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Atletu earns jury and audience prizes as Bahamas Fest closes
Davey Frankel and Rasselas Lakew’s Atletu won the Bahamas International Film Festival’s (BIFF) Spirit Of Freedom (Narrative) honour as the event closed at the weekend.
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NewsDeathly Hallows stays top overseas on $54.4m
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 1 extended its supremacy over the international arena for a third consecutive weekend thanks to a $54.8m haul confirmed on Monday [6] by Warner Bros Pictures International.
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PGA unveils documentary nominees
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) have announced the six documentary feature this week [3].
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Relativity, Channing Tatum sign two-year production deal
Relativity Media has closed a two-year production deal with Channing Tatum and producing partner Reid Carolin’s unnamed production company.
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NewsFilmyard Holdings completes Miramax buy from Disney
The Walt Disney Company and Filmyard Holdings have announced that Disney has completed the sale of Miramax Films to Filmyard for $663m.
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Ledoyen joins cast of Bohemia's The Last Beat
Virgine Ledoyen has joined Shawn Andrews on LA-based Bohemia Group’s rock and roll biopic The Last Beat.
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NewsDeathly Hallows set to rule overseas for third weekend
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 1 will have too much for the international competition as it begins to climb towards $500m.
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Myriad licenses US on Good Neighbours to Magnolia
Magnolia Films has acquired all US rights from Myriad Pictures to Jacob Tierney’s thriller Good Neighbours.
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IFC takes world on Swanberg's upcoming Sundance entry Uncle Kent
IFC Films has acquired worldwide rights to Joe Swanberg’s Uncle Kent, which will screen at Sundance next month in the Spotlight section.
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NewsNBR crowns The Social Network best film of 2010
The Social Network hardly needed a leg-up this awards season but got it anyway in the form of four major prizes from the National Board Of Review.
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NewsSundance unveils Midnight, Spotlight, NEXT
The final tranche of Sundance programming unveiled by John Cooper and Trevor Groth today [December 2] features genre fare such as the Rutger Hauer vigilante film Hobo With A Shotgun and acclaimed world cinema titles from 2010 such as Denis Villeneuve’s Incendies and Richard Ayoade’s Submarine.
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NewsLife In A Day, Devil's Double among Sundance Premieres
Sundance Festival director John Cooper and director of programming Trevor Groth unveiled an array of riches today [December 2] in the form of the Premieres and inaugural Documentary Premieres line-up for the 2011 event.
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US bankruptcy court approves MGM plan
The US Bankruptcy Court For The Southern District Of New York has approved MGM’s pre-packaged plan of reorganisation, paving the way for the company and its subsidiaries to emerge from Chapter 11 in short order.
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NewsChasen case 'person of interest' kills himself in Hollywood
A man wanted for questioning by police in the investigation into the murder of publicist Ronni Chasen shot and killed himself in Hollywood last night [1].
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Columbia hires Hill, Tatum for 21 Jump Street adaptation
Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum will star in a contemporary adaptation of the television series 21 Jump Street for Columbia Pictures.
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Universal appoints first multicultural marketing chiefs
Fabian Castro and Talitha Watkins have joined Universal Pictures as vice-presidents of multicultural marketing.
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NewsConsidine, Farmiga make director bows at Sundance
The directorial debuts of Paddy Considine, Vera Farmiga and Barry Levinson’s son Sam Levinson as well as new work from Sundance alumni James Marsh and Drake Doremus are among the Sundance 2011 competition line-up announced today [December 1].
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FilmDistrict, Netflix sign multi-year pay-TV deal
The agreement kicks off in 2011 and represents the latest coup for Netflix following a similar arrangement with Relativity Media and a deal with Epix that grants it streaming rights to films from Paramount, Lionsgate and MGM.
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FeaturesVital signs at AFM
The sales business may be going through challenging times, but this year’s AFM showed there are still opportunities to be found — and the international arena is vital. Jeremy Kay reports
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Jackson-Cohen, Gleeson join Intrepid's The Raven in Hungary
Intrepid Pictures has begun principal photography in Hungary on The Raven starring John Cusack, Alice Eve and Luke Evans.