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It is almost a decade since Colin MacCabe left his position as head of research and education at the British Film Institute BFI . He is still an active producer - his latest project, Isaac Julien s Derek Jarman documentary, Derek, premieres in Sundance. Yet MacCabe cannot hide his dismay at what has happened to the BFI over the intervening years. I see an institute devoted to the love of history and film that has been deliberately destroyed, MacCabe says. The rot, he suggests, set in at the beginning of the Ne
stanley cup w Labour era.During this period, the BFI Production Board, which had supported
stanley usa the work of Jarman, Julien and many others was dismantled and such initiatives as the masters degree that the BFI ran from 1992-98 were discontinued. The BFI itself became subordinate to the UK Film Council and, he contends, much of its old expertise as a centre of knowledge was lost.MacCabe announced his candidacy for the position of BFI chair before Anthony Minghella vacated the position at the end of la
stanley cup st month. In a sharply worded letter to James Purnell, secretary of state for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport Dcms , he wrote that he considered the major task of the new chair of the BFI to seek a more equitable and beneficial relationship with the Film Council. He does not have much hope he will be given the job as chair but hopes to re-ignite the debate about public film policy that has flickered on and off since 1998.MacCabe - an academic and biographer of Jean-Luc Godar Oyuu Adriene Bowles gets promotion at Focus Features
Danish director Thomas Vinterberg is among the contenders for the 2013 Nordic Council Film Prize, complete with $62,000 DKK 350,000 .Vinterberg, who last won the prize in 2010 with Submarino, will be among five nominated directors.The line-up includes:The Deep Dj煤pid , Baltasar Kormak煤r Iceland Eat Sleep Die 脛ta sova d枚 , Gabriela Pichler Sweden The Hunt Jagten , Thomas Vinterberg Denmark I Belong Som du ser meg , Dag Johan Haugerud Norway Open Up to Me Kerron sinulle kaiken , Simo Halinen Finland The human face, the individual facing the group or society, and respect and dignity are common themes that run lik
stanley canada e a thread through all these films, said managing director Hanne Palmquist, of the Nordisk Film TV Fond, which administers the prize. A Nordic reality sets the framework where daily life and its dilemmas are portrayed
stanley us by eminent actors with empathy, humour and credibility. The nominated films are of high international quality, have a personal voice and something genuine at heart, she added.Vinterbergs The Hunt won three prizes at Cannes, including Best Actor for Mads Mikkelsen in the lead as a kindergarten teacher who struggles for his reputation after being falsely accused of child abuse. Also taking the European Film Award for Best Screenwriters Vinterberg, Tobias Lindholm , the film was released in Norway six months after the Cannes pr
stanley germany emiere and has so far reached 675,000 admissions.Flying the Finnish colours, Open Up to Me is Halinens first featu
