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Dean Devlin launches sales division
Electric Entertainment’s Dean Devlin, who co-founded Voltage Pictures with Nicolas Chartier, has launched an international film and television sales division.
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BAFTA LA to honour Cumberbatch
Benedict Cumberbatch, the star of Thursday night’s [5] Toronto opener The Fifth Estate, will receive BAFTA LA’s Britannia Award for British Artist Of The Year in Los Angeles on Nov 9.
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BFI launches young talent hunt
British Film Institute (BFI) allocates 900 places for 16-19 year olds to join BFI Film Academies.
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Exchange to sell Made In America
CEO Brian O’Shea and his team will handle international sales on Ron Howard’s film about Jay-Z’s two-day music festival that is set to premiere in Toronto on Saturday [7].
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SFFS teams up with Diab
The San Francisco Film Society has announced Egyptian filmmaker Mohamed Diab as its selection for the Fall 2013 Artist In Residence programme.
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Copenhagen Film Fund backs first title
The Copenhagen Film Fund has backed its first project, the SBS TV series Heartless directed by Natasha Arthy and produced by Fridthjof Film.
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WestEnd takes on Inside Out
EXCLUSIVE: Film is about French artist JR’s huge participatory art project of the same name.
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eOne cuts AMC, Sundance Channel deal
eOne has signed an exclusive multi-year distribution deal to handle international distribution on all original scripted series from AMC Networks’ AMC and Sundance Channel.
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McKellen to play Sherlock Holmes
Icon, See-Saw, FilmNation, Anne Carey, BBC Films on board the feature about a retired Sherlock Holmes.
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NYFF to host Godard tribute
The New York Film Festival will kick off a three-week Jean-Luc Godard retrospective on Oct 9.
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6 Sales acquires Of Good Report
Controversial film Of Good Report, initially banned by South African censors for its depiction of a teacher’s affair with a pupil, has been picked up by sales agent 6 Sales ahead of its world premiere at Toronto.
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David Walliams to voice Pudsey
Little Britain star to voice the Britain’s Got Talent winner in Pudsey: the Movie. Shoot began this month.
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Disney sets 'Banks' UK release date
Walt Disney Pictures to release the story of how Mary Poppins was brought to the big screen, starring Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson, in November.
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Nighy, Staunton's 'Pride' sets shoot date
Matthew Warchus’ gay pride comedy to begin shooting next month.
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Fortissimo takes iNumber Number
Fortissimo Films has acquired worldwide rights for South African film iNumber Number, which premieres at Toronto.
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Amr Waked receives death threats
Egyptian actor-producer Amr Waked - serving this week on the Venice Film Festival’s Orrizonti Jury - has revealed that he received death threats because of his outspoken criticism of the Muslim Brotherhood.
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Salinger added to TIFF line-up
Toronto International Film Festival organisers have scheduled a special screening of Shane Salerno’s documentary Salinger.
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Villeneuve signs Alcon deal
Denis Villeneuve and Alcon, riding high on rave reviews out of Telluride for the French-Canadian auteur’s English-language debut Prisoners, have signed a two-year overall deal.
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FSC takes Burt’s Buzz to TIFF
EXCLUSIVE: The Film Sales Company president Andrew Herwitz has acquired international rights to Jody Shapiro’s documentary ahead of its world premiere in Toronto.
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Duo on the rise at eOne
The reorganisation of the Canadian broadcast and digital division comes as svp of television and online at eOne Films Canada Naveen Prasad exits the company.