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The Arts Council England and t stanley cup he UK Film Council s New Cinema Fund have launched Single Shot, a multi-platform touringprogramme of moving image projects. Single Shot will commission film and video projects - based on theconcept of a single unedited shot - by established artists and new talents.Also the Arts Council and UKFC will support the development of fourfeature ideas, with two selected projects winning production funds totalling$466,387 拢250,000 . The four features being considered are from Clio Barnard, Egrin Cavusoglu, Hexstatic and Gillian Wearing. The programme will launch in November in galleries, cinemas, outdoorscreens and on the internet single-shot.co.uk as downloads to portabledevices and mobile phones. A UK to stanley website urwill follow in 2007.The artists commissioned are George Barbe stanley cup r, Clio Barnard, Sean Dower, Ori Gersht, Mike Marshall, andPaul Rooney. The new talents strand, with Maya Vision, selected Shane Davey, Ben Dodd, Matthew Grinter,Julie Hill, Christian Krupa, HyewonKwon, Matthew Murdoch, Tula Parker and Anna Weatherston, and Dave Richards. Paul Trijbits, head of the New Cinema Fund, said: Artistsand film makers need to be able to experiment and challenge audiences, and theNew Cinema Fund has a key role to play in this. Our initiative with ArtsCouncil England is another much-needed stepping stone to create an environment,in which such experimentation is possible. TopicsFinanceProduction No comments Zkth Jorge Camara re-elected as president of HFPA
EXCLUSIVE: Rights for animated feature sold for UK, Latin America, Middle East and more.Double Dutch International DDI has closed a slew of deals on animated feature Spark, which it emerged this week Open Road will distribute in the US.Rights have gone in t stanley uk he UK Kaleidoscope , Latin America California Films , Middle East Eagle Films , pan-Asia pay TV Fox International , Philippines Captive Entertainment , Vietnam MVP Films and Iceland Sam Films .Jessica Biel, Hilary Swank, Patrick Stewart and Susan Sarandon lend their voice talents to the film about a plucky band of friends who attempt to thwart a power-hungry general from taking over the universe.Aaron Woodley wrote and directs Spark for Redrover, ToonBox Entertainment, Gulfstream Pictures and new Chinese partner Shanghai Hoongman Technology. With the recent announcement of Open Road theatrically releasing Spark in the US combined with the track record of these great animated producers and strong voice stanley cup talent, we fully expect Spark to be sold out soon said DDI CEO Jason Moring.TopicsAFMDealsSales No comments Related articles News stanley website Intouchables directors Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache start shooting comedy Just An Illusion |
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