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All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1108
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NewsFilm Sales Company boards Cole ahead of Toronto premiere
Andrew Herwitz has further bulked up his Toronto slate at the Film Sales Company by picking up worldwide sales rights to Carl Bessai’s drama Cole.
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NewsFilming underway on Leigh's Happy-Go-Lucky follow-up Untitled 09
Mike Leigh has commenced principal photography in London on Untitled 09, his follow-up to Happy-Go-Lucky.
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NewsFreeman, Moore start filming romantic comedy Swinging With The Finkels
Production began on August 26 on the romantic comedy Swinging With The Finkels starring Martin Freeman and Mandy Moore.
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NewsWinslet to narrate Toronto-bound autism doc The Sunshine Boy
Kate Winslet has come aboard to narrate Fridrik Thor Fridriksson’s Toronto-bound autism documentary The Sunshine Boy.
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NewsSanta Barbara to honour Tarantino with Kirk Douglas Award
Quentin Tarantino, riding high following the number one global launch of Inglourious Basterds, will receive the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s fourth annual Kirk Douglas Award For Excellence In Film.
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NewsShoWest organiser Mitch Neuhauser jumps ship to NATO's start-up convention
ShoWest’s top manager Mitch Neuhauser has joined forces with the National Association Of Theatre Owners (NATO) and will act as show manager for the body’s new industry convention that launches in March 2011.
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NewsIFC buys sixth Cannes film in North American deal for Vincere
IFC Films’ newest addition to the slate is Marco Bellochio’s Cannes world premiere Vincere, about the Fascist leader Benito Mussolini’s estranged wife Ida Dalser and their child.
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NewsI'm Going To Explode to open 20th AFI Latin American Film Festival
Gerardo Naranjo’s Mexican New Wave film I’m Going To Explode will open the 20th AFI Latin American Film Festival from September 23-October 12 in Silver Spring, Maryland.
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NewsApparition takes Black Dynamite from SPWAG, increases slate to four
Bill Pohlad and Bob Berney’s fledgling distributor Apparition has added the Sundance hit Black Dynamite to its slate and will release on October 16.
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NewsShorts International and INgrooves release original Spinal Tap short on iTunes
Shorts International and INgrooves have released Spinal Tap’s new short film Stonehenge: ‘Tis A Magic Place on iTunes to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Rob Reiner’s mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap.
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The Good Pitch In America pairs up with IFP's Independent Film Week
The latest project by Annie Sundberg and Ricki Stern will be among eight selected to take part in The Good Pitch in North America in New York during IFP’s Independent Film Week.
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NewsTarantino scores personal best as Basterds takes $27.5m overseas
Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds swept across the international arena in an initial sortie that reaped an estimated $27.5m through Universal/UPI.
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NewsInglourious Basterds storms to the top in record weekend for Tarantino
Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds grossed $65.1m worldwide as the film scored record number one launches for the director in North America and overseas.
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NewsGummer joins Carpenter's The Ward for Echo lake, A Bigger Boat
Mamie Gummer has joined Amber Heard and Jared Harris on the cast of Echo Lake Entertainment and A Bigger Boat’s psychological thriller The Ward, which John Carpenter is currently shooting in Washington State.
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NewsDel Prete's Coronet Films starts shoot on debut feature Lifted
Former Odd Lot Entertainment principal Deborah Del Prete’s fledgling Coronet Films has started principal photography on its first feature Lifted.
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NewsPolice, Adjective and Precious among initial Chicago line-up
Romanian film-maker Corneliu Porumboiu’s fresh IFC pick-up Police, Adjective and Lee Daniels’ Sundance hit Precious: Based On The Novel ‘Push’ By Sapphire will screen at the Chicago International Film Festival.
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MarVista launches Six Million For Six Million Holocaust fundraiser
MarVista Entertainment has announced the Holocaust memorial fundraising campaign Six Million For Six Million.
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Gen Art, Rock Media & Entertainment merge to form Rock Media
Gen Art is merging with Rock Media & Entertainment to create Rock Media, an entertainment company that will continue to produce content and events under both labels.
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NewsAndrea Grau to launch Touchwood PR
Toronto International Film Festival press officer Andrea Gau is leaving after seven years to launch her own full service PR agency.
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NewsIFC Films takes US custody of Police, Adjective
IFC Films has acquired US rights to Corneliu Porumboiu’s Police, Adjective, which has been named Romania’s foreign language Oscar submission for the 2009/10 awards season.