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Global partners tuck into Lunchbox
EXCLUSIVE: Indian filmmaker Ritesh Batra has lined up a host of international collaborators for his debut feature The Lunchbox (Dabba), a co-production between France’s ASAP Films, Germany’s rohfilm, New York-based Cine Mosaic and India’s Anurag Kashyap Films.
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India's Everymedia makes indie marketing move
Nikhil Garth D’Rozario, former business head of India’s DAR Media, has teamed with Gautam Thakkar of EveryMedia Technologies to start a boutique entertainment marketing agency.
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Shoot date set for Killing Winston Jones
RadioactiveGiant is to commence shooting on Killing Winston Jones on Nov 26 in Savannah, Georgia.
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Seattle festival receives $150,000 Academy grant
The multi-year award will allow Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) top brass to develop its African Pictures programme and showcase emerging talent from the continent.
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Cassadega to kick off Archstone Distribution 2013 slate
Horror [pictured] stars Kelen Coleman and Kevin Alejandro.
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The Conspiracy sells well for XYZ, Celluloid Nightmares
EXCLUSIVE: Christopher MacBride’s Fantastic Fest hit [pictured] also played at Sitges and has closed in several major markets.
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Berlinale to highlight Weimar Cinema influence
The Berlin International Film Festival’s retrospective strand for its 2013 edition is set to focus on Weimar-era films produced after 1933, when the Nazis had taken control of the German film industry and forced film-makers to fall in line with the regime.
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Disney to launch movies on demand in Spain
The Walt Disney Company and streaming service Wuaki.tv have joined forces to offer movies on demand in Spain.
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Bahman Ghobadi calls on Iran to release brother
Behrouz Ghobadi, a production manager and short film director, is believed to have been detained by Iran’s Intelligence Ministry, accused of acting against national security.
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First European VoD film festival reveals line-up
The programme has been unveiled for Europe’s first video on demand film festival, which will screen through seven VoD providers.
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Europa International to hold first conference on Nov 24
Topics include new ways of distributing and promoting films; speakers to include Ted Hope [pictured], Ryan Werner, and Marieke Jonker.
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Looper closes in on $100m at international box office
EXCLUSIVE: Endgame Entertainment’s sci-fi thriller has amassed $96.6m through FilmNation licensees and co-producer and co-financier DMG Entertainment in China.
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Larrain’s No wins at first Baja International Film Festival
Pablo Larrain’s Chilean foreign language Oscar submission, No, prevailed in the International Feature Competition at the weekend (17) as the four-day event came to a close in the Mexican resort of Los Cabos.
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Glasgow fest unveils three new strands
The ninth Glasgow Film Festival is to introduce a strand looking at the big-screen appeal of video games; a retrospective on James Cagney; and a focus on new cinema from Brazil.
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Naomi Watts to receive PSIFF Desert Palm honour
The star of The Impossible has earned strong Oscar buzz for her performance as a tsunami survivor. Watts will collect the Desert Palm Achievement Actress Award at Palm Springs International Film Festival gala on Jan 5.
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Distribution: Paramount plots Montreal launch for Cirque Du Soleil
Paramount Pictures will release Cirque Du Soleil: Worlds Away in Montréal on Dec 7 in what will be the 3D event’s first North American launch. Separately, Screen Media has taken US rights to Secret Disco Revolution.
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IFC Films acquires US rights to As Cool As I Am
EXCLUSIVE: Claire Danes, James Marsden, Sarah Bolger and Thomas Mann star in the tale of the teenage daughter of young parents who escapes her turbulent life by watching cookery shows.
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Up There, Angels’ Share win Scottish Baftas
Afterlife comedy Up There and Ken Loach’s The Angels’ Share both claimed a brace of awards at the Scottish Baftas.
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Final four teams for Triangle development scheme unveiled
Managed by Screen Yorkshire and Northern Film & Media, the national film development scheme will see each project receive £5,000 funding from Creative England.
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Insidious 2 sets US release date
FilmDistrict, Alliance Films and Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions will bring the horror sequel to theatres from Aug 30, 2013.