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NewsBafta to honour Monty Python team at New York reunion
The Monty Python team will receive a Bafta Special Award at the official 40th anniversary Monty Python reunion in New York on October 15.
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NewsZurich Film Festival to highlight Argentina in New World View series
The Zurich Film Festival (ZFF) will focus on Argentine films in its New World View series at this year’s festival, which runs September 26 – October 4.
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CommentOff-balance on online piracy
Online piracy is one of the biggest threats to the film industry yet finding the right approach to tackling it remains a challenge in itself.
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FeaturesToronto International Film Festival line-up
Screen International brings you the comprehensive 2009 Toronto line-up.
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NewsTIFF adds world premiere documentaries, guest speakers
The Toronto International Film Festival has added a number of world premiere documentaries to its line-up.
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NewsIranian director Jafar Panahi to lead Montreal's competition jury
Iranian auteur Jafar Panahi will preside over the competition jury of the 33rd Montreal World Film Festival (MWFF). Panahi is best-known for such works as the Camera d’Or-winning The White Balloon, The Circle and Offside.
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NewsTriumvirate replaces Sloan as MGM CEO in rescue gambit
Embattled MGM CEO Harry Sloan has been replaced by a triumvirate comprising the restructuring specialist Stephen Cooper, production chief Mary Parent and CFO Bedi Singh as the studio struggles to shake off heavy debt.
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Callender, Swank, Tarr to judge Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards
Samuel Goldwyn Foundation president Samuel Goldwyn Jr has announced its three judges for the 2009 Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards Competition.
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NewsJet Tone, Fortissimo appeal GIO ruling
Jet Tone Films and Fortissimo Films – the production company and sales agent behind Cheng Hsiao-tse’s Miao Miao, which is at the centre of a funding row – have issued a statement saying they will pursue “all available legal recourse” to defend their rights to keep Taiwan government funding for ...
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NewsBertuccelli, Gainsbourg plant The Tree in Queensland
French director Julie Bertuccelli has started filming her second feature, The Tree, in Queensland in Australia, with Charlotte Gainsbourg heading the cast.
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NewsJudge clears Redbox to pursue antitrust case against USHE
DVD rental kiosk company Redbox has been given the all-clear to pursue its antitrust case against Universal Studios Home Entertainment (USHE).
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NewsFilming kicks off in Vancouver on third Twilight film Eclipse
Summit Entertainment has begun principal photography in Vancouver on The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, the third entry in the series that is scheduled to open in North America on June 30, 2010.
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Post-production company Rushes appoints Frankie Limata
Rushes, the UK post-production and visual effects company, has appointed Frankie Limata as senior producer.
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NewsAcademy elects Tom Sherak as president
Marvel Studios consultant Tom Sherak has been elected as president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences following a meeting of the Board of Governors.
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NewsUKFC trials funding scheme to support digital marketing
The UK Film Council is seeking help distributors to build digital marketing campaigns through a new scheme that will allow them to apply for funding earlier in the application process.
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NewsFilm Sales Company boards worldwide rights to Joan Baez doc for Toronto
Andrew Herwitz’s Film Sales Company has secured worldwide sales rights to Joan Baez: How Sweet The Sound ahead of its Toronto premiere.
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NewsVisit Films takes supermodel doc Picture Me to Toronto
Visit Films has acquired international sales rights to Ole Schell and Sara Ziff’s documentary Picture Me and will commence sales at Toronto.
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NewsSundance Institute names 15 doc grant recipients
The Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program has unveiled the 15 projects that will receive grants and creative support from the Sundance Documentary Fund.
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NewsJean-Jacques Annaud to direct Wolf Totem
French filmmaker Jean-Jacques Annaud (The Lover, Seven Years In Tibet) has been brought on board to direct $30m Chinese-language drama Wolf Totem, which is being co-produced by Hong Kong’s Bill Kong and Beijing-based Forbidden City Film Co.
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NewsKore-eda’s Ship, Swarup adaptation among TPG projects
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Brazilian co-production Ship Is Yet To Come and an adaptation of Slumdog Millionaire author Vikas Swarup’s Six Suspects are among the 25 projects that have been selected for this year’s Tokyo Project Gathering (TPG).