All Screen articles in 06 Sept 2012 – Page 21
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Jump, Let The People Sing to open LAIFF
The Los Angeles Irish Film Festival will open with the US premiere of Kieron J Walsh’s Jump and Gary Kenneally’s tell-all documentary Let the People Sing.
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NewsTom Rothman to quit Fox by end of year
Jim Gianopulos to become chairman and CEO of reorganised studio, now renamed Twentieth Century Fox Film.
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NewsRoadside salutes Emperor, SPC finds Wadjda, Patience Stone
A flurry of Toronto acquisitions emerged at the weekend as the festival neared its conclusion.
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NewsRetribution rules US though $21m launch
The latest entry in the hit Resident Evil global franchise opened well enough to secure number one spot above Buena Vista’s re-release of one of Pixar’s most enduring stories Finding Nemo, replete with a 3D retro-fit.
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NewsSilver Linings Playbook scoops Toronto audience award
No film earned the rapturous reception enjoyed by David O Russell’s rom-com (pictured) starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence and it heads into awards season with the BlackBerry People’s Choice Award under its belt.
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NewsResident Evil returns to dominate international arena
UPDATE: The preceding fourth episode scored a whopping $236m internationally and the latest entry has got off to a great start, grossing an estimated $49.6m through Sony Pictures Releasing International.
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Countries of former Yugoslavia select Oscar submissions
Bosnia sends Un Certain Regard title Children of Sarajevo [pictured], Slovenia opts for festival hit A Trip, Croatia selects visceral corruption story Vegetarian Cannibal, Macedonia chooses WW2 football-themed The Third Half, and Serbia goes for Nazi concentration camp drama When Day Breaks.
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NewseOne strikes output deal with DreamWorks for UK and Benelux
Entertainment One has entered a four-year output deal with DreamWorks Studios to distribute the company’s films in all media across the UK and Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg).
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NewsReport claims UK industry “thriving” with contribution of £4.6bn to GDP
Inward investment and Film Tax Relief key to growth, employment in film sector surges, claims new report from UK consultancy.
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NewsBanks' thumbs-up for Creative Europe's proposed guarantee facility
The European Commission’s proposed guarantee facility for the cultural and creative sectors within the framework of Creative Europe from 2014 has been given a resounding thumbs-up by leading representatives of the banking sector.
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NewsMonster Pictures slices up UK deal for Excision
Distributor to release Richard Bates Jr.’s debut in the UK in November.
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NewsFifth annual 3D Film and Music Festival announces schedule
Three-day festival runs Sept 20-22 in L.A.
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NewsChristie laser projection prototype premieres at IBC with Hugo
3D clips of Puss in Boots and Transformers: Dark of the Moon also screened at the Sept 10 event.
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NewsIOSONO brings 3D sound to Asia
German company recently worked on Korean drama R2B: Return to Base.
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NewsSouth Africa’s biggest exhibitor upgrades to Christie screens
Ster-Kinekor Theatres began the conversion in 2008 and aims to have the upgrades complete by 2013.
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NewsLionsgate, StudioCanal extend distribution deal in Germany, Austria, including Mockingjay part 1 and 2
StudioCanal to handle Mockingjay part 1 and 2 and “other films” on the Lionsgate slate in Germany and Austria.
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NewsBlackmagic Design announces new model of Cinema Camera
New model can also be used with other mounts using third party adapters.