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Longtime publicist Emma Griffiths launches Emma Griffiths PR
Former 42West and Falco Ink publicist Emma Griffiths has launched the full-service PR agency Emma Griffiths PR.
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NewsKen Brecher resigns as Sundance Institute executive director
Ken Brecher will step down as executive director of the Sundance Institute after nearly 14 years in the job, effective April 30.
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NewsMVA, Dragonball Evolution and Fast & Furious race toward holiday showdown
DreamWorks Animation/PPI’sMonsters Vs Alienswill look to hold on to pole position this holiday weekend in the face of renewed onslaughts from Universal/UPI’sFast & Furiousand FoxInternational’s fantasy adventure Dragonball Evolution.
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San Francisco Bay Area projects vie for SFFS/KRF Filmmaking Grant
The San Francisco Film Society and The Kenneth Rainin Foundation have announced the 12 finalists and four honorable mentions for the initial $35,000 SFFS/KRF FilmmakingGrant.
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Global gains at the box office
It is more than official. At ShoWest - the North American cinema convention which has traditionally sidetracked international concerns to a pre-show ‘International Day’ - Motion Picture Association Of America (Mpaa) president Dan Glickman declared international box office revenues now accounted for 65% of the studios’ theatrical pie.Given that international’s ...
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NewsBruce Robinson is 'comeback kid' with Rum Diary
Bruce Robinson jokes that on the set of The Rum Diary starring Johnny Depp, he is the ‘comeback kid’ - directing his first film since 1992’s Jennifer 8. ‘Now I’m working with the world’s most famous movie star all of a sudden,’ Robinson says. ‘It’s kind of a shock to ...
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NewsCanadian locations fight stronger competition
The world may be in an economic crisis but you would not know it looking at the latest statistics coming from the Vancouver film and television industry. Hollywood’s northernmost suburb recently posted some jaw-dropping production statistics.
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NewsHollywood's foreign policy: producers looking increasingly to international locations
On the eve of the annual Locations Trade Show in Los Angeles (April 16-18), Screen reports on why US producers are looking beyond their borders to international locationsmore than ever before.
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14th Annual Gen Art Film Festival honours My Suicide and Adelaide
David Miller's My Suicide won the 14th Annual Gen Art Film Festival's $10,000 Acura Grand Jury Award for Best Feature and Liliana Greenfield-Sanders' Adelaide took the $5,000 Grand Jury Award for Best Short.Both films won the corresponding audience awards and received their honours following the closing night screening of Julie ...
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McGowan's One Week passes C$1m mark in Canada
Michael McGowan's One Week has passed C$1.1m ($880,000) at the Canadian box office, the second English-language Canadian film to reach the threshold in the last six months after Passchendaele. Featuring Joshua Jackson as a man facing terminal illness who travels across country on his motorcycle, the road movie is currently ...
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E1 re-releasing Necessities Of Life in Canada following Genie wins
E1 Entertainment will re-release Benoit Pilon’sThe Necessities Of Lifein the wake of the film’s success at last weekend’s Genie Awards. The film goes back into cinemas inToronto and Vancouver on April 10.
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City of Toronto takes stake in Pinewood's studio deal
The City of Toronto has taken a 20% stake in the Pinewood consortium’s takeover of the city’s FilmPort megastudio.
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NewsElephant Eye takes North American rights to Sundance winner La Nana
Elephant Eye Films has made its first narrative acquisition, swooping on North American rights to Sebastian Silva’s Chilean filmLa Nana(The Maid) following its award winningpremiere at Sundance.
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My Life In Ruins to close Tribeca Film Festival on May 2
Playtone and 26 Films' $20m comedy My Life In Ruins starring My Big Fat Greek Wedding's Nia Vardalos will get a special presentation screening as the closing night film at Tribeca.Several cast members are expected to attend the May 2 event ahead of the comedy's nationwide North American release through ...
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Telefilm appoints de la Varende as business development chief
Telefilm Canada has announced the return of Sheila de la Varende to its ranks. The culture industry veteran will act as the agency’s director of national and internationalbusiness development, effective 20 April.
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Sony takes international media rights to Class 5 Films' Obama doc
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group has swooped on all international media rights (excluding UK TV) and North American home entertainment rights to the previously untitled documentary By The People: The Election Of Barack Obama.
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9th Annual Int'l Beverly Hills Film Festival unveils winners
Andrea Pellizzer's Italian comedy Tre Lire, Primo Giorno and Michael Feifer's serial killer horror story Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas dominated the awards ceremony as the 9th Annual International Beverly Hills Film Festival came to a close over the weekend.Tre Lire, Primo Giorno won the best in show Golden Palm Award ...
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Indian Film Festival Of Los Angeles announces seminar line-up
Producing Indian content for the Indian and international market and film financing options will be on the agenda at the 7th Annual Indian Film Festival Of Los Angeles’seminar series In Prime Time: Hollywood’s Spotlight On India on April 24.
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NewsBAFTA/LA to honour Tracey Ullman with inaugural Charlie Chaplin award
Tracey Ullman will receive BAFTA/LA’s inaugural Charlie Chaplin Lifetime Achievement Award For Comedy at an awards ceremony in Los Angeles on May 8 marking the culmination of BritWeek 2009.