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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.
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NewsPathe takes international on Gnomeo & Juliet
Kelly Asbury is directing the 3D animated fantasy comedy, produced by Elton John’s Rocket Pictures.
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Production begins on We Need To Talk About Kevin
Production is due to get underway this week in Connecticut on the psychological thriller We Need To Talk About Kevin by Lynne Ramsay.
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NewsWalt Disney Studios greenlights second Monsters, Inc
Disney has greenlit a second Monsters, Inc film and will release it in North America on November 16, 2012.
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NewsClash surges past $200m as weekend approaches
Warner Bros Pictures International’s giant heads into the fourth weekend as favourite to stay on top.
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Film Sales Company boards four titles for Tribeca
Andrew Herwitz’s Film Sales Company has rounded up four titles for sale at Tribeca Film festival, which kicked off last night [21] with the world premiere of Shrek Forever After.
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Paladin on board to release Reliance BIG's Kites: The Remix
In a coup for Mark Urman’s Paladin, the fledgling distributor will release an English language version of Reliance BIG’s Bollywood film Kites: The Remix in the US on May 21.
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NewsOscilloscope picks up US rights to Howl
Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired US rights to Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman’s Howl starring James Franco.
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Tribeca takes on distribution
The ambitious Tribeca Film Festival (April 21-May 2) is exploring ways of reaching out to audiences far beyond its New York base. Jeremy Kay reports
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FeaturesThe bigger picture
Blacklight Transmedia has ambitious plans to create original franchises that can be exploited across multiple platforms ― and has a rare first-look deal with Imagine Entertainment. Jeremy Kay reports.
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NewsCrazy Heart producers Informant Media unveil slate
Riding high after their debut feature Crazy Heart won two Academy Awards including a best actor win for Jeff Bridges, Informant Media partners Judy Cairo, Michael A Simpson and Eric Brenner have unveiled their 2010 production slate.
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Cuban threat to block Miramax deal elicits reply from TWC board member
In an open letter to the press, The Weinstein Company board member Richard Koenigsberg has responded to a veiled threat by billionaire Mark Cuban that he might try to block the company’s efforts to buy back Miramax.
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MT Carney named Disney marketing president
Walt Disney Studios chairman Rich Ross has given Scottish media executive MT Carney the top marketing job at Disney, the studio confirmed today [21].
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Senate Agriculture Committee approves bill to ban futures exchange
The Senate Agriculture Committee has approved a bill by Arkansas Democrat Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark) that proposes a ban on a box office futures exchange.
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Brittany Snow thriller 96 Minutes to shoot in Atlanta in May
Principal photography will commence in Atlanta in May on Perfect Weekend’s cautionary thriller 96 Minutes starring Brittany Snow and Evan Ross.
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Baldwin, Madsen join faith-based Church Girl project
Stephen Baldwin, Michael Madsen, Michael Rivera and T-Bone have rounded out the principal cast on Reverence Gospel Media’s faith-based urban drama I’m In Love With A Church Girl.