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NewsBatata, Night, Murdoch scoop top DFC prizes
Lebanese feature documentary Batata, contemporary Tunisian drama A Full Moon Night and Jordanian producer Rula Nasser’s Me, Myself And Murdoch won the top three prizes of $25,000 each at the close of DIFF’s co-production market Dubai Film Connection.
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NewsImage Nation unveils third Emirati picture
Image Nation Abu Dhabi has signed Emirati director Mohammed Saeed Harib for its third local feature film - a family comedy about a disgraced football player who redeems himself as a coach for a failing team at an Abu Dhabi high school.
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NewsAFAC shows support for dozen
The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC) unveiled the 12 film projects to receive support in its latest round of funding at the close of the Dubai Film market yesterday.
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NewsThe Hobbit poised to rule them all at international box office
New Line and MGM’s first in the latest Middle Earth trilogy from Peter Jackson heads into the weekend having grossed an estimated $11.2m from 16 opening days on Wednesday (12).
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David Harewood in talks to play Paul Robeson
The British star of the US TV smash Homeland is in discussions to play the lead in Four Stars International’s civil rights activist biopic.
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NewsGolden Globe nominees react with dignity and delight
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) on Thursday (13) rewarded an eclectic group of contenders with Lincoln on top with seven nominations, followed by Django Unchained and Argo on five each and Zero Dark Thirty, Les Miserables and Silver Linings Playbook on four apiece.
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NewsLincoln leads the way with seven Golden Globe nods
The Master garners actor noms but misses out on Best Film nod; Tom Hooper, Paul Thomas Anderson miss out on Best Director nods.
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NewsRotterdam to open with Resurrection of a Bastard
The 42nd International Film Festival Rotterdam will open on Jan 23 with the world premiere of The Resurrection of a Bastard by Dutch director Guido van Driel.
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NewsOdeon to have Europe’s widest HFR Hobbit release
Peter Jackson’s adaptation of Tolkien’s classic will be rolled out in HFR in 100 cinemas.
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NewsPSIFF unveils Awards Buzz, Modern Masters, Scandi sidebar
Forty-two of the 71 foreign language Oscar submissions will compete for FIPRESCI awards and Palm Springs International Film Festival director Darryl Macdonald and artistic director Helen du Toit announced the inaugural Nordic Light strand.
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Gravitas Ventures, Variance Films find End Of Love
The companies will partner on the widely admired Sundance 2012 drama by Mark Webber.
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NewsFirst Berlinale Competition titles unveiled
Selections include Ulrich Seidl’s Paradise: Hope and Gus Van Sant’s Promised Land.
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NewsExclusive Media launches TV division
Division to be headed by Exclusive/Hammer’s Simon Oakes [pictured].
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NewsSheridan Smith, Jaime Winstone, Kate Nash join DJ Films’ Powder Room
Director MJ Delaney’s feature debut, based on hit Edinburgh play, is shooting now in London.
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NewsSundance London unveils short film theme for 2013
Short film entries, between three and five minutes long, should focus on the concept of time.
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NewsDistributors network MEDIS sets out objectives
Recently launched Middle East distributors network MEDIS set its first objectives at an inaugural general assembly in Dubai on Monday (Dec 10).
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NewsExhibitors claim EC's attempts to influence release schedules threaten European film industry
In an open letter, leading organisations representing European cinema exhibitors warn ministers that attempts by the European Commission threaten the future of theatrical exhibition.
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NewsIndia's indie filmmakers question new wave
The concept of the Indian New Wave has been over-hyped and doesn’t reflect the current situation in Indian cinema, said Miss Lovely director Ashim Ahluwalia at a DIFF Forum panel yesterday.
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NewsMichael Apted plots Eight Months
EXCLUSIVE: UK director Michael Apted is set to direct an adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s novel Eight Months on Ghazzah Street, which he plans to shoot in the Middle East.
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NewsDanny Dyer has Vendetta for Chata Pictures
EXCLUSIVE: Danny Dyer, Kate Magowan and Josef Altin to star in UK vigilante drama Vendetta from Chata Pictures.