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NewsPawel Pawlikowski begins first Polish language feature
EXCLUSIVE: Fandango Portobello to handle sales on writer-director Pawlikowski’s [pictured] drama Sister of Mercy, Le Pacte takes French rights.
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NewsTwilight sinks its fangs into Skyfall at UK box office
Climactic instalment of eOne’s Twilight saga topples Skyfall with $25.1m (£15.8m) debut - the highest of the series.
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NewsJulien Temple’s Rio doc to feature Ronnie Biggs
Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs is to appear in a new documentary about the city of Rio, directed by Julien Temple.
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FeaturesRoman Coppola
Roman Coppola talks to Screen about his new film A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III and how he found working with his old friend Charlie Sheen.
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NewsScreen International to be published by Media Business Insight
Conor Dignam (pictured) will lead new media company running Screen International, Broadcast and shots.
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CommentThe Twitter life of 'Michael Haneke'
Auteur theory goes viral…with an emphasis on cats and fart jokes.
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CommentDoha Tribeca Film Festival opens in style
The fourth annual Doha Tribeca Film Festival opened with style and glamour at the weekend with a gala screening of Mira Nair’s film The Reluctant Fundamentalist, co-funded by the Doha Film Institute, and a lavish party at the Souq Waquif, one of the city’s leading cultural spots.
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NewsElstree gets £2m investment for new film and TV facilities
Elstree gets £2m investment for £4.5m growth plan; will host a number of BBC’s “most popular shows” from 2013.
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NewsHBO Europe names COO
Will Harrison has been appointed to the new position of chief operating officer for HBO Europe.
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NewsAnima Vitae to open Malaysian studio
Finnish animation studio Anima Vitae – the company behind Niko 2 – has signed a joint venture agreement with Malaysia’s Creative Media Point to start a new studio in Kuala Lumpur.
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NewsFinal four teams for Triangle development scheme unveiled
Managed by Screen Yorkshire and Northern Film & Media, the national film development scheme will see each project receive £5,000 funding from Creative England.
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NewsUp There, Angels’ Share win Scottish Baftas
Afterlife comedy Up There and Ken Loach’s The Angels’ Share both claimed a brace of awards at the Scottish Baftas.
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CommentDe Niro: still a contender
Hollywood veteran Robert De Niro told audiences at the Doha Tribeca Film Festival that he has no plans of retiring from film-making.“I don’t see myself stopping really at this point,” he said.De Niro identified Raging Bull and The Deer Hunter as two of the most challenging films of his long ...
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NewsIFC Films acquires US rights to As Cool As I Am
EXCLUSIVE: Claire Danes, James Marsden, Sarah Bolger and Thomas Mann star in the tale of the teenage daughter of young parents who escapes her turbulent life by watching cookery shows.
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NewsNaomi Watts to receive PSIFF Desert Palm honour
The star of The Impossible has earned strong Oscar buzz for her performance as a tsunami survivor. Watts will collect the Desert Palm Achievement Actress Award at Palm Springs International Film Festival gala on Jan 5.
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NewsDistribution: Paramount plots Montreal launch for Cirque Du Soleil
Paramount Pictures will release Cirque Du Soleil: Worlds Away in Montréal on Dec 7 in what will be the 3D event’s first North American launch. Separately, Screen Media has taken US rights to Secret Disco Revolution.
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NewsInsidious 2 sets US release date
FilmDistrict, Alliance Films and Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions will bring the horror sequel to theatres from Aug 30, 2013.
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NewsLooper closes in on $100m at international box office
EXCLUSIVE: Endgame Entertainment’s sci-fi thriller has amassed $96.6m through FilmNation licensees and co-producer and co-financier DMG Entertainment in China.
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Arpa to screen more than 60 films from 17 countries
Ajay Singh’s family film Upside Down are among the films making a West Coast premiere at the Arpa International Film Festival, set to run from Nov 29-Dec 2 in Los Angeles.