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Nagisa Oshima dead at 80
Nagisa Oshima, the iconoclastic Japanese director of In the Realm of the Senses and Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence, died of pneumonia in a Kanagawa hospital early on Tuesday (Jan 15). He was 80 years old.
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Ken Loach's Spirit of '45 among Berlinale Special world premieres
As part of the Festival’s official programme, the Berlinale Special 2013 is presenting recent works by contemporary filmmakers, including Michael Winterbottom’s The Look of Love and Giuseppe Tornatore’s The Best Offer.
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Speakers unveiled for inaugural UK Digital Cinema Conference
The theme for the one-day conference, hosted by Digital Cinema Solutions, will be digital innovation and alternative content.
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Cross Channel Film Lab reveals selection
The Cross Channel Film Lab (CCFL) has announced its selection of four low to medium budget film projects – all which have displayed “original and imaginative ways” of utilising visual effects and/or Stereo 3D.
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It's All So Quiet to open Berlin Panorama Special section
Twelve world premieres added to Berlin’s Panorama section.
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Park Chan-Wook's Stoker to close Rotterdam
Stoker, the English debut of South Korean film-maker Park Chan-Wook (Oldboy), has been named as the closing feature of the International Film Festival Rotterdam.
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Wes Anderson's Grand Budapest Hotel starts shooting in Berlin
Wes Anderson’s next feature, the period picture The Grand Budapest Hotel has commenced production in Germany.
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HMV to appoint administrator
UK DVD and music retailer HMV has called in administrators putting around 4,350 jobs in doubt.
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Miami FF to host last River Phoenix film
Dark Blood co-starring Jonathan Pryce and Judy Davis will screen for the first time in the US at the 30th edition of the Miami International Film Festival, set to run from Mar 1-10.
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Alex Hamilton, Jorge Vazquez to head eOne-Alliance branches in UK, Spain
eOne has appointed Alex Hamilton, its former UK director of films, as the managing director and head of its merged eOne-Alliance UK film team, effective immediately.
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UK distributor Revolver sheds staff
EXCLUSIVE: At least 12 staff have left the UK outfit just a few months after Corniche investment.
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Vendome Pictures acquires spec script The Widow
Vendome will produce and CEO Philippe Rousselet will produce with Steve Golin and Alix Madigan of Anonymous Content.
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Full Frame unveils thematic programme and tribute
This years’ Full Frame Documentary Film Festival will honour Academy Award winning filmmaker Jessica Yu with the Full Frame Tribute. The festival is set to run from Apr 4-7 in Durham, North Carolina.
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BIFF shuffles management team for Asian Film Market
EXCLUSIVE: Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) has carried out an organisational reshuffle led by former World Cinema programming head Jay Jeon going over to the Asian Film Market to be its director.
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Open Road to release Machete Kills on Sept 13
Robert Rodriguez’ action sequel stars Danny Trejo, Michelle Rodriguez, Sofia Vergara, Amber Heard, Charlie Sheen, Lady Gaga, Vanessa Hudgens and Mel Gibson, among others.
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SXSW selects The Incredible Burt Wonderstone as opener
Steve Carell, Steve Buscemi and Jim Carrey star in the Warner Bros/New Line comedy about feuding Las Vegas musicians that will open the 20th anniversary event on Mar 8. Warner Bros will release the film a week later.
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Korea's Jeonju fest unveils trio for Digital Project 2013
The 14th Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF) has announced Kobayashi Masahiro, Zhang Lu and Edwin as its directors for Jeonju Digital Project 2013.
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Tribeca Film Institute unveils 2013 documentary grantees
The Institute also announced the inaugural TFI/ESPN Prize, an extension of the Fund that will award an annual grant of $30,000 to a work-in-progress documentary that integrates “sports, competition and athleticism” into the story.
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Damned Distribution, Alambique win trips to Rio Carnival
Cinema Do Brasil on Monday [14] named the two companies as the winners of the first phase of its Distributors World Cup.
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SND boards Jalil Lespert’s Yves Saint Laurent biopic
Pierre Niney to play YSL in picture which is due to start rolling this spring, around the same time as Bertrand Bonello’s rival film on the legendary designer.