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16th April 2010 03:12 Does Psycho still shock? Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho was a box-office sensation that changed cinema. As it returns to the Norwich big screen on its 50th anniversary, SIMON PARKIN looks at why that shower scene still has the power to...
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05th April 2010 02:35 Financing the film industry Despite budget cuts, the UK Film Council is helping to promote British talent, says Nick...
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26th March 2010 10:00 Tax break for computer games industry welcomed Plans to offer tax breaks to the UK computer games industry has been welcomed by a Norwich university. Marie-Claire Isaaman, leader of the games art and design course at the Norwich University College of the Arts (NUCA), was among influential members of the industry who lobbied the chancellor of the..
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23rd March 2010 06:39 Young film makers of the future to be showcased at London 2012 22 Mar 2010 - Young film makers can win a chance to get their work showcased at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games through a major new UK-wide competition Film Nation: Shorts announced today by British Film stars Nicholas Hoult, Georgia Groome, and Thomas...
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20th March 2010 05:36 Norfolk-shot film The Scouting Book for Boys released The Scouting Book for Boys, the latest film to use Norfolk as a filming location, has hit the...
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19th March 2010 12:53 Batman takes best game at Baftas Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Charlie Brooker on the winners at the Bafta awards Batman: Arkham Asylum has been crowned best game at the Bafta 2010...
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09th March 2010 08:54 Cinemas enjoy a bumper year Cinemas in Norwich are celebrating a bumper year, with people flocking to see films because the recession has forced them to seek cheaper nights out. Hit movies like the Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire, which was directed by Danny Boyle, helped attract people to the cinema in their droves in...
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02nd March 2010 09:20 McKellen hails budding film talent Sir Ian McKellen has hailed the First Light Awards for demonstrating budding film talent in Britain's youth - and for showing that young people can work...
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11th February 2010 03:21 Film fund of £3.5m to boost Norfolk movies Norfolk's film industry is to enjoy a boost after a £3.5m fund was unveiled to help get movies made in the county onto the silver screen. A raft of funding opportunities has been revealed that could help the county's filmmakers, television producers and computer games creators realise their...
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10th February 2010 05:04 Ex-Potter producer to head UKFC fund 11 minutes ago | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news ' Tanya Seghatchian has been named the head of the newly-unified UK Film Council (UKFC)...
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Screen East news

DCMS acknowledges value of Screen Agencies 27th July 2010
Following the announcement on 26 July 2010, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport acknowledged the value of the screen agencies by issuing an endorsement: “The screen agencies do an excellent job promoting film production, video games development, skills and...
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UK Film Council to be abolished 26th July 2010
In an announcement on 26 July 2010, Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt, outlined plans to abolish the UK Film Council as part of an efficiency review of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s (DCMS) 55 public bodies.

The DCMS said that...
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Oscars Foriegn Language Film Award 19th July 2010
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts is the organisation appointed by the
American Academy to select the UK’s submission for consideration for the Foreign
Language Film Award at the 83rd American Academy Awards in 2011.
Eligible films must have been released...
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