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Digital Cinema Media signs screen advertising contract with Vue
Screen advertising outfit Digital Cinema Media (DCM) has signed a four year contract with Vue for the exclusive rights to sell the exhibitor’s on screen advertising.
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Online platform MUBI picks up UK thriller Exhibit A
Online VOD service MUBI (formerly The Auteurs) has picked up Dom Rotheroe’s Raindance-winning indie thriller Exhibit A for pay-per-view streaming.
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Raindance bookended with Jackboots on Whitehall, Son of Babylon
Jurors will include Charles Saatchi, Alison Owen, Mark Herbert and Lemmy.
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Mem Ferda and White Lantern launch development fund for new UK screenplays
UK production company White Lantern Film has teamed up with actor Mem Ferda to launched a £100K development fund aimed at finding new screenplays in the UK.
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Deluxe group strikes ITFC deal
Deluxe Entertainment Services Group has acquired the business and assets of post production and content management provider ITFC.
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Sundvall, Lassgard re-team for Swedish sequel The Hunters 2
Swedish director Kjell Sundvall and actor Rolf Lassgard are reteaming for the sequel to their 1996 Swedish box office hit The Hunters.
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Screen South picks producers for new development scheme
Regional screen agency Screen South has announced the nine producers who will take part in its producer development programme - Develop, Connect, Produce – which launches on Sept 13.
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LevelK boards Brazilian family film Me and My Umbrella
Denmark-based international film sales company LevelK has taken on Me and My Umbrella (Eu e Meu Guarda-Chuva).
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Optimum exorcises box-office demons in UK
Optimum’s horror The Last Exorcism debuted top in the UK over the Sept 3-5 weekend, giving the distributor its biggest ever three-day opening.
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Russian culture minister pushes ahead with film commission plans
Russia is moving ahead with plans for a new National Film Commission.
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Cinemavault licenses RWWM to Image in US, Telepool in Germany
Image Entertainment has taken US rights from Toronto-based Cinemavault to Julius Kemp’s horror tale ReykjavikWhale Watching Massacre.
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Shrek Forever After is overseas king for DreamWorks Animation
Shrek Forever After has become the highest grossing DreamWorks Animation film of all time at the international box office.
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D Films signs alternative content deal with Emerging Pictures
Canada’s D Films has signed an exclusive long-term output deal with New York-based Emerging Pictures to distribute alternative programming.
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The American hits Labor Day target for Focus on $16.4m
Summer ended with a whimper as Focus Features’ assassin drama The American starring George Clooney opened top on an estimated $16.4m over the four-day Labor Day holiday weekend, rising to $19.5m since Wednesday’s [Sept 1] release.
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UK hosts new Film Directing 4 Women Film Festival
The inaugural Film Directing 4 Women Film Festival will kick off with a selection of award-winning shorts including Anya Camilleri’s award-winning Perfect, starring Stephen Moyer.
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EFP supporting campaigns for 47 films in Toronto
Under European Film Promotion’s Film Sales Support scheme, 47 European films from 18 European countries will receive help with their marketing campaigns during the Toronto International Film Festival.
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Arne Dahl's Swedish detectives readied for film-TV project
Sweden’s A-team – the local equivalent of CSI, a highly-trained special unit of detectives, created by Swedish writer Arne Dahl – is ready for the screen.
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Simon Presswell appointed SVP at Universal Networks International
Simon Presswell has been appointed SVP Marketing and Digital Initiatives, Universal Networks International (UNI) in a newly-created role.
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Park Kwang-su to step down from Busan Film Commission
Founding director of South Korea’s Busan Film Commission (BFC) Park Kwang-su is to step down from his position as head of the locations services organization. Filmmaker Oh Seok-geun will take his place as of tomorrow (Sept 7).
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Wang Bing's The Ditch is Venice's surprise film
Wang Bing’s film The Ditch (Le Fosse) is the surprise film addition to this year’s Venice Film Festival line up, bringing the total number of titles vying for the Golden Lion up to 24.