All Screen articles in 1 Nov 2012 – Page 17
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NewsDylan Wilcox named svp acquisitions at Relativity Media
The veteran executive will report to Relativity president Tucker Tooley and production president Robbie Brenner.
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NewsSierra/Affinity to start AFM talks on The Keeping Room
The Civil War era thriller will star Olivia Wilde, Hailee Steinfeld and Nicole Beharie. Wind Dancer Films will finance and produce with Gilbert Films and Anonymous Content. WME Global arranged financing and represents North American rights.
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Strand acquires North American rights to The Condemned
Roberto Busó-García’s psychological thriller will open in spring 2013. Meanwhile Grindstone Entertainment has picked up North American rights to Viking invasion tale The Darkest Day.
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NewsDubai film festival unveils Muhr AsiaAfrica titles
The Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) has unveiled the first batch of titles that will compete for its Muhr AsiaAfrica Awards, including Brillante Mendoza’s Thy Womb and Wang Bing’s award-winning documentary San Zimei - Three Sisters.
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NewsLionsgate strikes UK VOD deal with pizza firm Domino’s
Lionsgate UK has struck a deal with pizza delivery firm Domino’s, which will see Domino’s offer Lionsgate films alongside its pizzas via a streaming service; The Hunger Games, Dirty Dancing among titles.
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Michael Madsen among cast on The Lost Tree
Lacey Chabert will also star on the horror project alongside Scott Grimes, Clare Kramer and Thomas Ian Nicholas.
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NewsArtificial Eye to release Zaytoun in the UK
Eran Riklis’ drama [pictured] premiered at Toronto and will have its US premiere at AFI Fest in November.
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CJ Entertainment America to channel ancillary through Inception
Inception Media Group has signed a deal to act as the US home video and digital distributor of the CJ Entertainment America pipeline.
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FeaturesViennale - Vienna International Film Festival
Images from the first weekend of the festival, which runs to Nov 7.
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NewsLatin Side of the Doc unveils participants
16 projects to be pitched at the fourth Latin Side, which runs Nov 7-9, while nine projects are selected for Docs in Progress.
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NewsBeta brings Paganini biopic, Enid Blyton adaptations to AFM
Acclaimed violinist David Garrett plays composer Paganini alongside Joely Richardson; Beta also showcases Uberto Pasolini’s Still Life and big budget epic The Physician.
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NewsStorm Sandy disrupts AFM travel plans
East Coast-based industry professionals have been revising itineraries frantically as they attempt to reach Santa Monica in time for the first day of the market on Wednesday (31).
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NewsSperanza13 Media to commence sales at AFM on Molly Moon
Camela Galano will introduce Amber Entertainment’s family adaptation to buyers in Santa Monica this week.
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NewsDistribution round-up: Breaking Glass takes Laurence Anyways
The third film from Xavier Dolan will open in the US and earned Suzanne Clement a best actress win at Cannes in Un Certain Regard as well as best Canadian film in Toronto. Separately, Kino Lorber has picked up Ain’t In It For My Health.
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NewsJoe Swanberg, AJ Bowen among cast on The Sacrament
The producers have spilled the beans on the cast of Ti West’s horror film financed by Worldview Entertainment and IM Global genre division Octane. The latter will continue talks with international buyers at the AFM this week and CAA represents US sales.
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NewsEmperor launching Ip Man biopic at AFM
Hong Kong-based Emperor Motion Pictures is introducing a biopic of Wing Chun master Ip Man, to be directed by Herman Yau, at AFM.