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Wu’s Seven Stars to build Chinawood outside Tianjin
Bruno Wu’s Seven Stars Entertainment is working with the government of the Binhai New Area, Tianjin, to establish a film and media hub, “Chinawood Global Services Base”.
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CPH PIX's New Talent Grand PIX goes to Brazil's Neighbouring Sounds
Monsieur Lazhar wins audience award.
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Malaga's top prize goes to Patricia Ferreira's The Wild Boys
Popular actor Paco Leon takes second prize for Carmina o Revienta in the festival devoted to Spanish cinema.
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Man stays top in US, Hunger Games crosses $600m global
Screen Gems’ rom-com Think Like A Man grossed an estimated $18m for an excellent $61m. Overall box office fell around 30% against the same weekend last year, although things should pick up when The Avengers opens.
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Matthew’s Laws wins Nyon Grand Prix; Sasnals triumph in Linz
Matthew’s Laws, Dutch filmmaker Marc Schmidt’s journey into the world of autism, was awarded the Grand Prix at Nyon’s Visions du Réel International Documentary Film Festival in Switzerland (Apr 20-27), which reported admissions up year-on-year by 4,000 to 25,000.
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The Avengers races to $178.4m international opening weekend
Marvel Studios’ superhero soup scored record-breaking debuts from its launch in 39 territories in the first five days through Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International ahead of the May 4 arrival in North America.
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Stopped On Track claims four Lolas including best film
Andreas Dresen’s moving cancer drama earned the Golden Lola at the German Film Awards on Saturday night (Apr 28) and won for best director, male lead for Milan Peschel and supporting actor for Otto Mellies.
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Any Day Now, Burn earn Tribeca audience awards
Travis Fine’s narrative (pictured) and Tom Putnam’s documentary claimed the prizes on Saturday night, earning $25,000 apiece in the first time audience awards were handed out for both disciplines.
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The Avengers races to $73m int'l tally before weekend
SATURDAY UPDATE: The superhero mash-up has grossed an estimated $73.1m through Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International from Wednesday through Friday and is active in 41 territories.
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World premiere of Grassroots to close Seattle Int’l Film Festival
Stephen Gyllenhaal’s comedy stars Jason Biggs and will bookend the festival with the previously announced opening night screening of Lynn Shelton’s Your Sister’s Sister (pictured). The festival is set to run from May 17-Jun 10.
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Working Title extends Universal deal through 2015
The new deal becomes a first-look arrangement rather than the exclusive deal shared by the parties since 1999.
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Tribeca Film Institute hands out TAA All Access honours
Rhymes For Young Ghouls and The New Black were selected from 11 projects at a ceremony on Thursday night (26) to win the $10,000 Tribeca All Access Creative Promise Awards for narrative and documentaries, respectively.
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Verve picks up My Brother The Devil, Couple In A Hole
Verve to release Sally El Hosaini’s Sundance and Berlin drama in the UK this autumn.
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Carlos Diegues to chair Caméra d’Or jury
The Caméra d’or is awarded to the best first film presented in the Official Selection, Critics’ Week or Directors’ Fortnight
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Film Factory picks up Zip & Zap And The Marble Gang for Cannes
Popular Spanish comic Zip & Zap is headed to the big screen as a family adventure produced by Zeta Cinema, Mod Producciones, Antena 3 Films and Kowalski Films.
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Hammer options Winchester haunted house story
The Exclusive Media subsidiary will develop and produce with Imagination Design Works (IDW) and Nine/8 Entertainment.
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Hot projects on Screenbase
Among the new projects added to Screenbase is Wasteland starring Luke Treadaway.
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James Newton Howard to be honoured at World Soundtrack Awards
Howard’s work will be showcased at the event, which will also see Italian composer Pino Donaggio receiving the World Soundtrack Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Stellan Skarsgård, Hiroyuki Sanada join cast of The Railway Man
Shooting begins on Jonathan Teplitzky’s war drama in Scotland on April 30.
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Expanded Beijing Film Market wraps
The second Beijing Film Market (April 24-26) wrapped on Thursday after three days of increased participation and business, although delegates agreed that it remains a mostly domestic Chinese event.