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    Lion's Den, Cold Lunch take prizes at Bahamas Film Festival

    2008-12-08T17:11:00Z

    Pablo Trapero's Lion's Den won the 5th Bahamas International Film Festival's Spirit Of Freedom: Narrative award while Cold Lunch by Eva Sorhaug of Norway collected the New Vision Award.The Spirit Of Freedom: Documentary prize went to Chai Vasarhelyi's Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love and Darier Hentsch's Gone Fishing ...

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    3 Seasons wins Canadian competition at Whistler

    2008-12-08T17:07:00Z

    Jim Donovan's 3 Seasons won the C$15,000 Borsos Competition for Best New Canadian Feature as the 8th annual Whistler Film Festival wrapped over the weekend. Marie-Helene Cousineau and Madeline Piujuq Ivalu's Before Tomorrow, was given special mention by jury president Donald Sutherland and his fellow jurors, filmmakers Sturla Gunnarsson and ...

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    PPI's Madagascar 2 scores sensational $50.2m international weekend

    2008-12-08T00:27:00Z

    Madagascar 2 dominated the international box office this weekend with an estimated $50.2m haul through PPI from 5,129 sites in35 territories that raised the relatively early tally to $125m.The animated sequel opened top in Germany on $11m from 820 venues including previews and produced the biggest single day for any ...

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    Christmases top in North America, Twilight rallies in third weekend

    2008-12-08T00:22:00Z

    Warner Bros' comedy Four Christmases stayed atop the charts in its second weekend while Summit's indie phenomenon Twilight surged past Buena Vista's Bolt to claim second place in its third weekend as the top 12 releases amassed $77.5m, driving overall box office to a 6% climb on last year.Four Christmases ...

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    Jonathan Demme options Michel Faber novella The Courage Consort

    2008-12-05T19:43:00Z

    Director Jonathan Demme will keep working in both documentary and narrative film-making after the success of his recent return to fiction, Rachel Getting Married. Demme has optioned Michel Faber's The Courage Consort and plans to develop the screenplay in 2009.Demme is a big fan of Faber's work and says 'Robyn ...

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    Nick Meyer leaves Paramount Vantage, Guy Stodel stands in

    2008-12-05T05:56:00Z

    Paramount Vantage president Nick Meyer is leaving the company and executive vice president of production and acquisitions Guy Stodel will step in as the division shifts its focus to acquisitions and international productions.The shock departure comes as part of sweeping cuts across the Paramount fold announced earlier in the day ...

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    Profile: Magnolia Pictures' Magnet label

    2008-12-05T00:00:00Z

    Tom Quinn has always made it his business - or at least a part of his business - to bring what he describes as 'the A-team of B-films from around the world' to US audiences.One of his first buys when he became head of acquisitions for US theatrical and video ...

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    Profile: Sundance Institute Arthouse Project

    2008-12-05T00:00:00Z

    Everyone, of course, knows about the festival. And pretty much everyone in the independent-film world is familiar with the other long-standing programmes - from the film-makers labs to the producers conference - that Robert Redford's Sundance Institute runs alongside its annual Park City get-together.The Sundance Institute Arthouse Project is a ...

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    Madagascar 2 set to land across western Europe for PPI

    2008-12-04T23:23:00Z

    DreamWorks Animation's Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa on $78.3m opens in 13 territories through PPI this weekend and will pose the mightiest challenge to Sony Pictures Releasing International's Quantum Of Solace.Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa arrives in France, French-speaking Switzerland, Switzerland and Belgium on December 4, followed by Germany, German-speaking Switzerland and ...

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    Justin Chadwick to direct Tenderness Of Wolves for Film4, Target.

    2008-12-04T23:20:00Z

    Justin Chadwick will direct a feature adaptation of by Stef Penney's Costa Prize-winning novel The Tenderness Of Wolves.Chadwick is writing the script and will direct the film for Film4 and Target Entertainment Group. Production is set to begin next year on the project, which was developed by Film4's Katherine Butler. ...

