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MGM extends contract for motion picture group president
Jonathan Glickman’s term now runs until 2017. He will continue in his current role overseeing development and production for all features and identifying co-financing opportunities with other studios.
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NewsAbu Dhabi Film Festival: DeSouza brings 3D motion capture to the masses
3D supervisor Clyde DeSouza explained how 3D and motion capture technology - normally the preserve of Hollywood blockbusters - is becoming accessible to low-budget and indie filmmakers, during his 3D Master Class at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival.
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NewsTaken 2 retains top spot at the UK box office
UPDATE: Fox’s sequel records second straight week at number one; Sony’s Hotel Transylvania charts second with $2.8m (£1.7m), while eOne’s Looper adds $1.9m (£1.2m) for $12.2m (£7.6m) to date.
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NewsChristoph Waltz will play Gorbachev in Mike Newell's Reykjavik
HanWay films handling international sales and will launch at AFM.
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NewsLife Of Pi wins 35th Mill Valley Film Festival audience award
Ang Lee’s closing night film scooped honours as the 11-day festival came to an end on Monday night (Oct 15). Mira Nair’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist won the audience award for world cinema and David O Russell’s Silver Linings Playbook took the audience award for US cinema.
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NewsXPAND introduces new passive 3D glasses
Infinity 3D glasses aim to be more ergonomic, lighter and more stylish than competing passive 3D glasses.
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NewsCinesite opens Inspire Internship Programme for 2013
Initiative aims to give graduates the opportunity to work in the field of high-end visual effects.
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NewsBelgian KIKK Festival explores the digital frontier
International digital festival, which runs Nov 8-9, aims to explore the economic and artistic implications of new technologies.
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NewsFor No Good Reason to open London International Animation Festival
Charlie Paul’s biopic of British artist Ralph Steadman is one of three feature films showing at this year’s edition, which runs Oct 25-Nov 4.
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NewsLeos Carax's Holy Motors wins big at Sitges Film Festival
Ben Wheatley’s Sightseers picks up two awards, including Best Actress for Alice Lowe, while Jennifer Lynch’s Chained wins Special Jury Award.
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35th Starz Denver Film Festival to honour Argentina, Daniel Burman
The event will include 14 films in an Argentinian sidebar and a three-film tribute to Burman is planned for his feat of having the most films from Argentina play on US screens. The Colorado event is set to run from Nov 1-11.
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News25th IDFA to screen 317 titles including 97 world premieres
Programme for the 25th anniversary of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam includes 64 Dutch productions.
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NewsBayona's The Impossible makes $10.3m in first weekend in Spain
Drama starring Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor sells 1m tickets and marks a historic record.
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NewsTaken 2 delivers $45.1m int'l; Looper posts $109m; Impossible wows in Spain
UPDATE: EuropaCorp’s Liam Neeson thriller had too much in the tank for its competitors as distributor Fox International reported an estimated $134.8m running total after two weekends and $220.9m worldwide. Sci-fi Looper added $9m excluding China to cross the century mark after 17 days. And JA Bayona’s The Impossible [pictured] ...
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NewsRegent Street Cinema restoration moves forward after Heritage Lottery Fund grant
Currently the space is used as a lecture theatre but it will be reborn as a state-of-the-art modern cinema.
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NewsTaken 2 staves off US newcomers on $23m hold
The EuropaCorp-Fox-Liam Neeson combination is a potent one and ensured a second weekend at the top for the thriller as the top 12 box office gained approximately 38% on the same session last year despite dropping 7.6% against last weekend.
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NewsHundred-Year-Old Man gets SFI backing and Disney distribution deal
Felix Herngren directs the adaptation of Jonas Jonasson’s bestseller, starring Robert Gustafsson [pictured].
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NewsGlobal Film Initiative picks up Busan trio
The Global Film Initiative has picked up three films that screened at the recent Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) for North American distribution - 111 Girls, Beijing Flickers and Shyamal Uncle Turns Off The Lights.
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NewsKayan, 36 take New Currents awards at close of Busan fest
The 17th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) wrapped yesterday (Oct 13) with a record of more than 221,000 admissions.
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Cinedigm reaches independent conversion milestone
Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp in conjunction with the National Association Of Theatre Owners’ (NATO) Cinema Buying Group (CBG) said on Friday (12) it had signed more than 3,000 independent CBG screens for digital conversion.