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  • It’s been a busy old year at the box office. Alice has been to Wonderland, Nanny McPhee returned with a bang, the toys told their story in 3D, Scott Pilgrim went up against the world, some schmucks got together for dinner, and people networked socially. With so many films to pick from it can’t have been easy for the UK’s regional film critics to choose their highlights of 2010. But choose they did, and the...

    Richard Attenborough Film Awards 2010 – And the winner is…

    It’s been a busy old year at the box office. Alice has been to Wonderland, Nanny McPhee returned with a bang, the toys told their story in 3D, Scott Pilgrim went up against the world, some schmucks got together for dinner, and people networked socially. With so many films to pick from it can’t have been easy for the UK’s regional film critics to choose their highlights of 2010. But choose they did, and the...

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  • Leading British producer STEPHEN WOOLLEY has spent a lifetime steeped in movies, from tearing cinema tickets in 1970s London to producing a string of award-winning box-office hits including The Crying Game and How to Lose Friends and Alienate People. Film journalist Jan Gilbert catches up with Woolley to find out about Sounds Like Teen Spirit, an irresistible feel-good film which follows four young singer-songwriters from across Europe on their road to the Junior Eurovision finals....

    Stephen Woolley (producer) – Sounds Like Teen Spirit

    Leading British producer STEPHEN WOOLLEY has spent a lifetime steeped in movies, from tearing cinema tickets in 1970s London to producing a string of award-winning box-office hits including The Crying Game and How to Lose Friends and Alienate People. Film journalist Jan Gilbert catches up with Woolley to find out about Sounds Like Teen Spirit, an irresistible feel-good film which follows four young singer-songwriters from across Europe on their road to the Junior Eurovision finals....

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  • BAFTA-nominated British director JAMIE JAY JOHNSON has made short films about the MiniGolf World Championships, holidaying in his bedroom, and Eric the Eel, the slowest swimmer in Olympic history. But for his first feature film, Sounds Like Teen Spirit, he turned his attention to Junior Eurovision, the world’s biggest annual song contest for young people. Johnson talks to Movie Mundo about backing losers and shedding tears. MMM: With so many countries and contestants involved in...

    Jamie Jay Johnson (director) – Sounds Like Teen Spirit

    BAFTA-nominated British director JAMIE JAY JOHNSON has made short films about the MiniGolf World Championships, holidaying in his bedroom, and Eric the Eel, the slowest swimmer in Olympic history. But for his first feature film, Sounds Like Teen Spirit, he turned his attention to Junior Eurovision, the world’s biggest annual song contest for young people. Johnson talks to Movie Mundo about backing losers and shedding tears. MMM: With so many countries and contestants involved in...

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