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TWC takes Suite Francaise US rights
19-May-2013
Entertainment One and TF1 have confirmed they are partnering with The Weinstein Company (TWC) on World War Two drama Suite Francaise. -
Chinese Shorts head to US, Euro TV
18-May-2013
Shenzhen Media Group and Shorts International have cut deal to bring Chinese short movies to US, European and African television audiences. -
Ray Harryhausen dies aged 92
7-May-2013
The visual effects godfather and producer, whose creations made famous the Sinbad films and Jason And The Argonauts, has died aged 92. -
Fox to screen Cleopatra in Cannes
6-May-2013
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment in association with Bulgari will premiere a restored version of the larger-than-life production in the Cannes Classics programme on May 21. -
Kidman, Ramsay on Cannes jury
24-Apr-2013
Nicole Kidman and British filmmaker Lynne Ramsay will join president Steven Spielberg in deciding the winner of the 66th Palme d’Or next month. -
Devils focus of The Reading
9-Apr-2013
Academy Nicholl winner James DiLapo’s script Devils At Play will be presented as the 2013 production of The Reading on May 18 in Texas. -
Europe VoD: Popularity contests
4-Apr-2013
How quickly is the VoD market developing across Europe – and how do services across the region compare? Screen correspondents report -
Shooting underway on Half Of A Yellow Sun
14-May-2012
Thandie Newton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Anika Noni Rose and Joseph Mawle star alongside newcomer John Boyega (pictured) from Attack The Block. Ealing Metro handles international sales. -
Stephen Rea, Fionnula Flannagan among cast ingredients on Tasting Menu
14-May-2012
Roger Gual directs the story about an estranged couple who honour their reservation at the best restaurant in the world on the venue’s final night of business. Trust Nordisk handles international sales. -
StudioCanal, Film4, BFI pact on salsa comedy Cuban Fury
3-May-2012
StudioCanal will handle worldwide sales on the title heading into Cannes and has scheduled a UK release for spring 2013. Nick Frost conceived the story and stars alongside Rashida Jones, Chris O’Dowd and Olivia Colman. -
Industry pays tribute to Tracy Lorie
22-Apr-2012
The beloved and widely admired marketing and publicity executive passed away peacefully at her Los Angeles home on Friday (20), one year after she was diagnosed with a brain tumour. -
Zeitgeist takes China Heavyweight, RT gets Dylan's Blood
4-Apr-2012
The distributor brokered the US rights deal to Yung Chang’s latest film with EyeSteelFilms. -
AFI FEST announces dates for 2012 edition
29-Mar-2012
The Los Angeles-based event is set to take place this year from Nov 1-8. -
Strand Releasing takes US rights to California Solo
28-Mar-2012
Robert Carlyle plays a former pop star who faces deportation from the US following a drunk driving arrest. Marshall Lewy’s film premiered at Sundance in January. -
European pictures
27-Mar-2012
How are Europe’s broadcasters adapting their film acquisition policies in the face of changing consumer patterns and economic crisis? -
Jerry Pierce to receive Inter-Society’s 2012 Ken Mason Award at CinemaCon
26-Mar-2012
The former svp of technology at Universal Pictures and founder/chairman of the Inter-Society’s Digital Cinema Forum will collect the honour in Las Vegas on Apr 24. -
Classic Media acquires rights to children’s favourite Noddy
7-Mar-2012
The company secured the property in a deal with Chorion on behalf of the Enid Blyton estate. -
Ballroom Marfa selects Cutter for exposure through The Reading
6-Mar-2012
The Nicholl Fellow winning screenplay from Dion Cook will benefit from the initiative to showcase top quality writing, launched last year by the Texas-based non-profit arts group Ballroom Marfa. -
Film Movement takes The Day I Saw Your Heart
28-Feb-2012
The French comedy stars Melanie Laurent and played in official selection at Canada’s Cinerama Film Festival and in various US festivals. -
ShortsHD hosts second annual award ceremony
27-Feb-2012
