17/04/2009

Optimum Releasing and Metrodome Distribution are the biggest beneficiaries in the latest round of funding announced by the UK Film Council’s Prints and Advertising Fund.

Optimum received £210,000 for Armando Iannucci’s In the Loop [+see also:
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Metrodome received £156,000 for Eran Creevy’s Shifty [+see also:
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£100,000 was awarded to Dogwoof for Franny Armstrong’s The Age of Stupid, which helped with the live satellite transmission of the film’s premiere and Q&A session in London to more than 60 cinemas across the UK. Dogwoof also received £4,440 for Dorris Dörrie’s Cherry Blossoms [+see also:
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In other awards, Artificial Eye received £5,000 for Paolo Sorrentino’s Il Divo [+see also:
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interview: Nicola Giuliano
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interview: Philippe Desandre
film profile]; Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment £5,000 for Nicola Collins’ The End; Revolver Entertainment £5,000 for Werner Herzog’s Encounters at the End of the World, and £5,000 for James Toback’s Tyson; Met Film £5,000 for Maeve Murphy’s Beyond the Fire; New Wave £5,000 for Joe Lawlor and Christine Molloy’s Helen [+see also:
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interview: Joe Lawlor and Christine M…
film profile]; High Fliers Films £5,000 for Richard Jobson’s New Town Killers [+see also:
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