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NewsClaire Aguilar joins Sheffield Doc/Fest
EXCLUSIVE: Sheffield Doc/Fest has appointed Claire Aguilar as director of programming and industry engagement.
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NewsBoushahri wins IWC Filmmaker Award
Kuwaiti filmmaker Abdullah Boushahri won the $100,000 IWC Filmmaker Award for his feature project The Water at the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) on Thursday night.
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NewsAnthony Chen launches Giraffe Pictures
The Ilo Ilo director’s company will produce one or two films per year.
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NewsVOX takes pan-Arab rights to Dolphins
EXCLUSIVE: Dubai-based Vox Cinemas is in final negotiations to acquire pan-Arab rights to Emirati director Waleed Al Shehhi’s Dolphins ahead of its premiere at DIFF on Friday.
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NewsMichael Lumpkin named AFI DOCS director
The producer and former executive director of the International Documentary Association (IDA) will lead the Washington DC-based annual event AFI DOCS.
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NewsSean Kisker earns Lionsgate stripes
Lionsgate has promoted 11-year veteran Sean Kisker to the newly created position of chief strategy officer and general manager of the Lionsgate Motion Picture Group.
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NewsMosquito Films picks up As You Were
EXCLUSIVE: Thai sales company Mosquito Films Distribution has picked up Singaporean filmmaker Liao Jiekai’s sophomore feature As You Were.
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NewsStrand picks up The Cut
Strand Releasing has acquired all US rights to Fatih Akin’s quest story starring Tahar Rahim.
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NewsGolden Globes - nominee reactions
Eddie Redmayne was doing holiday shopping when he heard about his nomination and Force Majeure’s Ruben Östlund says he could get used to being pampered. Read on for more reactions.
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NewsWarner Bros sets Geostorm release
Dean Devlin’s action film starring Gerard Butler will open on October 21 2016, the studio has announced.
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NewsAkinnuoye-Agbaje to voice Emirati animation
Nigerian-UK actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje is set to voice the protagonist of an ambitious Emirati feature-length animation inspired by a figure in Arabic folklore.
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NewsDogwoof acquires Censored Voices
Mor Loushy’s documentary will make its world premiere at Sundance.
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NewsChopra promoted at Digital Domain
Amit Chopra, currently COO of US and Canada-based Digital Domain 3.0, has been promoted to executive vice president of its parent company, Hong Kong-listed Digital Domain Holdings.
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NewsPenny Marshall to direct Effa
The director of A League Of Their Own and Big has signed a two-film deal with Georgia-based FONU2 subsidiary Studioplex City, kicking off with a biopic about Effa Manley.
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NewsLeviathan wins Best Film at APSA
Other winners included Winter Sleep, The Dark Horse and Red Amnesia.
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NewsBirdman leads Golden Globes noms
Birdman is fast emerging as Fox Searchlight’s poster child of the season as the New Regency production emerged top of the pile on December 11 with seven 72nd Golden Globe nominations.
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NewsSalon readies Ivan and the Dogs
EXCLUSIVE: UK deal in place for Andrew Kotting’s film from Salon Pictures.
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NewsDemetriou becomes VP at Warner Music UK
Demetriou will be responsible for creating original audio-visual content with WMUK artists and brand partners
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NewsMaisie Williams, Joachim Fjelstrup among 2015 Shooting Stars
10 European actors to be celebrated by EFP in Berlin.