All Africa articles – Page 24
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NewsFocus Features names five winners in Africa First Program
For the second consecutive year five film-makers have been awarded $10,000 apiece in Focus Features’ Africa First Program for short films.
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NewsAbbas Kiarostami to head jury for ninth Marrakech film festival
The International Film Festival of Marrakech has named Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami as president of the jury for its ninth edition, which runs December 4 – 12.
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NewsRotterdam film festival reveals Africa focus for next edition
International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has announced a major new focus for its next edition, Forget Africa.
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NewsCinemavault closes key sales on Nik Fackler's romance Lovely, Still
Cinemavault has closed key territory sales on Nik Fackler’s romance Lovely, Still starring Martin Landau and Ellen Burstyn.
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NewsPray The Devil Back To Hell to go on peace tour of grassroots screenings
Director Gini Reticker and producer Abigail Disney of documentary Pray The Devil Back To Hell are organising a Global Peace Tour of grassroots screenings across the world in September and October.
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NewsUniversal Pictures promotes Niels Swinkels
Niels Swinkels has been promoted to senior vice president, distribution, Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA) for Universal Pictures International.
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NewsSouth Africa’s DV8 kicks off football projects
DV8, the South African production and financing project, is planning to harness the football mania already descending on the country in advance of the 2010 World Cup.
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FeaturesShock Tactics
Action sequel Crank: High Voltage was the highest new entry in Screen International’s chart this week at number four.
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GFI announces winter grant recipients
The Global Film Initiative has chosen seven film-makers from a pool of 66 candidates from 33 countries to receive production funding during the winter 2009 granting cycle.
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Spain sees first prosecution in piracy case
Spain has finally taken a strong stand against piracy with the administrator of a P2P file sharing site being sentenced to six months in jail and fined $6,500 (Euros 4,900) in a court case in Logrono, Spain.
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NewsFast & Furious leaves the competition in the dust and closes in on $100m overseas
Universal/UPI’sFast & Furiousmaintained its devastating early pace as the action sequel delivered an estimated $46.5m weekend haul from 5,118 venues in 50 territories to race to an early $91m international running total.In North America the film tore past $115m in its second weekend and remained the top selling release worldwide ...
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French Parliament rejects bill to unplug Internet pirates
After a heated battle, a bill that would have unplugged French Internet pirates was rejected by the country’s Parliament on Thursday.
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Guardans appointed as director of Spain's ICAA
Following last week’s appointment of Angeles Gonzalez Sinde as Spain’s culture minister, Ignasi Guardans will become the new director of the ICAA (Institute ofCinematography and Audiovisual Arts), the country’s film and TV body.
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Female Agents infiltrate Spain, UK says Let The Right One In
ScreenDailypreviewslocal and independent releases in key markets: comedy Al Final Del Camino off to strong start in Spain, Wild Bunch releases French comedy Bank Error on 398 prints; John Rabe has disappointing start in Germany; and Momentum launches Swedish vampire hit Let The Right One In on 70 prints in ...