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  • Damian Spandley
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    Spandley joins Metrodome in reshuffle

    2013-02-27T11:18:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Damian Spandley joins as head of theatrical, TV and new media sales, Joel Kennedy joins eOne.

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    Peaches film set for Sundance London

    2013-02-27T10:00:00Z

    Controversial musician will also perform at the film and music festival.

  • The Broken Circle Breakdown
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    Match Factory reveals deals avalanche

    2013-02-27T08:00:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: The Broken Circle Breakdown and Prince Avalanche among hot EFM sellers, with both selling to France, Germany and Australia among others.

  • News

    Art Directors Guild launches apprenticeship

    2013-02-27T07:46:00Z

    The art directors council of the Art Directors Guild will issue a wide call for the first intake to colleges, universities and recent graduates on Mar 4.

  • Filmart press conference
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    Hong Kong Filmart expecting 8% growth

    2013-02-27T04:12:00Z

    Hong Kong’s contents market Filmart has signed up nearly 700 exhibitors and 6,000 visitors for this year’s edition (March 18-21), an increase of around 8% on last year’s event.

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    Sundance, TED launch prize

    2013-02-26T22:26:00Z

    The Sundance Institute and TED, host of the multi-disciplinary conference and online lecture series, are collaborating for the first time to offer a $125,000 prize for a short documentary project about the work of Sugata Mitra, winner of the annual TED Prize.

  • Band Called Death
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    Drafthouse courts Death

    2013-02-26T18:40:00Z

    Alamo Drafthouse Cinema’s distribution arm Drafthouse Films has acquired North American rights to Jeff Howlett and Mark Covino’s SXSW-bound documentary A Band Called Death.

  • Cutting Edge producers
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    Cutting Edge hires VFX producers

    2013-02-26T17:34:00Z

    Australian post-production company Cutting Edge has appointed Felix Crawshaw and Simone Clow.

  • Abu Dhabi
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    Abu Dhabi fest sets 2013 dates

    2013-02-26T16:28:00Z

    The Abu Dhabi Film Festival (ADFF) will return for its seventh edition this year from Oct 24 to Nov 2.

  • Child’s Pose
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    Berlinale reports record ticket sales

    2013-02-26T15:20:00Z

    Despite reports of a slow European Film Market and a subdued reaction to the festival selection, figures were up at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival.

  • Moomins and the Comet Chase
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    Turner's NonStop Sales to close

    2013-02-26T12:53:00Z

    Scandinavian-based international sales outfit NonStop Sales AB is to close at the end of March.

  • Invader
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    Spanish distributors rack up sales

    2013-02-26T12:42:00Z

    Filmax International and Latido Films are among the Spanish sellers to secure deals in Berlin, despite reports of a slow market.

  • Gary Smith
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    Gary Smith departs Intandem

    2013-02-26T12:12:00Z

    Founder departs London sales group as Robert Mitchell becomes CEO; company revises distribution policy.

  • Coriolanus
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    Exclusive Media to rep Icon library

    2013-02-26T11:15:00Z

    Library totalling more than 200 titles includes What Women Want, Coriolanus, Hunger, Mean Streets and Project Nim.

  • universcine
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    EU pledges $5.6m to digital distribution

    2013-02-26T10:46:00Z

    The European Union is to pledge $5.6m (€4.2m) to VoD platforms and digital cinema distribution (DCD).

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    Full Frame gets Academy boost

    2013-02-25T16:54:00Z

    The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival said on Monday night [25] that it has been named a qualifying festival in the documentary short subject Oscar category. 

  • BFI
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    BFI to certify TV, animation, games tax credit applicants

    2013-02-25T14:02:00Z

    The British Film Institute (BFI) has been appointed by the UK government as the certification unit for the upcoming creative content tax reliefs, spanning high-end TV, animation and video games.

  • Mary_Callery
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    Mary Callery joins IFB in reshuffle

    2013-02-25T13:43:00Z

    Recent staff restructure includes Emma Scott becoming production and distribution executive; IFB in pact with WME.

  • Wreck-It Ralph
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    Wreck-It Ralph regains high score

    2013-02-25T13:32:00Z

    Disney’s 3D animation has leapt back to the top of the chart following a $5.2m (£3.4m) weekend; Universal’s Mama is the week’s highest new entry with a $2.4m (£1.5m) debut.

  • Fibre
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    Fibre to the Home Conference wrap

    2013-02-25T12:41:00Z

    London’s ExCel Centre hosted a gathering last week to discuss issues that may not have been the most glamorous, but are some of the most important for the media industries.