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Pathe racks up deals for Philomena, Mandela
Other hot sellers include Cannes Competition hit The Great Beauty by Paolo Sorrentino.
Panh's The Missing Picture wins Cannes UCR prize
Other winners include Omar, Stranger By The Lake, La Jaula De Oro and Fruitvale Station.
Fipresci prizes awarded in Cannes
Winners include Blue Is The Warmest Colour, Manuscripts Don’t Burn and Blue Ruin.
SPC bites into Jarmusch film
Sony Pictures Classics has swooped on Jim Jarmusch’s vampire tale Only Lovers Left Alive in Cannes ahead of the world premiere on Saturday [25]. Hanway Films handles international sales.
Gatsby crosses $100m in US
The Great Gatsby has crossed $100m at the North American box office on its 14th day of release, Warner Bros announced on Friday [24].
Me, Myself and Mum wins Directors' Fortnight
Guillaume Galliennes’s autobiographical comedy about his relationship with his mother scoops unofficial top prize at Cannes.
MEPs vote for “cultural exception”
The European Parliament has voted to keep culture out of EU-US trade talks.
SPC tucks into The Lunchbox
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired all North American rights to Cannes Critics’ Week winner The Lunchbox.
Buyers strike for Fortissimo's Borgman
Territories sold for Cannes Competition title include Russia, Portugal, Hungary, Poland and more.
Selfish Giant wins Cannes Europa Cinemas Label
Clio Barnard’s UK feature The Selfish Giant has been awarded the Europa Cinemas Label in Cannes.
EuropaCorp revenue jumps 10%
Hike led by sales of TV series including XIII, No Limit and Flight of the Storks.
Robert Redford joins 3D Wenders project
EXCLUSIVE: Wim Wenders has announced that Robert Redford is to direct one of the films in the 3D/2D series Cathedrals Of Culture project.
Shoot starts for The Fitzroy
Dresden Pictures has started shooting 1950s-set black comedy The Fitzroy directed by Andrew Harmer.
Springsteen doc gets global launch
Arts Alliance Media is planning a worldwide cinema broadcast of music documentary Springsteen & I on July 22.
Cannes: new leader in Screen jury's scores
With the main Cannes competition screenings schedule reaching its end, there is a hot new leader in the annual Screen critics chart.
Shanghai unveils projects line-up
The Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) has unveiled the 30 projects that will participate in the two strands of its SIFF Project annual co-production market.
Europa's Monzier to join Unifrance US
Monzier was instrumental in setting up the Europa Distribution network.
Sedic sells Oshin across Asia
Japanese production and sales company Sedic International has clinched a string of Asian pre-sales on Shin Togashi’s drama Oshin, including a sale to JMD Entertainment for South Korea.
Mongrel takes four for Canada
Hungry Canadian buyer Mongrel Media has snapped up four more films in Cannes, taking the competition trio Jimmy P., Like Father, Like Son and Young And Beautiful as well as Un Certain Regard entry Bastards.
Salvo wins Cannes Critics’ Week
Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza’s Salvo has won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival’s 52nd Critics’ Week.
Lovelace to close East End fest
12th edition of the festival, which runs June 25-July 10, to feature 16 world premieres, two European premieres and 28 UK premieres.
Sundance Selects finds Selfish Giant
Sundance Selects has picked up North American rights from Protagonist Pictures to Clio Barnard’s Directors’ Fortnight entry The Selfish Giant starring Conner Chapman, Shaun Thomas and Sean Gilder.
Double Dutch closes slew of deals
Canada’s Double Dutch International has licensed rights in Cannes to Level 1 Entertainment’s thriller Detour starring Neil Hopkins and Brea Grant, closing deals with IPA Asia Pacific for Japan, Thailand and Vietnam.
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Cumberbatch to narrate Jerusalem
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Schatzberg to attend Karlovy Vary
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BelSoe launched in Singapore
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Well Go gets On The Job
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Young & Beautiful attracts Sundance Selects
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Cannes 2013: Screen's dailies
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Cannes 2013 buoyed by US buys
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Pepperland's Saleem planning epic
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MPM sells Workers
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Australia's Umbrella gets Cold in July
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Peccadillo scoops five features
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Schlöndorff returning to US
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Molinare moving away from equity
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Euro producers join The Surge
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Dardennes: “Please Save Culture!”
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Chile readies first 3D film
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Shochiku to restore Ozu quartet
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Russia's Paradise opening US cinema
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Film finance site launches
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UTV boards Ship of Theseus
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Way Out West to expand
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Raven Banner to wield Hatchet III
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France-Rio renews partnership
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eOne falls for Naomi Watts' Diana
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Odessa to honour Winterbottom
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Todd Haynes to direct Carol
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AFI DOCS to honour Errol Morris
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Contreras lines up Language
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Provincetown adds 2013 honourees
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Cinedigm acquires TIFF premiere Visitors
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Vertical finds The Snow Queen
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Film London, France renew deal
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Mandela biopic scores major sales
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Music Box takes Oh Boy for US
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UK's Arrow targets thriller Pioneer
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Lionsgate acquires US on Blood Ties
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French Film Festival UK to pay tribute to de Funès, Pialat
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Primeridian lines up Future
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Sundance Selects gets Blue
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Buyers play Altitude’s Big Game
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Lionsgate breaks its Cannes record
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RADiUS-TWC buys Tai Chi
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Hutcherson to star in Ape
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Harper, Thorne team for War Book
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IM Global Walks with Redford
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US attendance up 7% at Marché
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Coraline producer ties with UK animation firm
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Distributors snap up Blue Ruin
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Buyers take Stranger By The Lake
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Webber to direct The Colour
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IFT sells King of the Kastle
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Medina joins Number 9’s Golem
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Sugar Man exec making God of Driving
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Magnolia seals ABCs of Death 2 deals
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Independent boards Pussy Riot doc
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Paulo Branco reveals new projects
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Miss Julie producer plans incest drama
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Highland reports Barely Lethal sales
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Yellow Affair embraces The Carer
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Love Is In The Air for Swipe
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Greek producers launch Heretic
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NYU Graduate slate comes to Cannes
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UK picks up Sake-Bomb
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ARRI'S Ploe scores pre-sales
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Love Changes wins Chinese talent prize
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Soul Food on Attack!
