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  • Chris Collins
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    Friends and colleagues remember Chris Collins

    2014-11-11T10:55:00Z

    Colleagues including Elizabeth Karlsen, Adrian Wootton, Hugo Heppell and Amma Asante pay tribute to the late BFI Film Fund executive.

  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
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    Turtles retains China box office lead

    2014-11-11T10:06:00Z

    CHINA BOX OFFICE: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles retained its lead at the China box office for the week November 3-9, grossing a further $25.17m from 4 million admissions for a cumulative total of $52.12m.

  • The Absent One
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    Sundance Selects takes Zentropa trio

    2014-11-11T10:02:00Z

    North American rights acquired for three thrillers in the Department Q series.

  • Caitlin Moran
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    Monumental to adapt Caitlin Moran's Girl

    2014-11-11T08:00:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: The newly formed Monumental Pictures has signed on for the big-screen adaptation of Caitlin Moran’s bestseller How To Build A Girl.

  • Paris of the North
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    Nordic festival returns to UK

    2014-11-10T20:52:00Z

    Film selections include Paris of the North [pictured], Kon-Tiki and Hotel.

  • Moana
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    Disney dates animation pair

    2014-11-10T20:10:00Z

    Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures has announced release dates for Zootopia and Moana. Separately Focus has dated Insidious: Chapter 3.

  • A Summer's Tale
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    Cinema Guild in Big World VOD pact

    2014-11-10T20:02:00Z

    Cinema Guild has closed a deal to serve as exclusive VOD distributor for Big World Pictures, kicking off with an HD restoration of Eric Rohmer’s A Summer’s Tale.

  • Wrecker
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    XLrator revs up for Wrecker

    2014-11-10T19:57:00Z

    The distributor has struck a deal at the AFM with IndustryWorks Pictures for US rights to the truck horror thriller.

  • Brie Larson
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    Room goes into production

    2014-11-10T19:05:00Z

    Jacob Tremblay, Joan Allen and William H Macy have joined Brie Larson on the cast of Element Pictures and No Trace Camping’s drama, which has started production. A24 holds US rights and StudioCanal will distribute in the UK. FilmNation sells internationally.

  • Shelby
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    Highland buyers check into Shelby

    2014-11-10T19:03:00Z

    Worldwide rights holders Highland Film Group has reported a slew of sales at AFM on Christmas tale Shelby starring Chevy Chase.

  • Bradley Cooper
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    AFI FEST to premiere American Sniper

    2014-11-10T18:55:00Z

    The world premiere of Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper starring Bradley Cooper will screen on November 11 on the same day as the world premiere screening of Selma.

  • Loews_outside_afm_2012
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    The Butterfly God flies into AFM

    2014-11-10T18:04:00Z

    APA is at the AFM touting North American rights to The Butterfly God, which Jay Russell of Ladder 49 fame has come on board to direct.

  • Olympus Has Fallen
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    Hot projects on Screenbase

    2014-11-10T15:59:00Z

    New films on Screenbase this week include action-thriller London Has Fallen, Alan Bennett’s motion-pictured memoir The Lady in the Van and Chadwick Boseman’s newest venture Message from the King.

  • Ivan Dunleavy
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    Pinewood boss warns of looming skills shortage

    2014-11-10T15:45:00Z

    Pinewood Shepperton chief executive Ivan Dunleavy has warned of an impending skills shortage that he said could hit businesses in all sectors of the UK economy.

  • Star Wars
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    Star Wars 8 to shoot at Pinewood

    2014-11-10T15:00:00Z

    Rian Johnson’s instalment in the new Star Wars trilogy to shoot at the UK studio.

  • Perpetual Sadness (La Tirisia)
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    Perpetual Sadness wins at Thessaloniki

    2014-11-10T13:20:00Z

    Mexican feature Perpetual Sadness and Israeli drama Next to Her take top prizes at Greek festival.

  • Interstellar
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    Interstellar tops UK box office

    2014-11-10T12:52:00Z

    Warner Bros’ sci-fi takes $8.6m (£5.4m) from its 578 sites to dethrone Turtles; eOne’s Mr. Turner climbs up to second with $1.6m (£1.01m).

  • Marianne Jelved
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    New Danish film agreement signed

    2014-11-10T12:49:00Z

    An $11.8m (DKK 70m) cash injection and a new pool for low-budget productions are included in a new film agreement, announced by the Danish Culture minister.

  • Corrections Class
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    Corrections Class wins four at Cottbus

    2014-11-10T12:41:00Z

    Russia big winner at FilmFestival Cottbus for second consecutive year.

  • Absolutely Anything
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    Pegg's Absolutely Anything sells to China

    2014-11-10T12:28:00Z

    The upcoming fantasy comedy is directed by Monty Python’s Terry Jones.