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Article: Coming soon: films you will want to watch

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April 15, 2001
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SCOTLAND'S film-makers are about to get an offer they cannot refuse.

Scottish Screen - the national film agency which hands out grants worth pounds 3m a year - is appointing a "movie minder" who will ensure that in return for their cash, film-makers aim for a box office hit.

The move follows intense criticism of Scottish Screen that it was concentrating its efforts on obscure movies which pleased the art house crowd but flopped at the box office.

The "movie minder" will be an Executive Producer who will nursemaid the projects proposed by film-makers.

The new appointee will ensure they are fully developed before they approach Scottish Screen's development committee for lottery financing, ...

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