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Winter's Bone among US films bound for inaugural AFF in Poland
The American Film Festival (AFF), the first film event in Eastern Europe devoted to American cinema, has announced the 19 American Independent features that will compete in Wroclaw, Poland, for the $10,000 audience award and chance of Eastern European distribution.
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Nicholl Committee announces ten screenplay finallists
Ten writers have been selected as finallists for the 25th annual Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting, presented by the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences.
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Biutiful to fly flag for Mexico in Oscar race
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s Biutiful will represent Mexico in this year’s foreign language Academy Awards race.
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Studios ponder NZ exit as Hobbit union row heats up
New Line, Warner Bros and MGM raised the possibility last night [27] that they may take production on the two upcoming Hobbit features away from New Zealand unless an escalating confrontation with regional unions is resolved.
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Hong Kong, China announce foreign-language Oscar submissions
Hong Kong has selected Alex Law’s Echoes Of The Rainbow, while China has picked Feng Xiaogang’s box office hit Aftershock.
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Hong Kong’s OSGH invests in Legendary Pictures
Hong Kong’s Orange Sky Golden Harvest (OSGH) is forging a partnership with LA-based Legendary Pictures to work on film and media ventures in mainland China.
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Mumbai fest's Business Centre to welcome 25 top international buyers and sellers
Mumbai Film Festival to offer 200 films from 58 countries.
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Beijing's LeTV receives 15m loan from Bank of Hangzhou for film investment
China’s Bank of Hangzhou announced $14.73m (RMB100m) loan to Beijing-based film investment and production firm LeTV Pictures on the company’s film investment projects in the coming year.
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Swedish director Lukasiak heads to Hollywood
Her second untitled feature will be produced by Noah Wyle and James C Katz.
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Uncle Boonmee German co-producer backed by new regional film fund
Hans W. Geissendoerfer, one of the co-producers of this year’s Golden Palm winner Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, has become one of the first film producers to benefit from a new regional fund based in South Tyrol.
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Iceland selects Mamma Gogo for Oscar race
Fridrik Thor Fridriksson’s Mamma Gogo will represent Iceland in this Foreign-Language Oscar race.
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Seven projects chosen for CentEast Market
The 6th CentEast Market will feature seven selected projects from Central and Eastern Europe.
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Investment group Shamrock acquires stake in Screenvision
Disney investment arm Shamrock Capital Growth Fund II has acquired ITV’s stake in cinema advertising firm Screenvision for $80m.
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Hannah Rothschild
UK writer/director Hannah Rothschild talks about her documentary Mandelson: The Real PM, which is world premiering at the LFF on Oct 24.
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Spain selects Even The Rain for Oscar race
The Spanish Film Academy has selected multi award-winning director Iciar Bollain’s drama Even The Rain to represent Spain for the foreign-language Oscar, beating off competition from prison drama Cell 211 and historical romantic epic Lope.
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The Other Guys holds firm at UK box office
The Other Guys held firm over the Sept 24-26 weekend despite close competition from three openers.
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EFA finalises short film nominees
Bálint Szimler’s Hungarian short Here I Am completes the line up after being selected at the International Short Film Festival in Drama, Greece.
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Dogtooth enters the Oscar race for Greece
Giorgos Lanthimos’ Dogtooth (Kynodontas) will represent Greece in this year’s Foreign Language Academy Awards race.