Latest – Page 2018
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NewsThe Weinstein Company promotes duo
Negeen Yazdi has been promoted to president of international production and Dan Guando to evp of acquisitions, production and development at The Weinstein Company.
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NewsAngel Grace to sell Scout at EFM
EXCLUSIVE: Angel Grace Productions will commence international sales at the EFM on LA-based BrownBag Pictures and Decipher Entertainment drama starring Ellen Burstyn, Danny Glover and Jane Seymour.
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NewsAl-Ghanim Entertainment sets sail
SUNDANCE: Kuwaiti industrialist Nawaf Alghanim announced in Park City on Friday (January 23) the formation of his Los Angeles and Kuwaiti-based financing and production company.
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NewsTribeca Film buys Misery Loves Comedy
SUNDANCE: In another preemptive move that has kept the news flowing in the first two days in Park City, the distributor announced it has acquired North American rights to Kevin Pollak’s directorial debut.
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NewsAustralia box office drops 2.3% in 2014
Australia’s gross box office revenue dropped by 2.28% in 2014 compared to 2013, about the same as the fall from 2012 to 2013.
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NewsFortissimo acquires Sergio Herman doc
Culinary documentary to receive world premiere at Berlin next month.
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NewsBelgian festival cancelled over terror threat
Palme d’Or winners the Dardenne brothers issue statement following the cancellation of the Ramdan Film Festival over terrorist threats and the evacuation of a cinema.
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NewsScreen January 23 2015
Browse the digital version of Screen International here including interviews with Benedict Cumberbatch and Stephen Daldry; and special reports on the VFX of Interstellar, the Goteborg Film Festival and short films.
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NewsDreamWorks Animation unveils restructure
The embattled studio is letting go of marketing chief Dawn Taubin, vice-chair Lew Coleman and COO Mark Zoradi as it plans to lay off approximately 500 people and cut the feature slate to two films a year.
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NewsKino Lorber plots summer debut for A Hard Day
The distributor has acquired all North American rights to the hit South Korean thriller and Cannes 2014 Directors’ Fortnight selection and will release in theatres this summer.
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NewsSundance: Magnolia swoops on Results
Magnolia has swooped on world rights to the Guy Pearce and Cobie Smulders comedy set to premiere in Park City on January 27. Meanwhile A24 was understood to be in advanced talks for US rights to The End Of The Tour.
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NewsGreenaway talks new film Walking To Paris
British director will premiere Eisenstein in Guanajuato at the Berlinale next month.
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NewsStienette Bosklopper reveals screenwriting plans
Veteran Dutch producer Stienette Bosklopper, owner and MD of Circe Film, is turning screenwriter and has written two projects already in advanced development.
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NewsWoman in Black director criticises BBFC rating
EXCLUSIVE: British director Tom Harper has sharply criticised the British Board Of Film Classification (BBFC) over its decision to give his Hammer horror sequel The Woman In Black: Angel Of Death a 15 certificate.
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NewsRotterdam opens with talk of propaganda and feminism
Outgoing festival director Rutger Wolfson opens his final IFFR; War Book screened to packed theatre.
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NewsWar Book producer reveals development slate
Stray Bear Productions, producer of IFFR opening film War Book, has features lined-up including the story of a gay miner in 1980s Yorkshire.
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NewsRotterdam's Hubert Bals Fund extending reach
HBF+Europe to support co-productions with emerging territories.
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NewsMongrel International takes Departure to EFM
EXCLUSIVE: Mongrel International has bulked up its Berlin sales slate, taking international rights on Andrew Steggall’s feature debut.
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NewsAnnapurna Pictures launches VR unit
Megan Ellison is venturing into virtual reality and has formed the joint venture VRSE.farm with artist Chris Milk, whose Evolution Of Verse premieres in Sundance this week.