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m-appeal takes on international sales for Golden Shell winner and Veit Helmer's Baikonur
m-appeal has taken on international sales for Isaki Lacuesta’s San Sebastian Golden Shell winner The Double Steps (Los Pasos Dobles) and German filmmaker Veit Helmer’s romantic comedy Baikonur, which will both have their international premieres in Busan tonight.
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Sundance Selects takes First Position for North America
Bess Kargman’s documentary premiered last month in Toronto and follows the fortunes of six aspiring ballet dancers competing in the prestigious Youth America Grand Prix.
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Menemsha Films acquires North American rights to The Rescuers
Neil Friedman negotiated the deal with director Michael King and producer Joyce D Mandell.
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Sundance Institute selects six projects for inaugural New Frontier Story Lab
The Institute said the new venture was designed “to support artists and creators developing projects that explore the convergence of film and new media technologies.”
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Rio Market to present projects, screenings, packed topical agenda
Notables scheduled to attend include Fox International co-president Tomas Jegeus, Oscar winning Argentinean producer Vanessa Ragone and Brazilian Film Commission presidente Steve Solot.
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Africa First Awards five emerging filmmakers $10,000 apiece
Focus Features’ Africa First programme has awarded five emerging filmmakers $10,000 each to finance pre-production, production and/or post-production on their short films.
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Busan kicks off 16th festival to roars of applause in new cinema center
The 16th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) opened today (Oct 6) in the newly completed Busan Cinema Center with a star-studded red carpet and the world premiere of Song Il-gon’s Always.
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Human Centipede II gets 18 certificate in UK after cuts
After four months of wrangling with the BBFC, controversial sequel passes board.
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IDFA to open with Denmark's The Ambassador
The 24th International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) will open on Nov 16 with Danish filmmaker Mads Brügger Cortzen’s The Ambassador.
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London Critics Circle Awards to move to January in 2012
The London Critics Circle Film Awards will be held on Jan 19, 2012 at the BFI Southbank.
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Edinburgh to reinstate Michael Powell award; festival keeps June dates
Emma McCorkell at Organic Marketing to lead festival public relations.
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Hot Docs names Charlotte Cook new director of programming
Former Frontline club programmer takes post vacated by Sean Farnel.
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EFA and APSA form strategic alliance
European Film Academy (EFA) and the Asia Pacific Screen Academy (APSA) form alliance.
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Culture action plan also to encourage co-production between EU and Brazil
Encouraging more co-production between the EU and Brazil could be part of a new Joint Programme on Culture signed by the European Commission (EC) and Brazil.
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SPAAmart reveals seven projects to be pitched
A film that could become Australian special effects house Fuel’s first in-house feature, and a comedy of manners about four middle-class 40-something men in a self-help group, are two of the seven films chosen for SPAAmart, an annual feature film market this year being held in November in Sydney.
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Netflix strikes first UK content deal
Netflix has signed one of its first UK content deals, buying the UK original of Being Human and the US remake.
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Juan Sarda named Spanish Correspondent for Screen
Juan Sarda has been appointed Spanish Correspondent for ScreenDaily and Screen International.
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Steve Jobs, tech crusader extraordinaire, dies at 56
Apple announced late on Wednesday (5) that the Silicon Valley visionary, Apple co-founder and Pixar chief finally lost his battle with pancreatic cancer.
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UTA to handle global sales on Paul Walker vehicle Hours
Hot off the $600m-plus global success of Fast Five, Walker will star as a father desperate to keep his newborn alive in post-Katrina New Orleans.