Wednesday, January 1, 2014

U.S. Filmmakers Lend Support To Iceland

Global Showbiz Briefs: U.S. Filmmakers Support Iceland Film Biz; MTV Has 'Ex On The Beach' For UK; More - Deadline.com video music award
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U.S. Filmmakers Lend Support To Iceland’s Film Industry In early November, Iceland s government announced plans to cut funding to the Icelandic Film Centre by about 40%. The news was met with upset within the industry, especially given that film production turnover has grown 248% since 2010, according to industry reports. That was driven by a number of Hollywood pics that shot locally including Oblivion , Prometheus and The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty and HBO’s Games Of Thrones . Film trade orgs have said the effect of the cuts would hurt the local economy and result in 200 job losses. The country s film bodies have now received a statement of support video music award signed by filmmakers including Clint Eastwood , Darren Aronofsky video music award and Terrence Malick. We, the undersigned, have had the great pleasure of working on one or more film projects in Iceland,” the statement reads. “In our view, the Icelandic film professionals we’ve worked with are of the highest standard. The expertise that they bring to the table not only as filmmakers but as invaluable advisors on Icelandic practices, customs and locations has brought immeasurable benefits to the work that we do. We stand with them, and with the entire film community in Iceland, in their efforts to maintain the current levels of government support for filmmaking, and thus we urge the Icelandic government to reconsider video music award their current plans to cut the budget of the Icelandic Film Fund.”
MTV Preps ‘Ex On The Beach’ For Spring UK Bow MTV has commissioned reality series Ex On The Beach , which is set to premiere in the UK in the spring. It then will roll out across MTV’s international network, excluding the U.S. The series is produced video music award for MTV UK by Whizz Kid Entertainment and was shot on location in southern Europe. It sees eight single men and women invited to enjoy a luxury vacation in the belief they are being set up for a holiday romance. Instead, as MTV cameras watch, ex-boyfriends and girlfriends of cast members arrive unexpectedly. Each ex will have a different motive for appearing, from winning video music award their partner back to exacting revenge after a breakup. Ex On The Beach is exec produced by Steve Regan, video music award Lisa Chapman and Suzanne Readwin.
‘Omar’ Named Best Feature At Asia Pacific Screen Awards The Asia Pacific Screen Awards were held in Brisbane, Australia, last night with a who’s who of Oscar contenders taking home prizes. Director Hany Abu-Assad s Palestinian Oscar entry Omar won Best Feature Film. Best Documentary went to Joshua Oppenhemier s The Act Of Killing , which is on the Oscar docu shortlist . Best Director was Anthony Chen for Singapore s Oscar entry Ilo Ilo . Ritesh Batra scooped the Best Screenplay honor for The Lunchbox , the Indian film that caused a stir when it was not selected video music award as that country s Oscar entry. Lu Yue was cited for Best Cinematography for China s Oscar entry Back To 1942 , directed by Feng Xiaogang. The acting prizes went to Lee Byung-hun in Korea s Masquerade and to Zhang Ziyi for Wong Kar Wai s Hong Kong Oscar entry The Grandmaster . The Best Animated Feature, Koo! Kin-Dza-Dza , is from Russia and directed by Georgi Daneliya, and Best Children s Feature Film was Juvenile Offender from Korea s Kang Yi-kwan.
Liberty Global In Talks With Leading Dutch Cabler Ziggo Continuing its push for European cable properties, John Malone’s Liberty Global video music award has revived talks with Dutch group Ziggo. In March, Liberty acquired a stake in the operator for $810M. Ziggo is the Netherlands biggest cable company that serves aroun

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