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WV Film Office hosting two-day production training workshop

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/features/x517208520/WV-Film-Office-hosting-two-day-production-training-workshop The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON —  A two-day, hands-on workforce training seminar hosted by the West Virginia Film Office will be held on June 22 and 23 in Huntington. Skills training will be provided by the Los Angeles-based company Production Assistant Training Seminar, or P.A.T.S., which will offer skills training for entry level production assistants in [...]

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Pot-follows-member pension launched for film industry

http://www.employeebenefits.co.uk/benefits/pensions/pot-follows-member-pension-launched-for-film-industry/102040.article By Jennifer Paterson A pot-follows-member pension scheme has been launched for the film industry to comply with auto-enrolment legislation. The Film Industry Pension Scheme, which will be operated in partnership between Helm Godfrey and Scottish Widows, is designed to address a series of industry-specific issues when it comes to pension administration, including a high number of employees [...]

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Russia’s Glavkino Unveils Slate, Expansion Plans

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-201305191126reedbusivarietyn1200483815-20130519,0,5381460.story Leo BarracloughVariety Russian film and TV studio Glavkino has revealed its first film production slate, and its plan for a $100 million expansion of its studio facilities. Glavkino CEO Ilya Bachurin presented the latest developments for the company, which was set up in March 2012 by Bachurin and filmmaker Fedor Bondarchuk, at a Cannes [...]

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Sonet launches TV production arm

http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/cannes/sonet-launches-tv-production-arm/5056397.article By Geoffrey Macnab Swedish film production outfit Sonet Film has launched a new production arm, Sonet Television, complete with a slate of crime dramas. Sonet Films CEO Peter Possne, who will manage the new division, gave details of the first TV projects which include a new Henning Mankell drama and a TV version of Lars [...]

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Varma promises urgent action

http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/varma-promises-urgent-action By Patrick Frater Policy/Legal News The Indian government yesterday promised action to help the film industry, through improved facilitation and promotion. Speaking in Cannes at a round table event, Uday Kumar Varma, Secretary, Indian Information and Broadcasting Ministry, outlined four priority areas for urgent action. He identified film finance, film industry promotion, production facilitation [...]

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Registration Open For Production Assistant Boot Camp

http://www.courant.com/community/middletown/hcrs-75162hc-middletown-20130516,0,2881329.story Would you like the opportunity to learn the skills needed to work on a motion picture or television set? In Connecticut’s growing film industry, production assistants are the most sought-after entry level position in this exciting field. This intensive 32-hour “Boot Camp” is an ideal way to learn the skills required to get your [...]

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Brighton – centre for film industry?

http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/update/2013-05-18/brighton-centre-for-film-industry/ The British Film Institute is to open a “talent centre” in Brighton and Hove as part of a £5million plan to boost the industry across the country. The City Council is encouraging the BFI to make a base and is searching for an office when they move to the coast in the autumn. The [...]

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States of Aggression: Producers Play Off the Competition for Best Deals

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-201305171000reedbusivarietyn1200466354-20130517,0,1528625.story Rachel AbramsVariety As the variety of tax incentive programs has grown, one thing is increasingly getting cut: the middleman. Companies that buy tax credits from producers are increasingly working with those producers directly, rather than going through a broker. That eliminates middleman fees and can remove an extra step in the financing process. “We [...]

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Cultural exception and state funding for the Quebec film industry

http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/behind-numbers/2013/05/cultural-exception-and-state-funding-quebec-film-industry BY GUILLAUME HEBERT France and Québec have sealed alliances in the past to defend the principle of cultural exception. It essentially aims at limiting the effects of globalization within the cultural industry, already under Anglo-Saxon domination. State funding of the film industry has sparked a number of debates within both societies. We shall first [...]

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Election upset has B.C. film industry reeling over lost tax breaks

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/election-upset-has-bc-film-industry-reeling-over-lost-tax-breaks/article12011314/ MARSHA LEDERMAN When you were watching the election results roll in on Tuesday night, you were not alone. Hollywood was watching too. “They were shocked. It was as if they were here,” says Peter Leitch, president of North Shore Studios and Mammoth Studios. “They knew more about the election in the major studios in [...]

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