The invitation-only event held in West Hollywood at the weekend recognised this year’s Oscar nominated short filmmakers for live action, animation and documentary categories. The lifetime achievement award was presented to Nick Park. -
Arctic Rabbit Pictures lines up Tell No Tales shoot
23-Feb-2012
Filming on the drama is set to begin on Mar 26. Dexter’s Desmond Harrington and Prison Break’s Dominic Purcell will star and the cast includes David Zayas, Michael Nardone, Daniel Garcia and Miguel Angel Munoz. -
Outfest’s Fusion to honour Polk
22-Feb-2012
The event, officially called Fusion: the Los Angeles LGBT People Of Color Film Festival, will open on Mar 22 and honours filmmaker Patrik-Ian Polk. -
Stealth Media Group’s Foreverland to screen in Berlinale
31-Jan-2012
The film, based on a script by Shawn Riopelle and Maxwell McGuire, tells the story of a man stricken with cystic fibrosis who is tasked with taking his friend’s ashes to a healing shrine in Mexico. -
Home Again shooting in Trinidad before move to Toronto
28-Jan-2012
Principal photography is underway in Trinidad for Sudz Sutherland’s sophomore feature film Home Again. -
AFI, Levi's launch Show Us The Way shorts contest
23-Jan-2012
The competition calls filmmakers to submit treatments that are five minutes long on the subject of a better tomorrow. -
New Directors/New Films Festival 2012 line-up revealed
18-Jan-2012
The Film Society Of Lincoln Center and MoMA announced the seven titles on Wednesday (18), which include Joachim Trier’s Sundance-bound Norwegian entry Oslo, August 31st that has just been acquired by Strand Releasing. -
Full Frame 2012 to honour Stanley Nelson
17-Jan-2012
This year’s Full Frame Tribute will honour filmmaker Stanley Nelson who is best known for A Place of Our Own and Freedom Riders. -
Mapplethorpe among Tribeca All Access grantees
11-Jan-2012
A jury of industry professionals has culled 11 works in progress from a record breaking 690 submissions for the ninth annual programme. -
Produced By Conference to take place June 8-10 in LA
19-Dec-2011
The event is supported by the Producers Guild Of America (PGA) and returns with a new presenting sponsor in the form of the International CES produced by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and will take place on the Sony lot in Culver City. -
Sid Ganis to advise senior management At Dolby Laboratories
18-Dec-2011
The former president of the Academy Of Motion Picture Of Arts And Sciences has been engaged to deepen ties with the creative community. -
Paul Massey Named VP Sound Director for Sony Pictures
15-Dec-2011
Six-time Oscar nominee and three-time BAFTA winner Paul Massey will handle theatrical re-recording as the new vp sound director for Sony Pictures Post Production Facilities. -
Christopher Plummer to receive SBIFF’s highest honour
15-Dec-2011
Plummer, who earned a Golden Globe supporting actor nomination for Beginners on Thursday (15), will be the subject of a tribute by the Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) when he collects the Modern Master Award on Jan 28. -
Academy’s Science And Technology Council swells the ranks
14-Dec-2011
The Science And Technology Council of the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences has added four members to its 2011-2012 roster, bringing total membership to 24. -
GFI unveils ten-strong 2012 Global Lens roster
7-Dec-2011
The latest film series will run from Jan 12-28 at New York’s Museum Of Modern Art prior to a year-long tour including full series screenings and festival screenings in more than 50 cities across North America. -
Chapman University's Dodge to build Filmmakers’ Village
1-Dec-2011
The Dodge College Of Film And Media Arts has unveiled details of its $100m live-learn project for film students. -
Dreamworks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg gets Pioneer of the Year honour
30-Nov-2011
Award to be presented in April at CinemaCon. -
Heather Graham To Receive Career Achievement Award At Bahamas
30-Nov-2011
Boogie Nights star Heather Graham will be honoured with the career achievement award at the Bahamas International Film Festival this month in Nassau. -
SeeFlik online competition to showcase student filmmaking
29-Nov-2011
