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NewsSebastian finds funding, co-producer
Vasant Nath’s drama Sebastian Wants To Remember has found an Indian co-producer and secured a grant of $68,000 (€50,000) from EU Media Development.
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NewsFire sparks $161.1m November record
Catching Fire stormed to the top of the North American charts on an estimated $161.1m to set a new November record and score the fourth biggest domestic debut of all time.
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NewsFire ignites $304m global debut
UPDATE: Lionsgate top brass reported on Sunday (Nov 24) that The Hunger Games: Catching Fire stormed to a confirmed $304.2m globally, earning $146.`m internationally and a November record $158.1m in North America. Gravity opened in China on a mighty $35.5m.
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NewsOmar to open tenth Dubai film festival
The Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF, December 6-14), which celebrates its tenth edition this year, will pay tribute to Arab cinema by opening with Hany Abu Assad’s Omar.
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NewsKauwboy wins at India’s ICFFI
Dutch filmmaker Boudewijn Koole’s Kauwboy won the Golden Elephant for best film in the International Live-action Competition at this year’s International Children’s Film Festival of India (ICFFI) which wrapped in Hyderabad on Nov 20.
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NewsProducers urged to tailor materials for int’l market
Sales agents urged Indian producers to pay more attention to the materials they require to handle a film’s international distribution at a Film Bazaar seminar on The Role Of A Sales Agent.
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NewsBGP journeys on Correa’s Good Road
New York-based BGP Film has picked up North American rights to Gyan Correa’s The Good Road, which is India’s official entry to the foreign-language category of the Academy Awards.
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NewsMiss Lovely set for India, US release
Ashim Ahluwalia’s Miss Lovely is set for release in India through start-up theatrical distributor Easel Films and Eagle Movies in January 2014.
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NewsSikhya boards Blood, Side Hero
Guneet Monga’s Sikhya Entertainment is producing Amit Kumar’s Give Me Blood and Vasan Bala’s Side Hero.
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NewsPocket Films takes online Overdose
Mumbai-based Pocket Films is joining forces with Bengali filmmaker Q’s Overdose Joint to launch an online distribution platform for independent films.
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NewsPrimehouse, Dattani team for remake sales
Germany’s Primehouse is teaming with Mumbai-based media consultant Dina Dattani to launch boutique agency Primesales, which will focus on selling remake rights to India.
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NewsRevathy moves into Homestay Blues
South Indian actress Revathy will star Miriam Chandy Menacherry’s Homestay Blues, which has been selected for this year’s Co-production Market at Film Bazaar.
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NewsDogwoof sells InRealLife, Dangeous Acts
Documentaries about the effects of the internet on children and a personal account of one of the last remaining dictator states in the world are currently screening at IDFA.
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NewsIda wins at Camerimage
Other winners at the cinematography festival in Poland included Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity.
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NewsMyriad seals deals on Rigby
EXCLUSIVE: Buyers have flocked to Toronto hit The Disappearance Of Eleanor Rigby starring Jessica Chastain and James McAvoy.
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NewsFilm Bazaar 2013: Screen's dailies
Browse Screen International’s daily magazines from Goa’s Film Bazaar here.
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NewsFremaux compares Indian cinema to ‘70s Hollywood
Visiting Film Bazaar for the first time, Thierry Fremaux drew comparisons between Indian cinema and the ground-breaking films made in the US in the 1970s.
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NewsNalin wraps Angry Indian Goddesses
Paris-based Indian filmmaker Pan Nalin has wrapped principal photography on his debut in mainstream Hindi cinema, coming-of-age drama Angry Indian Goddesses.
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NewsRajkummar to star in Mahajan’s Daily
Rajkummar Rao has been cast in Nikhil Mahajan’s Daily (Dainik), which was selected for this year’s NFDC Screenwriters’ Lab.