Mumbai: The UK Film Council’s new Development Fund program for first-time filmmakers has made its first awards to talent and projects reflecting the fund’s ambition to open up opportunities for budding writers and filmmakers...
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MPA acknowledges Beijing’s retail piracy conviction
Mumbai: The Motion Picture Association (MPA) acknowledged Beijing’s first known conviction of a retailer of pirated movies. Forty-year-old Zhou Cheng was arrested on 15 December 2007 selling pirated DVDs in a shop in the...
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Warner Bros. animation president resigns
Mumbai: Head of Warner Bros. Lisa Judson has stepped down from her post. She served the position for only ten months. According to Daily Variety, she has opted to return to New York after relocating...
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Indie Ranch Media’s Only Halfway Home complete
Mumbai: Indie Ranch Media has announced the completion of its project Only Halfway Home. This is a short film inspired by and featuring music from Levon Helm’s Grammy Award winning album Dirt Farmer. Indie...
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Fashion Island’s gala night for Newport Beach Film Festival
Mumbai: The stars were out at Newport Beach as celebrities and other fashionistas in the film industry celebrated the opening of the 9th Annual Newport Beach Film Festival at Fashion Island. More than 1,200 people...
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ProElite, Image Entertainment sign multiyear distribution agreement
Mumbai: Independent licensee, producer and distributor of home entertainment programming in North America Image Entertainment announced that it has signed a multiyear North American DVD distribution agreement with ProElite, a sports, entertainment and media...
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Three Hong Kong movie pirates convicted and sentenced
Mumbai: Three members of a criminal syndicate selling pirated movies were convicted of breaching Hong Kong’s copyright law and were each sentenced to 15 months imprisonment. The judgment maintains Hong Kong’s reputation as a...
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THQ to develop Journey to the Center of the Earth game
Mumbai: THQ will be developing Journey to the Center of the Earth for Nintendo DS. Based on Journey to the Center of the Earth 3-D, the 3-D film from New Line Cinema starring Brendan...
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New Line Records to release Sex And The City Soundtrack
Mumbai: New Line Records will release the original soundtrack to the feature film version of the HBO television series Sex and the City, which is due in theaters from New Line Cinema on 30...
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MPA distributes file sharing education booklet
Mumbai: The Motion Picture Association (MPA) and the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) will distribute 300,000 copies of an educational booklet outlining the dangers of illegal peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing to 300,000...
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