The online contest will offer two concurrent short film awards including the Judge’s Award and Fans Favorite award exclusively to students. -
Lee Papert named president, CEO of the Dallas Film Society
28-Nov-2011
The new arrival takes over from Tanya Foster and starts work as president and CEO on Dec 5. -
Provincetown Film Society secures grants for festival, Institute renovation
17-Nov-2011
Massachusetts-based Provincetown Film Society has been awarded grants by MassDevelopment and The National Endowment For The Arts (NEA) to support the filmmaking community in Provincetown and Outer Cape. -
Rob Marshall to receive CAS Filmmaker Award
14-Nov-2011
The Cinema Audio Society (CAS) will present the director of Chicago and Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides with the honour on Feb 18 in Los Angeles. -
ASC unveils quartet of honourees for February gala
10-Nov-2011
Dante Spinotti, William Wages, Francis Kenny and Fred Godfrey will be celebrated at the American Society Of Cinematographers (ASC) awards night on Feb 12 in Hollywood. -
First Run acquires documentary Wish Me Away
10-Nov-2011
The distributor plans a spring 2012 theatrical release for Bobbie Birleffi and Beverly Kopf’s award-winning film with VoD, video and television to follow. -
Shorts International acquires LA Love Story
10-Nov-2011
UK-based Shorts International has acquired director Sergio John Myers’ LA Love Story for one year for distribution on iTunes. -
George Tillman Jr to direct Miles Davis biopic
9-Nov-2011
The film will be based loosely on the book Dark Magus: The Jekyll And Hyde Life Of Miles Davis by the late jazz maestro’s eldest son Gregory Davis. -
SFFS/KRF names ten grant finallists
3-Nov-2011
Winners will be unveiled in December when more than $305,000 will be up for grabs depending on the production’s economic or professional impact on the bay area filmmaking society. -
Zoe Kravitz to receive Bahamas International Film Festival rising star award
31-Oct-2011
Kravitz, daughter of the legendary US-Bahamian musician Lenny Kravitz, will collect the honour during the festival, which runs from Dec 1-4. -
FilmFunds launches web-based filmmaker tools
24-Oct-2011
The LA-based company which nurtures an online community to help filmmakers realise their projects has unveiled a slate of tools to build on its pre-existing products like the real-time Emotional ID (EID) and image recognition. -
Film Independent announces projects for 11th annual Producers Lab
24-Oct-2011
Karin Chien, Ted Kroeber, Gina Kwon and Meg LeFauve are the instructors for the seven-week Producers Lab in Los Angeles. -
Cinema Italian Style to celebrate Academy Award entry Terraferma
20-Oct-2011
The US premiere of Emanuele Crialese’s immigration drama on Nov 11 will kick off the 2011 Cinema Italian Style, which runs until Nov 15. -
Two-year shoot wraps on eco-doc Greedy Lying Bastards
20-Oct-2011
Craig Rosebraugh’s privately financed $1.5m film documents the impact of the fossil fuel industry. -
CinemaCon announces 2012 dates for Las Vegas
19-Oct-2011
The 2012 event — the second under the guise of CinemaCon since ShoWest was phased out — will return to Caesars Palace from Apr 23-26. -
LA-based Waterman Entertainment acquires film rights to Until Tuesday
18-Oct-2011
The New York Times bestseller is based on a true wartime story about the healing powers of a deep bond between a man and a dog. -
Retrace, Glass Tiger 3 to open Hungarian Film Festival
17-Oct-2011
Ambassador Balazs Bokor and Bunyik Entertainment president Bela Bunyik announced on Monday (17) that the Hungarian Film Festival will take place in Los Angeles from Nov 9-18. -
Composer Rolfe Kent on board to score Gambit
17-Oct-2011
Kent is best known for Sideways and Up In The Air and is the final talent piece to fall into place on the comedy, which is currently in post-production in London. -
Cinereach unveils summer 2011 grant recipients
13-Oct-2011
Cinereach, which supports fiction and nonfiction filmmakers through grants and awards, has awarded 17 feature-length film projects amounting to $350,000. -
The Truth About Nothing to tackle bullying and school violence
12-Oct-2011
