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NewsVisit Films brings quartet to Sundance
EXCLUSIVE: Visit Films has filled out its Sundance sales slate, adding international rights to People, Places, Things and The Strongest Man as well as world rights excluding Australia and New Zealand to Sam Klemke’s Time Machine.
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NewsStudioCanal hires LA-based Shana Eddy-Grouf
Shana Eddy-Grouf has been appointed svp of international production and development based in Los Angeles as the company deepens its commitment to global production and development.
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NewsEpic Pictures readies Tales Of Halloween
Epic Pictures Group has rounded out the cast of directors and actors on its upcoming horror anthology.
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NewsHarold van Lier to leave eOne
Entertainment One Films International president Harold van Lier is to leave the company as it looks to focus sales attention on in-house productions.
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NewsGlobal's Ooops! Noah Is Gone... sells worldwide
eOne among those to acquire rights to 3D animated family feature.
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NewsS Korea's NEW launches int'l sales arm
Major South Korean investor/distributor Next Entertainment World (NEW) has launched its own international sales division through subsidiary Contents Panda.
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NewsEFA elects six to board
Six women have been elected onto the board of the European Film Academy (EFA).
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NewsBeta to sell Sundance title Umrika
EXCLUSIVE: Indian drama stars Life of Pi’s Suraj Sharma and The Grand Budapest Hotel’s Tony Revolori.
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NewsLumière Awards nominations unveiled
Two Days, One Night, Mommy and Fevers nominated in French-language foreign film category.
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NewsTaken 3 tops UK chart
Fox’s threequel opens to excellent $10.2m (£6.7m), including previews, to dethrone The Theory of Everything; Disney’s Into the Woods hits $3.75m (£2.48m) note on UK bow.
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NewsRotterdam Signals tribute to Jang Jin
International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) unveils Signals line-up including a tribute to Korean director Jang Jin and a focus on artist Bruce McClure.
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NewsAlibaba Pictures unveils Wong Kar Wai project
Leading Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar Wai will produce the first project to be greenlit by China’s Alibaba Pictures, a drama entitled Bai Du Ren (Ferryman).
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NewsGlobes joy for Boyhood, Budapest
Boyhood flew the flag on a strong night for independent cinema as IFC Films’ coming-of-age tale prevailed in the motion picture drama, director and supporting actress categories at the 72nd Golden Globes awards in Beverly Hills on Sunday night (January 11).
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NewsLeviathan triumphs at Palm Springs
JANUARY 11 UPDATE: Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Oscar shortlisted Russian film and Golden Globe nominee earned the FIPRESECI Prize while Eastern European cinema dominated the 26th Palm Springs International Film Festival’s juried awards.
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NewsTaken 3 storms US on $40.4m
Liam Neeson returned to the top of the North American box office thanks to an estimated $40.4m debut in 3,594 sites via Fox, while Selma expanded wide through Paramount and soared 22 places to number two on a $11.2m weekend haul.
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NewsMuseum 3 rules international on $45.9m
JANUARY 11 UPDATE: Fresh from its record-setting $5.5bn global box office haul, Fox continued to demonstrate its international potency as Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb ruled the roost, Penguins Of Madagascar crossed $200m and Taken 3 scored a $10.5m number one UK debut.
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NewsSearchlight takes Mistress America
The studio has taken Noah Baumbach’s imminent Sundance world premiere off the table, swooping on world rights to the comedy starring Greta Gerwig and newcomer Lola Kirke.
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NewsAlchemy hires Jim Jenkins
The executive has joined the rebranded company as svp of business development and mergers & acquisitions.
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NewsBreaking Glass picks up four
The distributor has acquired a quartet of titles including re-release of S&M fetish film The Pet and screwball comedy Such Good People.