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Tyrannosaur leads winners at BIFAs
Tyrannosaur has been named best film at the 14th British Independent Film Awards, with its director Paddy Considine also taking home the best debut director award. Lynne Ramsay wins best director for We Need To Talk About Kevin.
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Breaking Dawn adds $40m, surges towards $350m int'l
Summit’s penultimate Twilight episode ruled the international waves with ease for a third consecutive session, adding an estimated $40.2m from approximately 9,000 venues in 73 markets for $341m.
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Breaking Dawn holds on to US box office crown with $17m
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 stayed top for the third consecutive weekend as the runningtotal for Summit’s tween delight climbed to $247.3m.
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Iceland's Either Way wins top prize in Turin
Les Eclats (Ma Guele, Ma Revolte, Mon Nom) won best documentary.
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Ventana Sur: INCAA, ANCINE renew fund for 2012
The film institutes of Argentina and Brazil will once again offer a total of $800,000 towards the production budgets of four projects that advance through the selection process set to launch in late February.
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Restless City, Amos among Bahamas winners
The winners of the eighth Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF) were unveiled on Sunday night (Dec 4) at the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island.
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Miscarriage of justice doc backed by Peter Jackson wraps
Jackson’s WingNut Films announced on Sunday (Dec 4) that West Of Memphis is complete.
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Porfirio wins Golden Peacock at IFFI Goa
Colombian drama Porfirio, directed by Alejandro Landes, was awarded the Golden Peacock for best film at the close of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) Goa on Saturday night.
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Bollywood icon Dev Anand dies aged 88
Indian actor, director and producer Dev Anand died in London on Saturday night (Dec 3). He was 88 years old.
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Melancholia wins top prize at European Film Awards
Other winners include In A Better World, The King’s Speech, We Need To Talk About Kevin, The Kid With A Bike and Pina. Special honours bestowed upon Michel Piccoli [pictured] and Mads Mikkelsen.
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Plus Camerimage's top cinematography prize goes to Dylewska for In Darkness
Polish feature Suicide Room also picks up two awards.
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German broadcasters allay producers' concerns after the dismissal of Degeto CEO
Germany’s public broadcaster ARD has sought to allay producers’ concerns after the dismissal of Hans-Wolfgang Jurgan, CEO of ARD’s central film purchasing agency Degeto Film, this week “for serious organisational deficiencies“.
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Ventana Sur: producers sound alarm over Eurozone crisis
The Latin American industry should place less reliance on Europe as a co-production partner in the wake of economic woes, attendees at the Buenos Aires market heard on Friday (Dec 2).
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Finnish drama Never Alone among Baltic Event winners
Films from Finland, Georgia and Hungary were voted by sales agents, distributors and potential co-producers as the most promising projects at the Baltic Event’s 7th Co-Production Market which came to a close on Friday evening (Dec 2).
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Adrian Smith promoted to evp, general sales manager at Sony
Smith will oversee domestic sales of all of Sony Pictures’ films alongside Sony Pictures Releasing president Jim Amos, to whom he will report, and worldwide distribution chief Rory Bruer.
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Emily Watson, Victoria Wood amongst winners at WFTV Awards
The 21st Women In Film And Television Awards took place today in London, with other winners including producer Andrea Calderwood and Jane Frazer.
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Mike Leigh tapped as jury president for Berlinale 2012
Leigh was last in Berlin with 2008’s Happy-Go-Lucky.
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Hot projects on ScreenBase
Nicolas Bary is preparing his next feature The Scapegoat starring Bérénice Bejo, while Theo Angelopoulos will commence shooting this month in Athens on The Other Sea.
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10 animated shorts on Oscar shortlist
The short list for the animated short film Oscar category has been unveiled.
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London Critics Circle to honour Nicolas Roeg
The London Critics Circle will honour Nicolas Roeg with its highest honour, the Dilys Powell Award for Excellence In Film.