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NewsFlame, Origin prep Mother Theresa biopic
Flame Ventures, Origin Entertainment and The Mother Teresa Center have hired Keir Pearson to I Thirst, the first exclusively authorised biopic of Mother Teresa.
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NewsNetflix eyes Euro expansion
The streaming and DVD mailing service has reached 44 million subscribers worldwide and expects to grow that number to 48 million by the end of the quarter.
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NewsGreenaway's Eisenstein casts up
EXCLUSIVE: South African actor Stelio Savante has joined the cast of Peter Greenaway’s Eisenstein In Guanajuato.
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NewsMarc Butan joins Sierra/Affinity
The traditional pre-market shuffle intensified as it emerged that the Panorama co-founder was leaving to become co-president of Sierra/Affinity, signalling a major move into production for Nick Meyer and Marc Schaberg’s company.
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NewsDinosaur 13 draws int’l buyers
Sundance: Dogwoof Global has taken international rights, while Madman has picked up Australia, New Zealand and South Africa and Jaguar Distribution landed international airline rights.
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NewsA24 takes US on Violent Year
The busy distributor announced from Park City it has picked up US rights to Participant Media’s thriller A Most Violent Year, JC Chandor’s follow-up to All Is Lost.
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NewsGod's Pocket heads to EFM
Electric Entertainment has acquired international rights and IFC has taken the US on John Slattery’s feature directorial debut. Separately, Kinology has acquired international sales on A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night, IFC also acquired Cold In July and SPC picked up Land Ho!.
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NewsCMG boards Ratchet & Clank for EFM
Cinema Management Group (CMG) will bring the 3D animation to Berlin on behalf of Vancouver-based Rainmaker Entertainment and Blockade Entertainment of LA.
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NewsFilm Policy Review panel sets new challenges
Recommendations include pushing independent and specialised films to improve audience choice across the UK and the formation of a task force to resolve questions around Virtual Print Fees.
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NewsBAFTA-nominated shorts release planned
British live action and animated shorts to screen in cinemas from 28 February.
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French film investment drops 7.2%
Investment in minority co-productions and big budget local films fell in 2013.
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NewsFood fest Devour! expands to Bahamas
Devour! The Food Film Fest, based in Nova Scotia, is now expanding with a Bahamas event.
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NewsKen McReddie relaunches as The Artists Partnership
Ken McReddie Associates has relaunched as The Artists Partnership after moving into developing original material for film and the stage.
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NewsBerlin completes Panorama Dok line-up
Selection opens with a documentary about what motivates Somali pirates and includes the European premiere of 20,000 Days on Earth, starring Nick Cave, and 10 world premieres.
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NewsEast Meets West winners named
Projects from Bulgaria, Belgium and Macedonia have picked up prizes at the When East Meets West (WEMW) international co-production meetings in Trieste.
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NewsEFM director talks 2014 market
EXCLUSIVE: Beki Probst, market director at Berlin’s European Film Market (EFM), talks about the debut of South African filmmakers at the market and how the figures compare to last year’s event.
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NewsHigh Point looks into Mirror
EXCLUSIVE: UK sales outfit to handle found-footage horror ripped from the headlines.
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NewsContent walks to UK horror Altar
EXCLUSIVE: Content boards UK feature starring Matthew Modine and Olivia Williams, executive produced by Robert Halmi.
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NewsDaniel Radcliffe to star in Brooklyn Bridge
Goldcrest Films to take the story of the engineer behind the Brooklyn Bridge to EFM.