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NewsSFFS, Kenneth Rainin Foundation extend partnership
The San Francisco Film Society (SFFS) announced on Thursday [10] that it would receive a “significant increase” in funding to its Filmmaker360 programmes through a renewal of its relationship with the Kenneth Rainin Foundation.
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NewsPi set to sweep past $350m mark for Fox
Ang Lee’s adventure ruled the international roost last weekend and is expected to do so again this weekend, boosted by 11 Academy Award nominations.
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CommentAcademy Award nominees: the verdict
Academy members have come up with a boisterous selection of nominees that tips its hat to the populist vote – the Holy Grail for the Academy these days. But there are some whopping omissions, not the least of which is a complete shut-out for The Dark Knight Rises.
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NewsArgo wins best picture at Critics’ Choice Movie Awards
The Broadcast Film Critics Association’s (BFCA) 18th awards in Santa Monica also honoured Daniel-Dawy Lewis for best actor and Jessica Chastain for best actress.
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Entertainment lobby issues statement on Biden meeting
Vice-president Joe Biden met with representatives from the MPAA, NATO, IFTA, the DGA and the National Cable & Telecommunications Association in Washington DC on Thursday [10] to discuss gun violence in the wake of last month’s massacre at a Connecticut primary school.
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Mary Bacarella succeeds Deborah Person as SIFF managing director
The long-time Space Needle executive starts in her new role on Feb 1 and will lead the organisation in tandem with artistic director Carl Spence.
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NewsTom Hassell named Cinedigm vp of theatrical distribution
Hassell will be responsible for all aspects of theatrical distribution for Cinema Corp, whose recent slate includes Arthur Newman, Violet And Daisy and The Invisible War.
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NewsFilmNation reports $469m box office in 2012
CEO Glen Basner hailed “tremendous” figures as he announced on Wednesday [9] the overall grosses for all FilmNation films during the last calendar year.
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NewsSteven Spielberg puts Robopocalypse on backburner
It emerged on Wednesday [9] that The DGA nominee – eying a seventh best director Oscar nomination on Thursday – has postponed start of production on the sci-fi adaptation.
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Copyright licensing agency promotes Peter Kuyper Jr to CEO
Kuyper Jr’s promotion at the Motion Picture Licensing Corporation (MPLC) came into effect on Jan 1.
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NewsDistribution: Magnolia gets Hurt Me, Phase 4 finds Bad Kids
Magnolia Pictures has acquired North American rights to Nothing Can Hurt Me, Drew DeNicola and Oliva Mori’s documentary about the band Big Star.
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NewsRobin Williams to star in Dito Montiel’s Boulevard
Camellia Entertainment is in pre-production on the upcoming drama about marriage and lies.
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NewsThe Exchange closes Thin Ice deal with Universal
Brian O’Shea announced on Wednesday [9] that the company had finalised a multi-territory distribution deal with Universal Pictures International Entertainment (UPIE).
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NewsASC unveils cinematography nominations
Seamus McGarvey is in contention for his work on Anna Karenina, as are Claudio Miranda for Life Of Pi [pictured] and Roger Deakins for Skyfall.
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NewsJoe Biden, Hollywood to hold gun violence talks
The US Vice-President is scheduled to meet representatives from a host of entertainment-related bodies in Washington DC on Thursday [10] in the wake of December’s Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Connecticut.
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NewsKathryn Bigelow, Ben Affleck among DGA nominees
The Directors Guild Of America unveiled on Tuesday [8] the five contenders for its 65th feature film award, but there will be no joy for absentees Paul Thomas Anderson, David O Russell, Quentin Tarantino or Robert Zemeckis.
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NewsSarah Polley doc wins TFCA Rogers Award
The Toronto Film Critics Association announced at its awards night on Tuesday [8] that Polley’s Stories We Tell had received the Rogers Best Canadian Film Award.
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NewsLionsgate International reports $1.3bn grosses in 2012
Propelled by the Twilight finale and buoyed by the merger with Summit, Lionsgate’s international division scored a mighty $1.251bn at the box office.
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Miramax promotes Joe Patrick, Beth Minehart
Patrick is named evp of worldwide television while Minehart becomes evp of global digital, reporting to Miramax interim CEO Steve Schoch. Separately, Robert Green has joined the ranks at Condé Nast Entertainment.
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Annapurna Pictures, Color Force unite on Bernadette
The parties have acquired feature film rights to Maria Semple’s acclaimed bestseller Where’d You Go, Bernadette and have set Scott Neustadter and Michael H Weber of (500) Days Of Summer fame to adapt the screenplay.