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All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1073
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FeaturesLinas Phillips, director, and Thomas Woodrow, producer, Bass Ackwards
Director Linas Phillips and producer Thomas Woodrow talk to Jeremy Kay about Bass Ackwards, which plays in Sundance’s inaugural Next programme.
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NewsSlamdance unveils jury and audience winners
Top brass at the 16th Annual Slamdance Film Festival announced their winners on Thursday night.
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NewsSundance announces NHK, short film winners
The Sundance Institute and Japan broadcaster NHK have announced the winners of the 2010 Sundance / NHK International Filmmakers Awards.
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NewsVisit boards Trash Humpers, Vital Signs for Rotterdam
Visit Films has acquired two new titles screening in the Rotterdam International Film Festival as the New York-based sales company bolsters its slate in the run-up to EFM.
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NewsThe Kids Are All Right hints at buried treasure in Sundance
Focus Features confirmed on Thursday that it had acquired domestic and select territories to Lisa Cholodenko’s Sundance selection The Kids Are All Right as the festival entered the final stretch.
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NewsMyriad lines up Notre Dame De Grace for EFM
Santa Monica-based Myriad Pictures has acquired international rights to Jacob Tierney’s Notre Dame De Grace, currently shooting in Montreal.
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NewsPhase 4 acquires all US rights to Hugh Hefner doc
Phase 4 Films has acquired all US rights and DVD, VOD, PPV and digital rights in Canada, to the theatrical version of Brigitte Berman’s documentary Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist And Rebel.
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NewsRamamurthy joins cast of Indian crime drama Shor
Sendhil Ramamurthy, who stars in Gurinder Chadha’s Sundance entry It’s A Wonderful Afterlife, will star in the English-language crime drama Shor (Noise) that is currently shooting in Mumbai.
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NewsRelativity hires Ammer as president of marketing
Geoff Ammer is joining Relativity Media as its worldwide president of marketing, the company confirmed last night
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NewsRevolver sets March 5 UK release for Banksy documentary
Revolver will release Banksy’s documentary Exit Through The Gift Shop in the UK on March 5.
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NewsFox confirms Avatar is king of the world
Twentieth Century Fox sources said today [26] that Avatar had become the biggest worldwide release of all time, overtaking James Cameron’s 12-year champion Titanic.
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FeaturesAamir Khan, producer, and Anusha Rizvi, writer/director, Peepli Live
Indian superstar and producer Aamir Khan and first-time writer-director Anusha Rizvi talk to Jeremy Kay about the film Peepli Live, which screens in Sundance’s World Cinema Dramatic Competition.
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NewsMyriad boards Sundance crowd-pleaser happythankyoumoreplease for EFM
Myriad Pictures has added Josh Radnor’s Sundance crowd-pleaser happythankyoumoreplease to its EFM slate after acquiring international rights.
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NewsTucker & Dale, His & Hers among brisk foreign sales at Sundance
Wild Bunch has acquired French and German rights from Voltage Pictures to Eli Craig’s much fancied Sundance Midnight entry Tucker & Dale Vs Evil.
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NewsFormer AFI Fest team launch festival consultancy
Four former partners of the AFI FEST Los Angeles International Film Festival have joined forces to create the film festival consultancy, Festworks.
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NewsThe Hurt Locker takes best film prize at PGA awards
The Hurt Locker has regained some lost momentum in the awards season after taking the best feature prize at the annual Producers Guild Of America awards on Sunday night (January 24) in Los Angeles.
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NewsInglourious Basterds, Bullock, Bridges claim SAG wins
Inglourious Basterds won the SAG cast performance prize as Jeff Bridges and Sandra Bullock took the lead individual acting honours at the body’s 16th annual awards in LA last night [Jan 23].
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NewsAvatar second biggest domestic release ever on $552.8m
Fox’s Avatar leapfrogged The Dark Knight to secure second place in the all-time domestic pantheon en route to the top thanks to an estimated $36m haul that boosted the tally to $552.8m.
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News1019 Entertainment eyes April wrap on eco-doc Cool It
X-Men and Fantastic Four producer Ralph Winter and former studio executive Terry Botwick’s fledgling 1019 Entertainment is on schedule to complete filming its first production, the documentary Cool It, in April.
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NewsT&C takes foreign on Teenage Paparazzo in first on-site deal at Sundance
In the first on-site deal of Sundance David Jourdan’s T&C Pictures International has acquired international rights from WME Global to Adrian Grenier’s documentary Teenage Paparazzo.