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NewsUK distributor Cooltura launches with focus on Polish films
New UK distributor Cooltura — an offshoot of the London-based Polish weekly magazine of the same name — is launching to handle Polish movies in the British marketplace.
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NewsSierra/Affinity to handle key sales on Robert Zemeckis’ Flight
Nick Meyer is understood to have cut a deal with Paramount to pre-sell a handful of major territories on the live-action film starring Denzel Washington, in a development that further underscores the ability of the independent market to support prestigious commercial fare.
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NewsGKIDS picks up US rights to Chico & Rita
Director Fernando Trueba and illustrator and designer Javier Mariscal’s film premiered at Telluride and played in official selection in Toronto.
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Inferno, Breaking Glass strike US deal over 5 Star Day
Danny Buday’s debut feature stars Cam Gigandet and Jena Malone and will open in theatrically through Check Entertainment on Nov 2 followed by VOD roll-out two days later and DVD in the first quarter of 2012.
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NewsBodega takes on Policeman for France
Highly feted Israeli thriller Policeman has been picked up by Bodega Films for France.
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NewsStudioCanal and LoveFilm ink exclusive content deal for UK and Germany
All StudioCanal titles to be available to subscribers of LoveFilm’s streaming service at no extra cost
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NewsHuman Rights Festival joins forces with Dogwoof's Pop Up Cinema
The Human Rights Watch Film Festival (HRWFF) is teaming up with film distributor Dogwoof’s Pop Up Cinema to highlight social issue documentaries in non-traditional venues around the UK.
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CMG takes on int’l sales for doc Forks Over Knives
Ed Noeltner’s Beverly Hills-based sales company will introduce the film to buyers at the upcoming AFM in November.
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NewsMiramax signs Hulu deal for Japan, eyes Asian expansion
The studio has announced the latest move in its digital expansion strategy, closing a multi-year deal with the subscriber service that covers such library titles as Pulp Fiction, Chocolat and There Will Be Blood (pictured).
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Image Entertainment launches faith label Slingshot Pictures
Suzette Schafer has joined as Image’s svp of specialty product and will manage the line-up. Slingshot will premiere in November with the release of period romance Alleged.
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NewsMusic Box acquires US rights to Canadian Oscar submission Monsieur Lazhar
Paris-based sales company Films Distribution has secured a slew of sales on heart-warming tale about an Algerian refugee who lands himself ajob as a replacement teacher, including to US distributor Money Box.
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NewsSoda to launch Gerhard Richter doc to coincide with Tate exhibition
Soda Pictures is planning the UK launch of Corinna Belz’s Gerhard Richter Painting for Oct 3, just ahead of the opening of his retrospective at the Tate Modern (Oct 6-Jan 8).
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NewsBruno to head TWC marketing
The Weinstein Company (TWC) has hired Stephen Bruno as president of marketing.
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NewsKujawski to Universal acquisitions post
In a move to streamline its global acquisition activities, Universal Pictures has appointed Peter Kujawski executive vice president of worldwide acquisitions.
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NewsElite Squad 2 set for US launch
New Video’s Flatiron Film Company is to partner with Variance Films on a November US theatrical release for Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (Tropa De Elite 2), the hit Brazilian crime thriller recently named as Brazil’s submission for the foreign language film Oscar.
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NewsDreamWorks Animation, Fox sign streaming deals
In the latest examples of online streaming operations shaking up Hollywood’s traditional ancillary markets, DreamWorks Animation has signed a US pay-TV window deal with Netflix and Fox has agreed to provide films and TV programmes to Amazon.com.
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NewsHanWay sells You're Next to more than 30 territories
Deals include UK (Icon), Germany (Splendid), France and Benelux (French Connection), and Japan (Asmik Ace).
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NewsAnchor Bay to release Dexter Fletcher's Wild Bill in UK
Actor turned director Dexter Fletcher’s directorial debut picked up the Youth Award at San Sebastian and will go on to have its UK premiere at the BFI London Film Festival.
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NewsFilmFlex partners with Film4oD for downloads-to-rent
FilmFlex Movies, the European on-demand company backed by Sony and Disney, is launching a download-to-rent option on Film4oD.