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Premiere Stealth Rights launches as joint venture
UK-based film financier, Premiere Picture, has announced the the creation of joint venture Premiere Stealth Rights with the London and LA based Stealth Media Group.
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NewsViennale posts record attendance as German zombie film and Romanian debut win prizes
Mexican director Pedro González-Rubio’s Alamar and the Austrian avant-garde short Shadow Cuts were the closing films tonight of this year’s edition of the Vienna International Film Festival (Viennale) which posted record attendance figures.
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ReviewsThe Flowers of Kirkuk (Golakani Kirkuk)
Dir: Fariborz Kamkari. Italy-Switzerland-Iraq. 2010. 121mins
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NewsK5 strikes multi-territory deal with Sony Classics for Get Low
K5 International has struck a multiple-territory sale of Get Low to Sony Pictures Classics.
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NewsExclusive goes Undercover with Miley Cyrus
Exclusive Media Group will produce and fully finance the Miley Cyrus action comedy So Undercover and is introducing to buyers at the market here.
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Bardem to receive PSIFF International Star Award
Javier Bardem will receive the 22nd annual Palm Springs International Film Festival’s (PSIFF) International Star Award on January 8, 2011.
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Little to sell titles from Accelerator deal with Fangoria
Robbie Little’s Accelerator has partnered with horror brand Fangoria Entertainment’s new Gravesend Film Enterprises to launch a slate of theatrical features.
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NewsJuno Temple joins cast of Killer Joe
Juno Temple, fresh off her starring role in Toronto premiere Dirty Girl, has joined the dark comedy Killer Joe, which Voltage Pictures is selling at AFM.
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Stephen Sommers to direct supernatural romance Odd Thomas
Fusion Films partners Howard Kaplan and John Baldecchi are reporting an enthusiastic response at AFM to their $47m+ supernatural adventure romance Odd Thomasto be directed by The Mummy’s Stephen Sommers.
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NewsBuyers strike for Magnolia's Troll Hunter
Magnolia International has closed multiple territories on hot Norwegian creature feature Troll Hunter ahead of the genre film’s second market screening today
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New Films to release ensemble comedy Burning Palms in US
New Films International (NFI) is venturing into domestic distribution as it emerged that stablemate New Films Cinema will mount a US theatrical release for the dark comedy Burning Palms.
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Epic comes on board for 11:11:11
Epic Pictures Group has closed a co-production, co-financing and international sales agreement with producer Wayne Rice (New Line’s Valentine’s Day) on Darren Lynn Bousman’s next project 11:11:11.
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Mission tempts Santa Monica buyers with The Shunning
Mission Pictures International and Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions division Affirm Films are introducing buyers at AFM to Beverly Lewis’ original Hallmark production The Shunning.
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Indomina feeds The Pack into North American pipeline
Indomina Releasing has acquired all North American rights from Films Distribution to French horror project The Pack.
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NewsFocus Features, UTA sell out on Mike Mills' Toronto hit Beginners
Focus Features International (FFI) and UTA have virtually sold out on Mike Mills’ Toronto premiere Beginners starring Ewan McGregor and Christopher Plummer.
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Media 8 unveils market trio led by Lethal Strike 3D
Media 8 Entertainment has acquired three new films for AFM – Lethal Strike 3D, The Hunters, and Son OfMorning.
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ReviewsA Quiet Life (Una Vita Tranquilla)
Dir: Claudio Cupellini. Italy/Germany/France. 2010. 103 mins
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FeaturesWeekly international box office 29 - 31 Oct
Universal’s Despicable Me returned to the top of the international chart after being supplanted by Paranormal Activity 2 last week.
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CommentFalling Stars?
Are movie stars losing their power in the film business? At the AFM as well as in the executive offices of the studios, the appetite is for high concepts and visionary film-makers over pricey star vehicles.