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Little Film Company picks up Toronto doc Blindsight
Robbie and Ellen Little's Little Film Company has picked upworldwide sales on the adventure documentary Blindsight, which will get its world premiere inthe Real To Reel section at Toronto.Lucy Walker directed the story of six blind Tibetan teenagers who attemptto climb Everest climbing expedition.Sybil Robson Orr of Robson Entertainment served ...
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Film Movement buys three from Match Factory including Madeinusa
Film Movement has picked up Claudia Llosa's Spain-Peru drama Madeinusa, Mani Haghighi's Iranian comedy MenAt Work, and Geraldo Olivares'Spain-Germany drama The Great Match.Madeinusa centreson a stranger's encounter with an innocent girl in a remote Peruvian villageand stars Magaly Solier, Carlos de la Torre, Yiliana Chong, and Ubaldo Huaman.The deal was ...
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Gruberg joins MGM as senior vp, media operations, from DreamWorks
Amy Gruberg has joined MGM as senior vice president of media operationsfollowing a ten-year stint overseeing media operations at DreamWorks.Gruberg will be responsible for shaping MGM's media vision, which involvesoverseeing media strategy and placement on all theatrical and homeentertainment releases and network and cable broadcasts of titles, as well asmanaging ...
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Gordon Green, Dunaway among No Borders projects at IFP Market
New work from David Gordon Green and Faye Dunaway's featuredirectorial debut are among the highlights of the No Borders International Co-production market at the upcoming 28th Annual IFPMarket in New York.Hot on the heels of the Toronto International FilmFestival, the yearly event presents a forum for filmmakers to discuss projectsin ...
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Freston ousted as Viacom CEO after 26 years at the company
Viacom chairman Sumner Redstone made his second decisive move intwo weeks as chief executive officer Tom Freston was ousted from the company yesterdayafter more than 25 years of service.Philippe P Dauman, the 52-year-old former deputy chairman,replaces Freston as the new president and chief executive officer, and Thomas EDooley has been ...
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Invincible remains North American box office champ
BuenaVista's American football drama Invincible held on to the number one spot with a $15.2m four-day haul over theLabor Day holiday weekend and stayed ahead of new releases Crank in second place and The Wicker Man in third.FoxSearchlight's comedy Little Miss Sunshinefell one place to fourth on an excellent $9.7m ...
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BVI's Pirates holds international crown for ninth weekend
Pirates of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest closed its ninth consecutive weekend asthe number one international picture as it took another significant stridetowards the $1bn global mark.Adding an estimated $11m through Buena Vista International (BVI),the smash adventure sequel reached $579.1m in overseas revenues and $991.9mworldwide and is expected to cross ...
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Truly Indie to handle US release of 51 Birch Street
MarkCuban and Todd Wagner's independent label Truly Indie will handle the UStheatrical release of Doug Block's autobiographical documentary 51 BirchStreet.Thefocus of the story centres on the truth behind the seemingly idyllic 54-yearmarriage of Block's parents. When his mother dies and his father announcesseveral months later that he is leaving town ...
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Chartier steers Voltage through changing international landscape
Headof fast-growing 18 month-oldfinancing & sales company Voltage Pictures Nicolas Chartier talks to Jeremy Kay about the newgeneration of film financiers and international distributors.Aveteran of such companies as Arclight Films and Myriad Pictures, VoltagePictures co-head Nicolas Chartier (pictured) is the kind of go-to guy in theinternational sales business ...
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Pirates shoots for ninth week at top and $1bn
Buena Vista International(BVI)'s Pirates of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest will still be the one to beat as it bears down on$1bn in global ticket sales and attempts a ninth consecutive weekend as theinternational box office champion.The adventure sequel thusfar stands at $976m of which $566.8m was taken at the ...
