All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 537
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FeaturesIan Harnarine, 'Doubles With Slight Pepper'
The Brooklyn-based, Canadian filmmaker son to Trinidadian immigrants was in Port Of Spain last month to pitch his drama at the trinidad + tobago film festival’s Caribbean Film Mart.
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NewsDavid Linde named Participant CEO
The Lava Bear Films founder and former Universal Pictures chairman will start work at Jeff Skoll’s company on November 1.
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NewsHelen Mirren in Israel Film Festival honour
The British star of recent Toronto hit Eye In The Sky will receive the 2015 IFF Career Achievement Award on opening night on October 28 in Beverly Hills.
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NewsKino Lorber acquires 'The Messenger'
The distributor picked up all US rights at the Hot Docs International Film Festival to Su Rynard’s cautionary environmental documentary.
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NewsEros International plots 'Bajirao Mastani' release
The distributor will open Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s epic in the US on December 18.
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NewsSAG Foundation lines up first Patron Of The Artists Awards
The Screen Actors Guild Foundation announced on Tuesday that the inaugural honour will go to Lee Daniels, Megan Ellison and Rob Marshall.
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NewsWinston Baker lines up inaugural finance forum in Hawaii
The producer of entertainment finance conferences has announced its first Asia Pacific Entertainment Finance Forum at the Hawaii International Film Festival.
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NewsLionsgate, Double Take line up 'Z-Men'
The collaboration with the subsidiary of video game developer and publisher Take-Two Interactive Software are teaming up on the graphic novel adaptation.
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FeaturesSpotlight: WWE Studios - Wrestle mania
President Michael Luisi has expanded WWE Studios’ roster beyond its typical action fare to include animation and indie pick-ups.
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FeaturesBox Office 2015: Summer of slams
Rampaging dinosaurs, Marvel superheroes and animated emotions powered the US box office to its second biggest summer of all time.
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NewsShaun Barber promoted at Lionsgsate
The eight-year company veteran has been promoted to evp and general sales manager of domestic theatrical distribution.
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News'From Afar' among Los Cabos line-up
Top brass have announced the films in official selection at the Mexican festival’s fourth annual edition, set to run from November 11-15.
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NewsParamount, DiCaprio eye VW scandal film
According to reports the studio and DiCaprio’s Appian Way have optioned a four-page book proposal about the ongoing crisis at the German car manufacturer with a view to a feature adaptation.
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NewsNATO unveils new officers
Celebration! Cinemas CEO John D Loeks has been appointed chairman following the annual general meeting of the National Association Of Theatre Owners (NATO) in Washington from October 7-8.
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NewsMusic Box acquires 'Flowers'
The distributor has picked up North American rights from Film Factory Entertainment to Spain’s foreign-language Oscar contender. Separately, Cohen Media Group has acquired 30 films from the Merchant Ivory Productions library .
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News'Tangerine' triumphs in Rio Felix awards
Sean Baker’s transgender drama was named best fiction film as Rio De Janeiro Film Festival top brass celebrated the best LGBTQ films of this year’s festival.
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NewsDon Francisco to receive Precious GEM Award
The Chilean TV personality will collect the inaugural honour on closing night on October 25 of the GEMS Festival hosted by Miami Dade College’s Miami International Film Festival.
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NewsJohn Ridley to direct LA Riots film
The Oscar-winning screenwriter of 12 Years A Slave will direct from his own script for Broad Green Pictures and Imagine Entertainment.
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NewsSundance Institute to Ignite young filmmakers
The Institute announced on Monday its new Sundance Ignite project aimed at aspiring 18-to-24-year-olds.
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NewsBritannia honour for Harrison Ford
The BAFTA LA hierarchy announced on Friday that they will present the star with the Albert R Broccoli Britannia Award for Worldwide Contribution To Entertainment in Los Angeles on October 30.