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MISHANDLED Jessica Wright and Morgann Runacre Temple shoot new dance film with James O'Hara in Nottingham.	WORK IN PROGRESS Margaret Williams to make new dance film with Victoria Marks in Los Angeles this autumn.	DEVELOPMENT FUNDING FOR FEATURE FILM The Britten-Pears Foundation has awarded development funding to MJW for its feature film about composer Benjamin Britten and tenor Peter Pears. Writer Neil Bartlett will chart the love story between Britten and Pears from the moment they first meet until the premier of PETER GRIMES in 1945.

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TRIPLE BILL Wayne McGregor's LIMEN, & CHROMA filmed at the Royal Opera House by Margaret Williams with an introduction by Wayne plus INFRA, also filmed at ROH, will soon be available on DVD.	CASTING FOR STELLA - A PIECE OF ME Casting for the feature film STELLA - A PIECE OF ME is well underway. Keep an eye on the website for the latest news.	March 2010 MJW and Les Films du Présent co-produce the documentary WAYNE McGREGOR: BEAUTY IN SCIENCE. The film is directed by Catherine Maximoff and commissioned by arte France. The documentary features performances by Random Dance.


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Ellen Page in Mouth to Mouth Alison Murray’s MOUTH TO MOUTH opens in France as REBELLE ADOLESCENCE distributed by Cosmopolis in collaboration with Insomnia. February 2010 A special edit of Shelly's Love's THE FORGOTTEN CIRCUS is to be released as the video promo for In This Shirt by The Irrespressibles. September 2009 Veterans is aired on Canal 33 in Spain in September 11th. March 2009 Anne Beresford is the first UK producer to be selected for the 6th annual Buenos Aires Lab (BAL), the co-production market of the Buenos Aires Independent Film Festival (BAFICI) taking place in March 2009. January 2009 VETERANS by Margaret Williams and Victoria Marks wins the International Prize at Videodansa Barcelona Festival 2009 with a cash award €4,000. January 2009 Margaret Williams is chosen as one of South East Dance’s Screen Dance Artists Fellows 2009. This scheme is specifically targeted towards mid-career and established artists, who wish to focus on research and development that would benefit their future career in screen dance. December 2008 4DANCE: DANCE 4 FILM is broadcast on Saturday 27th December at 15:30 on Channel 4. We hope you enjoy it! The Sunday Times notes that ‘showcasing brilliant ideas, it reminds us that choreography has a vibrant life that goes way beyond Strictly Come Dancing’		November 2008 Sven Schnell of Make a Move joins the feature film project STELLA – A PIECE OF ME currently in development. STELLA is a contemporary comedy of love, sex, lies and independence adapted from Portuguese writer Ricardo Adolfo's novel MIZE. The co-production comes about through a meeting at the Mannheim Meetings . October 2008 VETERANS receives its premier in Troy, New York at empac. May 2008 MOUTH TO MOUTH, the award-winning feature film debut of Alison Murray, has its UK theatrical release and distribution by Dogwoof . The film was screened at The Empire Leicester Square. Great reviews in Empire and from Derek Malcolm in The Evening Standard. April 2008 DANCE 4 FILM in its Australian format THE ABC OF DANCE 4 FILM goes out in primetime on ABC . The series was a collaboration with Circe Films and supported by Australian Council for the Arts. June 2007 MARGARET WILLIAMS DANCE FILM A Retrospective 1988 2007: a multi-screen installation throughout the Wapping Project, connects viewers with Margaret's extraordinary body of work as a dance-film maker. Read Debra Craine’s review for The Times and Judith Mackrell’s blog entry for guardian.co.uk.