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    Paramount unveils direct-to-cinema digital support plan

    2009-01-23T00:57:00Z

    As Hollywood continues to thrash out industry-wide digital cinema strategy and requirements, Paramount Pictures has gone ahead and unveiled a direct-to-cinema support plan.The initiative works in tandem with previously announced agreements with Digital Cinema Implementation Partners, Cinedigm (formerly Access IT), Kodak and Sony, but allows theatre owners to seek financing ...

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    IFC Films takes UK comedy In The Loop for US distribution

    2009-01-23T00:54:00Z

    IFC Films has bought US distribution rights to Armando Iannucci's comedy farce In The Loop, set to get its world premiere here tonight [January 22], and will release on its IFC In Theaters platform later this year.The film will also get channelled through IFC Entertainment's exclusive deal with Blockbuster. IFC's ...

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    MarVista attends first EFM with new films including Hutton thriller

    2009-01-22T03:00:00Z

    Los Angeles-based MarVista Entertainment has unveiled the first EFM slate in its five-year history, led by the action thriller Reflections starring Timothy Hutton and thriller The Watch with Clea DuVall.Reflections sees Hutton cast as an agent who travels to Barcelona to track down a serial killer and finds he has ...

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    Summit, Participant partner for multi-year distribution deal

    2009-01-22T02:54:00Z

    Summit Entertainment and Participant Media have entered into a multi-title, multi-year non-exclusive distribution deal through 2013.The agreement covers co-financing, international sales and a rent-a-system deal encompassing domestic and international theatrical, home entertainment and pay TV. The companies will combine their marketing prowess on releases.Plans call for as many as four ...

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    CBS Films names senior marketing team

    2009-01-22T02:50:00Z

    CBS Films has announced key marketing posts and appointed Teri Boggess, Cherie Crane and Maggie Schmidt to senior positions.The three executives start work in February and will be responsible for designing and implementing all CBS Films' creative advertising, media and publicity campaign outreach and report directly to executive vice president ...

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    Peter Morris re-elected as chairman of BAFTA/LA

    2009-01-21T18:46:00Z

    BAFTA/LA has re-elected Peter Morris as chairman and announced its board of directors for the newyear.

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    Nu Image, Pony Canyonstrike multi-title distribution deal in Japan

    2009-01-21T18:38:00Z

    Los Angeles-based Nu Image has struck a multi-title distribution with Japan's Pony Canyon kicking off with Sylvester Stallone's upcoming action film The Expendables starring Stallone, Jason Statham and Jet Li with Forest Whitaker and Mickey Rourke in talks to join the cast.The story centres on a mercenary suicide mission to ...

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    Amreeka

    2009-01-21T14:39:00Z

    Dir. Cherien Dabis, US/Canada/Kuwait, 2009, 97mins.

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    Rosen, McManus named interim co-directors of LAFF

    2009-01-21T07:14:00Z

    Film Independent senior director Sean McManus and director of programming Rachel Rosen will serve as interim co-directors for the 2009 Los Angeles Film Festival, filling the gap left by Rich Raddon following his ignominious departure last November.Raddon resigned his post in the wake of a $1,500 donation to the Yes ...

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    Elle Driver swipes international rights to Arlen Faber

    2009-01-21T01:37:00Z

    Paris-based sales agency Elle Driver has picked up international rights here to John Hindman's romantic comedy Arlen Faber starring Jeff Daniels and Lauren Graham.The US Dramatic Competition entry received its world premiere here on January 18 and stars Daniels as the remote author of an iconic book about spirituality who ...

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    Slamdance competition entry The Ante sold to Panorama

    2009-01-21T01:34:00Z

    Panorama Entertainment has acquired all North American rights to the Slamdance Narrative Feature Competition entry The Ante.Max Perrier directed and Peter Proffit produced the dark comedy about an innocent encounter that escalates into a nightmare game of cat-and-mouse.A festival run is planned, followed by a platform theatrical release in late ...

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    Sony Classics seals North American deal on Lone Scherfig's An Education

    2009-01-21T01:19:00Z

    Sony Pictures Classics has picked up North and Latin American rights from CAA to Lone Scherfig's well-liked rights of passage drama An Education as business started to heat up in Sundance. Also yesterday IFC Films took US rights from Paris-based sales agency Elle Driver to Tommy Wirkola's Nazi zombie horror ...

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    Fox Searchlight takes worldwide rights to Sundance premiere Adam

    2009-01-20T17:18:00Z

    Fox Searchlight confirmed late on Monday night (January 19) that it had picked up worldwide rights to Max Mayer's romance Adam following its world premiere screening.Fox Searchlight plans a 2009 release. Executive vice president of worldwide acquisitions Tony Safford, vice president of acquisitions Ray Strache and vice president of business ...

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    Beyond takes Australia and New Zealand on Little Dizzle

    2009-01-20T07:21:00Z

    Beyond has taken all Australian and New Zealand rights from Visit Films to David Russo's The Immaculate Conception Of Little Dizzle following its world premiere in Spectrum on Monday (January 19).Ryan Kampe of New York-based Visit Films brokered the deal with Beyond's Simone Ubaldi.The Immaculate Conception Of Little Dizzle focuses ...

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    Sundance favourite Humpday scores worldwide deal with Magnolia

    2009-01-20T07:15:00Z

    Magnolia Pictures has paid above mid-six figures for worldwide rights to Lynn Shelton's crowd-pleaser Humpday, which attracted intense interest and drew offers from at least five bidders following its world premiere on Friday (January 16).Josh Braun and Kevin Iwashina of Submarine concluded the deal with Magnolia's Tom Quinn and Eamonn ...

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    Chandni Chowk takes $6.8m in India in first weekend for Warner

    2009-01-19T22:40:00Z

    Warner Bros Pictures International's Bollywood release Chandni Chowk To China opened day-and-date in 30 markets at the weekend in the studio's widest release for a Bollywood film in India and North America.The film grossed $6.8m including previews in India from 1,319 screens and drew approximately 4.9million admissions. In North America ...

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    Andre Des Rochers named partner at Gray Krauss LLP

    2009-01-19T22:04:00Z

    New York-based law firm Gray Krauss LLP has promoted Andre Des Rochers to partner as several of the firm's attorneys attend Sundance as production counsel and counsel to 12 films in the festival.Leading the firm's Sundance team are named partners Jonathan Gray and Evan Krauss. Gray, who founded the firm ...

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    Departures, Revanche take top prizes at Palm Springs Film Festival

    2009-01-19T21:56:00Z

    Gotz Spielmann's Austrian foreign language Oscar submission Revanche was awarded the FIPRESCI prize for best foreign language film of the year as the The 20th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival came to a close on January 19.Natar Ungalaaq received the FIPRESCI Award for best actor for his performance in ...

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    IFC broadens VOD initiative with South By Southwest

    2009-01-19T21:51:00Z

    IFC has broadened its video on demand initiative in a partnership with the South By Southwest Film Festival that will broadcast five films from March's festival simultaneously on the IFC Festival Direct platform.The line-up includes Joe Swanberg's latest drama Alexander The Last, which will receive its world premiere at the ...