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NewsAntonio Resines resigns as president of Spanish Film Academy
Actor cites differences with board; Costume designer Yvonne Blake appointed as acting president until election can be held.
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NewsBAM: 'Narcos', 'Land And Shade' producers team for Jaime Osorio Marquez's new film
EXCLUSIVE: Mainstream and auteur Colombian companies join efforts for the comeback of El Páramo director.
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News'Death Of Louis XIV', 'One Week And A Day' win top prizes in Jerusalem
Festival’s new $20,000 international competition prize goes to Albert Serra for The Death Of Louis XIV; One Week And A Day wins best Israeli feature.
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NewsKaren Bradley named culture secretary in Theresa May cabinet
Bradley replaces John Whittingdale who departs after 14 months in the post.
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NewsDalian Wanda Group in talks for 49% stake in Paramount (report)
Following its acquisition of Odeon & UCI Cinemas earlier this week, Dalian Wanda Group is in talks to buy a 49% stake in Paramount Pictures from Viacom, according to reports.
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NewsVenice Golden Lions for Belmondo, Skolimowski
The 73rd Venice International Film Festival will award its Golden Lion awards for lifetime achievement to French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo and Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski.
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NewsGuiding Lights unveils 17 new mentees
The eighth edition of the UK’s Guiding Lights mentoring scheme has selected 17 new mentees from 215 applications received across the UK and Ireland.
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NewsUS Briefs: Inaugural Third Horizon Caribbean Film Festival heads to Miami
Plus: Kino Lorber moves The Tenth Man; Warner Bros dates three; TWC moves The Founder deep into awards season
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NewsMadRiver, Di Bonaventura fly with thriller 'The Plane' from novelist Charles Cumming
Marc Butan’s MadRiver buys high-concept pitch with Riverstone Pictures on board to executive produce.
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NewsJohn Whittingdale out as UK culture secretary
John Whittingdale has lost his job as culture secretary.
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NewsSan Sebastian's Zabaltegi competition includes Tavernier, Davies, Jarmusch
The Spanish festival reveals titles of the first competitive edition of the Zabaltegi-Tabakalera section that will award a $22,200 (€20,000) prize.
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NewsBreaking Glass acquires 'The Great & The Small'
EXCLUSIVE: The distributor has picked up North American rights to Dusty Bias’s Sonoma International Film Festival audience and jury best feature winner.
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NewsWaypoint to adapt 'Plutona' comic
Heading into Comic-Con, Ken Kao’s company has picked up rights to Jeff Lemire and illustrator Emi Lenox’s comic series.
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News'Too Young To Die!' wins NYAFF audience award
Kankuro Kudo’s anarchic Japanese comedy has triumphed at the 15th New York Asian Film Festival, which executive director Samuel Jamier said drew record audiences.
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NewsFilmBuff takes 'Floyd Norman: An Animated Life'
The documentary from Michael Fiore and Erik Sharkey will get a limited theatrical release day-and-date with digital and VOD on August 26.
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NewsDayyan Eng pulls together hot ensemble cast for Wished
EXCLUSIVE: Beijing-based filmmaker Dayyan Eng has started shooting contemporary comedy fantasy Wished, with a hot ensemble cast including Xia Yu, Yan Ni, Victoria Song and Pan Binlong.
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News'Dory', 'Ice Age 5' on collision course
Finding Dory – comfortably the biggest Pixar release of all time in North America and the biggest film in the territory for the year-to-date on $431.9m and counting – swims into a further nine major markets and several smaller ones this weekend.
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NewsMongrel International to sell Locarno title 'Where Is Rocky II?'
EXCLUSIVE: Charlotte Mickie and her Toronto-based team have acquired international sales rights to The Ink Connection’s ‘fake fiction’ feature ahead of its European festival premiere in Switzerland.
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NewsLiam Neeson action-thriller 'The Commuter' sets shoot and release dates
Director Jaume Collet-Serra’s action-thriller backed by Studiocanal begins production this month.
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NewsSKE, Plan B partner on 'Brad’s Status'
Ben Stiller is in final talks to star in the comedy that Sidney Kimmel Entertainment will finance and produce with Plan B Entertainment.