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Warner Bros, Village Roadshow extend deal through 2017
The studio’s 15-year-old producer-financier partner has also increased its production facility to $1.125bn.
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Cinema do Brasil takes 12 titles to Ventana Sur
The Brazilian film promotion body heads to Ventana Sur in Buenos Aires with a slate of 12 productions including Buddies by Marcelo Galvão and My Sweet Orange Tree from Marcos Bernstein.
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Strand Releasing takes US rights to Post Tenebras Lux
Carlos Reygadas’ Mexico-set drama premiered in Cannes where it won the best director’s prize and most recently screened at AFI FEST.
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Twilight holds firm at the UK box office
Climactic instalment of eOne’s popular franchise adds $8.4m (£5.3m) to retain top spot ahead of Skyfall and impressive debutant Nativity 2.
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Tangled Bank Studios launches with science focus
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) is backing the venture and announced the launch on Monday [26] as the latest plank in its $60m film and TV production initiative.
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Secret Cinema announces 20th production
For the first time, the immersive live cinema experience will also take place in Athens and New York.
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LipSync Post expands audio services
The facility has purchased an Avid C|24 control surface with Pro Tools|HDX software as well as a range of plug-ins and peripherals for an additional 5.1 suite.
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Bournemouth to host FX and animation festival
Organised by The International VFX Hub, the festival aims to highlight the British visual effects and animation work
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Axiom Films takes UK rights for Keanu Reeves’ Side by Side
Axiom Films takes on UK and Irish rights to Side by Side, the documentary about the rise of digital technology in film co-produced by actor Keanu Reeves.
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ParisFX's sixth edition welcomes speakers including Nicolas Duval, Angela Barson
Highlights include a presentation by Argentine director Juan Solanas about the creative and technical process of making his sci-fi feature Upside Down.
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AbelCine adds Codex Onboard S recorders
Purchase of the recorders [pictured] aims to support productions using the new digital cameras that generate high-resolution raw data.
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Death of a Man in the Balkans wins Athens' 25th Panorama of European Cinema Festival
Sandrine Bonnaire wins best director.
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Sundance Channel inks Turkish TV deal
AMC Sundance Channel inks first time carriage on largest pay TV platform in Turkey, expands Polish footprint.
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Life Of Pi, Sapphires to bookend Dubai film festival
Ang Lee’s The Life Of Pi will open this year’s Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) on December 9, while Wayne Blair’s The Sapphires will close the eight-day event.
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VOD platform UniversCine partners with Torino Film Lab
The Torino Film Lab Collection on UniversCiné will showcase the work of the Lab, which is dedicated to first and second-time filmmakers.
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Sineng Pambansa film festival announces winners
Benji Garcia’s Malan won the jury award at the second Sineng Pambansa national film festival (Nov 22-25), which ran concurrently with the Philippines’ first ever film market.
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Beijing Blues, Principle sweep Golden Horse Awards
Johnnie To’s Life Without Principle scooped best director, best actor and best original screenplay at the Golden Horse Awards on Saturday (Nov 24), while Gao Qunshu’s Beijing Blues took best film and two technical awards.
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Voice From Elsewhere, Phoring win awards at Film Bazaar
Director Vipin Vijay’s A Voice From Elsewhere, a drama set against the backdrop of the Kerala backwaters, picked up the $18,000 (Rs1m) Incredible India award as Film Bazaar wrapped on Saturday (Nov 24).
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Breaking Dawn, Skyfall dazzle over record Thanksgiving
The five-day US holiday session generated approximately $288m as the Twilight finale held on to rule them all with a $43.1m weekend. Meanwhile Skyfall became the first James Bond release to cross $200m in North America.
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Twilight powers Lionsgate International to first $1bn year
UPDATED: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 dominated its second weekend through a confirmed $104.2m haul that came in much higher than Sunday estimates and propelled the early tally to $365.5m. In an unprecedented one-two for the company, combined box office crossed $1bn internationally and $2bn worldwide.