Armando Iannucci’s Charles Dickens adaptation The Personal History Of David Copperfield leads the nominations for the 21st British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs), which were revealed today (October 30).

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The international competition for first and second-time filmmakers will screen 11 films, including China’s Suburban Birds, India’s The Man Who Feels No Pain and Japan’s Jesus (see full line-up below). The best film in the international competition will receive a cash prize of $60,000.

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I, Anna director Barnaby Southcombe has started principal photography on Scarborough, starring Jodhi May, Jordan Bolger and Jessica Barden.

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The IFFAM Project Market (IPM) has unveiled 14 films that will be presented during its event December 9-11.

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The IFFAM Project Market (IPM) has today announced a selection of 14 promising feature-film projects to be presented at its third edition 9-11 December. The IPM takes place within the framework of the Festival’s, Industry Hub.

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On the 13th May, as part of the China Co-Production Day, the CNC, in partnership with the Marché du Film and Bridging the Dragon, will organize a panel focusing on recent developments within international co-productions with China.

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The Cannes film market’s first China Co-Production Day has recruited a roster of top execs comprising Jerry Ye, CEO of Huayi Brothers Pictures, Vincent Grimond, president of France’s Wild Bunch, and TrustNordisk/Zentropa China chief Rikke Ennis, for its panel on co-productions between Europe and China. Read more

China’s Thunder Communications and UK’s Poisson Rouge to collaborate on up to five titles; first drama centres on a real investigation into mysterious biological weapons that were used against the Chinese.

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