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Silver Linings, Life Of Pi among AFI FEST programme
Festival top brass unveiled the roster of galas and special screenings on Thursday (11).
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Radiant Films International to sell The Citizen
The 3K Pictures drama will screen for buyers after the international premiere on Oct 14 at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival.
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Rio Film Festival announces award winners
The Redentors were handed out for the Premiere Brazil strand of home-grown films as the festival came to a close on Thursday night (11).
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Aldamisa International expands into TV business
EXCLUSIVE: The feature film financing, international sales and production company made the announcement on Thursday (11) and will kick off with Emmett/Furla’s Dolph Lundgren vehicle Rescue 3.
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Nicholas Apps named Tribeca Film Institute deputy executive director
Effective Oct 15 the new arrival will report to executive director Beth Janson and lead individual giving and corporate sponsorship initiatives and marketing and communications.
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The Numbers Station, Assassins among AFM screenings
Market organisers said on Thursday (11) that more than 420 films will screen from Oct 31-Nov 7 in Santa Monica. Content is selling The Numbers Station with John Cusack while Easternlight handles the Chow Yun-fat The Assassins. The schedule includes 77 world premieres and 306 market premieres.
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IFP to develop and operate Made In New York facility
The Media Center will be based in Brooklyn and is expected to open in spring 2013. It will be designed to combine traditional media and emerging technologies in a hub for filmmakers, content creators and entrepreneurs.
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Val Kilmer to receive Dallas Star Award
Kilmer will collect the honour in recognition of his career achievement at the Dallas Film Society’s annual autumn fundraising event The Art Of Film on Nov 16.
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Paranormal Activity 4 Want It campaign strikes global gold
Paramount’s savvy Facebook marketing campaign launched nearly three months ago and has engaged fans from Russia to Peru.
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Jodie Foster to direct Money Monster
IM Global and The Allegiance Theater will jointly finance and produce the drama and IM Global will handle sales.
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Looper grosses $16.7m in first ten days in China
Sources issued the numbers on Wednesday (10) after the independent sci-fi thriller was understood to have added approximately $7.5m in the second weekend through DMG Entertainment. Combined with the bulk of international grosses from mostly FilmNation licensees, the tally has reached $46m excluding second weekend results from Russia.
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Bernardo Bertolucci named AFI FEST guest artistic director
The iconic Italian has chosen four features for his special sidebar: Lloyd Bacon’s 42nd Street, Jean Renoir’s La Regle Du Jeu, F W Murnau’s Sunrise and Jean-Luc Godard’s Vivre Ca Vie.
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Well Go USA takes Not Suitable For Children
Ryan Kwanten stars in the comedy as a party animal faced with infertility. Well Go USA struck the deal with Arclight.
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DEG: UltraViolet to launch in Canada
Sony, Universal and Warner Bros are scheduled to release titles in the fourth quarter after home entertainment advocacy group The Digital Entertainment Group (DEG) announced on Tuesday (9) the format would follow the US and the UK.
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Marion Cotillard to receive Gotham career tribute
The French star of Rust And Bone (pictured) will collect the honour at the 22nd Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards on Nov 26.
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Animation Mentor to host two-day seminar
The online animation school “founded by animators for animators” announced the sessions on Tuesday (9) in partnership with Autodesk.
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AFM organisers announce second annual conference series
The events comprise a range of conferences scheduled to run from Nov 2-6 at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica.
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Distribution round-up: Drafthouse takes Pietà
The distributor has acquired North American rights to Kim Ki-Duk’s South Korean Oscar foreign language submission and recent winner of the Venice Golden Lion. IFC Midnight has picked up North American rights to sci-fi thriller Crawlspace.
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Screen Gems closes deal to enter Black City
The studio is out to screenwriters to adapt Elizabeth Richards’ upcoming Romeo and Juliet-style young-adult fantasy series.
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Paul Dano joins cast on Alcon’s Prisoners
Denis Villeneuve is scheduled to commence principal photography in early 2013 as Alcon co-founders and co-CEOs Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson target an autumn release through the Warner Bros output deal.