All Screen articles in 25 September 2009 – Page 17
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NewsStudios chase overseas box office record as summer fades
The summer season may be coming to an end in most markets but it’s put Hollywood in a good position to set a record year at the international box office.
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NewsVisit Films adds Shirley Adams, Dear Lemon Lima to Toronto sales slate
Ryan Kampe and Sylvain Tron’s Visit Films has acquired international sales rights to Toronto entry Shirley Adams and Dear Lemon Lima.
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NewsMarc Spivey to head business development at Aon/Albert G Ruben
Marc Spivey has been appointed director of new business development at Aon/Albert G Ruben Insurance Services.
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NewsLionsgate, Tyler Perry team up on Rainbow
Lionsgate has confirmed it has taken worldwide rights to its prolific collaborator Tyler Perry’s adaptation of Ntozake Shange’s 1975 play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf.
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FeaturesThe means of production
UK distributors are moving into local production. But, on the eve of the Toronto International Film Festival (Sept 10-19), will it be at the expense of their acquisition of third-party and international titles?
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FeaturesPainting the town Red
Upstart retail player Redbox is revolutionising the DVD business, but not everyone is pleased.
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NewsUK ISPs unite to fight hardline anti-piracy plans
The chief executives of the UK’s leading internet service providers (ISPs) have joined forces to protest against plans to cut off users who illegally download content.
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A New Model For Discovery And Distribution
Lance Weiler, award-winning filmmaker and digital innovator at Power To the Pixel’s London Forum 2008.
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Tales form a digital frontier
Mdot Strange, award-winning animation director at Power to The Pixel’s Tales Form The Digital Frontier at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.
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Should We? Could We? Would We? – Films In The Age Of Cross-Media Production
Speech by Christy Dena, Cross-media specialist at the Power to the Pixel London Forum 2008.
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FeaturesPower to the Pixel's Cross-Media Film Forum
Power to the Pixel: The Cross-Media Film Forum at the Times BFI London Film Festival, 14 – 15 October 2009.
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NewsChopra named as PIFF’s Asian Filmmaker of the Year
The 14th Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) has announced that legendary Bollywood director-producer Yash Chopra will receive its Asian Filmmaker of the Year award.
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NewsOz board to review rating of pot-smoking comedy
The filmmakers behind Australia’s first indigenous comedy, Stone Bros, which was classified MA15+ due to its depiction of drug use, have succeeded in persuading a government minister to order a review of the rating.
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Memorial set for former MGM and Fox executive Francisco ‘Paco’ Rodriguez Sr
A memorial will be held in Santa Monica for former MGM and Fox international executive Francisco ‘Paco’ Rodriguez Sr, who died on August 18.
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NewsCinemavault closes key sales on Mirageman and The Blackout
Toronto-based Cinemavault has concluded a raft of sales on Ernesto Diaz Espinoza’s superhero film Mirageman, which played at last year’s Sitges International Film Festival.
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NewsMark Lindsay joins Arclight as head of sales and acquisitions
Mark Lindsay has been named president of sales and acquisitions for Arclight Films and will head up the company’s New York office.
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Babelgum releases Rage in pioneering mobile launch
Web and mobile content platform Babelgum will release Sally Potter’s new film Rage on September 21, marking the first launch of a feature-length film on a mobile platform.