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NewsLucy holds UK box office lead
Universal’s action sci-fi becomes director Luc Besson’s best-ever UK performer as it records a second straight week at the top of the chart.
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NewsVue converting to Sony Digital Cinema 3D
Upgrade to take place across the UK, Ireland, Germany and Denmark.
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NewsSokurov, Probst, Bondarchuk back new St. Petersburg event
Filmmaker Alexander Sokurov, EFM president Beki Probst and actor-director-producer Fyodor Bondarchuk (Stalingrad) are among the high-profile names backing a new event in St. Petersburg.
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NewsJames Brown biopic to open Zurich
Music biopic is director Tate Taylor’s follow-up to Oscar-winner The Help.
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NewsPark, XYZ team on The Editor
EXCLUSIVE: Midnight Madness thriller from Astron 6 stars Udo Kier, Paz de la Huerta.
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NewsIndie Sales to launch Zucchini, new Jolivet at Toronto
EXCLUSIVE: My Life As A Zucchini is written by Tomboy and Girlhood director Céline Sciamma.
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NewsMumbai fest campaign raises $250k
UPDATED: The social media campaign to save the Mumbai Film Festival, threatened with closure due to a lack of funding, has raised $250,000 in just two days.
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NewsGuardians holds firm over Labor Day on $16m
UPDATE SEPT 1: Marvel Studios’ summer hit stayed at number one thanks to an estimated $22.2m haul over the four-day holiday weekend as the season ended on a whimper and fell approximately 15% against summer 2013 to mark the weakest summer since 2006.
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NewsApes scores $47m China debut
UPDATED SEPT 2: Lucrative returns in China continue to pour in as Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes delivered the fourth biggest opening day for a non-local film, helping it soar past $400m at the international box office.
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NewsCroatia, Italy, Slovenia plan new co-pro programme
New programme has budget of €120,000 per year.
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NewsNetflix's Italian challenges; IQIYI's Chinese boom
Is Netflix coming to Italy? Not any time soon if the comments at yesterday’s Venice Film Market panel, “VOD in China and Europe - What is the strategy for Netflix arrival”, are taken as the measure.
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NewsWords With Gods to launch with inter-faith campaign
Further details have emerged of the marketing and release plans for religious-themed portmanteau picture Words With Gods, which features contributions from such directors as Guillermo Arriaga, Emir Kusturica, Mira Nair and Hector Babenco.
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NewsCinephil strikes Italian deal for The Look of Silence
Follow-up to the Act of Killing goes from Venice to Telluride and Toronto.
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NewsTelluride adds Escobar to line-up
Telluride Film Festival organisers have unveiled two late additions to the programme that will premiere in the coming days in a move that could impact on the classification of one Toronto gala screening.
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NewsCalifornia triples film, TV tax credits
The California senate voted on Friday (August 29) to approve a measure that will ramp up the state’s $100m annual allocation to $330m over five years, starting next year.
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NewsIran's Tales selected for int'l festivals
Rakhshan Bani-Etemad’s feature, which upset Iranian censors, is in competition at the Venice Film Festival.
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NewsDanish producers aim for growth after decline
Ambition to produce 25 Danish features per year with a $14m cash injection.
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NewsCTBF to host Downton Abbey premiere
Industry charity known for its Royal Film Performance to host TV premiere.
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NewsWiseman working on Titicut Follies ballet
Documentary legend Frederick Wiseman is to revisit his first documentary, 1967’s Titicut Follies.
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NewsLuxembourg submits doc to Oscar race
Never Die Young submitted by Luxembourg for the Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards.