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NewsGothams ring the changes
Top brass at the Independent Filmmaker Project will host the 2013 awards show on Dec 2 and have introduced best actor and actress categories, scrapped Best Film Not Playing At A Theater Near You and renamed the Breakthrough Award in honour of Bingham Ray.
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NewsWalesa producer plans Polish Mafia film
EXCLUSIVE: Poland’s Akson Studio, producer of Andrzej Wajda’s Venice title Walesa. Man Of Hope, is preparing a film set in the world of the Polish mafia.
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NewsThe Bureau selects SOS writers
EXCLUSIVE: New writers chosen for Save Our Scripts workshop; producers to follow.
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NewsAFI boosts scholarships
AFI executives announced on Wednesday [31] a scholarship funding hike at the AFI Conservatory, the institute’s two-year graduate programme, that they said would raise funding to nearly three times previous levels.
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NewsIsaacs named Academy president
Marketing executive Cheryl Boone Isaacs has become the first black president of the Academy Of Motion Pictures Arts And Sciences and the third woman to hold the post in the body’s 86-year history.
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NewsStuder rises at Paramount
Syrinthia Studer has been promoted to svp of marketing and acquisitions for Paramount Home Media Distribution.
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NewsDigital launch for Dick Figures film
Cinedigm announced on Tuesday [30] that Dick Figures: The Movie, based on the animated YouTube series created by Ed Skudder and Zack Keller, will open on Sept 17.
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NewsDimension buys Pest for US
TWC’s genre label negotiated the deal with IM Global for Mark Tonderai’s virus thriller.
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NewseOne acquires Teen Lust
The Canadian giant has taken English-speaking territories to Blaine Thurier’s upcoming comedy Teen Lust.
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NewsICM Partners names lit heads
The agency announced on Tuesday [30] that Doug MacLaren and Harley Copen have been named co-heads of the partnership’s motion picture literary department.
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NewsFabienne Vonier dies aged 66
The Paris-based Pyramide co-founder, producer and distributor worked closely with Aki Kaurismaki, Nuri Bilge Ceylan and Catherine Corsini, among others.
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NewsFormer LFF director Sheila Whitaker dies
Sheila Whitaker, former director of the London Film Festival and director of international programs for the Dubai International Film Festival, has died.
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NewsArtist Services to support 15
Sundance Institute announced 15 films that will receive their digital debuts this autumn through the Institute’s Artist Services programme.
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NewsToronto reveals documentary line-up
New work from Errol Morris and Frederick Wiseman will screen in the Toronto International Film Festival’s TIFF Docs strand, while City To City spotlights Athens and Alex Aja’s Horns is among the Vanguard offerings.
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NewsWadjda wins at Durban film festival
First Saudi Arabian film to be shot by a woman wins alongside the previously banned and controversial Of Good Report.
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NewsCaptain Phillips to open Tokyo
The 26th Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) is to open with Paul Greengrass’ Captain Phillips, starring Tom Hanks.
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NewsGlobal Screen inks Last Love deals
Michael Caine, Clemence Poesy drama goes to Italy, Russia and more.
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NewsSkins star on Quiet Hour shoot
Dakota Blue Richards, also known for her lead role in The Golden Compass, stars in the thriller produced by Sean McConville.
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NewsBECTU, PACT talks stall
EXCLUSIVE: Film production employment reform stalls, union eyes rate card pay-rise.
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NewsToronto unveils Midnight Madness line-up
The 25th anniversary of the Toronto International Film Festival’s genre strand to open with Chris Silvertson’s All Cheerleaders Die and feature the world premiere of Eli Roth’s The Green Inferno.