All Screen articles in 06 November 2009 – Page 11
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Edko Films opens China’s first arthouse cinema
Broadway Cinema, the cinema management brand of Hong Kong’s Edko Films, has opened the first arthouse cinema in China – Broadway Cinematheque MOMA – in Beijing’s MOMA residential compound.
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Voltage boards Milla Jovovich thriller Faces In The Crowd
Nicolas Chartier’s Voltage Pictures will commence sales at AFM next week on the Milla Jovovich psychological thriller Faces In The Crowd.Julien Magnat will direct Forecast Pictures, Radar Films and Minds Eye Entertainment’s tale of the survivor of an attack by a serial killer who loses the ability to recognise faces ...
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A Prophet wins inaugural London Film Festival best film award
Jacques Audiard’s A Prophet has scooped the Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival’s inaugural Star Of London award for best film (October 28).
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Lorber Films takes US rights to Swiss Oscar hopeful Home
Lorber Films has acquired all US rights to the Swiss foreign-language Academy Awards submission Home, starring Isabelle Huppert .
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This Is It grosses more than $4.4m in under 24 hours in North America
Sony’s Michael Jackson tribute film This Is Ithas grossed more than $4.4m in less than 24 hours since opening last night (October 27) in North America.
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Film Sales Company boards UN doc U.N.ME for IDFA
Andrew Herwitz’ Film Sales Company has added a fourth film to its International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) slate, the darkly comical U.N.ME.
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David Borshell and Andy Reimer launch LA-based Inception Media Group
David Borshell and Andy Reimer have launched Inception Media Group, a Los Angeles-based venture that will acquire, produce and distribute features and other filmed entertainment across all media platforms.
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Large UK cast lines up alongside Giamatti, Purefoy in Ironclad
Jonathan English’s Ironclad has completed its casting and has now begun principal photography on location and at Dragon International Film Studios.
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WBITD names John Garcia svp and general manager of Latin America
John Garcia has been promoted to senior vice-president and general manager, Latin America, at Warner Bros. International Television Distribution (WBITD).
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Film Movement takes North American rights to The Wind Journeys
Film Movement has acquired North American rights to Ciro Guerra’s Colombian foreign-language Oscar submission The Wind Journeys and has set a spring 2010 theatrical release.
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Shoreline adds Easier With Practice, Clash to AFM roster
LA-based Shoreline Entertainment has brought two new titles into the fold heading into AFM and will be hoping to tempt buyers next week with Easier With Practice and Clash.
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AFI Awards expands best picture category
Six films have been nominated for best film at this year’s Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards, rather than the usual four, in acknowledgement of the large number of high-quality films in circulation.
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FilmNation secures prestige sales on 3D diving adventure Sanctum
Glen Basner’s New York-based FilmNation has completed key sales heading into AFM on Sanctum, the 3D deep sea diving adventure that James Cameron is producing.
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Showbox picks up Japanese-Korean vampire thriller Higanjima
Korean sales outfit Showbox Mediaplex has picked up Kim Tae-kyun’s vampire action thriller Higanjima for worldwide sales excluding Korea and Japan.
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Colin Firth to receive Santa Barbara Festival honour
Colin Firth will receive the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Outstanding Performance Of The Year Award for A Single Man on February 13, 2010.
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Chameleon to launch 9th Hungarian Film Festival Of Los Angeles
The North American premiere of Hungary’s foreign-language Oscar submission Chameleon from Krisztina Goda will open the 9th Hungarian Film Festival Of Los Angeles, which runs from November 5-15.
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Cinemavault add Savage, Must Love Death to AFM roster
Cinemavault has bolstered its AFM slate by taking international rights to the Irish thriller Savage and the English-language German comedy-horror Must Love Death.
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Samuel Goldwyn acquires US rights on To Save A Life
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired US theatrical rights to California-based New Song Pictures’ faith-based coming-of-age drama To Save A Life.
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Mummy producer Jim Jacks, Intandem line up spring shoot on Mortis Rex
US producer Jim Jacks, whose track record includes the Mummy franchise and A Simple Plan, has signed on to the supernatural action thriller Mortis Rex.
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Vivendi Entertainment, IndieVest partner on home entertainment output deal
LA-based financier and distributor IndieVest Pictures has secured a home entertainment output deal with Vivendi Entertainment.