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NewsContent takes Janis Joplin doc
Content to begin sales at Cannes on Amy Berg’s Janis Joplin documentary, produced by Oscar-winner Alex Gibney.
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NewsFrightFest to relocate
Genre festival moves to Vue West End in London’s Leicester Square for its 15th edition.
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NewsIndependent leads Bollywoof to Cannes
EXCLUSIVE: Racing Stripes dirctor Frederik Du Chau and Triangle producer Jason Newmark behind family feature about a dog who moves from London to India.
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NewsCANNES: Wide House takes Magicarena
Doc specialist has also taken on sales of Before You Know It about group of trailblazing gay seniors.
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NewsSpider-Man 2 targets China
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 has reached $160m and must be odds-on to cross $225m by the end of the weekend given the nature of its expansion.
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NewsThomas Jane to star in Standoff
Goldrush Entertainment is backing the thriller on the runway for a summer shoot in Ontario, Canada. Paradigm arranged financing and represents North American rights.
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NewsCANNES: Magnolia takes Life Itself
EXCLUSIVE: Christina Rogers and her team will commence sales in Cannes on the Roger Ebert documentary Life Itself, announced in the Cannes Classics line-up this week, as well as Irish rom-com Standby.
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NewsDistribution: After, Elena find US homes
Paladin and Accretion Films will distribute the psycho-thriller After on August 8 in the US. Separately, Syndicado and Variance Films are teaming on the documentary Elena.
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NewsAtom Egoyan to direct Remember
The filmmaker, set to premiere Captives in competition in Cannes, will direct Christopher Plummer in the thriller for Serendipity Point Films. IM Global will handle international sales.
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NewsMongrel launches sales division
Hussain Amarshi is moving into the international sales business and heads to Cannes with an expanded Canadian company and his first sales title.
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NewsFilmmakers team for Bullitt launch
Fresh off the global success of their joint directorial effort Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Anthony and Joe Russo have teamed up with Fast & Furious director Justin Lin and former Caviar COO Todd Makurath to launch the genre production company.
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NewsUTA signs Carlos Marques-Marcet
The Spanish multi-hyphenate recently wrote and directed his feature directorial debut and SXSW selection 10.000Km (Long Distance).
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NewsSeattle unveils line-up
The largest film festival in the US will screen 440 films and runs from May 15-June 8.
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NewsColin Firth, Gavin Hood, eOne team on thriller
Drone warfare thriller Eye In The Sky due to shoot in South Africa from August.
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NewsCannes Classics 2014 unveiled
Sophia Loren named guest of honour and Kieslowski returns to Cannes Film Festival. No 35mm prints to be screened for the first time.
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NewsBob Hoskins dies aged 71
Actor Bob Hoskins, best known for roles in Mona Lisa, Who Framed Roger Rabbit and The Long Good Friday, has died of pneumonia at the age of 71.
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NewsCreative England selects 20 shorts
Creative England has chosen 20 new non-London films for production through its inaugural iShorts programme.
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NewsBIFAs set 2014 date
The Moët British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) has set the date for this year’s ceremony.
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NewsGlobal Screen, Picture Tree reveal Cannes market premieres
New films by actor-director Matthias Schweighofer, Marco Kreuzpaintner, Robert Glinski, and Bettina Oberli are among the titles being lined up by German sales agents Global Screen and Picture Tree International (PTI) for the Marché du Film in Cannes next month.
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NewsBig World takes 'Heart' for US
Film by Texas-based Italian filmmaker Roberto Minervini recently screened in Lincoln Center and MOMA’s New Directors/New Films season.