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Five APSA nominees to screen at Australia's Gold Coast Film Festival
Five nominees for The Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSAs) will screen at this year’s Gold Coast Film Festival (Nov 21-27).
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August's Beyond wins Nordic Council Film Prize
Pernilla August’s feature debut wins prize with $65,000 cash.
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Wojciech Smarzowski's Rose takes top prize in Warsaw
Polish cinema triumphed at the International Competition of this year’s Warsaw Film Festival (Oct 7-16) with Wojciech Smarzowski’s Rose picking up the Warsaw Grand Prix and Greg Zglinski’s Courage taking the special jury award for Best Actor as well as the ecumenical jury’s award.
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Real Steel retains international box office crown on $24m
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International reported an estimated $24.2m haul for DreamWorks’ family drama as it climbed to $57.5m after two weekends. The Three Musketeers was in swashbuckling form on $20.4m and The Smurfs crossed $400m.
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UK's Soda Pictures moves into US with Red Flag partnership for Norwegian Wood
New Video’s Flatiron to handle DVD/digital release in US.
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Village, China Film, Wanda to finance Keanu Reeves' Man Of Tai Chi
Village Roadshow, China Film and Beijing-based exhibitor Wanda Group are understood to have reached a deal to finance Keanu Reeves’ martial arts project, Man Of Tai Chi, which will mark the star’s directorial debut.
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Ishaqzaade starts shooting for India’s Yash Raj Films
India’s Yash Raj Films has started production on Ishaqzaade, written and directed by Habib Faisal and produced by Aditya Chopra, which is scheduled for a May 2012 release.
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Le Havre, Tyrannosaur among Chicago winners
Aki Kaurismäki’s Le Havre (pictured) won the Chicago International Film Festival’s international feature competition Gold Hugo for his “stylized yet very humane depiction of illegal immigration.”
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Real Steel holds on to pole position in US with $16.3m
Monday’s actual results will determine whether Buena Vista’s estimate for its DreamWorks father-son drama starring Hugh Jackman was enough to fend off the lukewarm debut of Paramount’s dance remake Footloose on $16.1m. Regardless, this was another weak weekend at the domestic box office.
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Julia Short named head of acquisitions for The Works Film Group
Weiner, Bestwick also join The Works.
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AFI FEST announces more selections, Swanberg tribute
AFI Fest 2011 organisers have unveiled the selections from the Young Americans and New Auteurs strands as well as the films in the Joe Swanberg tribute. The festival is set to run from Nov 3-10.
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Top Brazilian filmmakers launch new distribution company
Jose Padilha, Fernando Meirelles are among filmmakers seeking greater control of their box-office revenues.
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Magnolia takes on Gaby Dellal's Angels Crest
Magnolia Pictures has taken all US rights to Angels Crest, which premiered at Tribeca earlier this year.
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IDFA to offer 88 world premieres
The International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (Nov 16-27) has announced its programme of 319 titles, including 16 films in the feature-length documentary competition.
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Busan closes with admissions jump; new Cinema Center leaking during rain
Busan’s New Currents Award shared by Mourning and Nino.
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Artificial Eye circles 360; company builds on Paramount ties
UK distributor Artificial Eye is thought to be in final negotiations to acquire Fernando Meirelles’ 360, whichopened the BFI London Film Festival on Wednesday.
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Christophe Honore, Daniel Auteuil to attend French Film Festival UK
Now in its 19th year, the festival will open with Jean-Pierre Ameris’ Romantics Anonymous on Nov 9.
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Odyssey acquires film rights to Hank The Cowdog
John Foster’s company negotiated the deal with Rising Star Studios on the children’s property and plans to create an animated feature.
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Bop cops it as Woody Allen fiddles with film title
The director claims few people understood the meaning of previous title The Bop Decameron, and has changed the name to Nero Fiddled. Allen’s first shoot in Rome wrapped over the summer and will open in 2012.
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Juliette Binoche and Edgar Ramirez to co-star in A Monkey on My Shoulder
French director Marion Laine co-wrote romance about two surgeons.