All Screen articles in February 6 2015 – Page 8
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NewsPaddington hits $200m global BO
StudioCanal’s smash has become the biggest family release of all time for a non-US studio film as it earned the latest distinction in a box office run that has been bristling with accomplishment.
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NewsSloan honour to Stanford Prison Experiment
Kyle Patrick Alvarez’s The Stanford Prison Experiment has received the Alfred P Sloan Feature Film Prize and a $20,000 cash award as the Sundance Institute announced Science-In-Film honourees.
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NewsCharlie Hunnam to star in Lost City Of Z
The British star will play Col Percival Fawcett opposite Sienna Miller and Robert Pattinson in James Gray’s adventure that Sierra/Affinity represents at the EFM.
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NewsSamuel Goldwyn nabs The Farewell Party
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired all North American rights from Beta Cinema to Sharon Mammon and Tal Granit’s euthanasia comedy. BOND/360, Zeitgeist Films and Image Entertainment have all been active in separate deals.
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NewsSXSW 2015 unveils feature roster
Top brass at the 22nd South By Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival have announced the feature line-up for the upcoming festival, set to run from March 13-21 in Austin, Texas.
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NewsEFM: Conquistador boards Phenom
EXCLUSIVE: On the back of its marquee sales title and awards contender Cake starring Jennifer Aniston, Conquistador Entertainment will kick off sales in Berlin on the drama starring red-hot Ethan Hawke, Paul Giamatti and Johnny Simmons.
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NewsEFM: Beckinsale, Sevigny reunite for Love & Friendship
Xavier Samuel and Stephen Fry also announced for Whit Stillman’s adaptation of unfinished Jane Austen novella
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NewsEFM: TrustNordisk to sell Ingrid Bergman doc
Short promo to be presented at Berlin’s European Film Market.
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NewsDogwoof takes Sundance winner Cartel Land
Dogwoof acquires international rights for A&E Indiefilms’ Sundance-winning Cartel Land.
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NewsMatt Mueller appointed Screen International editor
Former Total Film and Premiere editor will succeed Wendy Mitchell.
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NewsScreen gets new owner as Mobeus backs MBI
Media Business Insight, publisher of Screen International, had been bought by Mobeus Equity Partners backing a management-led buy out of five media brands from the Top Right Group.
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NewsXYZ, Distant Corners team up on Holidays
XYZ Films has teamed up with John Hegeman’s new genre label Distant Corners Entertainment to produce the collection of subversive holiday tales from multiple directors including Kevin Smith.
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NewsAlchemy, The Orchard in Sundance buys
In a pair of late-breaking North American deals from Sundance, Alchemy has acquired political thriller Zipper while The Orchard has taken Finders Keepers.
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NewsTimbuktu triumphs at French Lumiere awards
Franco-Mauritanian Abderrahmane Sissako Timbuktu has clinched best film and best director at the Lumière Awards, France’s version of the Golden Globes.
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NewsFifty Shades generates huge pre-sales
EXCLUSIVE: Advance international ticket sales on Fifty Shades Of Grey, set to open day-and-date worldwide via Universal on February 11, have sky-rocketed to 2.75 million across 39 markets.
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NewsGood Universe sells The Forest
EFM: Good Universe has closed a host of international sales heading into the EFM on Lava Bear’s supernatural thriller led by a major deal with Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA).
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NewsLora-Mungai, Matatu form African studio Restless Global
Producers Marie Lora-Mungai and Tendeka Matatu are merging their assets to create Restless Global, a development, finance, production, distribution and exhibition studio for African content both within and outside Africa.