The acquisition of the love story about Princess Diana is part of a new strategy to focus on films of a bigger scale.
The former BBC executive will be based in London
The world premiere of the privately financed science fiction action thriller will be at Cannes
The effort put into negotiating a VPF deal for exhibitors was one of the factors behind the awards, presented at the annual conference
Zephyr Films, Scott Free, Future Films Group, StudioCanal, Film 4 and BBC Films are among the participants.
The addition of Wayne Blair's debut about an all-girl Aboriginal group singing to the troops in Vietnam gives Australia a feature in official selection.
A new technology-neutral regime should be introduced, the committee argues, but for distributors offering professional television-like content only.
The official UK/Australian co-production will be filmed in Scotland, Thailand and Queensland.