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NewsStewart Till closes deal to buy Icon UK, Icon International
Stewart Till’s grand ambitions to establish an international distribution network have taken a big step forward with the news that the media arm of Len Blavatnik’s US-based industrial group Access Industries has finally closed its deal to buy the UK operations of Mel Gibson and Bruce Davey’s LA-based Icon Group.
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NewsCinemavault looks to score at AFM with football comedy Finding Lenny
Cinemavault has further bolstered its AFM slate as the market prepares to get underway this week with Neal Sundstrom’s South African football comedy Finding Lenny.
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NewsCRM launches FilmBuff VOD service in UK
Cinetic Rights Management (CRM) will distribute digital content through its FilmBuff VOD channel in the UK after signing deals with Blinkbox, Joining The Docs, and LOVEFiLM.
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NewsUK Film Council unveils 2009 Breakthrough Brits film-makers
The UK Film Council’s 2009 Breakthrough Brits programme will present 13 emerging black and Asian British film-makers and artists to Hollywood this autumn.
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NewsBleiberg boards Chris Pine drama Small Town Saturday Night for AFM
Bleiberg Entertainment has acquired international rights to writer-director Ryan Craig’s Small Town Saturday Night starring Chris Pine and will launch the film at AFM.
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NewsThis Is It heads into weekend as international box office favourite
Michael Jackson’s This Is It will dominate the international landscape this weekend if the $12.7m opening day gross through Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI) is anything to go by.
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NewsSummit to re-release Twilight for one day before New Moon
Summit Entertainment will re-release Twilight for one day on November 19, a day before the launch of the sequel, The Twilight Saga: New Moon.
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NewsTWC's David Glasser to oversee foreign sales for The Film Dept
The Weinstein Company (TWC) international chief David Glasser has taken over foreign sales on Mark Gill and Neil Sacker’s The Film Department slate following the departure of Steve Bickel.
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NewsCMG boosts AFM roster with Good Hair, The Collector
Edward Noeltner’s Cinema Management Group (CMG) will commence international sales at AFM next week on the Chris Rock documentary Good Hair and horror title The Collector.
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Screen Media Films takes world on political thriller Formosa Betrayed
Screen Media Films has acquired worldwide rights in all media to the $8m political thriller Formosa Betrayed following its international premiere at the Montreal World Film Festival.
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FeaturesWill the deal-makers get real in Santa Monica?
US sales agents are confident they have the right strategies - and the right product - to attract international buyers at this week’s American Film Market (Nov 4-11). Jeremy Kay talks to buyers and sellers about their outlook for the event, and Screen International writers look at the hot projects ...
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Yarek Danielak, Tax Credit Finance launch Mirabelle sales arm
Matthew Chausse and Anthony Gudas of Rhode Island-based Tax Credit Finance, LLC and Yarek Danielak of Arsenal Pictures have teamed up to launch the sales arm Mirabelle.
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NewsVoltage boards Milla Jovovich thriller Faces In The Crowd
Nicolas Chartier’s Voltage Pictures will commence sales at AFM next week on the Milla Jovovich psychological thriller Faces In The Crowd.Julien Magnat will direct Forecast Pictures, Radar Films and Minds Eye Entertainment’s tale of the survivor of an attack by a serial killer who loses the ability to recognise faces ...
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NewsLorber Films takes US rights to Swiss Oscar hopeful Home
Lorber Films has acquired all US rights to the Swiss foreign-language Academy Awards submission Home, starring Isabelle Huppert .
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NewsThis Is It grosses more than $4.4m in under 24 hours in North America
Sony’s Michael Jackson tribute film This Is Ithas grossed more than $4.4m in less than 24 hours since opening last night (October 27) in North America.
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NewsFilm Sales Company boards UN doc U.N.ME for IDFA
Andrew Herwitz’ Film Sales Company has added a fourth film to its International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) slate, the darkly comical U.N.ME.
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NewsDavid Borshell and Andy Reimer launch LA-based Inception Media Group
David Borshell and Andy Reimer have launched Inception Media Group, a Los Angeles-based venture that will acquire, produce and distribute features and other filmed entertainment across all media platforms.
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WBITD names John Garcia svp and general manager of Latin America
John Garcia has been promoted to senior vice-president and general manager, Latin America, at Warner Bros. International Television Distribution (WBITD).
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NewsFilm Movement takes North American rights to The Wind Journeys
Film Movement has acquired North American rights to Ciro Guerra’s Colombian foreign-language Oscar submission The Wind Journeys and has set a spring 2010 theatrical release.
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NewsShoreline adds Easier With Practice, Clash to AFM roster
LA-based Shoreline Entertainment has brought two new titles into the fold heading into AFM and will be hoping to tempt buyers next week with Easier With Practice and Clash.