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  • Atom Egoyan
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    Serendipity Points’ Remember starts shoot

    2014-07-14T19:14:00Z

    Principal photography has begun on Atom Egoyan’s thriller starring Chrisopher Plummer, Martin Landau and Bruno Ganz.

  • Harmontown
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    The Orchard checks into Harmontown

    2014-07-14T18:43:00Z

    The Orchard has acquired North American and UK theatrical and digital rights to Harmontown.

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    Paramount sets Ninja Con show

    2014-07-14T18:35:00Z

    The studio has set its Hall H presentation of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for July 24 — but for the time being is keeping mum over other possible show highlights.

  • Florian Weghorn
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    Weghorn to head Berlinale Talents

    2014-07-14T16:34:00Z

    He takes over from Matthijs Wouter Knol, who is the new head of Berlin’s European Film Market.

  • Shlomi Elkabetz, Tali Shalom Ezer, Keren Yedaya, Efrat Korem, Shira Geffen, Nadav Lapid.
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    Israeli filmmakers call for ceasefire

    2014-07-14T15:51:00Z

    A group of Israeli film-makers took a stand against the current political conflict today at an emotional press conference at the Jerusalem Film Festival.

  • Yu Dong
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    Fox out, Fosun up at Bona Film Group

    2014-07-14T14:30:00Z

    Chinese conglomerate Fosun Group is acquiring an additional 13.3% stake in Bona Film Group, while 21st Century Fox is divesting its stake in the Beijing-based studio.

  • David Abraham
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    Creative Skills Fund set for $63m boost

    2014-07-14T14:18:00Z

    Businesses from the creative sector are to plough $29m (£17m) into skills training, boosting the UK’s total investment pot to $63m (£37m).

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    Iain Smith boards David Millar doc

    2014-07-14T13:34:00Z

    The documentary about Scottish pro-cyclist David Millar is being directed by Finlay Pretsell.

  • Transformers: Age of Extinction
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    Transformers tops UK chart

    2014-07-14T12:57:00Z

    Paramount’s latest outing records year’s biggest opening to date with $20.1m (£11.75m); Universal’s Boyhood scores strong $565,000 (£330,000) debut.

  • Gianfranco Rosi
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    Gianfranco Rosi to head Locarno jury

    2014-07-14T12:56:00Z

    Last year’s Venice Golden Lion winner will head Locarno’s main jury; Syrian director Ossama Mohammed will lead the Filmmakers of the Present competition jury.

  • 2 Jacks
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    TriCoast Worldwide strikes UK deal

    2014-07-14T12:26:00Z

    US distribution and production outfit TriCoast Worldwide will release a number of its top-line movies in the UK through newly-formed TriCoast UK Ltd.

  • Glassland
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    Patrick's Day, Glassland win at Galway

    2014-07-14T10:29:00Z

    Terry McMahon’s Patrick’s Day and Gerard Barrett’s Glassland have jointly picked up the Best Irish Feature Award at the Galway Film Fleadh, which closed last night (July 13).

  • Frears accepts Lifetime Achievement Award
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    Odessa honours Frears

    2014-07-14T09:03:00Z

    UK director Stephen Frears has been awarded the Golden Duke Lifetime Achievement Award during the opening ceremony of the fifth edition of the Odessa International Film Festival (OIFF, July 11-19).

  • Micha Shagrir
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    Micha Shagrir honoured in Jerusalem

    2014-07-14T08:54:00Z

    The Sam Spiegel Film School is paying tribute to top Israeli producer Micha Shagrir with an event on Thursday night.

  • Life As a Rumour
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    Doc conference to examine films on filmmakers

    2014-07-14T08:26:00Z

    Films on filmmakers will be at the heart of documentary conference entitled Cinema as a Rumour: in memory of Assi Dayan at the Jerusalem Film Festival on Wednesday.

  • Talya Lavie
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    Lavie unveils Current Love of My Life

    2014-07-14T08:22:00Z

    Zero Motivation director planning Brooklyn-set comedy.

  • Megan Ellison
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    Annapurna in talks to board Revenant

    2014-07-13T22:37:00Z

    Megan Ellison’s Annapurna Pictures is in talks to board the revenge tale as co-financier while it is understood New Regency is sticking to its intended September start date.

  • Transformers: Age Of Extinction
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    Transformers 4 surges past $500m

    2014-07-13T18:39:00Z

    UPDATE JULY 14: Paramount Pictures International’s behemoth generated a superb confirmed $100.3m in its third weekend of duty to raise the score to $540.6m as the global tally climbed to $749.4m.

  • Fumi Nikaido
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    Nikaido wins Screen Rising Star award

    2014-07-13T16:55:00Z

    Japanese actress Fumi Nikaido receives the inaugural Screen International Rising Star award at the New York Asian Film Festival

  • Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes
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    Apes storm to US summit on $73m

    2014-07-13T15:36:00Z

    Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes won the North American session hands-down, arriving on an estimated $73m as the studio said it had passed $1bn for the year-to-date.