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Le Havre, Tyrannosaur among Chicago winners
Aki Kaurismäki’s Le Havre (pictured) won the Chicago International Film Festival’s international feature competition Gold Hugo for his “stylized yet very humane depiction of illegal immigration.”
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Real Steel holds on to pole position in US with $16.3m
Monday’s actual results will determine whether Buena Vista’s estimate for its DreamWorks father-son drama starring Hugh Jackman was enough to fend off the lukewarm debut of Paramount’s dance remake Footloose on $16.1m. Regardless, this was another weak weekend at the domestic box office.
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Julia Short named head of acquisitions for The Works Film Group
Weiner, Bestwick also join The Works.
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AFI FEST announces more selections, Swanberg tribute
AFI Fest 2011 organisers have unveiled the selections from the Young Americans and New Auteurs strands as well as the films in the Joe Swanberg tribute. The festival is set to run from Nov 3-10.
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Top Brazilian filmmakers launch new distribution company
Jose Padilha, Fernando Meirelles are among filmmakers seeking greater control of their box-office revenues.
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Magnolia takes on Gaby Dellal's Angels Crest
Magnolia Pictures has taken all US rights to Angels Crest, which premiered at Tribeca earlier this year.
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IDFA to offer 88 world premieres
The International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (Nov 16-27) has announced its programme of 319 titles, including 16 films in the feature-length documentary competition.
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Busan closes with admissions jump; new Cinema Center leaking during rain
Busan’s New Currents Award shared by Mourning and Nino.
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Artificial Eye circles 360; company builds on Paramount ties
UK distributor Artificial Eye is thought to be in final negotiations to acquire Fernando Meirelles’ 360, whichopened the BFI London Film Festival on Wednesday.
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Christophe Honore, Daniel Auteuil to attend French Film Festival UK
Now in its 19th year, the festival will open with Jean-Pierre Ameris’ Romantics Anonymous on Nov 9.
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Odyssey acquires film rights to Hank The Cowdog
John Foster’s company negotiated the deal with Rising Star Studios on the children’s property and plans to create an animated feature.
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Bop cops it as Woody Allen fiddles with film title
The director claims few people understood the meaning of previous title The Bop Decameron, and has changed the name to Nero Fiddled. Allen’s first shoot in Rome wrapped over the summer and will open in 2012.
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Juliette Binoche and Edgar Ramirez to co-star in A Monkey on My Shoulder
French director Marion Laine co-wrote romance about two surgeons.
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Sophie Fiennes wraps The Pervert's Guide To Ideology
The feature doc is the second collaboration between Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow director Fiennes and philosopher Slavoj Zizek.
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63 countries submit foreign language Oscar entries
The nominations will be announced on January 24.
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Hot projects on Screenbase this week
Among this week’s highlights is an adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s The Scapegoat, as well as a road trip comic thriller starring Talulah Riley and Tim Roth.
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Stockholm International Film Festival to support women directors
One female director will receive $0.8m, a distribution deal with NonStop Entertainment and will have their film premiered at next year’s festival.
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Australia's Madman ramps up production division
Projects on the slate include a restaging of Shane Warne The Musical which will be filmed and shown in cinemas.
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Artificial Eye takes UK & Irish rights for Michael Winterbottom's Trishna
India-set Tess update stars Frieda Pinto and Riz Ahmed.