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A Family, Make Believe, Four Lions among LAFF winners
Pernille Fischer Christensen’s A Family (En Familie) and J Clay Tweel’s Make Believe earned top narrative and documentary jury honours as the Los Angeles Film Festival ended over the weekend.
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I Love You, Mommy earns Silverdocs best US feature prize
Stephanie Wang-Breal’s Wo Ai Ni Mommy (I Love You, Mommy) has won the AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs Documentary Festival’s Sterling Award for Best US Feature.
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Venezuelan debut earns top prize at Moscow Int'l Film Festival
Venezuela’s Marcel Rasquin’s Brother (Hermano) was presented with the Golden St George Grand Prix at this year’s Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), which closed on Saturday evening [26] with jury president Luc Besson’s latest film The Extraordinary Adventures Of Adele Blanc-Sec.
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City Screen strikes programme deals with Glyndebourne, Traverse
City Screen, which runs Picturehouse Cinemas, has announced plans for two satellite live broadcast initiatives for opera and theatre.
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NewsSusanne Bier plans new romantic comedy with Zentropa
Anders Thomas Jensen is co-writing the film about a hairdresser/cancer survivor who falls in love en route to her daughter’s wedding.
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Sarajevo documentary premieres include Cycles, The Flood
The Sarajevo Film Festival’s documentary competition will include six world premieres, seven international premieres, and four Bosnian premieres.
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NewsLUX prize contenders unveiled
Of the ten films, at least three will make up the shortlist for this year’s LUX Prize.
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NewsKusturica gears up for Cool Water shoot in Israel and Palestine
Also, Hiam Abbass’ debut feature, drama The Inheritance will shoot in early 2011.
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Russia seeks to attract foreign productions by creating National Film Commission
The Russian Ministry of Cultural Affairs hasput forward an initiative to create a National Film Commission in the country, which will be responsible for attracting foreign film companies to make movies in Russia.
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FeaturesAude Hesbert, festival director of Paris Cinema
Paris Cinema aims to offer French cinema-goers a taste of the latest films from festivals around the world. Festival director Aude Hesbert explains the festival’s ethos and plans for this year’s edition.
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NewsHarryhausen pledges life work to Bradford Media Museum
Gesture coincides with the visual effects creator’s 90th birthday.
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NewsSPC takes North America from Bavaria for Life, Above All
Munich’s Bavaria Film International has licensed North American rights on Oliver Schmitz’s coming-of-age drama Life, Above All to Sony Pictures Classics (SPC).
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Alcon, Spike Lee in talks for action thriller Nagasaki Deadline
Spike Lee is in talks to direct the action thriller Nagasaki Deadline that Warner Bros-based Alcon Entertainment will finance and co-produce.
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Tommy Lee Jones joins Captain America cast
Tommy Lee Jones has been cast as US Army Colonel Chester Phillips in Marvel Studio’s Captain America: The First Avenger.
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The Gold Mine among Palm Springs ShortFest winners
Jacques Bonnavent’s The Gold Mine (La Mina De Oro) (Mexico) won the Best Of Festival Award at the culmination of the 2010 Palm Springs International ShortFest & Short Film Market.
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Men Who Swim, Bye Bye Now win Silverdocs audience awards
Men Who Swim directed by Dylan Williams won the audience award for a feature at the AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs Documentary Festival.