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Film News: Emerging filmmakers at the heart of event — Three years of funding from the U.K. Film Council to raise fest’s profile is over and the future is opaque.

Film News: Legislation will change how pics are financed — Following onstage protests at the Transylvania Film Festival on Saturday, Romania’s filmmakers are continuing their efforts to derail a proposed new film law that they say will set back the industry 20 years.

Film News: Song remains the same, but execution is different — Like everything connected with cinema, music for trailers has evolved.

Film News: Polish pic likely to shoot in 2012 — Polish actress/director Malgorzata Potocka is to make a new film with acclaimed novelist and scriptwriter Andrzej Bart.

Film News: Mother’s Day, Earth Day are new launchpads — It was the mother of all box office surprises last week when “Babies” doubled its B.O. estimations, thanks to mostly female Mother’s Day filmgoers.

Film News: New film commission has streamlined the permitting process — With Abu Dhabi now firmly established as a presence in Hollywood, the emirate is turning its attention to its home turf, which it hopes to make into a hot spot for international shoots and an incubator for the local film industry.

Film News: ‘Modern Family’ star to topline coming-of-age drama — Pic is directed by Chris Neil and produced by Daniela Taplin Lundberg.

Film News: Film is their first collaboration in 21 years — Twenty-one years after “Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!” Pedro Almodovar will re-team with Antonio Banderas on the Spanish director’s new film, “La piel que habito.”

Film News: Film is their first collaboration in 21 years — Twenty-one years after “Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!” Pedro Almodovar will re-team with Antonio Banderas on the Spanish director’s new film, “La piel que habito.”

Film News: Filmmaster taps Granata to head office — A new film law in Italy has been luring international co-productions to the country.