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Girlfriend Experience, Sin Nombre among 38 features to screen in Bahamas
Steven Soderbergh’s drama The Girlfriend Experience and Joshua Goldin’s dark comedy Wonderful World starring Matthew Broderick are among the line-up of 38 features at the sixth Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF).
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Protektor, The Good Soldier among winners at Starz Denver Film Festival
Marek Najbrt’s Protektor (still pictured) won the Starz Denver Film Festival’s (SDFF) Krzysztof Kieslowski Award for best feature film as the event came to a close on November 22.
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Marrakech announces line-up
Marrakech film festival has selected 15 films for its competition line-up.
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New European co-production event launches in the Alps
New projects from Julien Temple (pictured) and Paul Andrew Williams are among those being presented at the inaugural European networking event in the French Alps, Co-Production Village Arc 1950.
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Credit where credit is due
It may labour under the term ‘tax credit’, but Canada’s Film or Video Production Tax Credit is anything but. In fact, this clunking rebate is closer to a grind.
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Features
The golden night
The Golden Globes is hoping to make its annual banquet awards presentation (Jan 17) even more lively than usual with the addition of Ricky Gervais as host.
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Emerging from the shadow of drama
Which films could benefit from the Golden Globes’ unique musical or comedy categories? Mike Goodridge considers the candidates
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A world of difference
Sixty-five films have been submitted for the foreign-language film Academy Award category this year but the Globes and Baftas might well recognise some of the films that failed to make the Academy cut, writes Mike Goodridge.
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Mo Tzu Yi joins cast of Singaporean comedy Forever
Rising Taiwanese star Mo Tzu Yi is heading the cast of Singaporean director Wee Li Lin’s (pictured) romantic comedy Forever, which started shooting in Singapore this week.
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IFP names Joana Vicente interim executive director as Michelle Byrd departs
Joana Vicente (pictured) will serve as interim executive director of IFP following the departure of Michelle Byrd, who is stepping down after 16 years of service.
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Awards Countdown: Foreign-Language Films
Screen International brings you interviews with the directors of six of this year’s foreign language Oscar submissions.
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Galaxy to debut with UK digital release of Psych 9
Andrew Shortell’s debut feature Psych 9 (pictured) will be the first film released theatrically by Gareth Jones and Martin McCabe’s nascent UK distribution outfit Galaxy Pictures.
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Revolver seals iTunes deal for Robsessed
The UK’s Revolver Entertainment has signed a deal with iTunes in the UK, US and Canada for Robsessed, a documentary about Twilight star Robert Pattinson.
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Network buys Persian Cats for the UK
Network Releasing has picked up UK distribution rights to Bahman Ghobadi’s No One Knows About Persian Cats (pictured) from Wild Bunch.
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Numbers suggest the world is flat
China, France and Germany saw a significant rise in ticket sales in the third quarter of 2009 to help put the global box office back on track. Leonard Klady reports
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Welcome wins European Parliament’s LUX Prize
Philippe Lioret’s Welcome has won the 2009 European Parliament LUX Film Prize, receiving the majority of European Parliament members’ votes.
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Polanski faces house arrest after Swiss grant $4.5m bail
Roman Polanski is leaving prison and will return imminently to his Swiss chalet after the Swiss Criminal Court granted $4.5m bail earlier today [November 25].