All Screen articles in 10 January 2013
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NewsQED International snaps up Toy’s House on eve of EFM
New worldwide president of marketing and acquisitions John Hegeman made the announcement on Friday [25]. CBS Films picked up US rights earlier in the week and is targetting a 2013 release.
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NewsTraction reps North American rights to Sundance selection Lasting
Los Angeles-based Traction Media has come on board as North American sales representative of Jacek Borcuch’s Lasting.
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CommentFun with Foley
Live soundtrack event showcases Strickland’s one-minute 2005 original short Berberian Sound Studio [pictured].
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NewsCreative England backs Finlay's new music documentary
Creative England is backing Jeanie Finlay’s next Orion: The Man Who Would Be King.
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NewsSFFS, Kenneth Rainin Foundation extend partnership
The San Francisco Film Society (SFFS) announced on Thursday [10] that it would receive a “significant increase” in funding to its Filmmaker360 programmes through a renewal of its relationship with the Kenneth Rainin Foundation.
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NewsPi set to sweep past $350m mark for Fox
Ang Lee’s adventure ruled the international roost last weekend and is expected to do so again this weekend, boosted by 11 Academy Award nominations.
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NewsGael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna collaborate on shorts
Canana founders Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna are to each direct a short, both of which are connected.
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Berlin unveils Generation line-up
The Berlin Film Festival has released it full line-up to focus on children and young people in cinema – Generation – and includes 31 world premieres.
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CommentAcademy Award nominees: the verdict
Academy members have come up with a boisterous selection of nominees that tips its hat to the populist vote – the Holy Grail for the Academy these days. But there are some whopping omissions, not the least of which is a complete shut-out for The Dark Knight Rises.
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NewsLincoln leads Oscar nominations
Lincoln leads the pack of Oscar nominees announced today, with 12 nods. Life of Pi follows closely with 11, then Les Misérables and Silver Linings Playbook with eight each, and Argo with seven.
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NewsBusan reports 177% location boost
The Busan Film Commission (BFC) has announced 24 feature films and 37 other works of visual media shot on location last year in South Korea’s second city for a total of 698 days - up 177% year-on-year. Feature films included CJ Entertainment’s summer sci-fi thriller Deranged and Showbox’s mega box ...
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News5 Broken Cameras takes top prize at Cinema Eye awards
Detropia wins two prizes at the New York ceremony; Bully wins audience award.
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NewsLevelK takes rights to Best Man Down
The international rights to Ted Koland’s debut feature have been picked up by Danish sales company LevelK.
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NewsLives of Others producers reunite with Schweighöfer for third directorial outing
Wiedemann & Berg Film, producers of Oscar-winning The Lives Of Others, are to be reunited with actor-producer-director Matthias Schweighöfer for his third directorial outing Vaterfreuden later this year.
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NewsBFI launches Vision Awards to back UK producers with up to £2.5m over next two years
BFI Film Fund head Ben Roberts notes new relaxed eligibility criteria will encourage more breadth of producers to apply.
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NewsArgo wins best picture at Critics’ Choice Movie Awards
The Broadcast Film Critics Association’s (BFCA) 18th awards in Santa Monica also honoured Daniel-Dawy Lewis for best actor and Jessica Chastain for best actress.
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CommentFirst photo of Gyllenhaal, Fassbender and Gleeson in Frank
Filming began in New Mexico this week on Frank and the first image shows Michael Fassbender between Maggie Gyllenhaal and Domhnall Gleeson in the iconic mask.
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NewsYash Raj Films to co-produce three with Dibakar Banerjee Productions
India’s Yash Raj Films (YRF) has announced a three picture co-production deal with Dibakar Banerjee Productions. The studio describes the deal as part of what “promises to be a long term strategy”.
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NewsGaumont finds homes for The Brats ahead of Paris RDV premiere
Company will also launch popular comedienne Reem Kherici’s directorial debut picture Paris or Perish (Paris à Tout Prix) [pictured] at the Unifrance meeting.
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NewsSky and Canal+ take The Bridge to bilingual co-production
Sky has greenlit its co-produced version of Scandinavian drama The Bridge, which it claims will be the first bilingual drama project made by broadcasters in France and the UK.