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FeaturesAmid UK upheaval, LUFF stands strong
Now in its eighth edition, London UK Film Focus 2011 (27-30 June) is an event which, on the face of it, seems to have been remarkably untroubled by the recent upheavals in public film funding in the UK.
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NewsGFM to handle world sales on Malkovich-starrer Drunkboat
Project will screen at the London UK Film Focus next week.
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NewsBBC2 orders Poliakoff drama series from Ruby
Stephen Poliakoff [pictured] is returning to BBC2 with Dancing on the Edge, the first drama series he has written and directed for television.
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NewsUK distributor Crabtree prepares first theatrical release
New UK distributor Crabtree Films has revealed details of its plans for its first theatrical pick-up, Kevin Asch’s Holy Rollers starring Jesse Eisenberg and Justin Bartha.
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NewsInaugural 3D conference at Toronto’s Lightbox drew huge crowds
A whopping 5,786 participants attended the inaugural Toronto International Stereoscopic 3D conference last week, including 3D directors Wim Wenders, Catherine Owens and IMAX co-inventor Graeme Ferguson.
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Van Damme signs up to MPCA's Six Bullets
Brad Krevoy’s MPCA has signed a second deal in a week with Jean-Claude Van Damme.
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NewsAFM to launch five-day conference in November
The series will cover finance, pitching, marketing, production and distribution and run concurrently with the market from Nov 4-8 in Santa Monica.
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NewsWatchmen's Alex Tse to adapt The Crow
Relativity Media is producing along with Ed Pressman and Apaches Entertainment and Tse will get to work adapting the comic book series and strip by James O’Barr.
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FeaturesAgainst all odds
When the financing on Stephen Frears’ new drama Lay The Favorite, starring Bruce Willis, fell apart twice, producers Paul Trijbits and Anthony Bregman faced a race against time to re-assemble and refinance the project and keep the director and all the cast on board.
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FeaturesWarp speeds ahead
UK production outfit Warp Films has a reputation for innovative, low-budget film-making. Now the 10-year-old company is shifting up a gear with international partners, bigger budgets and intriguing titles.
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NewsDame Judi Dench honoured with BFI Fellowship
The British actress received the award last night during the BFI’s annual Chairman’s dinner.
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NewsDogwoof takes UK rights to The Green Wave
Iranian revolution documentary screens today in Edinburgh.
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FeaturesThe Balkan answer
With established film infrastructures and fascinating landscapes, Serbia and Croatia have been quietly luring productions away from the nearby centres of Prague and Budapest. Now both are introducing valuable tax incentives to give international producers two competitive new location hubs.
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FeaturesJoshua Bowman
Joshua Bowman is about to become well-known in the US, and he would like to repeat that in the UK.
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FeaturesMyAnna Buring
Sweden-born and UK-raised, MyAnna Buring (pronounced ‘Me-Anna’) hit the ground running on graduation from LAMDA with a prominent role in Neil Marshall’s 2005 horror film The Descent.
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FeaturesRichard Madden
Richard Madden is on his way. Now appearing in Channel 4’s Sirens, a six-part comedy-drama about three paramedics, he is also part of HBO’s Game Of Thrones ensemble and has signed on for the second series from July.
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FeaturesPhoebe Fox
“I have to admit to being smitten by… Phoebe Fox,” said The Daily Telegraph’s Charles Spencer of RADA’s sought-after 2010 graduate.