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1,000 Rupee Note production wraps
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Kevin Williams acquires Zomblogalypse
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Tanweer in buying spree
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EFP unveils new board members
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TWC acquires Passengers
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Hemsworth boards Aurora Rising
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Crossing Lines to open Monte Carlo
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Zurich fest launches screenwriting prize
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Sheffield launches Doc/Craft programme
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Universal nabs Van Damme comedy
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Clapp elected UNIC president
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Film London ties with Rio Film
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IM Global, Impuls sign output deal
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Zentropa, Nordisk board Long Ships
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Fox to finance Kashyap's Bombay Velvet
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Rogers to head Film Export UK
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Kino Lorber takes A Touch of Sin
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eOne reports 25% growth
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Paris Projects reveals 2013 line-up
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Producers to finish last Luna film
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Buyers fly to Cronenberg’s Stars
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Cargo unpacks Kristen Wiig comedy
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Wild Side acquires Starred Up
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Metrodome pre-buys Body's Tears
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Lotus falls for Unconscious
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Bac happy to take Sadness Club
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Equation goes on Death March
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Metrodome gets Moodysson
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LUFF 2013 titles revealed
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Cinenord planning heroic husky film
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Slot to head World Cinema fund
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Bong Joon-ho to chair Edinburgh jury
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Riot spreads to digital platforms
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Village Roadshow invests in Irresistible
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Rainmark, Beta move into Night
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Royal Affair star joins Serial Killer
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Buyers flock to Raven Banner
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SC signs The Last Showing
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Eventival, Black Market Online pact
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Golden Bird plans $60m Mumbai studio
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Revolution gets third Cannes screening
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Eyewell gets into bed with Nymphs
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Gonera brings Sugar to South Africa
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Monterey takes The Citizen for North America
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Screen Australia backs dozen
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Cinepix joins space-shoot Newcomers
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American Dreams opens strongly in China
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Nazi massacre film to shoot
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Belfast bites for Universal’s Dracula
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Disney's Hollis wins CineEurope award
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Uncork'd, Viva get Cold Blooded
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FilmAid appoints Simon Goff
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Pepperland among Sanad recipients
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eOne adopts Simon's Cat
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Distrify strikes Facebook partnership
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Buyers join Jinga's Human Race
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Fast & Furious 6 tops UK box office
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Solar Studios to launch in Romania
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Mongrel acquires Warmest Color
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Tomahawk sells for Celluloid, uConnect
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Exclusive Media, Moores, Rutland sign pact
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Corsan sends Haggis film global
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Rapace pushes Alive Alone at Cannes
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Wenders: loss of 'cultural exception' would be disaster
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First image: Catch Me Daddy
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Ocean returns to distribution wave
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Vaines teams with Chapman Bros
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Buyers Jump on AV thriller
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Damon: Cannes 2013 lacking riches
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Pooh creator biopic hits Cannes
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Kusturica to direct Love and War
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Protagonist bites Lanthimos' Lobster
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Dinklage to star in Hop Frog
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Pretty Pictures takes The Notebook
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Picturehouse takes Blue Ruin UK rights
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Last Days team open to sequel
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UPI gets Posh as cast gathers
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Black Book star to play Garbo
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FSC scores Crash Reel sales
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Cinemavault boards Johnny Christ
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Films Distribution sells Cheap Thrills
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Edko, Encore Rockin’ with 9ers
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Banderas joins The 33
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Star Trek opens in US on $71m
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Gatsby rules int'l on $42.1m
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SPC acquires Farhadi's The Past
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Phase 4 acquires Philosophers
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Cinecoup first Telefilm Canada private partner
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Phase 4 takes Free Ride
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Sundance Selects Two Days, One Night
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Wrekin Hill gets Siberian Education
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DIFF to host Cinematic Innovation Summit
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TWC takes Suite Francaise US rights
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FIP Germany readies Doctor, Rico
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FFI reports Black Sea sales surge
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Kapadia, IM Global team on love story
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DreamWorks inks Euro output deals
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Cohen Media Group buys Tycoon
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Mongrel acquires The Great Beauty
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RADiUS-TWC acquires Blue Ruin
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QED, Huayi strikes China alliance
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James Marsh starts the Clock
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MPM boards Lucrecia Martel's Zama
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Clio Barnard in talks for Tusk
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Major travels to France, Greece
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Rezo selects SVoD for President
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Vinterberg toasts drinking culture
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Zellweger debut heads to France
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MAD launches pan-Arab distribution outfit
