feature.
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FeaturesThe battle for admissions
Last year in France, admissions were the highest for nearly three decades. But in a crowded marketplace, distributors are having to reach audiences faster than ever. Elisabeth Lequeret reports
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NewsMusic Box acquires US rights to Millennium trilogy sequels
Music Box has picked up US rights to the two hit sequels to the Scandinavian smash The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (pictured) that just opened in the US and will release them in the summer.
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Joan Rivers to close 53rd SFIFF
Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg’s Joan Rivers – A Piece Of Work will close the 53rd San Francisco International Film Festival on May 6.
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Lionsgate board rejects Carl Icahn's takeover bid
Lionsgate’s board of directors has voted to reject Carl Icahn’s unsolicited bid to purchase the Santa Monica-based studio.
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PGA to launch co-production showcase in June
The Producers Guild Of America (PGA) will launch the inaugural International Film Co-Production Showcase (CoProShow) competition this summer.
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NewsMedia Asia unveils Johnnie To, Gao Qunshu projects
Hong Kong’s Media Asia Films announced a packed slate of productions at Filmart, including a romantic comedy from Johnnie To (pictured) and Wai Ka-fai, and a new project from The Message director Gao Qunshu.
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NewsNing Hao Lands at Fortissimo
Fortissimo Films has picked up Chinese director Ning Hao’s highly-anticipated road movie No Man’s Land, starring Yu Nan (Tuya’s Marriage) and rising mainland actor Huang Bo (pictured).
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Fox signs European satellite distribution deal with SmartJog
Twentieth Century Fox and digital delivery company SmartJog have signed a non-exclusive agreement for satellite distribution of Fox’s digital films to European theatres.
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NewsArthouse Films acquires domestic rights to Basquiat doc
Arthouse Films has taken US rights to Tamra Davis’s film Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child (pictured).
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Hong Kong ramps up 3D production
Hong Kong filmmakers and post-production professionals discussed the challenges that the territory faces in embracing 3D production at a Filmart conference on Tuesday (March 23).
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Star signs carriage deal with TMNet
Star Greater China has signed a multi-year non-exclusive distribution deal with Malaysian IPTV platform TM Net.Under the agreement, TM Net will distribute three of Star’s Mandarin-language channels – Star Chinese Channel, Star Chinese Movies 2 and Channel V Taiwan – on its IPTV platform effective from today (March 24).“Star is ...