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NewsToronto critics honour 'Carol'
The 1950s melodrama earned best film and Todd Haynes took the best director prize on Monday.
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NewsWomen in exhibition initiative gets underway in UK
The ICO unveils eight participants and mentors for scheme.
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NewsMark Burnett to head MGM TV and digital
The British TV wunderkind and Ben-Hur producer has been named president of MGM Television and Digital Group in a five-year deal as MGM acquired the remaining 45% of Hearst’s, Burnett’s and Roma Downey’s interests in United Artists Media Group (UAMG).
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News'Hunger Games: Mockingjay 2' retains UK lead for fourth week
Lionsgate’s fantasy-adventure becomes first film since Les Misérables to record four weeks at number one; Universal’s By the Sea flops with $38,000 (£24,770) from its 102 sites.
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NewsEurimages reveals four festivals selected for €200k WiP fund
Festivals announced at Les Arcs European Film Forum.
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NewsAsif Kapadia issues film schools warning
Amy and Senna director cautioned against the rising cost of education at the Screen Film Summit.
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NewsWarner Bros. UK’s Jayne Trotman steps down
EXCLUSIVE: Veteran publicity director succeeded by Freuds’ Jo Fernihough.
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NewsDIFF: Iran’s Soureh launches ISIS rape documentary
Iran’s Soureh Pictures Company has launched sales on powerful documentary A157, which follows three Kurdish girls who fell pregnant after been raped by members of extremist group Islamic State (ISIS).
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NewsDIFF: Zawya plots arthouse expansion
Egypt’s Zawya Cinema is expanding outside Cairo to other Egyptian cities as it taps into the country’s small but growing audience for arthouse films.
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NewsDIFF: Image Nation sneak previews The Worthy
Abu Dhabi film company Image Nation gave a sneak peak of Emirati director Ali Mostafa’s upcoming feature The Worthy, set in a dystopian future in chaos following a chronic water shortage, at DIFF on Sunday.
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DIFF: Jacir scoops top prize at DFC
Palestinian filmmaker Annemarie Jacir’s Nazareth-set dark comedy Wajib scooped the top prize at DIFF’s co-financing event the Dubai Film Connection on Sunday.
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News'Mockingjay 2' holds on to US crown with $11.4m
DECEMBER 14 UPDATE: In a tight contest with new arrival In The Heart Of The Sea, Lionsgate’s enduring champion The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 retained the title by the slimmest of margins.
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News'Mockingjay 2' reclaims int'l on $17.4m
DECEMBER 14 UPDATE: Lionsgate’s YA adaptation was confirmed on Monday as the box office champion.
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News'Mad Max' tops online critics poll
George Miller was named Best Director and his film earned Best Picture and two other prizes from the Online Film Critics Society on Sunday, while Taiwan’s The Assassin took foreign-language honours.
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NewsEuropean Film Awards full of political resonance
Paolo Sorrentino’s Youth was among the big winners on an evening of political messages.
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NewsDubai 2015: Screen's dailies
Browse Screen International’s daily magazines from the Dubai International Film Festival here.
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NewsDIFF: Nasser seeks shelter with Kharsa debut
Jordanian producer Rula Nasser has boarded Egyptian filmmaker Kasem Kharsa’s feature debut Shelter.
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NewsDIFF: Front Row, VOX team on Very Big Shot
Middle East distributor Front Row Filmed Entertainment and regional exhibitor VOX Cinemas have co-acquired Lebanese thriller Very Big Shot (Kteer Kbeer) for a Gulf release.
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NewsDIFF: Sean McAllister plans UK narrative feature
Award-winning British filmmaker Sean McAllister, whose documentary feature A Syrian Love Story plays here at the Dubai International Film Festival, is working on a story about the UK housing crisis.