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NewsQED Int’l promotes Friedberg
John Friedberg has been named evp of international sales in the wake of Daniel Diamond’s segue into a production deal at the company.
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Breakthrough adds two for Cannes
The Toronto-based company has added Cubicle Warriors and Looking Is The Original Sin to its Cannes sales slate.
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NewsIM3 reaches $361m global
Marvel Studios’ Iron Man 3 continued to charge towards $400m in its first week following an estimated $37.7m worldwide haul on Thursday [May 2].
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News108 Media acquires Jug Face
CEO Abhi Rastogi announced the deal on Friday [3] after negotiating rights for the Slamdance entry with Modernciné’s Andrew van den Houten. 108 Media will launch sales on the Croisette this month.
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NewsCMG Cannes-bound with Moon
Edward Noeltner’s Cinema Management Group has bulked up its Cannes slate and acquired international rights excluding Latin America to Bruno Barreto’s Reaching For The Moon.
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Non-profit supports Toronto mental health event
Workman Arts, a non-profit organisation fighting mental disease, will celebrate Mental Health Week from May 5-11 with the Rendezvous With Madness Film Festival.
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NewsOne Net Labs launches new app
FoundLove ties into themes of documentary Occupy Love [pictured].
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NewsUniversal take five at BVA Awards
Universal Pictures UK took home five awards at the annual British Video Association Awards last night [May 2] in London.
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NewsSavill named BFI deputy chair
Pat Butler, Charles Cecil and Oona King appointed to the BFI board.
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NewsPicturehouse plans Chiswick venue
Picturehouse plans five-screen cinema at Rambert Company’s former Chiswick High Road property.
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NewsHot projects on Screenbase
The Blaine Brothers have started shooting their debut feature and production is also underway on animation Gus, starring Dakota Fanning and Seth Green.
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NewsAlesia Weston to quit Jerusalem fest
Former Sundance exec to resign from Jerusalem Cinematheque, the Israeli Film Archive and the Jerusalem Film Festival.
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NewsRezo picks up Aoyama’s Backwater
Japan’s Pictures Dept has announced that Shinji Aoyama’s The Backwater has been picked up by Rezo International for worldwide sales.
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NewsLacaze to head Wild Bunch Distribution
Former Pathé Distribution head of marketing to take up position mid-May.
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NewsVersatile unveils first Cannes slate
Pape Boye and Violane Pichon’s fledgling Versatile Films to launch first slate in Cannes.
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NewsIM Global to sell Joplin biopic
EXCLUSIVE: Stuart Ford’s LA-based powerhouse is back in business with Lee Daniels and will introduce buyers in Cannes to the upcoming Janis Joplin biopic Get It While You Can to star Amy Adams.
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NewsIM3 crosses $450m global
Marvel Studios’ summer curtain raiser Iron Man 3 is fast becoming a behemoth after adding more than $110m worldwide on Friday – of which $68.3m came from the North American opening day – to reach $456.6m.
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NewsFilmBuff, Tugg in Arrested Development doc release
FilmBuff, Tugg and direct-to-consumer service VHX are partnering on the May 3 release of the Arrested Development Documentary Project.
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NewsContinental Media adds four for Cannes
EXCLUSIVE: The Los Angeles-based boutique sales agency run by partners James Andrew Felts, Matthew Shreder and Neil Harrington heads to the Croisette with Coldwater, God’s Slave, Solo and Duke.
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NewsTWC, Sundance Channel hail Kon-Tiki
Thor Heyerdahl’s 1951 documentary will air exclusively on May 11 on Sundance Channel and will be followed by a broadcast of the featurette Kon-Tiki: The Incredible True Story.