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NewsGowariker to direct Buddha biopic
Indian filmmaker Ashutosh Gowariker has signed up to direct Buddha, a big-budget English-language biopic, which is being financed by billionaire Bhupendra Kumar Modi.
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NewsSweden’s Gotland Island bids to become film production centre
The Swedish island of Gotland – the home of the late Ingmar Bergman – has renewed its efforts to become a centre for film production in the city of Fårösund.
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NewsCianfrance's Blue Valentine starts shooting in New York
Shooting is underway in New York and Pennsylvania on the drama Blue Valentine, starring Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams.
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Village Roadshow Pictures refinances loan facility
Village Roadshow Pictures (VRP) has completed a restructure of its $900m film financing production facility, in a deal that makes it available through until September 30, 2010.
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NewsScreen Australia relaxes investment requirements
Screen Australia is to make a substantial change to its rulebook on feature film investment in response to current worldwide financing difficulties.
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NewsThe Killer Inside Me begins shooting after months of delay
The Killer Inside Me, the latest collaboration between director Michael Winterbottom and producer Andrew Eaton, started shooting in New Mexico today.
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NewsJorge Dorado to adapt Yulenka for Fox International
Spanish director Jorge Dorado is set to write and direct an adaptation of the Russian drama Yulenka for Fox International in Spain.
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NewsFilmkameratene hunts projectionist accused of piracy
Filmkameratene, Norwegian production outfit, is closing in on a cinema projectionist who is alleged to have illegally filmed local blockbuster, Max Manus, and distributed it on the internet.
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NewsHalcyon names Flow My Tears as first Philip K Dick adaptation
The Halcyon Company has named Flow My Tears,The Policeman Said as the first Philip K Dick adaptation to go under its exclusive deal with the writer’s estate.
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NewsSubmarine closes worldwide sales on horror flick I Sell The Dead
Submarine has closed worldwide sales on Glenn McQuaid’s Slamdance premiere I Sell The Dead.
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NewsMGM Worldwide TV signs pan-Middle Eastern TV and VOD deal
MGM Worldwide Television has concluded its first pan-Middle Eastern Pay TV and VOD agreement with pay TV network Showtime Arabia in the Middle East and North Africa and its VOD service Show On Demand.
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NewsThe G-Machine picks up Peter & Vandy and Witch Hunt
Ron Gell’s The G-Machine has bulked up its Cannes slate with Jay DiPietro’s Sundance premiere Peter & Vandy and Sean Penn’s documentary Witch Hunt.
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NewsRage to receive multi-territory online and mobile release
Independent web TV service Babelgum and Cinetic Rights Management have announced a landmark deal for multi-territory online and mobile release for Sally Potter’s Rage
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Features
Les Gardiens De L'Ordre
Two rank-and-file police officers wound a young executive after he shoots a fellow officer without cause. Wrongly accused of excessive use of force, they lose their badges and decide to prove their innocence by investigating the drug responsible for their aggressor’s altered state.
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Diamants Sur Ordannance
Elias is completing the last hours of a two-year community service sentence working as an ER nurse. The evening turns to catastrophe when Rudy, his former accomplice, comes to ER after a road accident in which he was trying to elude the dastardly Ortega brothers with some of the booty ...
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Sundance and Time Warner name Storytelling Fellows
The Sundance Institute and Time Warner have chosen playwrights Quincy Long and Matthew Paul Olmos and film-makers Ritesh Batra and Elgin James as the 2009 Time Warner Storytelling Fellows.
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Features
The Erotic Human
A sensual and poetic, yet sober look at human eroticism. An anthropologist (Jørgen Leth), collects material for a study on the nature and significance of the erotic. Identifying a number of travel destinations where he will look for the erotic in countries where he knows it exists, he seeks ...
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NewsLightning beefs up Cannes slate with Don McKay
Santa Monica-based Lightning Entertainment has bolstered its Cannes slate with the international rights to Tribeca premiere Don McKay.