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FilmBuff eyes early June kick-off for football doc Pelada
FilmBuff, the digital distribution label operated by Cinetic Rights Management, will release the documentary Pelada in June to coincide with the Fifa World Cup in South Africa.
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Production underway on Dark Sky ghost story The Innkeepers
Production is underway on Dark Sky Films’ ghost story The Innkeepers from House Of The Devil director Ti West.
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2S Films rounds out cast on Something Borrowed
Steve Howey, Ashley Williams and Jill Eikenberry have joined the cast of Alcon Entertainment-based 2S Films’ Something Borrowed.
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Shooting begins on Bernie Madoff doc The Foxhounds
Production is underway on The Foxhounds, a feature documentary about the former securities industry executive who tried to warn Wall Street about Bernie Madoff a decade before the notorious fraudster’s Ponzi scheme was exposed.
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New player Inception Media Group takes US rights to 2:22
Fledgling distributor and producer Inception Media Group has acquired all US rights from Moonstone Entertainment to the action thriller 2:22 featuring Val Kilmer.
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A Matter Of Size to open LA Jewish Film festival
Israeli film-makers Erez Tadmor and Sharon Maymon’s A Matter Of Size will open the fifth annual Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival on May 8.
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NewsLionsgate moves on US rights to The Lincoln Lawyer
In a preemptive move, Lionsgate has acquired rights from Lakeshore Entertainment and Sidney Kimmel Entertainment to the upcoming legal thriller. Lakeshore is handling international sales.
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NewsWell Go USA takes North American rights to Ip Man martial arts franchise
Well Go USA has acquired North American rights to Ip Man and Ip Man 2 directed by Wilson Yip and starring Hong Kong action idol Donnie Ye.
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Sean Astin to play racehorse trainer in And They're Off...
Sean Astin and Cheri Oteri will star in Scrambled Eggs Productions’ And They’re Off…, a comedy set in the world of thoroughbred horse racing.
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Berlinger goes to battle with Chevron over Crude footage
Film-maker Joe Berlinger and his production company Third Eye Motion Picture Company have filed legal papers opposing Chevron’s request for raw footage from the filming of Berlinger’s documentary Crude.
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NewsMan Beyond The Bridge earns juried narrative prize at 8th IFFLA
Laxmikant Shetgaonkar’s The Man Beyond The Bridge (Paltadacho Munis) was awarded the grand jury prize for best narrative as the 8th Annual Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles came to a close.
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NewsSundance Institute unveils director and screenwriter lab projects
The Sundance Institute has announced the 13 projects selected for its annual June Directors and Screenwriters Labs, taking place in Utah from June 1-25.
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NewsSPC charmed by Chomet's The Illusionist
Sony Pictures Classics (SPC) has acquired all North American rights from Pathe to Sylvain Chomet’s animated tale The Illusionist.
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NewsDragon scales box office heights in muted weekend on $15m
DreamWorks Animation’s How To Train Your Dragon continued its classic word of mouth run to end its fifth weekend at the top in a lacklustre session.
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NewsTitans vanquishes Alice to stay top overseas on $33.5m
Clash Of The Titans ruled the roost yet again and edged out Alice In Wonderland thanks to a $33.5m confirmed weekend haul that boosted the running total to $242.6m.
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Katalin Varga named best narrative feature at RiverRun
Peter Strickland’s Katalin Varga (Romania-UK) won the 12th Annual RiverRun International Film Festival’s narrative feature award and Klaus Haro’s Letters To Father Jacob (Finland) earned the BB&T Audience Award for best narrative feature.
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Little Film Company launches Accelerator genre label
LA-based The Little Film Company has launched the genre label Accelerator and will be talking up a number of titles in Cannes.
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Tribeca All Access Creative Promise winners unveiled
The Tribeca Film Festival announced the winners of the seventh annual Tribeca All Access Creative Promise Awards in New York tonight.
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Andy Vajna to receive career honour at LA's Hungarian Film Festival
The 10th Hungarian Film Festival Of Los Angeles will take place this year from November 11-18.
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IFC takes multiple territories on SXSW winner Tiny Furniture
IFC Films has acquired worldwide rights to Tiny Furniture excluding the UK, South Africa, Germany, France, Benelux, New Zealand and Australia.