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Australian industry mourns Mark Sarfaty
Friends and colleagues are reeling from the news that Mark Sarfaty, chief executive of the Independent Cinemas Association of Australia (ICAA), has died.
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Weinsteins closing on domestic rights to Song For Marion
Vanessa Redgrave, Terence Stampl, Gemma Arterton and Christopher Eccleston star in the story about a grumpy old man who joins an unconventional choir and in the process learns to embrace life.
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Pictures Dept offers Sion Sono package
Pictures Dept is selling a package of Sion Sono’s films made before 2002’s Suicide Club.
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Hansel and Gretel 3D picked up by Bloomage for Korea
Michael Bay, Scott Gardenhour’s The Institute pre-sells live-action 3D fairytale.
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Celluloid's Chicken runs to SPC
Celluloid Dreams has closed a slew of territories on Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud’s Chicken With Plums, including a deal for US and Latin America with Sony Pictures Classics.
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Sierra / Affinity closes dozen territories on Europa
Nick Meyer confirmed at the AFM on Wednesday [2] that there had been heavy buyer action on the sci-fi adventure.
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FilmNation scores major deals on The Raven, House
CEO Glen Basner announced at AFM on Thursday (3) that the company has virtually sold out its first two productions, The Raven and House At The End Of The Street.
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Alexandra Cocean promoted to Lightning vp of int’l sales
The executive previously served as director of international sales and will now handle sales for Asia, Eastern Europe, CIS, Turkey, Greece, Australia and New Zealand and Africa.
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Freestyle Releasing launches VoD platform at AFM
Freestyle Digital Media will offer filmmakers a new digital platform and through a cloud-based service will enable DVD distribution across retail rental sites, kiosks, by-mail, subscription streaming, pay-TV and specialty markets like airlines, hotels and cruise ships.
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The Market Vs The Movie
Sales agents and financiers have never been more conservative in their demands for cast, script and budget changes. It’s a complicated problem for film-makers striving to keep their project’s integrity intact.
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Bond 23's title confirmed as Skyfall
British actress Naomie Harris and French actress Berenice Marlohe to star as Bond girls, Javier Bardem confirmed as villain.
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Reelscape Films brings social cause to Fortune Cookies
Producer Becky Adams is hoping to partly finance the feature via crowdfunding as well as launching a 16 week education programme to run alongside the production process of the low budget British comedy.
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