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NewsThe Orchard takes The Yes Men Are Revolting
The distributor has acquired all North American rights to the comic documentary directed by Laura Nix, Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno.
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NewsRelativity plots Black Or White awards run
Mike Binder’s drama starring Kevin Costner and Octavia Spencer will open in the US for one week on December 3.
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NewsGravitas acquires Da Sweet Blood Of Jesus
Gravitas Ventures has acquired North American rights to Spike Lee’s Da Sweet Blood Of Jesus starring Zaraah Abrahams and Stephen Tyrone Williams. Separately, Cinema Guild has acquired Asghar Farhadi’s 2009 mystery About Elly.
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NewsFed Up tops doc digital charts for RADiUS
The food activism documentary Fed Up ranks as the top-grossing documentary for the year-to-date on iTunes and Amazon and has become the ninth biggest of all time on iTunes, according to distributor RADiUS.
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NewsProduced By Conference sets 2015 date
The Producers Guild Of America (PGA) has set its seventh annual Produced By Conference for May 29-31 on the Paramount lot in Hollywood.
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NewsSony abandons Jobs biopic
The studio is understood to have put the project about the life of the Apple founder in turnaround, with one report claiming that Universal is now actively in the hunt.
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NewsSFFS / KRF Filmmaking Grant recipients unveiled
The San Francisco Film Society (SFFS) in partnership with the Kenneth Rainin Foundation (KRF) has announced the latest round of $300,000 in funding.
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NewsBrit List topped by Matinee Idol, Gateway 6
Rom-com and sci-fi top industry selection of hot unproduced screenplays.
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NewsFrench producers sound alarm over production slump
Study by France’s National Cinema Centre revealed a 23.6% drop in French films in first nine months of 2014.
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NewsMike Nichols, Graduate director, dies aged 83
The Graduate director Mike Nichols has died aged 83.
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NewsNeumann weighs in on DFFF debate
Bernd Neumann, Germany’s former State Minister for Culture and Media, has weighed in with his own comments about the discussion on the German Federal Film Fund (DFFF) spend incentive.
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NewsStudioCanal sells Zac Efron's 'Friends' worldwide
Efron plays an aspiring DJ set in the world of Hollywood nightlife.
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NewsMoomins head down under
EXCLUSIVE: Madman Entertainment has acquired Australia/New Zealand rights to Moomins on the Riviera from Indie Sales.
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NewsLionsgate set for UK TV push
Mad Men producer and distributor Lionsgate is to ramp up its push into television production in the UK and is looking to hire development and production executives.
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NewsHot projects on Screenbase
New films on Screenbase this week include the directorial debuts of Michael Lennox and Rachel Tunnard, Terry Jones’ economics doc and Chris Crow’s The Lighthouse.
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NewsDogwoof acquires Ukrainian doc Maidan
Distributor acquires UK rights for Sergei Loznitsa’s Ukrainian documentary, set for theatrical release in February 2015.
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NewsRohfilm and Haq add voice to People
EXCLUSIVE: Germany’s Rohfilm, which co-produced The Lunchbox, is continuing its association with South Asian cinema by co-producing Iram Haq’s What Will People Say.
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NewsLe Boxeur joins Revolution
EXCLUSIVE: Joris van Wijk of Amsterdam-based Le Boxeur Films has boarded Khushboo Ranka and Vinay Shukla’s documentary Proposition For A Revolution as a co-producer.
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NewsSteve McQueen to direct Widows
New Regency is reuniting with the director of its Oscar-winning 12 Years A Slave on the heist thriller as the studio continues to assemble its stable of prestige filmmakers.
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NewsEvan Katz to direct You’ll Be The Death Of Me
Lionsgate will distribute the Mandeville Films comedy thriller.