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The Interrupters wins Sheffield Doc/Fest Special Jury Award
British documentary film-maker Nick Broomfield was presented with the festival’s Inspiration award; legendary documentary director Albert Maysles picked up the Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Murdoch and Gianopulos address market restrictions and piracy in Shanghai
News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch, Fox Film Entertainment CEO Jim Gianopulos and MPAA chairman Chris Dodd address Shanghai International Film Festival
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Enlight Pictures gets new management, announces 10-film slate
Beijing-based media group Enlight Media has appointed a management team for its film production and distribution subsidiary Enlight Pictures, and announced a slate of 10 films to be produced later this year.
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Jonathan Demme working on screenplay for Zeitoun
Speaking in Aruba, Demme says he has finished New Orleans documentary I’m Carolyn Parker.
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Kim Cattrall eyes new Bearden film, West End Cleopatra
Actress talks about new projects as Meet Monica Velour opens the second Aruba International Film Festival.
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Seattle bestows awards on Gandu, On The Ice
“Q” Kaushik Mukherjee won the best new director grand jury prize as the 37th Seattle International Film Festival came to a close on Sunday [12].
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Panda rules overseas on $57m as Pirates 4 heads for $700m
An excellent weekend for Paramount Pictures International (PPI) saw Kung Fu Panda 2 cruise past $200m to dominate the overseas arena on a confirmed $56.7m weekend haul alongside a $6.7m debut for Super 8 from Australia and a handful of territories.
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Super 8 tops US charts in $38m opening weekend
Paramount’s sci-fi mystery defied expectations to pull off a solid launch and earn the first number one debut for an original storyline of the summer, while Relativity Media’s Judy Moody flopped in seventh place.
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Cineworld CFO Richard Jones steps down
Cineworld veteran resigns with immediate effect after 15 years at exhibition chain
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FrightFest to open with Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark
Guillermo Del Toro, Julian Gilbey thrillers bookend London horror festival
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Peccadillo Pictures launches UK tour of new label
UK distributor Peccadillo Pictures launches POUT, a selection of new lesbian and gay titles to screen in upcoming UK tour
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Rotterdam becomes a partner for new film festival in Curacao
New four-day event will start in March 2012.
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Sky makes £600m UK content pledge
Sky has revealed it spent £380m on UK-originated programming in the year to July 2011 and plans to boost investment to £600m a year by 2014.
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Media Luna New Films adds four new titles
Films by Hong Kong filmmaker Scud and Finland’s Riamo O. Niemi are among four new titles acquired by Media Luna New Films for international distribution.
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Future Films to get out of post-production business
Buyer sought for operations formerly known as Pepper Post.
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French animation films seen by 34.5 million people worldwide from 1999-2010
In Annecy for the first time, Unifrance releases 12-year study on performance of French animation films at foreign box office
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Arte France Cinema boards latest Carax, Reygadas pictures
Carax feature set to star Denis Lavant; Arte also backing Gustave Kervern and Benoit Delépine’s latest comedy.
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Pirates 4 bids to hold on to overseas crown
Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides will be locked in a battle for international box office supremacy this weekend with The Hangover Part II, X-Men: First Class and Kung Fu Panda 2.
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Aida Takla O'Reilly named HFPA president
O’Reilly was voted in at the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s (HFPA) annual election meeting on June 7 and succeeds Phil Berk.
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Fixed Point Films to adapt family drama Hope's Wish
LA-based Fixed Point Films’ Jonah Hirsch and Shining Star Productions’ Stuart Stout will turn Stuart and Shelby Stout book Hope’s Wish into a feature and have set Oscar-winner Diana Ossana to adapt the screenplay.