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Kafka, comedy and Keitel among Canadian line-up at Toronto
At a standing-room-only press conference in Toronto on Tuesday [10], the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) unveiled a stellar line-up of 28 Canadian features.
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Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan projects take top awards at Locarno's Open Doors
Films from Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan were the winners at the end of this year’s Open Doors event in Locarno, which was dedicated to projects from Central Asia.
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FiGa Films sells Aardvark to Spain, with strong interest elsewhere
International sales agent FiGa Films has sold Kitao Sakurai’s Argentinian-US film Aardvark, a Locarno selection, to Madrid-based distributor Aquelarre.
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Hermano to open 14th LALIFF on August 19
The North American premiere of Marcel Rasquin’s Hermano has been selected as the opening night gala presentation at the 14th Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival on August 19.
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Telefilm Canada invested C$11.3m in 22 features during fiscal 2009-10
Federal funder Telefilm Canada invested C$11.3m in 22 regional English-language features during the fiscal year 2009-2010, including three that will debut in Toronto.
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Screen Scotland announces recipients for Audience Development Fund
Regional Screen Scotland, the development agency for access to the cinema-going experience for remote, rural, coastal and under-provided communities throughout Scotland, has announced the recipients for its Audience Development Fund.
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Producers Lab Toronto participants to include Tilic, Jackowski, Selen, Marr
The new Producers Lab Toronto will welcome 24 producers from Europe and Canada.
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Toy Story 3 heads UK box office for third week
It was a familiar story at the UK box office over the Aug 06 – 08 weekend as Disney’s Toy Story 3 resolutely held on to the top slot.
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Aftershock sets Chinese-language box-office record
Chinese filmmaker Feng Xiaogang’s disaster drama Aftershock has become the biggest Chinese-language film in Chinese film history, taking $78.47m (RMB532m) in box-office grosses.
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Caroline Stern joins Kaleidoscope Entertainment
UK-based Kaleidoscope Entertainment has appointed Caroline Stern as Director of International Sales and Acquisitions.
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Etienne Chatiliez to lead Dinard jury
Director Etienne Chatiliez will preside over the jury at this year’s Dinard British Film Festival (Oct 6-10).
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Desplat, Zimmer, Elfman, Powell and Burwell compete for Composer of Year
The World Soundtrack Academy has announced its nominees for the 2010 Awards, to be presented in three categories: Film Composer of the Year, Best Original Score of the Year and Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film.
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Odense Film Festival to showcase 120 shorts in competition
The Odense International Film Festival kicks off Aug 23 in Odense, Denmark, and its 25th edition includes 120 short films in competition alongside a variety of special events.
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Sherlock Holmes, Crazy Heart among World Soundtrack nominees
The World Soundtrack Academy has announced the list of nominees for the 2010 Awards.
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Good Pitch filmmakers to include Woolcock, Sington, Noujaim
The Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation has selected the projects for the Good Pitch UK (scheduled for Sept 10 in London) and the Good Pitch at the Social Capital Markets Conference (Oct 3 in San Francisco).
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Robert Read promoted to SVP at Universal
Robert Read has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Worldwide HD Marketing for Universal Studios Home Entertainment (USHE) and Universal Pictures International Entertainment (UPIE).
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Venice adds Skolimowski's Essential Killing to competition
The Venice Film Festival has finalised the competition line up, adding Essential Killing by Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski with the Biennale saying the film will now be “finished in time for Venice.”
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Swiss government suggests creation of new film funding body by 2012
Changes are afoot in Swiss cinema to reorganize the national film funding system from 2012.Also, Nyon festival announces changes.
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Jeremy Hunt says UKFC closure will cut out 'expensive bureaucracy'
The Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has hit back at critics of his plans to abolish the UK Film Council. In an article written for Sunday’s Observer newspaper, Hunt emphatically explains that the move was so that money earmarked for culture was spent on culture, not overheads.
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San Sebastian boasts eight world premieres in New Directors line-up
Constantin Popescu’s Principles Of Life, Hao Jie’s Single Man, Sophie Schoukens’ Marieke, Mariekeand Mikkel Munch-Fals’ Nothing’s All Bad are among the titles to world premiere in the New Directors section at San Sebastian.