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Sapphires heads nominations for AACTA awards
This year’s standout box office hit The Sapphires, is up against Burning Man, Lore and Wish You Were Here for the crown of best film in the AACTA (Australian Academy Cinema Television Arts) Awards, to be presented at the end of January in Sydney.
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Jill Tandy joins Universal Pictures International
Tandy to assume commercial affairs role primarily across local language productions and will continue to work for Inside Pictures in reduced role.
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Metrodome acquires period drama Summer in February
EXCLUSIVE: Dan Stevens, Dominic Cooper, Emily Browning and Hattie Morahan star in UK drama about a love triangle in an artists’ colony.
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Epilogue takes top prize at Tokyo Filmex
Amir Manor’s Epilogue was awarded the grand prize and $8,500 (Y700,000) at the closing awards of the 13th edition of Tokyo Filmex (Nov 23-Dec 2).
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Lau to be Filmmaker in Focus at HKIFF
Hong Kong director Andrew Lau will be the Filmmaker in Focus at next year’s edition of the Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF).
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Yash Raj Films to produce Kapur's Paani
India’s Yash Raj Films has announced that it will produce Shekhar Kapur’s long-gestating passion project Paani.
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Twilight franchise finale rules international on $49m
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 stands on the cusp of $450m following a third dominant weekend through Lionsgate International and has become the biggest of the five-film franchise outside North America.
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Shell wins top Turin prize
Scott Graham’s directorial debut has been named Best Film at the 30th Turin Film Festival.
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War Witch triumphs at Camerimage
Kim Nguyen’s War Witch won the coveted Golden Frog at the Plus Camerimage festival, beating Leo Carax’s Holy Motors.
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Mike Figgis to chair Capri, Hollywood Festival
The 17th iteration will take place across the Isle of Capri from Dec 27-Jan 2. Writer and archeologist Valerio Massimo Manfredi will serve as president of the festival.
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Breaking Dawn Part 2 holds on in sluggish US session
Traditionally the post-Thanksgiving weekend is a slow one and so it proved to be as Lionsgate’s Twilight finale held on to number one spot in its third weekend, adding an estimated $17.4m to reach $254.6m.
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Amour sweeps European Film Awards
Michael Haneke’s Amour picked up the four top prizes at the 25th European Film Awards in Malta, on a night when Shame and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy each scored a brace of trophies.
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Ventana Sur: Brazil offers finance 'role model'
Brazil continues as a role model of film finance in Latin America, according to panellists during the second day of Ventana Sur (Dec 1), the fourth edition of which is underway in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Gabriela Tagliavini ready to shoot The Anatomist’s Secret
The Italian director of Ladies’ Night and Without Men has lined up her next project, a drama based on Argentinian author Federico Andahazi’s book about the 16th century surgeon who discovered the clitoris.
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PGA unveils documentary feature nominees
The winner will be announced at the Producers Guild Of America’s (PGA) 24th Annual Producers Guild Awards on Jan 26.
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Ventana Sur launches fourth year with new Producers Network
More than 500 films on offer; 1,844 industry professionals to attend the Buenos Aires-based market.
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EC's Cinema Communication debate dominates Rendez-Vous in Berlin
CNC president Eric Garandeau and the German Federal Film Board board member Peter Dinges are criticial of EC’s plan.
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CineMart's Boost! projects include films from Lipkes, Edkins, Stoll
Projects by Michel Lipkes (Mexico) [pictured] and Teboho Edkins (South Africa) have been added to the Boost! selections for Rotterdam CineMart this year.
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Ed Clarke reteams with Paul Webster at Shoebox Films
Pair worked together at Kudos; Shoebox’s first production is Steve Knight’s Hummingbird.
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Academy extends deadline for paper ballot vote request
Since the organisation announced it would introduce electronic voting for the first time this year, some members have been confused about their options.