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FeaturesInternational hits of 2011
What are the highest-grossing films of 2011 in the worldwide market? And which titles have fared better internationally than in North America? Louise Tutt crunches the numbers
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NewsKaleidoscope signs urban thriller Victim
UK outfit acquires drama written by and starring Ashley Chin and Michael Maris.
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NewsNorway sees 2011 boost in admissions and best results for local films in 36 years
2011 cinema attendance up 5.7% on 2010; national films take 24.5% marketshare.
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NewsSPC acquires Nero Fiddled for North America, UK
Sony Pictures Classics to release Rome-set Woody Allen comedy in summer 2012
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NewsOmnilab Media loses Federal Court appeal in VPF case
Australian judges unanimously rule against ex-DCN director Michael Smith
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NewsLoveFilm signs exclusive streaming deal with Sony
LoveFilm signs exclusive SVOD deal for The Social Network, Salt, 2012, Arthur Christmas in ‘second pay TV window’
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NewsSherlock Holmes outwits rivals at UK box office
Warner Bros’ second instalment in the Holmes franchise takes $5.9m (£3.8m) to land ahead of newcomer Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
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NewsWolfgang Braun steps down as head of StudioCanal Germany
Wolfgang Braun, chairman and CEO at StudioCanal in Germany since July 2009, will exit the company on Jan 1, 2012.
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NewsThe Film Sales Company embraces Back To Your Arms
Andrew Herwitz has acquired worldwide sales rights to Lithuania’s official Oscar submission.
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NewsFocus Features unveils early 2012 digital slate
President Andrew Karpen has announced the films selected for the first quarter of next year that will go out through Focus World, the digital platform that launched earlier this year to champion international filmmakers.
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NewsThe Inbetweeners Movie sells more than 1.3m DVDs in first week
The Inbetweeners Movie has now sold 1.3m units in its first week of DVD and Triple Play release.
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NewsCommittee urges Spanish government to help reduce dubbing
Currently 85% of films released in Spain are dubbed.
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NewsEye on Films network grows to 30 distributors; deals signs on Iranian, Canadian films
Charlotte Rampling and Maria de Medeiros are among a number of European actors who have been approached to be recruited as “godmothers” to promote the work of the Eye on Films (EoF) network which was launched at the beginning of 2011.
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Zeitgeist Films acquires US rights to Sundance-bound Payback
Jennifer Baichwal’s will screen in the World Cinema Documentary Competition and is based on Margaret Atwood’s bestselling book, Payback: Debt And The Shadow Side Of Wealth.
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Anchor Bay picks up North American rights to Maximum Conviction
Steven Seagal and Steve Austin star in the action film about a former Special Forces operative and his friend charged with protecting two mysterious female prisoners from a mercenary team.
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IFC Midnight acquires US rights to Rites Of Spring
Padraig Reynolds’ thriller stars A J Bowen, Anessa Ramsey and Sonny Marinelli in the story of a kidnapping that falls foul of a mysterious creature.
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FeaturesNetflix shakes up UK market
Netflix, the leading US online film and TV service, is moving into Europe with its launch in the UK. The territory’s distributors talk about where the newcomer will fit into a sector dominated by Sky and Lovefilm.
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NewsPinball plans transmedia release for Radich's The Conundrum
The UK’s Pinball Films has come on board to present Martin Radich’s The Conundrum, a low-budget film starring Trevor Fox.
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NewsICAA's release bonuses go to 20 films in Spain
Spain’s ICAA has given more than $16m in total to 20 films that have hit a specific milestone at the Spanish box office.
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Anchor Bay takes US rights to Seeking Justice
The distributor plans a Mar 16 theatrical launch for Roger Donaldson’s thriller, previously called The Hungry Rabbit Jumps, which also stars January Jones and Guy Pearce.