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NewsRussian director forgoes funding in gay row
Kirill Serebrennikov to look abroad to finance his planned biopic on the composer Piotr Tchaikovsky following a heated debate about the composer’s sexuality.
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NewsUK submits Metro Manila to Oscars
Philippines-set crime thriller, made by British filmmaker Sean Ellis, submitted by the UK for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
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NewsBFI unveils £3m 'talent network'
Creative England gets £1.8m in funding for its programmes for new and emerging filmmakers; Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are also partners with enhanced new talent support.
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NewsElysium heads for Japan, Brazil
Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI) releases Elysium in Japan and Brazil this weekend as executives anticipate the running total will cross $150m.
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NewsAFI FEST unveils Varda films
AFI FEST 2013 top brass have issued details of the four films selected by guest artistic director Agnes Varda.
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NewsICA luncheon sets honourees
The Canon Award for the advancement of digital technology in film and television will be presented to Mark Weingartner.
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NewsLorber buys Camille Claudel 1915
Kino Lorber has picked up all US rights to Bruno Dumont’s Camille Claudel 1915 starring Juliette Binoche.
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NewsLionsgate, OddLot form pact
Lionsgate and OddLot Entertainment have formed a multiyear co-financing and distribution partnership kicking off with the Johnny Depp action comedy Mortdecai.
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NewsMPAA appoints tech duo
The Motion Picture Association Of America (MPAA) has added two executives to the office of technology.
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NewsNightcrawler sells for Sierra/Affinity
Sierra/Affinity has announced a slew of international sales in Toronto on Bold Films’ Jake Gyllenhaal thriller Nightcrawler.
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NewsRoboCop to get IMAX treatment
RoboCop will open in IMAX worldwide commencing February 7 2014, IMAX Corporation, MGM and Sony announced.
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NewsUni restructures home ent operation
Following the arrival of Universal Pictures chief Jeff Shell, Universal has brought the physical and digital sales, marketing and distribution operations for film and television under one roof.
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NewsSFFS/Rainin unveil grant finallists
The San Francisco Film Society and Kenneth Rainin Foundation have selected the 14 finallists for the latest round of SFFS / Kenneth Rainin Foundation Filmmaking Grants.
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NewsDisney, Jerry Bruckheimer end deal
Disney and Pirates producer end first-look deal after 27 films together.
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NewsTWC finalising new credit facility
The Weinstein Company is finalising a credit facility worth around $370m, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
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NewsBuyers swoop in post-TIFF action
In a couple of further deals to emerge in the wake of Toronto, Cinedigm has acquired all North American rights to Night Moves while RADiUS-TWC has picked up North America on Supermensch: The Legend Of Shep Gordon.
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NewsLionsgate CFO James Keegan to retire
Lionsgate CFO James Keegan, a 25-year veteran of the company and its corporate predecessors, is to retire on October 1. He will be replaced by James W Barge.
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NewsPrisoners ties up US on $21.4m
Alcon Entertainment’s crime thriller Prisoners rounded out a superb month following rave reviews at Telluride and Toronto with a number one debut in North America on an estimated $21.4m through Warner Bros.
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NewsFace Reader rules int'l on $22.3m
UPDATED SEPT 23: Showbox International’s The Face Reader added an estimated $22.3m as the South Korean historical drama’s international running total reached an early $39.4m.