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Cohen takes Marguerite for US
New US theatrical distributor Cohen Media Group (CMG) has acquired US rights to My Afternoons with Marguerite (La Tête en Friche), Jean Becker’s comedy starring Gérard Depardieu.
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China Lion roars into North America with Aftershock
Start-up company China Lion Film Distribution has entered into an exclusive partnership with US exhibitor AMC Entertainment to release Chinese movies in the North American market, starting with Feng Xiaogang’s Aftershock.
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BFI London Film Festival Opening Night
The BFI London Film Festival opened with a star-studded screening of Never Let Me Go, followed by a party at the Saatchi Gallery.
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Bait 3D starts shooting in Australia
Arclight Films’ 3D shark-action commenced principal photography this week at the Village Roadshow Studios on the Gold Coast in Australia.
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Hot projects on Screenbase this week
Among the array of new films on Screenbase are French-Belgian-Spanish co-production Les Chants De Mandrin, UK film Resistance, Italy’s Se Sei Così, Ti Dico Sì, as well as Germany’s Die Vermissten
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You Don't Like the Truth to serve as evidence in resuming Guantanamo trial
Film will also compete at IDFA.
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Robert Redford awarded Legion d'Honneur at the Palais de l'Elysees
French president Nicolas Sarkozy awards Robert Redford the Légion d’Honneur at the Palais de l’Elysées in Paris on Thursday, October 14.
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Swedish Film Institute grants funding to 13 films
The Swedish Film Institute has granted $4m (SEK 26,290,000) in production funding for 13 films.
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TrustNordisk strikes Beyond deals including NFP in Germany
TrustNordisk has just closed a slew of deals on Pernilla August’s Beyond, starring Noomi Rapace of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo fame.
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Pinewood, Kick-Ass, Nowhere Boy among winners at Conch Awards
The UK audio industry was celebrated at the fifth UK Screen Sound Awards (aka Conch Awards) in Soho on Wednesday night.
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UK's Salt launches film-maker co-op to encourage commercial projects
UK sales and finance outfit The Salt Company has kicked off a new filmmakers cooperative to support new British talent who want to make commercial films.
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Thessaloniki selects 10 projects for Balkan Script Development Fund
Dimitris Eipides, the new director of the 51st Thessaloniki International Film Festival-TIFF (December 3-12) has decided to go ahead with the Balkan Script Development Fund, one of the most eagerly awaited industry related strands of the event.
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Marketplace: Blood money
Horror is cinema’s most enduring genre, with films able to travel more widely than other genre fare - and provide solid box office on lower budgets.
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MIFF unveils programming team for 2011
The Miami International Film Festival (MIFF) has unveiled its new programming team ahead of the 2011 edition in March.
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Lange, Neill board Screen Gems, Spyglass romance The Vow
Jessica Lange and Sam Neill have joined the cast of Screen Gems and Spyglass Entertainment’s romance TheVow.
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Mandeville partners with Warner Bros on Collared
Mandeville Films partners David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman have closed a deal with Warner Bros for a pitch with screenwriter Bill Birch to write the action film Collared.
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Hope, Solondz commence New York shoot on Dark Horse
Shooting commenced this week [11] in New York State on Todd Solondz’s ensemble drama Dark Horse, which occasional collaborator Ted Hope is producing through his new Double Hope Films.
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Hobbit gets greenlight for February start
The Hobbit films have reportedly been given the greenlight for a February start, even though the labour dispute surrounding the two-part $400m project has not yet been resolved.