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Russian films triumph in Cottbus, Zelenka gives Best Pitch
Russian cinema was the big winner at this year’s FilmFestival Cottbus with Angelina Nikonova’s feature debut Twilight Portrait taking home the € 20,000 main prize for best film.
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Nakamura Group strikes first-look deal with China's Middle Kingdom Studios
Two-year pact signed; first project is Fangs of War.
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Mariela Besuievsky to be honoured with EFA co-production award
The Prix Eurimages will be handed out to the Spanish producer at the European Film Awards on December 3.
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Ariztical Entertainment acquires Movie Star for US
The distributor has earmarked a spring 2012 release for the drama starring Shawn Doyle.
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North East Creative Fund makes 13 film investments
Public investment has created a ‘critical mass’ of film activity in North East England, according to Northern Film & Media chief executive Tom Harvey.
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Helen McCrory to star in Klimkiewicz's Flying Blind
It is the third film to go into production as part of South West Screen’s microbudget scheme iFeatures.
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Love sells at AFM for VMI Worldwide
The sales agent has closed a raft of key sales on its space travel drama Love at AFM.
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Spain's ICAA and ICO link up
An important deal between ICAA (Spanish Film Institute) and ICO (Official Organism of public credit) was signed last week in Spain to guarantee the credit flow to production companies that have been previously backed up by TV corporations.
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Melancholia leads European Film Awards nominations
Other top nominees include The Artist, The Kid With A Bike, The King’s Speech, Le Havre and In A Better World.
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Range's Altered Image plans slate including African civil war story, contemporary noir
British film-maker and producer Gabriel Range has unveiled details of his new slate for production company Altered Image, which is also launching a £2m production and development fund.
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Dutch fund offers backing for international distributors, sellers
Public agencies Eye International and the Dutch Film Fund have confirmed details of a groundbreaking new scheme to offer financial support to international distributors and sales agents handling Dutch movies.
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eOne takes UK on hot AFM seller 12 Years A Slave
The distributor has prevailed in a bidding war to acquire UK rights to Summit International’s sold-out prestige title to be directed by Steve McQueen.
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Look Both Ways writer/director Sarah Watt dies of cancer
Sarah Watt, best known in international film circles for writing and directing Look Both Ways, died at her Melbourne home on Friday.
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Two new Australian features stir early transmedia buzz
Jennifer Kent plans psychological horror The Babadook and Zak HIlditch plans sci-fi thriller These Final Hours.
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Tintin adds $41m to surge past $125m internationally
A further $40.8m for the family adventure mostly through Sony pushed it to $125.3m while Constantin’s The Three Musketeers is several swishes of the blade away from $100m through Summit International licensees.
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Morena, Vaca now shooting Calparsoro's Invader
Daniel Calparsoro (The Absent) returns to the big screen with Invader, a thriller that sees a new collaboration between Morena Films and Vaca Films after their great success with Cell 211.
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Haywire revealed as Nov 6 AFI FEST secret screening
Steven Soderbergh’s anticipated action thriller stars Channing Tatum, Michael Fassbender, Ewan McGregor, Michael Angarano, Antonio Banderas, Michael Douglas, Bill Paxton and screen newcomer and mixed martial arts star Gina Carano.
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W2 Media acquires remake rights to Finnish prestige hit Princess
Busy W2 Media has taken English language remake rights to Arto Halonen’s acclaimed Finnish feature Princess, based on the true story of cabaret dancer Anna Lappalainen.