All Screen articles in 31 January 2013 – Page 5
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XYZ acquires world rights to These Final Hours
Celluloid Nightmares will commence sales at the EFM next month on Zak Hilditch’s apocalyptic thriller, currently in post-production in Australia.
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Kevin Tsujihara named Warner Bros Entertainment CEO
The digital and new media specialist will take over as sole leader of the entertainment behemoth on Mar 1 and work alongside outgoing chairman Barry Meyer, who will stay on in his role until the end of the year.
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Sundance: Participant buys Occupy doc, Phase 4 tastes Milkshake
The North American rights deal for 99% – The Occupy Wall St Collaborative Film is the latest in a surge of acquisitions that came out of Park City last week. Phase 4 Films has acquired US rights to NEXT entry Milkshake.
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BFI unveils £1m Film Festival Fund
The BFI has launched a new Film Festival Fund that aims to help boost the film choices available across the UK and support both regional and national festivals with global reach.
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eOne hires acquisition execs from ITV and Teletoon
Entertainment One (eOne) has bolstered its executive team with the hire of two acquisition managers, Jessica Watson and Justina Hemeprek.
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Zappelphillip (The Fidgeter) wins Grand Prize at FIPA
German drama Zappelphillip (The Fidgeter) has won the Golden FIPA Grand Prize at the 26th Festival International des Programmes Audiovisuels (FIPA) in Biarritz.
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Les Misérables records hat-trick at the UK box office
Universal’s musical grosses $6.3m (£4m) on its third weekend to retain top spot; Fox’s Lincoln records best debut of newcomers at $2.8m (£1.7m).
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Swedish box office best since 1989
Swedish cinemas registered the best annual result since the late 1980s with 18.4 million admissions in 2012, up 12% on 2011 (16.4 million), according to the Swedish Film Institute.
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Babak Najafi wins lucrative Göteborg award
Sweden’s Göteborg International Film Festival has awarded director Babak Najafi the Startsladden Award - one of the industry’s biggest prizes for a short film.
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Berlin unveils competition jury
Filmmakers Susanne Bier, Andreas Dresen and Shirin Neshat have been named as members of the Berlinale’s seven-person International Jury headed by Chinese director Wong Kar Wai.
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Voltage Pictures to start sales on Words And Pictures
Nicolas Chartier will look to stir up pre-sales in Berlin on the Clive Owen and Juliette Binoche romance in the run-up to a March 18 production start in Vancouver.
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Taylor & Dodge to handle international sales on Hello Herman
Santa Monica-based All In Films Partners produced the drama about a bullied high school student who snaps and goes on a murderous rampage.
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eOne bites for Jim Mickle's We Are What We Are
Entertainment One has acquired the US rights to Mickle’s reimagining of Jorge Michel Grau’s cannibal horror of the same name.
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Australian box office up on 2011; down on 2010
The people of Australia spent $1,173.2m (A$1,125.5m) on cinema tickets in 2012, a 2.8% increase on the previous year but about $7.6m (A$7.3m) less than they spent in a record-breaking 2010.
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Jennifer Lawrence, Daniel Day-Lewis triumph at SAG
The 19th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday [27] sent Lawrence of Silver Linings Playbook and Day-Lewis of Lincoln home with lead acting honours.
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Awards pendulum swings Jennifer Lawrence's way; Argo regains momentum
Argo’s rousing comeback in this most intriguing of awards seasons took everyone’s eyes off the best actress race. Until, that is, the SAG awards on Sunday [27] reminded us that while the best picture category remains the most closely watched contest, the best actress race is turning out to be ...