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NewsSyrian producer Orwa Nyrabia reported missing, feared arrested
Respected producer and pan-Arab DOX BOX Film Festival founder disappeared at Damascus airport.
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NewsClip filmmakers respond to Russian ban of film
Russian Ministry of Culture accused the Rotterdam winning film of being child pornography.
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NewsFox International crosses $2bn for fourth consecutive year
In crossing the threshold on Saturday (Aug 25) the company ensured it has reached the milestone every year since 2009 and has now done so six times overall.
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NewsExpendables 2 generates $14m to retain US box office crown
A soporific session at the penultimate summer box office weekend saw Lionsgate’s all-star action romp climb to $52.3m, while the Conservative doc 2016 Obama’s America surged into the top ten in its seventh weekend in release.
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NewsLars von Trier starts 11-week shoot for Nymphomaniac
Cast includes Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgard, Stacy Martin, Shia Labeouf and Jamie Bell. Sex scenes will be with body doubles and visual effects, production notes.
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NewsKon-Tiki scores record opening weekend admissions in Norway
Norwegian directors Espen Sandberg and Joachim Rønning’s action-adventure Kon-Tiki – Norway’s most expensive feature so far, shot on a $15.7m (NOK 93m) budget – took a record number of 164,191 admissions during its opening weekend on 185 screens at all theatres in Norway.
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NewsCohen teams with Focus World to unleash The Attack
As previously reported exclusively on Screendaily, Cohen Media Group will handle the North American theatrical and DVD release of the Toronto-bound special presentation.
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NewsPaladin, 108 Media strike broad distribution partnership
Mark Urman’s New York distributor and the Toronto-based sales and distribution company will team up on North American distribution and will attend Toronto as an all-rights buyer.
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NewsUK actor Toby Kebbell to take lead in Lore producer's first English-language film
EXCLUSIVE: UK actor Toby Kebbell has been cast in the lead part of US director Tony Pemberton’s Buddha’s Little Finger, which is based on Victor Pelevin’s eponymous novel and marks Lore producer Rohfilm’s first foray into English-language production.
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ShortsHD announces Stars In Shorts screening programme
Seven celebrity-packed films featuring Keira Knightly, Colin Firth and Judi Dench will screen starting on Sept 28.
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NewsShooting starts on IM Global’s erotic thriller Plush
Catherine Hardwicke is directing the project in Los Angeles with Jason Blum of Blumhouse producing. IM Global’s genre label Octane is financing and handles sales.
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NewsStrand Releasing takes US rights to Comes A Bright Day
Simon Aboud’s coming-of-age romance takes place against the backdrop of the robbery of a London jewellers and stars Craig Roberts of Submarine and Imogen Poots.
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NewsAMC Theatres, Fever Productions to release horror film Smiley
The exclusive partnership means a limited Oct 12 national roll-out for Michael Gallagher’s film through the theatre chain’s AMC independent platform on 28 screens in 14 markets such as New York and Los Angeles.
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Sundance Institute receives $1m Annenberg Grant
The three-year award will go towards general operating support for the Institute’s year-round film and theatre programmes.
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Stephen Gyllenhaal to direct JFK security detail film
The film will tell the stories of the Secret Service agents assigned to protect the President and is being targeted for a November 2013 release to commemorate the leader’s assassination.
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NewsVisit Films closes sales on First Position, Don’t Stop Believin’
Bess Kargman’s ballet documentary First Position has gone to Artificial Eye in the UK, Eurozoom in France and Edko in Hong Kong, Visit chief Ryan Kampe announced on Monday (27).
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NewsEagle Pictures buys The Reluctant Fundamentalist
The Italian distributor has snapped up rights from K5 International to Mira Nair’s thriller ahead of its opening night slot in Venice on Wendesday (29).
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NewsDKR climbs to $520m at international box office
Warner Bros top brass confirmed weekend results on Monday (27) and said The Dark Knight Rises grossed $16m from 7,200 screens in 62 markets for a $520m international running total.
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Wolfe Video acquires North American rights to White Frog
Director Quentin Lee’s family drama stars Booboo Stewart, Joan Chen and BD Wong and is scheduled for theatrical, VoD and DVD release in 2013.