Jason Cohn is set to direct a doc about the rising number of incidents of bullying and school violence. US-based Teen Truth co-founders JC Pohl and Erahm Christopher will produce with Brian Johnson serving as executive producer. -
Sixty-five world premieres among 395-strong AFM roster
12-Oct-2011
The American Film Market is set to screen 395 features from Nov 2-9 in Santa Monica, including 65 world premieres and 295 market premieres. -
Hazanavicius, Aronson among upcoming Hollywood Film Festival honourees
5-Oct-2011
Midnight In Paris producer Letty Aronson will receive the producer award and Diablo Cody will be honoured with the screenwriter award for Jason Reitman’s upcoming release Young Adult. -
Image Entertainment acquires Bernie Mac tribute doc
5-Oct-2011
Image has acquired North American home entertainment and digital rights to I Ain’t Scared Of You: A Tribute To Bernie Mac chronicling the life and career of the comedian and featuring previously unseen performance footage. -
Principal photography underway in Canada on Cottage County
30-Sep-2011
Malin Akerman, Tyler Labine, Lucy Punch and Daniel Petronijevic star in the dark rom-com which Alliance will release in 2012. -
Nicholl Committee unveils writing fellowship finallists
29-Sep-2011
The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences said on Thursday (29) that seven writers and three writing teams are finallists in the Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowships in screenwriting. -
WIFF Finishing Fund announces grant recipients
28-Sep-2011
Women In Film’s Finishing Fund co-chairs Betsy Pollock and Nancy Rae Stone have announced the recipients for the annual fund grant programme. -
John Bailey receives Kodak Mentorship Award
27-Sep-2011
John Bailey received the Kodak Mentorship Award over the weekend in recognition of his dedication to educate the next generation of filmmakers. -
Truly Indie picks up Incendiary: The Willingham Case for US
14-Sep-2011
Todd Wagner and Mark Cuban’s Truly Indie will handle the US theatrical release for Incediary: The Willingham Case, set to premiere in September. -
PwC hire Mike Keenan as MD in New Jersey
14-Sep-2011
Mike Keenan will be the new managing director at the PwC Florham Park, New Jersey office. -
Lincoln Center, IFP Collaborate on New Program Emerging Visions
14-Sep-2011
The day-long event scheduled to for Oct 3 will introduce 25 emerging filmmakers to the likes of American Spendor director Shari Springer Berman, Precious executive producer Lisa Cortes and Ocean’s Thirteen writer Brian Koppelman. -
Film Movement acquires North America on French thriller Free Men
7-Sep-2011
The second world war saga screens in Toronto and stars Tahar Rahim from A Prophet as a Muslim Algerian immigrant in Vichy France who joins the Resistance to save hundreds of Jews. -
BAFTA LA To honour Warren Beatty in November
7-Sep-2011
The Academy Award winner will collect the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence In Film on Nov 30 in Beverly Hills. -
City Of Men director Paulo Morelli launches Story Touch
7-Sep-2011
According to its makers, the software will allow users to see the whole script on one page and provides analysis to the entire creative crew. -
GE, Cinelan collaborate on three-minute doc series
6-Sep-2011
Morgan Spurlock and Karol Martesco-Fenster will lead the initiative to create 30 three-minutes docs focused on the power of ideas. GE and video publiser Cinelan are sponsoring four Filmmaker Lounge receptions to run during Toronto from Sept 9-12. -
Strand Releasing, Film Movement bulk up slates
6-Sep-2011
Strand has acquired US rights to Schleinzer’s Cannes premiere Michael from Les Films du Losange ahead of its North American premiere. -
Screen Media Films promotes Suzanne Blech to president
1-Sep-2011
Blech succeeds Robert Baruc, who is leaving to pursue other opportunities, and will don her buyer’s hat when she attends Toronto next week. -
Screenvision acquires Cinedigm’s cinema advertising unit UniqueScreen Media
1-Sep-2011
The deal will help Screenvision expand across the country to places including Boston, Dallas, Atlanta, Washington DC, Detroit, Minneapolis, Cleveland, St Louis, Charlotte and Raleigh. -
Filming underway in Montana on Winter In The Blood
