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Seville Pictures picks up Room In Rome for Canada
Wild Bunch also sells Julio Medem’s romantic drama to Yeni Bir Film for Turkey.
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Yellow Bird, Nordisk follow Millennium trilogy with six Liza Marklund adaptations
Six films planned from novels by Swedish bestselling crime author Liza Marklund.
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Hessen extends film funding scheme until 2013
The German state has extended its film investment programme for a further four years.
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London's East End Film Festival to open with Bronco Bullfrog
In its ninth year, the festival will screen more than 200 films at 30 venues.
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Mary FitzPatrick joins UK Film Council as head of diversity
She had been diversity executive at BBC and Channel 4.
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High Point, Pritish Nandy plan Indian genre slate
Their first ‘I-Horror’ film will be Abhijit Chaudhiri’s The Accident.
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Jasmila Zbanic's On The Path travels round the world
Zbanic’s Berlin competition entry has been sold to 19 territories; local tour support strong home market release.
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Connelly, Kinnear join comedy thriller Salvation Boulevard
Jennifer Connelly and Greg Kinnear have joined Mandalay Vision’s comedy thriller Salvation Boulevard, which Myriad Pictures is selling overseas.
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Iwai speaks English with Fortissimo
Fortissimo Films has acquired the first English-language feature from acclaimed Japanese director Shunji Iwai, whose credits include Love Letter and April Story.
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Korea’s Mother tops Asian Film Awards
Korean thriller Mother, directed by Bong Joon-ho, scooped three awards including best film, best screenwriter and best actress for Kim Hye-ja’s performance at the 4th Asian Film Awards (AFAs) on Monday night.
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Salon, MDA team on integrated media fund from Singapore
Hong Kong production outfit Salon Films has established Singapore-based SIMF Management Pte Ltd which aims to raise an integrated media fund of SG$100m in partnership with the Media Development Authority (MDA) of Singapore. Fred Wong, chairman of Salon Films, will serve as director of SIMF.SIMF will partner with two Singapore-based ...
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CTV buys France on CJ's thriller No Mercy
Korean distributor CJ Entertainment has sold thriller No Mercy to CTV for French-speaking territories.“It’s an edgy film with the pacing of The Chaser and a heartbreaking twist like Oldboy. No Mercy generated buzz in Berlin after its market debut and there was a bidding war,” says Kini Kim, senior vice ...
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China launches official English language film website
The Chinese government has announced that it will launch an official English-language website www.chinesefilms.cn to provide information on Chinese-language films and the Chinese film industry.The website is co-established by the Film Bureau under State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) and Chinese Radio International (CRI), a state-owned radio broadcast ...
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Showgate sells Yukisada's Parade to Taiwan
Japanese sales agent Showgate has sold ensemble drama Parade, directed by Isao Yukisada (pictured) (Crying Out Love At The Center Of The World) to Bees Factory for Taiwan.The film world premiered in Pusan last year, won the FIPRESCI award in the Berlin Panorama section, and was nominated for best film ...
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Good Films Workshop seals Asian deals on Zoom, Road
Taipei-based sales company Good Films Workshop has sold Taiwanese filmmaker Cho Li’s thriller Zoom Hunting to Hong Kong’s Lighten Distribution. The film, produced by Taiwanese Ocean Deep, stars Ning Chang and Wen Shenghao and will be released in Taiwan on April 16.Lighten has previously bought and distributed Taiwanese hits such ...
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Star sells 20 to Malaysian broadcaster
Regional broadcaster Star has sold a package of 20 titles from its Fortune Star movie library to Malaysian broadcaster Media Prima Berhad.
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Greenwood to score Tran Anh Hung’s Norwegian Wood
Jonny Greenwood, the BAFTA and Grammy-nominated musician and member of rock band Radiohead, will compose the soundtrack to Tran Anh Hung’s upcoming Norwegian Wood.
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Joan Rivers to close 53rd SFIFF
Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg’s Joan Rivers – A Piece Of Work will close the 53rd San Francisco International Film Festival on May 6.
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AON/Ruben makes push into Asia market
US entertainment insurance broker AON/Albert G. Ruben is making an aggressive push into the Asian market to tap into the region’s booming production industries.
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Alice surges to $300m overseas in third weekend rule
Alice In Wonderland reached $300m according to early estimates from Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International (WDSMPI) as the film reigned supreme for the third weekend.