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Fur hits Telluride six weeks before 'world premiere' in Rome
Steven Shainberg's Fur starring Nicole Kidman as the celebratedphotographer Diane Arbus has been lined up as a world premiere at thisweekend's Telluride Film Festival in Colorado, some six weeks ahead of its officialworld premiere as the opening night the inaugural Rome Film Festival.The screening of Fur once again raises the ...
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Strand takes US rights to Bourdieu's Poison Friends
Strand Releasing hasacquired all US rights to Emmanuel Bourdieu's Poison Friends from Les Films du Losange.The picture, which will playin official selection at the 44th New York Film Festival, follows a group ofcollege intellectuals who fall prey to a charming pathological liar. It starsDominique Blanc and Natacha Regnier among others.Strand ...
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Norway's Bawke wins top prize at Palm Springs ShortFest
Hisham Zaman's Norwegian entry Bawke won the 2006 Palm Springs InternationalFestival of Short Films & Short Film Market (ShortFest)'s Best of FestivalAward on Aug 29. In other jury awards, The Best Live Action Under 15 Minutes prizewent to Sophie Barthes' US festival favourite Happiness, while Jens Assur's Swedish picture TheLast ...
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Korean-US co-production Never Forever wraps in NYC
New York-based Vox3 Films co-founder Andrew Fierberg and LeeJoon-Dong of Now Films have completed principal photography on Gina Kim'sromance Never Forever.Set in New York City, the US-Korean co-production follows theaffair between a Korean immigrant and a frustrated Caucasian housewife. Vera Farmiga, Korean star Ha Jung-Woo, and David McInnis head thecast ...
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THINKFilm takes on Kasdan's The TV Set
THINKFilm has acquired all North American rights to Jake Kasdan'scomedy The TV Set andplans a spring 2007 release.The picture, which premiered at Tribeca this year, centres on thetrials and tribulations of the idealistic writer of a TV pilot. David Duchovny,Sigourney Weaver, Ioan Gruffudd, Justine Bateman and Judy Greer star.Kasdan produced ...
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ASC sets annual awards for Feb 18, 2007
The 21st Annual American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Awardsfor Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography will take place on Feb 18 2007 inLos Angeles.'Our members established this annual celebration in 1986 forthe purpose of recognising and inspiring the pursuit of excellence in the artand craft of cinematography,' ASC chairman of the ASC's ...
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Goldwyn, Roadside to handle US on Amazing Grace
Samuel Goldwyn Films and Roadside Attractions will jointlydistribute the Toronto International Film Festival's closing night film AmazingGrace in the US.The Bristol Bay Productions' feature is directed by Michael Aptedand stars Ioan Gruffudd as the anti-slavery champion William Wilberforce.The cast includes Romola Garai, Rufus Sewell, BenedictCumberbatch, Youssou N'Dour, Ciaran Hinds, Michael ...
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Appleton leaves W&A for LA law firm Sheppard Mullin
Former Writers and Artists Agency general counsel Dina Appletonhas joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton's entertainment media and communicationspractice group.Appleton has extensive experience in entertainment transactions includingfilm and television development, production, financing and distribution.She is a co-author of Hollywood Dealmaking: Negotiating Talent Agreementsand teaches an annual entertainment deal making class ...
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Weinsteins buy into independent US TV channel Ovation
The Weinstein Company (TWC) has take it s first step into cable televisionas part of a consortium of private investors that has bought the independentcable channel Ovation, The Arts Network.Television executives Ken Solomon will oversee the network's relaunchas chairman, alongside chief executive officer Charles Segars, chief operatingofficer Ron Garfield, and ...
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IFM to handle world DVD and TV sales on 16 vintage Australian titles
IFMhas signed an exclusive distribution deal with Australian DVD distributorUmbrella Entertainment for a package of 16 Australian pictures from the 1970sand 80s.Theagreement is for worldwide representation excluding Australia and New Zealandfor DVD and TV.Titlesinclude the Bruce Beresford classics The Getting of Wisdom and Puberty Blues,The Picture Show Man starring RodTaylor ...