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NewsUS briefs: Ellen Burstyn to receive SFFS Peter J Owens acting award
Plus: IFC MIdnight acquires US rights to Let’s Be Evil; and more…
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NewsAmazon takes aim at Netflix
Jeff Bezos’ e-commerce giant has moved aggressively against the VOD market leader in the US with a new subscription tier.
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NewsAcademy clarifies voting rights rules
After a move to clarify voting rights in January sparked concern and accusations of ageism, the Academy sought to reassure members on Monday.
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News'The Jungle Book' roars to top in US on $103.3m
APRIL 18 UPDATE: If the live-action-CGI rendering of Rudyard Kipling’s beloved tale seemed destined to become a Disney classic all over again, the opening weekend confirmed that notion as it stormed to the studio’s biggest April debut in history.
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NewsGiuseppe Tornatore, David Twohy line up China projects
Italian filmmaker Giuseppe Tornatore and US writer-director David Twohy are developing projects with China, which were both announced on the first full day of the Beijing International Film Festival (April 16-23).
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NewsAlibaba to invest in 'TMNT2', 'Star Trek Beyond'
China’s Alibaba Pictures has signed to invest in two further projects from Paramount Pictures – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out Of The Shadows and Star Trek Beyond.
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News'The Fits', 'Salero' win at RiverRun
The River Run International Film Festival wrapped its 18th edition in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, with its narrative feature award going to Anna Rose Holmer’s The Fits, which was, in the words of the jury, “an audacious debut from a promising American talent.”
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NewsIstanbul: festival and industry winners revealed
Kurdish workers drama and Rodrigo Plá’s A Monster With a Thousand Heads triumph at festival; industry prizes revealed.
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NewsStar Wars: JJ Abrams discusses Rey's parents during Tribeca talk
Star Wars: The Force Awakens director dropped hints about the character played by Daisy Ridley during a Tribeca talk with actor-comedian Chris Rock; both men revealed the actors they would most like to work with.
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NewsLosange punches with UCR's 'Olli Maki'
EXCLUSIVE: Cinefondation winner Juho Kuosmanen makes his feature debut with the Finnish-German-Swedish co-production.
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News‘The Jungle Book’ swings to buzz chart lead
Jeff Nichols’ Midnight Special also performs strongly.
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NewsCannes 2016: watch trailers for the films in Official Selection
Check out the trailers for films set to play at the 69th Cannes Film Festival.
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NewsVilnius: 'Thirst' and 'I, Olga Hepnarova' share top honour
The festival’s industry event featured 20 work-in-progress projects.
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NewsCannes: Thierry Fremaux interview
Cannes chief discusses the festival’s repeat invitations policy and explains why Oliver Stone’s Snowden will not be premiering at the festival.
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NewsCannes: Luxbox closes pre-sales on 'Apprentice'
Paris-based sales agent Luxbox has sealed a string of deals on Cannes Un Certain Regard title Apprentice, including a sale to France’s Version Originale Condor.
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NewsSecurity threat empties Lionsgate session
A CinemaCon screening of Now You See Me 2 was abandoned when a suspicious item that later turned out to be harmless forced the evacuation of the Colosseum on Thursday afternoon.
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NewsSundance Selects acquires Cannes duo
The distributor has picked up US rights to newly announced Cannes selections Graduation and The Unknown Girl.
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NewsAmazon Studios woos CinemaCon
In a genial presentation in Las Vegas on Thursday that reassured the massed ranks of exhibitors that it believes in the theatrical business, Hollywood’s newest major player also broke news about theatrical distribution partners on two films on its slate.
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NewsFox lines up four 'Avatar' sequels
James Cameron surprised CinemaCon attendees at the end of Thursday morning’s Fox presentation to explain that his fantasy universe had become larger than originally expected.
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NewsCannes 2016: critic's take
2016 looks like a good vintage: Screen’s chief critic and reviews editor Fionnuala Halligan dissects this year’s Competition lineup…