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A Prophet leads Cesars with 13 nominations
France’s Academie Des Arts Et Techniques Du Cinema announced the nominees for the Cesar awards in Paris on Friday.
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Mantello Bros prepare to launch 3D underwater dinosaur epic
The Mantello Brothers’ 3D Entertainment Distribution has announced plans for its new underwater film Sea Rex:Journey To A Prehistoric World.
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Berlinale completes Panorama line-up
The line-up for the Berlinale’s Panorama is now complete with the confirmation of the remaining films including projects from Ferzan Ozpetek, Andreas Kleinert, Rosa von Praunheim, Feo Aladag and Patrick Hughes.
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Spain’s La Zona to produce Madrid bombings feature
Spanish film-maker Enrique Urbizu will tackle the Madrid terrorist bombings in his new drama No habrá Paz Para Los Malvados; while another award-winning local director Achero Mañas is set to make a new family drama with Bellatrix Films.
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Metrodome takes UK rights to Campanella’s Secret In Their Eyes
Metrodome Distribution has acquired UK rights to Argentinean thriller The Secret In Their Eyes (El Secreto De Sus Ojos), one of the five films shortlisted for the Academy’s foreign language award.The UK-based company acquired the film, which is directed by Juan Jose Campanella, from sales company Latido Films. It is ...
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Sundance cuts distribution deal with YouTube on Next trio
Sundance’s bold first steps into distribution continue apace as it emerged that the Institute is collaborating with YouTube on three titles from the new Next strand set to receive their world premieres in Park City.
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Germany's Beta Cinema, Media Luna New Films take on Berlin titles
Germany’s Beta Cinema and Media Luna New Films will be handling sales for two new films having their world premieres in the Berlinale’s Forum and Panorama sections next month.
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Lightning Entertainment adds Soto's Needle to EFM slate
Lightning Entertainment has added supernatural revenge thriller Needle to its European Film Market (EFM) slate.
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Glickman to step down early as MPAA chairman and CEO
Motion Picture Association Of America chairman and CEO Dan Glickman is leaving the organisation early on April 1 to become president of advocacy group Refugees International.
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Avatar, An Education, Hurt Locker lead BAFTA nominations
Avatar, An Education and The Hurt Locker have each received eight nominations for this year’s Orange British Film Academy Awards, including best film and best director.
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Paramount takes worldwide rights to Waiting For Superman at Sundance
As the Sundance Film Festival kicked off today [21] Paramount announced it had acquired worldwide rights to Participant Media’s documentary Waiting For Superman ahead of the world premiere on Friday.
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Screen teams with Stacey Parks and Thomas Mai for Berlin workshop
Screen International is teaming with Stacey Parks of FilmSpecific.com and Thomas Mai of FestivalDarlings.com to present a special half-day workshop at the Berlin Film Festival entitled “Dawn Of The Micro Major Film Producer.”
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Howl co-directors line up Linda Lovelace biopic
Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, the co-directors of Howl (pictured) that is set to receive its world premiere in Sundance tonight [21], have lined up their follow-up project.
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Avatar closes in on date with destiny
Heading into the sixth weekend Avatar stands at $1.17bn and looks odds-on to overhaul Titanic’s $1.242bn 12-year international box office record over the next few days in what is certain to be another mighty hold.
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IndiePix acquires Venice Silver Lion winner Women Without Men
New York-based IndiePix has acquired all US media rights to Women Without Men, which won the Silver Lion Award in Venice last autumn, as well as Sundance entry All My Friends Are Funeral Singers.
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Ari Haas joins Myriad as manager of production and acquisitions
Ari Haas has joined Santa Monica-base Myriad Pictures as manager of production and acquisitions as the company prepares for the EFM in Berlin.
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Writers Guild to honour Barry Levinson with Laurel Award
Barry Levinson will receive the Writers Guild Of America, West’s (WGAW) 2010 lifetime achievement Laurel Award for Screen.
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Universal promotes Scott Bernstein to evp production
Scott Bernstein has been promoted to Universal Pictures’ executive vice-president of production.
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Austria to fast-track launch of €20m film incentive
The Austrian government is planning to pay out €5m ($7.1m) to film projects this year after ‘fast-tracking’ the introduction of its production incentive.
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Australian box office rises 15% in best year on record
Australia’s gross box office hit $988m (A$1.09bn) in 2009, up 15% on the previous year, and its best year on record. It is also the first time annual ticket sales have exceeded $907m (A$1bn).