1-Sep-2011
The project marks Alex and Andrew Smith’s follow-up to The Slaughter Rule and stars Chaske Spencer. -
Academy grants $50,000 to Telluride Film Festival
31-Aug-2011
For the fourth consecutive year the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences has awarded a $50,000 grant to underwrite the Colorado event’s guest director programme. -
Oscilloscope takes North America on We Can’t Go Home Again
31-Aug-2011
Nicholas Ray’s last film will be restored and reconstructed for its world premiere in Venice, which kicked off today (Aug 31). -
The Disappeared to start shooting in Nova Scotia in September
30-Aug-2011
Writer and director Shandi Mitchell will make her feature directorial debut on the film, which will begin shooting this September off the coast of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. -
RealD signs 3D installation deal with China's Saga circuit
29-Aug-2011
RealD and Saga Luxury Cinema Management announced on Monday [Aug 29] an agreement to equip 100 auditoriums across the Saga circuit in China with RealD 3D technology. -
Head Over Heels, The Cake among winners at Miami’s Brazilian Film Festival
29-Aug-2011
The 15th annual Brazilian Film Festival held in Miami’s Art Deco Colony Theatre has come to an end. The festival ran from Aug 19-27 and included features and shorts vying for Crystal Lens Awards in a variety of categories. -
London shoot begins on UK rom-com The Wedding Video
25-Aug-2011
Director Nigel Cole reunites with his Calendar Girls writing partner Tim Firth on the story of a best man at his brother’s society wedding who films the event as it falls apart. -
Tribeca Film launches VoD slate Tomorrow's Cult Classics Today
24-Aug-2011
The line-up launches on demand on Aug 25 and includes Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure, a documentary that resulted from a series of tape recordings of noisy neighbours by a pair of friends. -
Carmike Cinemas acquires three Atlanta-area theatres from MNM Theatres
22-Aug-2011
Carmike Cinemas acquires three Atlanta-area theatres from MNM Theatres -
ARPA unveils 30-strong roster for September festival
22-Aug-2011
The annual ARPA International Film Festival will take place from Sept 22-24 in Hollywood and will open with Braden King’s Sundance premiere Here starring Ben Foster and Lubna Azabal. -
First Run Features picks up US rights to CIA documentary
19-Aug-2011
Carl Colby’s The Man Nobody Knew: In Search Of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby will open exclusively at the Lincoln Plaza in New York on Sept 23. -
Maya Entertainment to produce, distribute Taco Shop
10-Aug-2011
Production is set to begin this month on the comedy about an aspiring taco shop owner who locks horns with a high-class taco truck situated across the street. -
SIFF acquires Uptown Theater for Seattle Center launch
8-Aug-2011
The Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) has acquired the historic Uptown Theater and will re-open it on Oct 20 in conjunction with the opening of its new film centre at Seattle Center. -
Hannah, Zane on board S.O.S. Love! sequel
4-Aug-2011
Hungarian director Tamas Sas has teamed up with Daryl Hannah and Billy Zane for his new film S.O.S. Love!: The Million Dollar Contract. -
MPI Media Group acquires domestic rights to MMA doc
4-Aug-2011
The distributor has picked up North American theatrical, DVD and VOD rights to the pepper&bones production Fightville. -
Shoreline boards sales rights to thriller Black River
4-Aug-2011
Shoreline Entertainment has acquired worldwide sales rights to Joe Eckardt’s Black River, currently in pre-production and set for release in 2012. -
Spider-Man producer Laura Ziskin dies at 61
13-Jun-2011
Laura Ziskin, the producer behind Sony’s global smash Spider-Man franchise as well as No Way Out, died on Sunday following a battle with breast cancer. She was 61. -
Udaan, I Am among winners at Indian Film Festival of LA
18-Apr-2011
Vikramaditya Motwane’s Udaan won the best narrative feature grand jury prize and Sonali Gulati’s I Am took the documentary award as the 2011 Indian Film Festival Of Los Angeles (IFFLA) came to a close at the weekend.
