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  • Isabel Davis
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    BFI earmarks $1.6m for co-pros

    2013-02-13T13:15:00Z

    Isabel Davis, the British Film Institute’s head of international, is in Berlin spreading the word about the BFI Film Fund’s increased commitment to funding co-productions.

  • Five Dances
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    TLA takes Five Dances

    2013-02-13T13:12:00Z

    TLA Releasing has acquired the US, UK and French-speaking Europe to Alan Brown’s contemporary drama.

  • beasts_of_the_southern_wild
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    Mezey talks up Cinereach

    2013-02-13T13:12:00Z

    New York-based independent producer Paul Mezey of Journeyman Pictures has revealed further details of his work with Cinereach - the non-profit organisation with which he worked on the Oscar-nominated Beasts Of The Southern Wild.

  • Exposed
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    Wide slate lures copious buyers

    2013-02-13T13:09:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Doc sales specialist Wide House is reporting a roaring trade on its EFM titles.

  • Jadoo
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    Jadoo duo reunites on UK comedy

    2013-02-13T13:04:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Jadoo producer Richard Holmes is to executive-produce a new comedy produced by Farhana Bhula.

  • the_east
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    The East to close SXSW

    2013-02-13T11:45:00Z

    Zal Batmanglij’s The East will close the event in Austin, Texas, on Mar 16.

  • Yves Saint Laurent
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    Rival YSL films wage fierce battle

    2013-02-13T10:07:00Z

    French Designer Yves Saint Laurent died nearly four years ago, but rival film companies are battling it out over who has the right to shoot his biography and who is allowed to portray the clothes that set the fashion agenda for a generation.

  • jadoo
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    Jadoo producer readies Keeping Rosy

    2013-02-13T09:45:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Richard Holmes, producer of Culinary Cinema selection Jadoo, is planning a March 4 start date for his next production, Keeping Rosy.

  • the_nun_3
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    Nun on the run to UK

    2013-02-13T09:36:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Le Pacte’s in-demand Berlinale Competition entry The Nun has sold to Metrodome for the UK.

  • News

    GE, Cinelan team with Solve

    2013-02-13T09:33:00Z

    GE and Cinelan have partnered with Solve For X, a collaborative forum for modern day film-making, in support of the latter’s new website.

  • gloria_2
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    Gloria racks up raft of sales

    2013-02-13T09:29:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Sebastian Lelio’s Gloria, the buzz film in this year’s Berlinale Competition, has provoked a mini-stampede among buyers.

  • Jim Berk
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    Participant, DFI in $100m fund

    2013-02-13T09:21:00Z

    Participant Media and Doha Film Institute (DFI) announced a $100m revolving fund on Wednesday [13] to back what is expected to be 12-16 features over five years.

  • gloria
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    Slim pickings for EFM buyers

    2013-02-13T06:00:00Z

    A slow EFM punctuated by just a handful of commercial must-haves and a subdued reaction to the festival selection turned hopeful thoughts to France and the promise of Cannes.

  • inescapable_03
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    Myriad sells Inescapable

    2013-02-13T03:03:00Z

    Myriad Pictures has closed key sales at the EFM on Ruba Nadda’s thriller Inescapable, which IFC will distribute in the US in March.

  • News

    Cathleen Summers heads to Chapman

    2013-02-12T21:20:00Z

    Producer Cathleen Summers has been named the Spring 2013 Marion Knott Filmmaker-in-Residence at Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts.

  • News

    Industry seeks audio rules

    2013-02-12T21:12:00Z

    The National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) and the Union Internationale Des Cinémas (UNIC) issued on Tuesday [12] two proposals to deliver immersive sound to exhibitors.

  • Marc Samuelson
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    Marc Samuelson joins Pact

    2013-02-12T17:03:00Z

    The UK’s trade body for independent film and TV producers has bolstered film production expertise with the appointment of Marc Samuelson to its board.

  • Julianne Moore
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    Cinedigm, Tribeca buy Teacher

    2013-02-12T17:01:00Z

    Cinedigm and Tribeca Film have teamed up to acquire US rights to Craig Zisk’s feature directorial debut The English Teacher.

  • Louis Hernandez
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    Louis Hernandez named as Avid's CEO

    2013-02-12T15:37:00Z

    Hernandez [pictured] succeeds former president and chief executive officer Gary Greenfield, who will remain on Avid’s board of directors.

  • Turbo
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    Netflix, DreamWorks team for kids series

    2013-02-12T14:40:00Z

    Based on the upcoming DreamWorks Animation film Turbo [pictured], the Netflix programme Turbo: F.A.S.T. (Fast Action Stunt Team) debuts exclusively this December in the US and across the globe.