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BFI’s Clare Stewart joins Sundance jury

London Film Festival director Clare Stewart has joined the 2013 Sundance Film Festival Jury for their US Dramatic Feature category.…

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K5 wins international sales for LFF winner My Brother the Devil

K5 International has acquired the international rights to Sally El Hosaini’s debut feature My Brother The Devil, the British drama that won awards in Sundance, Berlin and at the recent London Film Festival.…

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Rust and Bone takes top prize as LFF closes with highest ever audience turn-out

The BFI London Film Festival announced a 12 per cent increase in attendance and the highest ever audience turn-out in the festival's history, as the 2012 edition draws to a close.…

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Keith Richards confirms Pirates of the Caribbean return after Crossfire Hurricane premiere

Keith Richards has confirmed he is to return to a star in a fifth Pirates of the Caribbean movie, the night after reuniting with The Rolling Stones for the premiere of Crossfire Hurricane at the…

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Dogwoof acquires Sarah Gavron’s Village at the End of the World ahead of LFF premiere

Dogwoof has acquired for distribution Brick Lane director Sarah Gavron’s new documentary Village At The End The World, ahead of its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival tonight.…

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Director of BFI Film Fund promises new era of fairness in film funding decisions

The director of the BFI Film Fund - responsible for £21m of public money annually - has promised a new era of transparency in the way funding is distributed while defending the need to…

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Marc Evans signs on to direct Israeli-Palestinian comedy Birthright

Marc Evans has signed on to direct the Israeli-Palestinian comedy Birthright, the film’s producers announced today at the London Film Festival.…

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Boris Johnson lauds film industry ahead of LFF Centrepiece Gala

Mayor of London Boris Johnson has praised the film industry's contribution to the British economy ahead of his attendance at this evening's UK premiere of Hyde Park on Hudson, the Centrepiece Gala for the London…

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Christoph Waltz to play Mikhail Gorbachev in new Mike Newell film

Christoph Waltz has been cast by director Mike Newell to play former Soviet Russian leader Mikhail Gorbachev in his new film Reykjavik, a film about the end of the Cold War.…

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Arab Spring drama Winter of Discontent secures UK distribution days before LFF premiere

The Tahir Square set Egyptian film about the Arab Spring Winter Of Discontent - directed by war zone documentary filmmaker Ibrahim El Batout - has secured distribution in the U.K. and Ireland days before its…

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