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NewsWreck-It Ralph regains high score
Disney’s 3D animation has leapt back to the top of the chart following a $5.2m (£3.4m) weekend; Universal’s Mama is the week’s highest new entry with a $2.4m (£1.5m) debut.
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NewsMary Callery joins IFB in reshuffle
Recent staff restructure includes Emma Scott becoming production and distribution executive; IFB in pact with WME.
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NewsBFI to certify TV, animation, games tax credit applicants
The British Film Institute (BFI) has been appointed by the UK government as the certification unit for the upcoming creative content tax reliefs, spanning high-end TV, animation and video games.
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FeaturesLina Rodriguez and Brad Deane, Senoritas
The writer-director and producer talk about crafting their story of a young Bogota woman finding her place in the world.
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NewsFull Frame gets Academy boost
The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival said on Monday night [25] that it has been named a qualifying festival in the documentary short subject Oscar category.
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NewsEU pledges $5.6m to digital distribution
The European Union is to pledge $5.6m (€4.2m) to VoD platforms and digital cinema distribution (DCD).
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NewsExclusive Media to rep Icon library
Library totalling more than 200 titles includes What Women Want, Coriolanus, Hunger, Mean Streets and Project Nim.
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NewsGary Smith departs Intandem
Founder departs London sales group as Robert Mitchell becomes CEO; company revises distribution policy.
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NewsSpanish distributors rack up sales
Filmax International and Latido Films are among the Spanish sellers to secure deals in Berlin, despite reports of a slow market.
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NewsTurner's NonStop Sales to close
Scandinavian-based international sales outfit NonStop Sales AB is to close at the end of March.
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CommentWomen ruled the Oscars
The women killed it at the musical variety show that was the 85th Academy Awards.
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iLL Manors wins film music prize
British crime drama iLL Manors has picked up the best film score prize at the Music+Sound Awards.
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NewsMatch Factory reveals deals avalanche
EXCLUSIVE: The Broken Circle Breakdown and Prince Avalanche among hot EFM sellers, with both selling to France, Germany and Australia among others.
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NewsCutting Edge hires VFX producers
Australian post-production company Cutting Edge has appointed Felix Crawshaw and Simone Clow.
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NewsDrafthouse courts Death
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema’s distribution arm Drafthouse Films has acquired North American rights to Jeff Howlett and Mark Covino’s SXSW-bound documentary A Band Called Death.
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NewsSundance, TED launch prize
The Sundance Institute and TED, host of the multi-disciplinary conference and online lecture series, are collaborating for the first time to offer a $125,000 prize for a short documentary project about the work of Sugata Mitra, winner of the annual TED Prize.
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NewsHong Kong Filmart expecting 8% growth
Hong Kong’s contents market Filmart has signed up nearly 700 exhibitors and 6,000 visitors for this year’s edition (March 18-21), an increase of around 8% on last year’s event.