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Samantha Allwinton joins Head Gear from Ingenious Media.

Samantha Allwinton has been named senior investment manager at UK financier Head Gear.

Allwinton previously spent three years at Ingenious Media on the investment team. She worked alongside Peter Touche on features including Fatman, staring Mel Gibson, and Anthony Hayes’ Gold. She also previously worked for Prescience and Working Title Films.

In her new position, Allwinton will oversee and run the negotiation, analysis and structuring of loans to media projects and companies.

Sophie Bell was Head Gear’s former investment manager but Allwinton is taking on a more senior role.

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Obsession, mystery, murder and betrayal culminate in a fragile coming-of-age story unlike any other in Amanda Adolfsson's stunning Swedish debut feature Young Sophie Bell.The titular Sophie (the radiant Felice Jankell) has just graduated high school and celebrates with her 'bestie' Alice (Hedda Stiernstedt) surrounded by the sea, the sun and a coquettish array of teenagers, the two girls plan their post-graduation lives together. Amidst young love and petty jealousies, theirs is a wistful relationship more intense than any other, but after a particularly regretful tiff Alice leaves to reside in Berlin alone.Their grudge is maintained and they do not even speak to each other as stubbornness prevails, but when Sophie suddenly receives the jolting news that Alice is found dead in Germany she is overcome...

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The Stockholm International Film Festival has unveiled the programme for its 25th edition, with more than 200 films from 60+ countries screening from Nov 5-16.

The festival opens with Mikael Marcimain’s hotly anticipated adaptation of Klas Östergren’s postwar Swedish classic Gentlemen [pictured].

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s Birdman will be the centerpiece film of the festival and Jean-Marc Vallee’s Wild will close.

“We are extra proud to present a record breaking program when celebrating our 25th anniversary,” said festival director Git Scheynius.

This year’s spotlight theme is hope, and films selected in that programme include Richard Raymond’s Desert Dancer, Hong Khaou’s Lilting, Shira Geffen’s Self Made and Stephen Daldry’s Trash.

Uma Thurman will be honoured with the Stockholm Achievement Award and give a public talk followed by a screening of Kill Bill 1 & 2.

Mike Leigh will also be honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award and will give a talk and screen Mr. Turner.

Ai...

The festival’s 25th edition will feature a contribution from Ai Weiwei and competition titles including Whiplash, Nightcrawler and Foxcatcher.

The Stockholm International Film Festival (Nov 5-16) is to present its Achievement Award to Us actress Uma Thurman.

The Kill Bill star will will visit Stockholm to receive the prestigious Bronze Horse and meet the audience during an exclusive “Face2Face”.

Thurman will also take part in the inauguration ceremony, which will include the unveiling of an ice sculpture by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei.

Weiwei was a Stockholm jury member last year but since he wasn’t allowed to leave China, he sent an empty chair named ”The Chair for Non-attendance” as symbol of his absence.

He is still not allowed to leave China so will send a design that will be portrayed in the form of a large ice sculpture symbolising this years’ Spotlight theme - Hope.

Brazil

The festival will focus this year on Brazil...