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Fort Tilden wins SXSW
Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers’ comedy earned the narrative feature competition grand jury prize while Margaret Brown’s Deepwater Horizon disaster film The Great Invisible prevailed in the documentary section.
Epic goes on The Patrol
EXCLUSIVE: Epic Pictures to distribute Afghanistan war film The Patrol in US.
Arrow hires head of restoration
James White joins UK distributor, which will now offer restoration services to third parties.
Wong, Czernin, Ross join BFI board
Andrea Wong, Pete Czernin and Jonathan Ross have joined the BFI’s governing board.
Temporary Family moves into Edko slate
Edko Films will be launching sales on Cheuk Wan Chi’s Temporary Family, a romantic comedy starring Nick Cheung, Sammi Cheng and Angelababy, at the upcoming Filmart content market in Hong Kong.
Festivals and Awards
Locarno's April event will honour Edgar Reitz
Mario Martone will also participate in public conversation.
ScreenTech
CJ 4DPlex to present at CinemaCon
The South Korean 4D cinema company will bring its 4DX technology to the Las Vegas convention.
3D Producers Lab delegates named
Second 3D Creative Summit Producers Lab to take place at the BFI on March 13.
Production News
Arrow hires head of restoration
James White joins UK distributor, which will now offer restoration services to third parties.
Latest box office news
Snowpiercer locks China release date
Korean studio CJ Entertainment’s China office has confirmed that Bong Joon Ho’s Snowpiercer will be released in mainland China on March 17.
300 dismantles Lego in the UK
Warner Bros’ sequel scores $4.6m (£2.8m) debut to top UK chart; Fox’s The Grand Budapest Hotel records Wes Anderson’s best-ever UK bow.
Corporate News
Wong, Czernin, Ross join BFI board
Andrea Wong, Pete Czernin and Jonathan Ross have joined the BFI’s governing board.
