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IFC Midnight signs The Pact, Magnet drawn to V/H/S
A flurry of Sundance deals led by a pair of domestic buys of Midnight titles closed on Thursday as How To Survive A Plague, Wish You Were Here and Chasing Ice all found homes and VVS took Canadian rights to Arbitrage.
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Visual Effects Society elects officers for 2012
Jeffrey A Okun was re-elected as board chair for a fourth one-year term at the Visual Effects Society’s (VES) board meeting on Jan 18. Okun is also the head of visual effects for Prana Studios.
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Special Screenings added to Berlin's Forum
12 new titles have been added to the Berlinale’s Forum, making the section complete.
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Rotterdam opens 41st edition with with Belvaux's 38 Witnesses
38 Witnesses actress Nicole Garcia talks about her own directorial projects.
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Eben Davidson adds acquisitions duties at Paramount
Paramount Pictures’ Eben Davidson will add acquisitions to his current duties as he takes on the post of VP Acquisitions and Production.
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NonStop takes on Finnish thriller Body of Water
Local box-office hit will be at Goteborg’s Nordic Film Market.
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Sundance Channel locks new Euro and Asia deals
Sundance Channel locks deals with Virgin in France, Veetime in Taiwan after busy 2011.
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Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Connelly in talks to join Writers
Lisa Wilson will introduce the project to international buyers at EFM through The Solution Entertainment Group and serves as executive producer with business partner and co-founder Myles Nestel. CAA represents US rights.
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Black Pond directors reveal plans for second feature
EXCLUSIVE: Young British directors Tom Kingsley and Will Shape are the surprise nominees for this year’s BAFTA Outstanding British Debut Award for their low budget feature Black Pond starring Chris Langham.
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Dogwoof continues Sundance buys with Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present
Dogwoof’s earlier Sundance pickups for UK were Big Boys Gone Bananas!* and Putin’s Kiss
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Goteborg to welcome record numbers of industry attendees for Nordic Film Market
Festival to screen 429 films; industry highlights include works in progress screenings, such as Jan Troell’s Truth and Consequence [pictured[.
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BBC's Storyville benefits from DQF initiative
The BBC’s Delivering Quality First cost-cutting initiative has “smiled on” international film strand Storyville, opening up a regular late-night slot on BBC2.
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Films of Record to put life at Cern on YouTube
Films of Record is poised to start making content for the Cern YouTube channel, which will ultimately lead to a feature-length documentary similar in scale to Life In A Day.
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Hugh Bonneville to star in adaptation of Peter James' Dead Simple
EXCLUSIVE: Downton Abbey star Hugh Bonneville has signed to play the lead in Dead Simple, a feature version of the bestselling crime novel.
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IFC Films buys North American rights to Liberal Arts
The deal was poised to close on Wednesday evening (25) for one of the most popular titles of the festival to date, a coming-of-age tale written and directed by Josh Radnor who also stars alongside Elizabeth Olsen.
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Margin Call Oscar nod tees up international box office
The financial crisis drama has already grossed $7.3m outside North America and a number of key upcoming territories received a fillip this week when writer-director JC Chandor earned a best original screenplay Academy Award nomination.
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Samuel Goldwyn, SPWA team up on Robot And Frank
Park Pictures’ comedy-drama starring Frank Langella and Susan Sarandon was a Sundance favourite from the moment it screened in the Premieres section last Friday. Goldwyn and SPWA jointly acquired North American rights and will partner on the US release.
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Sundance announces Mahindra Global Filmmaking Award winners
The winners of the 2012 Sundance Institute | Mahindra Global Filmmaking Award designed to support emerging global filmmakers have been unveiled.
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Women In Film announces grant winners at Sundance
Women In Film, Los hosted its sixth annual filmmakers panel discussion and brunch event in Sundance this week when it announced two grant recipients.
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Stephanie Allain named director of Los Angeles Film Festival
The veteran producer and Film Independent board member replaces Rebecca Yeldham, who stepped down recently for personal reasons.