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NewsWardrop's His and Hers wins Irish Directors Finders award
Ken Wardrop has won the 2009 Screen Directors Guild of Ireland’s (SDGI) Directors Finders Series award for his documentary, His and Hers.
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NewsSeville Festival to focus on British film
The Seville European Film Festival will showcase a selection of British films at this year’s event in November.
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NewsCarry On producer leaves cash to industry charity
British producer Peter Rogers, who made his name with the classic British comedy franchise Carry On, has left a substantial part of his estate to The Cinema & Television Benevolent Fund (CTBF).
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NewsAdlabs' BIG to open Chicago multiplex
Adlabs’ exhibition arm, BIG Cinemas, is opening its first BIG-branded cinema in the US, with a five-screen multiplex planned in Chicago.
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NewsLucky Red takes Italian rights on We Want Sex, Gorbachev
Producer and distributor Lucky Red has picked up Italian rights to We Want Sex, Happy Ever Afters and Gorbachev – The Cashier Who Liked Gambling.
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NewsUniversum picks up four titles in Cannes spending spree
Munich-based Universum Film has picked up German rights for another four titles to add to its previous acquisition of Hideo Nakata’s psychological thriller Chatroom.
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Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre
Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre is a splatter movie of the goriest kind. The story is true to its genre, and the humour as black as it gets. Men turn into beasts and kindness is a weakness that can only lead to defeat.
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NewsPathe sparkles at Cannes with Bright Star
Pathé International had a busy time at the Cannes Marche with over 75 deals sealed across its slate.
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NewsHBO dances with Sweethearts Of The Prison Rodeo
HBO Documentary Films has acquired US rights to Sweethearts Of The Prison Rodeo directed by Bradley Beesley.
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NewsUK actress Sienna Guillory cast in Canada’s Gunless
UK actress Sienna Guillory has been cast opposite Paul Gross in the Canadian western spoof Gunless.
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NewsWarner Bros to speed up VoD releases in Japan
Warner Bros has reached a deal with Japan’s largest cable channel operator, Jupiter Telecommunications, to offer films through its high-definition PPV VoD channel at around the same time as their DVD release.
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CommentPassion is still running high
If Cannes is the international film industry distilled into two weeks along the Croisette, then there were some clear messages about what we should all expect over the next couple of years.
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NewsCinema City opens new screens in Poland
Cinema City International has opened a 10-screen multiplex in Bielsko Biala and a Cinema Park multimedia complex in Poznan as part of is plan to open 117 new screens this year.
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NewsGerman court lifts ban on Martin Weisz’s cannibal film
The German Federal Supreme Court has lifted the ban on Martin Weisz’s Butterfly – A Grimm Story (Rohtenburg), a horror film based on the true story of a cannibal.
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CommentThe trouble with critics
Cannes is the world’s greatest showcase for international cinema, but film-makers take a bold risk exposing their works to the festival’s critical hothouse
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CommentEducate consumers to win the piracy battle
The UK must tackle pirates by talking to consumers before applying sanctions, argues Eddy Leviten, head of communications at the Federation Against Copyright Theft.
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Features
The Last Warrior
Set in the not too distant future, the head of security at a war mongering corporation goes after a rogue soldier who has been genetically enhanced.
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We Want Sex
Rita is a feisty factory worker who inadvertently takes on the biggest corporations in the world in a bid for equal pay for her female work colleagues
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FeaturesStudio building
Thomas Peter Friedl tells Martin Blaney why running the new German film company UFA Cinema is his dream job