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German funds support international co-productions with $20m
German funds pay out more than $20m in support fpr international co-productions, including David Cronenberg’s The Talking Cure.
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Robust Sundance raises spirits
It is being hailed as the best Sundance in years by North American buyers and sellers, but what does it mean for the international market going into this month’s EFM in Berlin (Feb 11-21)? Jeremy Kay reports
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Kurtz to produce Peter Briggs' Panzer 88
Star Wars producer Gary Kurtz is teaming up with Hellboy writer Peter Briggs on supernatural war thiller.
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Weinsteins finally conclude deal for Sundance hit The Tillman Story
The Weinstein Company has finally concluded negotiations and acquired Sundance documentary The TillmanStory.
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Bleiberg to introduce EFM buyers to Crystal Bear winner My Suicide
Bleiberg Entertainment has picked up international rights to writer-director David Lee Miller’s 2009 Crystal Bear winner My Suicide.
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Universal casts Taylor Lautner in 2012 Hasbro tentpole
Universal has cast The Twilight Saga’s rising star Taylor Lautner in a major new 3D Hasbro adaptation.
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Avatar rules overseas again as $76m boosts it to $1.58bn
Avatar maintained its iron grip on the international box office for an eighth consecutive weekend as it extended its run into the history books through Fox International.
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QED teams up with Forward Pass on District 9 follow-up
QED International’s Bill Block will introduce Berlin buyers to his long awaited follow-up to the global smash District 9 (pictured).
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Dear John has too much for Avatar with $32.4m US launch
The Nicholas Sparks romance Dear John usurped Avatar for the first time in eight weeks as Screen Gem’s romance opened top on an estimated $32.4m.
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CMG adds choice Sundance pair for EFM
Cinema Management Group has used its new acquisitions and marketing fund to pick up international sales rights ahead of EFM to two much fancied Sundance titles.
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Arrow Entertainment targets EFM with The Athlete
Steve Arroyave’s Toronto-based Arrow Entertainment has acquired worldwide rights ahead of EFM to The Athlete.
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Wild Bunch head to EFM with Rebecca H
Wild Bunch has picked up the next project from director Lodge Kerrigan, Rebecca H. The film is the New York-born director’s first since 2004’s Keane (pictured).
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Richard Moore to leave Melbourne Film Festival
Executive director Moore has decided not to renew his contract after four years with the event.
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Danish feature R wins top prize at Goteborg film festival
Tobias Lindholm and Michael Noer’s feature debut, R, win Dragon Award for Best Nordic Film in Gothenburg.
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Mr Bjarnfredarson picks up 11 nominations for Iceland's Eddas
Mr Bjarnfredarson leads the nominations for Iceland’s Edda Awards, which are due to take place on February 27.
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KOFIC boosts financial support for 3D schemes
The Korean film industry body has increased its support budget and announced a conversion deal between Stereopictures and Warner Bros.
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Babelgum takes UK web and mobile rights to Little Ashes
The mobile and web platform picks up exclusive UK mobile and web rights to Paul Morrison’s Little Ashes.
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The reign in Spain
Chris Evans looks at why the Spanish film sector is upbeat as it heads into 2010 with increased investment, greater international collaboration and a local audience revitalised by good Spanish product
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Breaking down borders
Spanish producers are working with their international counterparts on an unprecedented scale in an attempt to increase budgets and widen the appeal of their films around the world. Chris Evans reports