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NewsSouth West Screen and BBC Films launch digital film initiative
UK regional agency South West Screen and BBC Films have launched a new digital film initiative - iFeatures – which will see 3 full-length features being developed and shot in Bristol over the next eighteen months.
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NewsHausner's Lourdes takes Grand Prix at 25th Warsaw Film Festival
Austrian director Jessica Hausner’s third feature Lourdes, which had its world premiere at Venice last month, took the Grand Prix at the 25th edition of the Warsaw Film Festival, which ran October 9-18.
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NewsIndependent picks up international rights to Barafundle Bay
London-based sales and production outfit Independent has picked up international rights to award-winning director Hattie Dalton’s first feature Barafundle Bay.
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NewsHFF unveils Hollywood World Awards shortlist
A panel of international judges led by Screen editor Mike Goodridge has unveiled the shortlist for the Hollywood World Awards for the upcoming Hollywood Film Festival’s (HFF) awards gala on October 26.
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NewsThe Hurt Locker, Big Fan lead IFP Gotham nominees
Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker (pictured) and Robert Siegel’s Big Fan lead the field of IFP’s Gotham nominees with three nominations apiece, followed by Sebastian Silva’s The Maid and Joel and Ethan Coens’ A Serious Man on two each.
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NewsMPAA chief Dan Glickman to step down in September 2010
Dan Glickman will relinquish his post as chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association Of America (MPAA) when his contract expires in September 2010.
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NewsDanny Boyle to give master class at inaugural Doha Tribeca festival
A Danny Boyle master class, a panel on the new wave of Arab film-makers and two Q&A sessions with Mira Nair and Elia Suleiman are among the highlights of the inaugural Doha Tribeca Film Festival’s (DTFF) series of dialogues.
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NewsA Prophet star Tahar Rahim joins The Eagle Of The Ninth
Tahar Rahim, riding high folloing his star turn in A Prophet, has joined the cast of Focus Features and Film4’s Roman Britain epic The Eagle Of The Ninth that is currently shooting in Scotland.
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NewsMonica Bellucci, Vanessa Redgrave, David Strathairn join The Whistleblower
Vanessa Redgrave, Monica Bellucci and David Strathairn have been cast alongside lead Rachel Weisz in Larysa Kondracki’s The Whistleblower, a Canada-Germany co-production.
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NewsFukuda to head home video and digital for WB Japan
Taichi Fukuda has been appointed as general manager for Warner Home Video (WHV) and Warner Bros Digital Distribution (WBDD) in Japan.
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NewsSpain launches new film commission to tackle piracy
The Spanish government is ramping up its efforts to combat piracy with the launch of a new film commision that will focus on protecting intellectual property rights.
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ReviewsThe Concert (Le Concert)
Dir: Radu Mihaileanu. France-Romania-Belgium-Italy. 2009. 123 mins.
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NewsDutch film body merger confirmed
Plans to create a single nation film agency for the Dutch industry have been confirmed by Ronald Plasterk, the Dutch minister for Education, Culture and Sport.
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NewsDDA announces management buy-out
DDA Public Relations’ Lawrence Atkinson and chief financial officer John Stannard have acquired a substantial equity stake in the company as part of a management buy-out.
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NewsMumbai Film Festival to open with The Informant!
The 11th annual Mumbai Film Festival (Oct 29-Nov 5) will open with a screening of Steven Soderbergh’s The Informant! and close with The Dust Of Time, from Greek master Theo Angelopoulos.
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NewsSales and co-production under the spotlight at TIFFCOM
The Japanese film industry grappled with how to sell films to the international market and collaborate with its neighbours in East Asia on the opening day of the TIFFCOM market in Tokyo (Oct 20-22).
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NewsPolanski bail appeal turned down
Imprisoned director Roman Polanski has lost his appeal to be freed on bail from a Swiss prison ahead of his possible extradition to the United States.
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NewsGraham King switches from Warner Bros to Sony
Graham King has diverted his film-making priorities away from Warner Bros to Sony after signing a three-year, multi-film output deal with Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group.
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NewsBabelgum, Metacafe launch iPhone application
Web and mobile premium content platform Babelgum and video site Metacafe have launched the Metacafe iPhone application powered by Babelgum.