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NewsBiennale College select Memphis, Year of June, Yuri Esposito
Three projects were selected from the 15 previously selected projects from around the world.
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NewsWallonia Brussels commission backs 45 new projects
Among the projects supported are 17 feature films and 17 documentaries; total funding amounts to $4.5m (€3.4m).
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NewsHobby and Hubbell launch Tangerine Entertainment
Production company will partner with other organisations to promote film work by women.
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NewsConsumer spending on film up $1.3bn in 2012
Growth in 2012 generated by Asia-Pacific region but North Americans remains by far the biggest spenders on films at about $80 per capita per year, according to a new report from IHS Screen Digest.
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NewsSky switches on mobile downloads
Sky is beefing up its IPTV service Sky Go to allow subscribers to download shows from Sky 1 and Sky Atlantic to view offline without internet access.
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NewsEat Sleep Die and Call Girl sweep Sweden's Guldbagge awards
Directors Gabriela Pichler and Mikael Marcimain took the lion’s share of the Guldbagge – Sweden’s national film prize – when the Swedish Film Institute presented the awards last night (Jan 21) at a televised gala in Stockholm’s Cirkus.
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NewsKate Gerova departs Soda to join Birds Eye View
Birds Eye View founder and chief executive Rachel Millward will continue at helm; organisation eyes international expansion and more industry involvement.
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NewsSundance: Relativity takes Don Jon, TWC picks Fruitvale
UPDATED: The traditional Monday landslide kicked in as Relativity paid around $4m and made a $25m p&a commitment for US rights to Don Jon’s Addiction, while The Weinstein Company stumped up between $2-3m for North American and English-speaking distribution rights and international sales rights to Fruitvale.
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NewsSundance: SPWA goes to Austenland, RADiUS gets Concussion
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions made the announcement on Monday afternoon [21] and said that SPC will distribute the comedy in North America. Meanwhile RADiUS-TWC confirmed it had picked up North American rights to Concussion.
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NewsSundance: Madman takes Australia, New Zealand for The Summit
Submarine Entertainment announced the deal on Monday afternoon [21], several days after the North American deal closed with Sundance Selects.
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NewsGravitas Ventures snaps up Slamdance trio
The VoD distributor has acquired rights to Steven Feinartz’s documentary The Bitter Buddha, Michael Urie’s comedy He’s Way More Famous Than You and Peter Baxter’s Shrovetide Football documentary Wild In The Streets.
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NewsSundance: gender study reveals five causes of imbalance
Women comprised 29.8% of film-makers from all Sundance Film Festival Entries between the years 2002 and 2012, Sundance Institute executive director Keri Putnam and Women In Film Los Angeles president Cathy Schulman announced on Monday [21].
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NewsBerlinale serves up 'culinary' selection
The world premiere of Amit Gupta’s Jadoo is to feature in the line-up of Culinary Cinema - the food and environmental strand of the Berlin International Film Festival.
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NewsSundance: Outfest names Kristin Pepe director of programming
Monday morning’s [21] announcement came out of the annual Outfest Queer Brunch, when it was revealed that Pepe would replace Kim Yutani, who has been named artistic director.
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NewsSundance: Mundial bulks up EFM slate with Dayani Crystal
The joint sales venture between IM Global and Canana has made its first international rights acquisition on the eve of Berlin.
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NewsWar Witch, A Royal Affair join SBIFF line-up
Programming chiefs at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival have added 15 films to the roster, the festival announced on Monday [21].
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NewsK5 takes on Sundance picks Mother of George and Narco Cultura
K5 continues close ties with producers Parts & Labor.
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NewsBFI launches revamped £4m Distribution Fund
New-look fund introduces new application criteria and strands.
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NewsBankside appoints Howson, Salas joins Focus
EXCLUSIVE: Patrick Howson, formerly of Kudos and Shine, joins London sales team after Antonio Salas’ departure.