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NewsJapan’s Sedic enters international sales
Japanese production company Sedic International has launched a sales division at TIFFCOM, with films including Junji Sakamoto’s Zatoichi The Last and 3D erotic film The Perfect Education, Love In Akihabara.
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NewsChow Yun-fat to star in Jiang Wen’s Let The Bullets Fly
Chow Yun-fat has joined mainland Chinese actor Ge You in the cast of Jiang Wen’s action comedy Let The Bullets Fly.
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NewsM-appeal takes international distribution for Last Cowboy Standing
M-appeal, the Berlin-based sales company, has taken on the international distribution for Zaida Bergroth’s debut feature Last Cowboy Standing, which had its international premiere at the Pusan International Film Festival.
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NewsF&ME and Dominic Murphy reveal new projects
Film and Music Entertainment and director Dominic Murphy have added Iain M Banks’ adaptation A Gift From The Culture and an untitled Bronte project to their slate of films.
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NewsCzech film incentive approved by local government
The Czech government has approved a 20% tax rebate for productions shooting in the country.
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NewsAntichrist wins Nordic Council Film Prize
Lars Von Trier’s controversial feature Antichrist has won this year’s Nordic Council Film Prize
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NewsMichael Haneke, Les Films du Losange plot White Ribbon follow-up
Following up this year’s Cannes Palme d’Or win for The White Ribbon, Michael Haneke is currently drafting his next project and has already set his two lead actors in 79 year-old French veteran Jean-Louis Trintingnant and Haneke regular Isabelle Huppert, who will play Trintingant’s daughter.The director is working on an ...
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Myriad hires David Ducar to run legal and business
David Ducar has joined Myriad Pictures as senior vice-president of business and legal affairs.
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NewsO-Scope picks up North America on The Exploding Girl
New York-based Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired North American rights to Bradley Rust Gray’s second feature The Exploding Girl.
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NewsMedia 8 boards four further sales titles ahead of AFM
LA-based Media 8 Entertainment has bulked up its AFM slate with four additional titles including the road movie The Perfect Age Of Rock ‘N’ Roll starring Kevin Zegers, Jason Ritter and Peter Fonda.
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NewsJohn Lasseter first animated producer to receive Selznick honour
John Lasseter will receive the Producers Guild Of America’s (PGA) 2010 David O Selznick Achievement Award In Motion Pictures.
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NewsMomentum, PPI strike up UK distribution alliance on six-film slate
UK independent distributor Momentum Pictures and Paramount Pictures International have struck a six-picture deal whereby Paramount will book the films and Momentum will handle marketing and publicity, as on their traditional releases.
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EON partners to speak at Cubby Broccoli tribute weekend
EON Productions partners Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli will take part in a series of panel discussions in Los Angeles to celebrate the centenary of the birth of celebrated James Bond producer Albert “Cubby” Broccoli.
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Matrix stuntman to head cast of China Film’s Kung Fu Man
The Matrix series stuntman Tiger Hu Chen is set to star in a Chinese-language action drama Kung Fu Man, financed by China Film Group and Chinese private investor He Gang.
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NewsChan teams with monks on $30m action epic Shaolin
Jackie Chan, Andy Lau and Nicholas Tse will head the cast of $29.28m (RMB200m) action epic Shaolin, which marks the first time in 27 years that a film has been authorised to shoot in China’s legendary Shaolin temple.
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NewsIndependent boards We Need To Talk About Kevin for AFM
Luc Roeg’s Independent Film Company has picked up international sales on Lynne Ramsay’s We Need To Talk About Kevin to star Tilda Swinton.
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ICAP Media broadens content search, launches LA office
ICAP Media, a division of film intermediary and content provider ICAP Plc, has opened offices in Los Angeles.
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Empire Of Silver, Petition take top awards at Hawaii fest
The 29th Hawaii International Film Festival (HIFF) has awarded its Halekulani Golden Orchid for Narrative Feature to Yao Shuhua’s Empire Of Silver and its Golden Orchid for Documentary Feature to Zhao Liang’s Petition.
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NewsPinewood's $327m expansion plans rejected
Pinewood Studios’ plans for a major $327m (£198m) expansion of its UK site have been rejected by the local council.
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FeaturesEmpowering Audiences is Cross-Media Mission
Michael Gubbins looks at some of the main conference themes discussed at the Power to the Pixel London Forum.