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NewsRolf de Heer to direct fourteenth feature
de Heer’s Charlie’s Country is one of a number of projects to receive Screen Australia backing, also including Wolf Creek 2 and Predestination.
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NewsToronto deals: Magnolia buys Teapot, Cinedigm finds Play
As the Toronto deals continued to come in, Magnolia Pictures announced on Friday (14) it had taken North American rights to The Brass Teapot.
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NewsSamuel Goldwyn Films falls for Toronto drama Still
Michael McGowan’s story about a couple in their twilight years stars James Cromwell and Geneviève Bujold and will open in 2013.
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NewsAscot Elite, New Select taste A Little Bit Zombie
Cave Painting Pictures’ first feature will open theatrically in Germany in 2013 through Ascot Elite while Japan’s New Select has acquired home entertainment rights.
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Lincoln Centre appoints programming duo
Kent Jones joins as director of programming at the New York Film Festival and Robert Koehler is named director of programming, year-round.
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Gonzaga to open Rio Film Festival
The Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival will screen approximately 400 films from more than 60 countries. The festival is scheduled to run from Sept 27 for 15 days.
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Silver Linings Playbook, On The Road to open Mill Valley
David O Russell’s crowdpleaser and Walter Salles’ Jack Kerouac adaptation will open the festival on Oct 4 in Marin County, California. Ang Lee’s Life Of Pi will close the event.
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Academy sets Oscar documentary feature deadline
Filmmakers must submit their entries to the Academy by Sept 24 at 5pm PT to be eligible for consideration in the 85th Academy Awards.
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Jump, Let The People Sing to open LAIFF
The Los Angeles Irish Film Festival will open with the US premiere of Kieron J Walsh’s Jump and Gary Kenneally’s tell-all documentary Let the People Sing.
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NewsTom Rothman to quit Fox by end of year
Jim Gianopulos to become chairman and CEO of reorganised studio, now renamed Twentieth Century Fox Film.
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NewsRoadside salutes Emperor, SPC finds Wadjda, Patience Stone
A flurry of Toronto acquisitions emerged at the weekend as the festival neared its conclusion.
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NewsRetribution rules US though $21m launch
The latest entry in the hit Resident Evil global franchise opened well enough to secure number one spot above Buena Vista’s re-release of one of Pixar’s most enduring stories Finding Nemo, replete with a 3D retro-fit.
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NewsSilver Linings Playbook scoops Toronto audience award
No film earned the rapturous reception enjoyed by David O Russell’s rom-com (pictured) starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence and it heads into awards season with the BlackBerry People’s Choice Award under its belt.
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NewsResident Evil returns to dominate international arena
UPDATE: The preceding fourth episode scored a whopping $236m internationally and the latest entry has got off to a great start, grossing an estimated $49.6m through Sony Pictures Releasing International.
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Countries of former Yugoslavia select Oscar submissions
Bosnia sends Un Certain Regard title Children of Sarajevo [pictured], Slovenia opts for festival hit A Trip, Croatia selects visceral corruption story Vegetarian Cannibal, Macedonia chooses WW2 football-themed The Third Half, and Serbia goes for Nazi concentration camp drama When Day Breaks.
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NewseOne strikes output deal with DreamWorks for UK and Benelux
Entertainment One has entered a four-year output deal with DreamWorks Studios to distribute the company’s films in all media across the UK and Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg).
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NewsReport claims UK industry “thriving” with contribution of £4.6bn to GDP
Inward investment and Film Tax Relief key to growth, employment in film sector surges, claims new report from UK consultancy.
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NewsThe Sweeney arrests Dredd at the UK box office
eOne’s reboot takes top spot with $2.5m (£1.5m) debut with Universal’s ParaNorman charting second; Disney’s Brave crosses the £20m mark.
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NewsMonster Pictures slices up UK deal for Excision
Distributor to release Richard Bates Jr.’s debut in the UK in November.