All articles by Wendy Mitchell – Page 219
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Cinemoi plans Cannes coverage on UK Sky channel
The free-to-air programming is on Sky channel 343.
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NewsFortissimo takes on Cannes Competition title My Joy
Sergei Loznitsa’s debut feature is a parable of contemporary life in Russia, telling the story of a truck driver who loses his way in the Russian wilderness .
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NewsEaling plans film about Fisherman's Friends
Ealing Studios is planning a feature film about the story of Fisherman’s Friends, a group of Cornish sea shanty singers making it big on the pop charts.
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NewsChristelle Randall leaving publicity post at Metrodome
Head of Publicity Christelle Randall is leaving UK distributor Metrodome Distribution at the end of April and will set up her own consultancy.
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NewsWinter in Wartime producers get rights to Dutch novel Gimmick!
N279 Entertainment has acquired the rights to Dutch author Joost Zwagerman’s novel Gimmick!, set in the late 1980s.
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NewsIntandem sells Beneath Hill 60 to Momentum for UK
The Australian WWI drama has already been a hit at home, it has grossed $1.6m (A$1.7m) in its first two weeks of release by Paramount.
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NewsCannes Classics selections include restored Psycho, Leopard, Boudu
Programme also includes four new films about filmmaking, including projects about Jack Cardiff and Daniel Toscan du Plantier.
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Michael Murphy to run Windmill Lane's new international division
Dublin-based post-production company Windmill Lane Pictures has set up a new international division, Windmill Lane Entertainment.
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Fintage House, mediapeers announce strategic partnership
Part of the alliance will let Fintage House support mediapeers extending their user base. The companies will also work together on new web-based services for buyers and sellers.
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NewsMark Zoradi becomes strategic advisor for IMAX
The former Disney president will continue to be based in Los Angeles.
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NewsVirgin Media launches online movies service in UK
The service launches with hundreds of titles on demand, including Fantastic Mr Fox and District 9.
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NewsEric Khoo, Eduardo Antin, Lisandro Alonso to lead Locarno juries
Singaporean film-maker Eric Khoo (My Magic) will be president of the five-person International Competition jury.
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NewsAnthony Buckner promoted to Head of Sales at Icon
Anthony Buckner has been promoted to Head of Sales at Icon Entertainment International with immediate effect, reporting to group CEO Stewart Till.
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NewsCannes adds six new titles, including Competition entries from Wang Xiaoshuai and Kornel Mundruczo
Official selection also adds films by Andrei Ujica, Lucy Walker, Pablo Trapero and Jia Zhang Ke.
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Festival hit Enemies of the People close to distribution deals
Documentary about Cambodia picks up several new awards, including top prize at Full Frame.
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NewsIcelandic industry has a few disruptions, but some short-term upside, to volcano's eruption
Icelandic film industry reports little disruption from last week’s volcanic eruption, with local crews busy assisting foreign news crews; Baltasar Kormakur shoots volcanic footage to potentially use in his new viking epic.
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Endemol plans theatrical film about Manchester City football club
Blue Moon Rising will follow the club through its pivotal 2009-2010 season, after the takeover of Sheikh Mansour and a big win against Chelsea.
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NewsPact outlines new recoupment proposals to help UK producers
UK producers body Pact will tomorrow launch a new proposal for public funding of UK film production, so that recoupment of investments would go back to producers, not to the UK Film Council, BBC Films or Film4.
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IMAX to add new theatre in Hangzhou, China
A new IMAX system will be installed in the exhibitor’s new 16-screen multiplex in Hangzhou.
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NewsParamount takes UK rights to Killing Bono from Salt
Ben Barnes and Robert Sheehan star in Nick Hamm’s Irish comedy; Paramount will release in UK and Ireland.