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Eight films shortlisted for documentary short subject Oscar
Eight films have been shortlisted for the documentary short subject Oscar by the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. Three to five will make the final nominations shortlist announced on Jan 22 next year.Voters from the Academy's documentary branch viewed this year's 31 eligible contenders and submitted their ballots ...
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AFI FEST to include tributes to Danny Boyle, Tilda Swinton
AFI FEST has announced its full programme which includes a tribute to Danny Boyle preceding a screening of Slumdog Millionaire and a tribute to Tilda Swinton including a clip retrospective of her career and a Q&A session with the actress.The 22nd annual festival, running from Oct 30 to Nov 9, ...
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Canadian government reverses course on tax credit legislation
Canada's Conservative minority government has promised to drop controversial tax credit legislation that chilled the film and television production industry earlier this year. The omnibus tax bill, C-10, would have allowed the government to withhold a producer's tax credit if that production were deemed contrary to 'public policy.' With Canadians ...
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Cinetic Rights Management plans online premiere for Yeast
Cinetic Rights Management (CRM) is planning a web premiere of Mary Bronstein's SXSW title Yeast on the online video site Dailymotion. Headed by former SXSW film festival director Matt Dentler, CRM was launched earlier this year with a mandate to exploit the online potential of its clients' work. Yeast, which ...
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IFC picks up Jaoui's Let It Rain, Annila's Sauna
IFC Films has acquired Agnes Jaoui's latest film Let It Rain which has its North American premiere on Friday at the New York Film Festival.IFC has also picked up North American rights to AJ Annila's gothic horror film Sauna which had its world premiere at Toronto recently.Jaoui's social satire stars ...
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Shoreline picks up worldwide rights to Spring 1941
Morris Ruskin's Shoreline Entertainment has picked up worldwide rights to Spring 1941 the first ever Israeli-Polish co-production, which stars Joseph Fiennes and Clare Higgens. Directed by Uri Barbash (Beyond The Walls) and financed by the Israeli Rabinavitz Film Fud and the Polish Film Insititute, the film is the story ...
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Competitive 3D Film Festival launches this month in Florida
The first ever 3-D Film & Interactive Festival (3DFF) will take place in Orlando, Florida, from Oct 10-12 and continue at nearby Cocoa Beach from Oct 17-19. The festival is hosted by AMC Entertainment and presented by RealD 3D, The Kerner Company, Domaine de Canton and Florida's Space Coast. The ...
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Frances Fisher, Dominique Swain to star in Dead Whisper
Frances Fisher and Dominique Swain are to star in paranormal thriller Dead Whisper for Two Of A Kind Productions.The film is set to begin shooting in Louisiana on Nov 10 with Oley Sassone directing and John Kersey producing. The script was written by Jennifer Kersey and follows an emotionally scarred ...
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TriStar to release Cadillac Records in the US in Dec
TriStar Pictures will release Sony BMG's production Cadillac Records on Dec 5 in North America this year.The music-themed film chronicles the rise of Chess Records and its recording artists in Chicago in the 1950s. It stars Adrien Brody as Leonard Chess, Jeffrey Wright as Muddy Waters, Columbus Short as Little ...
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Bell, Lucas join voice cast of Imagi Studios' Astro Boy
Kristen Bell and Matt Lucas have joined the voice cast of Imagi Studios' CG-animated Astro Boy which has been set for a domestic release through Summit on Oct 23, 2009. Summit is also handling international sales except for Japan, Hong Kong and China.They join the previously announced cast of Nicolas ...
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Voltage acquires international rights to Seventh Moon
Voltage Pictures has acquired all international rights to Haxan Films' Seventh Moon, a new thriller written and directed by The Blair Witch Project's Eduardo Sanchez.The film stars Amy Smart, Tim Chiou and Dennis Chan and had its world premiere recently at Fantastic Fest in Austin. It will next screen on ...
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IMAX signs cinema pact with Austria's Cineplexx Kinobetriebe
IMAX Corp. and Austrian exhibitor Cineplexx Kinobetriebe have signed a joint-venture agreement that will see three digital projection cinemas installed in the cities of Graz, Vienna and Hohenems. The pact marks the giant screen company's first joint-venture in Europe. Thus far, IMAX has deals for over 180 digital projection systems, ...
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Ghent Festival honours Richard Jenkins
Veteran actor Richard Jenkins will be honoured at the 35th Ghent International Film Festival with their Special Achievement Award.It will be presented after the Benelux premiere of The Visitor in Ghent, Belgium on Oct 7. Jenkins, along with co-stars Haaz Sleiman and Danai Gurira will attend the screening.In Overture's The ...
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Marvel pacts to shoot next four films in southern California
Marvel Studios has made an agreement with LA-based Raleigh Studios to make its next four films at Raleigh's facility in Manhattan Beach just south of Los Angeles on the coast of California. The projects named in the agreement are Iron Man 2, Thor, The First Avenger: Captain America and The ...
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Mandalay, Liquid Comics team up for film of Ramayan 3392 AD
Mandalay Pictures is teaming up with Liquid Comics (formerly Virgin Comics) on a film of Liquid's graphic novel Ramayan 3392 AD.Mark Canton and his Atmosphere Entertainment (300, The Spiderwick Chronicles) will produce the film alongside Mandalay Pictures. Gotham Chopra and Sharad Devarajan of Liquid Comics will executive produce the Mandalay ...
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Stiller, Tomei join Hollywood Awards lineup on Oct 27
Ben Stiller will be honoured with the Hollywood Comedy Of The Year Award, while Marisa Tomei will be named supporting actress of the year, the cast of The Secret Life Of Bees ensemble of the year and Robert Pattinson newcomer of the year at the Hollywood Awards ceremony on Oct ...
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Miramax signs Canadian output deal with Maple
Miramax Films has signed an exclusive all-rights deal with Canadian distributor Maple Pictures that will see the Toronto-based company handling Miramax titles across the country.A new partnership was imminent once Miramax ended its 14-year relationship with Alliance Films and its antecedents in April of this year. Former Alliance executive Jim ...
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Visit Films picks up international on Baghead, Half-Life
Visit Films has acquired international rights to the Duplass Brothers' horror comedy Baghead and sci-fi drama Half-Life from director Jennifer Phang. Both films had their world premieres at this year's Sundance Film Festival in January.Baghead is set to have its international premiere at the Rome International Film Festival later this ...
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Mamma Mia! stays on top at international box office
Universal's Mamma Mia! extended its reign as dancing queen of the international box office this weekend, opening top in Italy and grossing an estimated $14.1m from 4,406 dates in 47 territories overall.Among newer international entrants, Eagle Eye, the DreamWorks-Paramount thriller, opened in 18 markets and grossed an estimated $8.3m from ...