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'Aquarius' US distributor to launch Oscar campaign after Brazil snub
Vitagraph Films will be touting Sonia Braga for Best Actress at next year’s Academy Awards.
Packed market leaves Swiss distributors fighting for space
Studios saw healthy returns in Switzerland in 2015, but this left little room for local distributors to manoeuvre.
Spain’s Jason Bayon scores Zurich Film Festival music prize
Bayon triumphed in the competition to score Seth Boyden’s animated short An Object At Rest.
Zurich Summit: Economics of the gender gap don't add up, say experts
Four of the five top-grossing independent films in the US this year have starred and centred on women.
Oliver Stone: making 'Snowden' was a “desperate venture”
Maverick director discusses funding battle and says “evil” Hillary Clinton deserves “the [biopic] full treatment”.
Festivals and Awards
'Aquarius' US distributor to launch Oscar campaign after Brazil snub
Vitagraph Films will be touting Sonia Braga for Best Actress at next year’s Academy Awards.
ScreenTech
Indie VOD service FilmDoo launches crowdfunding campaign
Campaign aimed at raising $127,000 (£95,000) to fund technology improvements, product development and marketing for world cinema VOD platform.
Production News
Oliver Stone: making 'Snowden' was a “desperate venture”
Maverick director discusses funding battle and says “evil” Hillary Clinton deserves “the [biopic] full treatment”.
Latest box office news
'The Magnificent Seven' rides out through SPRI, MGM
The western remake, which MGM and Columbia Pictures co-financed, rides out in 39 markets through Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI) this weekend.
'Bridget Jones's Baby' delivers $29m international opening (update)
SEPTEMBER 19 UPDATE: A Chinese Odyssey: Part Three leads the way with $35.8m from its two territories; The Age Of Shadows adds $21.4m in South Korea for $45.2m to date.
Corporate News
'Night Manager' team to be honoured at UK Production Guild Awards
The Ink Factory production team will pick up the Team Of The Year Award, accountant Pollyanna Gill wins Spotlight Award.
