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NewsFinland selects Le Havre as Oscar contender
Aki Kaurismaki’s Cannes competition title Le Havre will be Finland’s official contender for the Foreign Language Oscar.
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FeaturesBritish Film Commission party, TIFF (Sept 12)
The British Film Commission held its annual event at TIFF in partnership with Film London, UKTI and Screen International.
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NewsIFC shopping spree lands Sister's Sister, 4:44, Incident
A flurry of Toronto deals emerged late on Wednesday (14) as UTA and Submarine sold Lynn Shelton’s Your Sister’s Sister to IFC for North and Latin America, StudioCanal for the UK and Madman for Australia and New Zealand in a bundle of deals that amounted to approximately $1.5m.
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Lincoln Center, IFP Collaborate on New Program Emerging Visions
The day-long event scheduled to for Oct 3 will introduce 25 emerging filmmakers to the likes of American Spendor director Shari Springer Berman, Precious executive producer Lisa Cortes and Ocean’s Thirteen writer Brian Koppelman.
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Truly Indie picks up Incendiary: The Willingham Case for US
Todd Wagner and Mark Cuban’s Truly Indie will handle the US theatrical release for Incediary: The Willingham Case, set to premiere in September.
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PwC hire Mike Keenan as MD in New Jersey
Mike Keenan will be the new managing director at the PwC Florham Park, New Jersey office.
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NewsEntertainment One board explores potential sale options
Less than one month after Toronto-based Entertainment One (eOne) announced an expansion into the US theatrical market, Canada’s largest production and distribution company is effectively up for sale.
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NewsEurasia Film Festival launches Kazakh co-production event
Kazakhstan’s Eurasia International Film Festival is launching a co-production event, Spotlight: New Kazakh Cinema, at this year’s edition of the festival in Almaty (Sep 19-24).
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FeaturesThe Inbetweeners Movie: Anatomy of a UK hit
Screen breaks down the keys to success for the UK’s summer sensation The Inbetweeners Movie, the territory’s most successful independent comedy ever and its third-biggest film of the year.
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CommentGodfather of grunge
Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell, on writing the lead track for Machine Gun Preacher and making an appearance in Cameron Crowe’s Pearl Jam Twenty.
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NewsOscar docs submission deadline today [Sept 15]
Submission deadline for documentary features is today, Thursday, September 15
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CommentLovers of TIFF
The world’s top buyers and sellers descended onto Toronto last week for an annual event which is looking increasingly like a major film market as well as a festival.
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NewsCreative England appoints Caroline Norbury as CEO
Norbury has been an obvious contender for the post since she was appointed as “interim establishment director” of Creative England in June; set up still unclear as more regional agencies choose to sit outside Creative England structure.
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CommentWeinstein vs Bachmann: Round 1, Butter up
At the Toronto premiere of TWC comedy Butter, Harvey Weinstein invited potential Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann to join him for “some verbal ping-pong on gay rights and women’s rights.”
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Lenny Abrahamson gears up to shoot What Richard Did
The Killing star Lars Mikkelsen has joined the cast alongside Lorraine Pilkington and a host of young Irish actors.
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NewsGaga closes deal on Paul WS Anderson's Pompeii
Gaga Corporation has closed a deal on its second major film at Toronto, buying Japanese rights to Impact Pictures’ $100m romantic adventure epic Pompeii from Summit Entertainment.
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NewsTrishna goes to Sundance Selects for North America
Sundance Selects has confirmed its acquisition of all North American rights to Trishna, Michael Winterbottom’s India-set contemporary retelling of Tess Of The D’Urbevilles.