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    Amy Adams to receive Spotlight Award at Palm Springs

    2008-12-04T21:04:00Z

    Amy Adams will receive the 20th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival's (PSIFF) Spotlight Award for her performance in Doubt.Adams, whose credits include Enchanted and Miss Pettigrew Lives for A Day, will collect the honour at the awards gala on January 6.She recently wrapped production on Night At The Museum ...

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    Sundance unveils high-profile films in Premieres, Spectrum

    2008-12-04T21:00:00Z

    World premieres of Carlos Cuaron's comedy Rudo Y Cursi starring Diego Luna and Gael Garcia Bernal as rival football brothers, David Mackenzie's sex comedy Spread starring Ashton Kutcher and the comedy Adventureland from Superbad director Greg Mottola starring Twilight's Kristen Stewart are among the non-competition line-up at Sundance, set to ...

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    Slumdog Millionaire named year's best film by National Board Of Review

    2008-12-04T20:54:00Z

    In its centenary year the National Board Of Review has named Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire the 2008 Best Film of the Year and Sergei Bodrov's Mongol best foreign film of the year.James Marsh's Man On Wire is best documentary and Wall-E is best animated feature. Clint Eastwood is named best ...

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    St. Pierre named svp of distribution services at Lionsgate

    2008-12-04T02:09:00Z

    Danny St Pierre has been named senior vice president of distribution services at Lionsgate and will oversee day-to-day international distribution logistics and roll-out for Mandate International's titles as well as continued servicing of select films from Lionsgate's 12,000-plus library.St Pierre continues to report to executive vice president of post-production and ...

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    Sundance unveils competition lineup in four sections for 2009

    2008-12-03T21:00:00Z

    After a period of sombre meditation on the myriad iterations of post-9/11 angst, the upcoming 25th anniversary edition of the Sundance Film Festival from January 15-25 appears to have trained its sights on romance and stories with high emotional resonance.'This is a festival that's going to make people cry,' festival ...

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    Santa Fe festival stages gala screenings of Doubt, Che, Harvey

    2008-12-03T18:11:00Z

    The ninth annual Santa Fe Film Festival (SFFF) will take place from December 3-7 when the programme will include gala screenings of Doubt, Che, Last Chance Harvey and Sunshine Cleaning.The Eye On The World international selection includes this year's Palme d'Or winner The Class, Waltz With Bashir, Everlasting Moments and ...

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    C.R.A.Z.Y. lead Marc-Andre Grondin stars in 5150 Elm's Way

    2008-12-03T06:07:00Z

    C.R.A.Z.Y. star Marc-Andre Grondin is before the camera as the lead of Eric Tessier's psychological thriller, 5150 Rues Des Ormes (5150 Elm's Way), for Montreal-based Cirrus Communications. The film is produced by Cirrus principal Pierre Even, who produced the 2005 Quebecois smash - it grossed C$6m and was released in ...

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    Telefilm Canada, Rogers back five theatrical documentaries

    2008-12-03T06:02:00Z

    Telefilm Canada and the Rogers Group of Funds will partially fund five feature documentaries through their joint partnership, the Theatrical Documentary Program. The five projects - three in English, two in French - were selected by a jury of Canadian industry professionals. The $4.5m public-private venture provides financing for feature-length ...

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    Frozen River, Trouble The Water take top prizes at Gothams

    2008-12-03T05:46:00Z

    It was Sundance redux at the Gotham Independent Film Awards, as Park City's grand jury award winners Frozen River and Trouble The Water were named best feature and best documentary, respectively.Frozen River, a drama about illegal immigration, is directed by Courtney Hunt and produced by Heather Rae and Chip Hourihan. ...

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    Rachel, River, Ballast lead Spirit Award nominations with six apiece

    2008-12-02T18:13:00Z

    Sony Pictures Classics' (SPC) Frozen River and Rachel Getting Married and Alluvial Film Company's Ballast lead the way in the Film Independent Spirit Awards race with six nominations apiece, followed by Focus Features' Milk on four.Today's nominations ceremony in Los Angeles [December 2] rewarded many of the season's smaller films ...