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NewsSan Sebastian reveals Latin American competitors
Competitive strand will feature 14 films, including Jauja starring Viggo Mortensen.
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NewsNetflix unveils first French original drama Marseille
Netflix taps into local cinema talent for political drama set against backdrop of France’s third largest city.
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NewsWWII drama Fraternity wraps
EXCLUSIVE: Coffee & Cigarettes to rep sales and distribution deals.
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NewsSteve Oram, Edward Hogg join UK horror
EXCLUSIVE: Cast, directors round on haunted-house horror; XYZ to handle US rights.
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NewsTallinn Black Nights gets int'l competition greenlight
EXCLUSIVE: Stamp of approval from FIAPF puts Black Nights on a list with Cannes and Berlin.
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NewsYouku Tudou launches film arm Heyi
Chinese online video platform Youku Tudou is launching a film division, Heyi Film, to produce a slate of theatrical features.
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NewsScreen Awards unveils Rising Star shortlist
The Screen Awards has now unveiled the shortlist for this year’s Rising Star award.
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NewsContent brings 400 Days to Toronto
Content Film has acquired international rights to the sci-fi thriller starring Brandon Routh and Caity Lotz and will show first footage to buyers in Toronto.
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NewsEFA renews call to free Ukrainian director
Agnieszka Holland renews appeal to help free Oleg Sentsov.
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NewsWe Are The Freaks heads to Germany
German distributor Lighthouse has acquired rights from 104 Films to Justin Edgar’s We Are The Freaks for German-speaking territories.
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NewsMemento heads to Toronto with Marguerite
EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based sales agent to launch new film loosely inspired by “world’s worst soprano”, Florence Foster Jenkins.
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NewsHayao Miyazaki among honourary Oscar recipients
The board of governors of the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences has voted (August 26) to present honorary awards to Jean-Claude Carrière, Hayao Miyazaki and Maureen O’Hara. The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award will go to Harry Belafonte.
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NewsExecutive trio joins Hot Snakes
Hot Snakes Media founders Eric and Shannon Evangelista have announced three key hires.
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NewsDrafthouse acquires Amira & Sam
The distributor has acquired US rights to Sean Mullin’s romance starring Martin Starr, Paul Wesley and newcomer Dina Shihabi. Separately, The Film Arcade and Paramount Home Media Distribution have taken Love, Rosie and Level 33 has acquired Copenhagen.
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NewsDavid Frankel to direct Departure
Billy Ray wrote the screenplay and Good Universe’s Joe Drake and Nathan Kahane will executive produce alongside John Middleton and Roy Lee.
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NewsUS deal for The Look Of Silence
Drafthouse Films and Participant Media have jointly acquired all US rights to Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Look Of Silence, set to premiere in Venice on Thursday (August 28). In other news, Open Road has dated Triple Nine, Millennium has acquired The World Made Straight and Lionsgate plans a Saw tenth anniversary ...
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NewsVimeo signs slew of content deals
Vimeo has expanded its library, signing deals with Drafthouse Films, Gravitas Ventures, Inception Media Group, MarVista Digital Entertainment (MVDE) and X-Treme Video, among others.
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NewsNightcrawler to close Fantastic Fest
Organisers at the tenth anniversary edition have unveiled the second wave of programming at the event, set to run in Austin, Texas, from September 18-25.
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NewsGuardians crosses $500m worldwide
Marvel Studios’ Guardians Of The Galaxy has earned $245.3m internationally and $255.2m in North America.
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NewsHFF unveils re-launch slate
The re-launched Hollywood Film Festival (HFF), now under the auspices of Slamdance co-founder Jon Fitzgerald’s philanthropic CineCause, will run from October 16-19.