All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 758
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NewsBAFTA LA announces board
Screen International’s vp of business development Nigel Daly has been elected chairman and Deborah Kolar and Brian Walton have been elected deputy chairs of BAFTA LA.
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NewsMagnolia, Paramount team on Christmas
Sundance: Joe Swanberg’s US Dramatic Competition entry has found a home in a deal concluded before the start of the festival.
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NewsTristan Weisgal joins Bleiberg
EXCLUSIVE: Bleiberg Entertainment has brought on Tristan Weisgal as vp of international sales and development heading into the EFM next month.
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NewsFajr Falestine fund launches
Film-makers Jessica Habie and Deema Dabis have launched the Fajr Falestine Film Fund to support production of experimental films from the Middle East with particular emphasis on Palestinian films.
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NewsBFCA announce annual winners
The Broadcast Film Critics Association announced its winners at the 19th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards took place in Santa Monica on January 16.
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NewsRepentance gets US release
Lionsgate/CodeBlack will release the psychological thriller from Forest Whitaker’s Significant Productions and JuntoBox Films on February 28.
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NewsRifkin, Meyers eye EFM Sacrifice
EXCLUSIVE: Arnold Rifkin will produce the thriller about a cult to star Radha Mitchell, Rupert Graves and Colm Meaney.
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NewsGoDigital, Variance form Amplify
Top brass at both companies have launched an all-rights distributor and will attend Sundance to hunt for product.
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NewsWGA Paul Selvin Award for Gibney
Alex Gibey has been named the WGAW’s 2014 Paul Selvin Award honouree for his screenplay for We Steal Secrets: The Story Of WikiLeaks.
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NewsHarrison Ford joins Adaline
The veteran actor has come on board Lionsgate, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and Lakeshore Entertainment’s romance The Age Of Adaline.
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NewsPaul Greengrass in ACE honour
The American Cinema Editors board will present the director of Captain Phillips with the ACE Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award.
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NewsDespicable Me 3 to open June 2017
Universal Pictures top brass have announced a trio of key animation releases.
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NewsWolfe Releasing picks up EastSiders
The exclusive distributor of gay and lesbian films has acquired worldwide digital and DVD rights to the feature version of the web series.
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NewsDouble Dutch boards sales on I Put A Hit On You
EXCLUSIVE: The Toronto-based sales agent has come on to represent international rights on Dane Clark and Linsey Stewart’s Slamdance-bound I Put A Hit On You.
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NewsIndies shine at 2013 int’l BO
UPDATE Jan 15: Films licensed internationally by the ‘big indie’ sales agents in the US generated more than $1bn at the box office in calendar year 2013.
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NewsCinetic Media hires Werner
Marketing veteran Ryan Werner has joined Cinetic Media as a senior executive.
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NewsGatsby earns MUAHS nod
The Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild (MUAHS) announced on January 14 its nominations for the 2014 awards show on February 15.
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NewsSundance Artist Services selects 11
Sundance Institute has revealed the latest batch of 11 films available through digital platforms and storefronts via the Institute’s Artist Services programme. Separately, Vimeo On Demand has announced the first 13 on-demand titles it acquired in Toronto.
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NewsCuarón to speak at Directors Close-Up
The Golden Globe-winning director of Gravity is among the line-up of speakers for Film Independent’s 13th annual Film Independent Directors Close-Up series scheduled from February 11–March 12 in Los Angeles.
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NewsASC announces Spotlight nods
The American Society Of Cinematographers has named the three nominees for its inaugural ASC Spotlight Award.