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NewsPunk Singer to open London Short FF
Shorts starring Sally Hawkins and Maxine Peake among those in the line-up.
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NewsABCs of Death 2 winner named
Robert Boocheck’s M Is For Masticate has won Magnet Releasing’s ABCs Of Death 2’s ‘Search for the 26th Director’.
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NewsStoryville orders Daisy Asquith doc
EXCLUSIVE: Storyville, Irish Film Board commission is first production from Alan Maher at Roads Entertainment.
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NewsNymphomaniac producer optimistic for European cinema
Danish producer Peter Aalbaek Jensen of Zentropa is “enthusiastic” for the future of European cinema – but doesn’t “give a shit” about the Danish film industry.
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NewsBerlin reveals competition titles
‘71, Life of Riley and Aloft selected. A Long Way Down, The Turning among Berlinale Special titles.
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NewsPhysician producers open to sequels
Beta sells other territories on the film based on Noah Gordon’s trilogy of books.
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NewsTed Hope to lead Viewster fest jury
Viewster festival will offer total prize money of $100,000.
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NewsNFTS, Sky launch digital content course
The UK’s National Film And Television School (NFTS) is teaming with pay-TV broadcaster Sky to create a new course called digital content & formula which will provide a job for one graduate at Sky.
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NewsGerman-French fund backs Pitts, Sokurov
New films by Rafi Pitts [pictured], Alexander Sokurov, Benoit Jacquot and Volker Schlöndorff are among 12 projects backed by the German-French “Mini-Traité” Co-production Fund in 2013 with a total of over €3m.
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NewsZbanic slams “unjust” treatment of women in cinema
Award-winning director Jasmila Zbanic has echoed Jane Campion’s call to mandate that 50% of all films should be made by women.
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NewsDisney sets domestic BO record
Fuelled by Frozen, the studio reached $1.547bn on December 14 to establish a new company high-water mark and complete the trifecta of record domestic, international and global tallies.
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NewsAcademy unveils feature, song submissions
Some 289 films and 75 songs are eligible for Academy Awards consideration, top brass announced on December 16.
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NewsHouse Of Magic secures holiday berth
Belgian 3D specialist nWave Pictures and StudioCanal’s $34m The House Of Magic is to get a Christmas release in France, Belgium, South Korea, Singapore and Italy.
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NewsCoppolas to adapt Fairyland
American Zoetrope announced today that it has acquired feature rights to Alysia Abbott’s memoir Fairyland: A Memoir Of My Father.
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NewsMatt Jackson joins IM Global
The former head of US production at Exclusive Media has jumped ship to serve as president of production at IM Global and is scheduled to attend Berlin with the team.
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NewsOpen Road affirms faith in duo
Open Road Films has promoted Elliott Kleinberg to COO and renewed CFO Steven Andriuzzo’s deal.
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NewsTriumphant lines up AWOL 72
Cecil Chambers’ LA-based Triumphant Pictures will produce and finance the action thriller starring Luke Goss, Bokeem Woodbine and RZA. Premiere Entertainment handles international sales.
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NewsMen, Women & Children shoot begins
Jason Reitman has commenced principal photography for Paramount in Austin, Texas, on his follow-up to Labor Day.
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NewsMiami FF to premiere Foosball
The Miami International Film Festival (MIFF) will host the US premiere of Oscar-winning director Juan José Campanella’s latest film.
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NewsPalm Springs to honour Tom Hanks
The star of Captain Phillips and Saving Mr. Banks will receive the 25th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival’s (PSIFF) Chairman’s Award at the annual awards gala on January 4 2014.