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NewsChildren Of God, Precious to bookend sixth Bahamas Int'l Film Festival
Bahamian film-maker Kareem Mortimer’s drama Children Of God and Lee Daniels’ critical darling Precious bookend the sixth annual Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF).
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NewsVivendi Entertainment names Yolanda Macias evp business development and acquisitions
Vivendi Entertainment has promoted Yolanda Macias to executive vice-president of business development and acquisitions.
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NewsCinema Epoch to open Skirt Day in theatres in spring 2010
Cinema Epoch has acquired US rights to Jean-Paul Lilienfeld’s drama Skirt Day (La Journee De La Jupe) starring Isabelle Adjani.
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NewsStrand takes US rights to My Year Without Sex
Strand Releasing has acquired all US rights to Sarah Watt’s Australian film My Year Without Sex from The Works International at AFM.
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NewsPIFF, Chapman University team for Pusan West
Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) has formed a partnership with Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts to launch a filmmaker showcase to bring a selection of Korean films and filmmakers from PIFF to the US.
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NewsSoul Kitchen and Wild Grass to bookend 50th Thessaloniki film festival
Fatih Akin’s Soul Kitchen and Alain Resnais’ Wild Grass (Les Herbes Folles) will bookend the 50th International Thessaloniki Film Festival, which opens on November 13.
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NewsVideocracy scoops first special jury prize at Sheffield Doc/Fest
Erik Gandini’s Videocracy has won the inaugural special jury award at the Sheffield International Documentary Festival.
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NewsORPS and Yatzy win top children’s films prizes at the Nordic Film Days
Atle Knudsen’s ORPS - The Movie and Katja Eyde Jacobsen’s Yatzy won top prizes at the 51st Nordic Film Days in Lübeck, which wrapped up on November 8.
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NewsNeoClassics boards worldwide rights to The Over The Hill Band
Canada-based NeoClassics Films has acquired worldwide rights to Geoffrey Enthoven’s Belgian comedy drama The Over The Hill Band.
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NewsIn The Loop sweeps the board at Scottish Baftas
Armando Iannucci’s political satire In The Loop was the big winner at the Scottish Baftas last night (November 8) picking up awards for best director, best writing and best actor.
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NewsOptimism creeps back into AFM as market enters home stretch
After a brutal 12 months in the independent film business, a mood of cautious optimism is infusing business as AFM 2009 enters the home stretch.
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NewsBeaver, Red sell out for Summit International
Summit International has virtually sold out on two of its marquee titles here, Jodie Foster’s drama The Beaver starring Mel Gibson and the DC Comics adaptation Red.
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NewsCooper to play The Devil’s Double for Tamahori
Dominic Cooper will star and Ludivine Sagnier is in talks to join him in Corsan’s thriller The Devil’s Double based on the true story of Uday Hussein’s body double that is set to begin shooting in January in Malta.
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NewsWild Bunch takes Edge, Victoria from GK for Germany
Wild Bunch Germany, the new German distribution arm of the French film group, has signed a two-picture deal with Graham King’s GK Films, taking rights in Germany to Martin Campbell’s Edge Of Darkness starring Mel Gibson and Jean-Marc Vallee’s The Young Victoria with Emily Blunt.
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NewsBondarchuk lines up Winter Queen, Stalingrad epic
Fedor Bondarchuk, director of Russian blockbuster Inhabited Island, is making his English language debut on Seven Arts Pictures’ Winter Queen and will follow that with a $30m epic about the battle of Stalingrad which will likely be shot in both Russian and English versions.
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NewsBuyers jive with Protagonist's Streetdance
UK sales outfit Protagonist Pictures is enjoying a bumper crop of sales for its teen dance movie Streetdance 3D backed by Vertigo, BBC Films and the UK Film Council.
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NewsDadi seals Asian deals on $23m biopic Confucius
China’s Dadi Entertainment has wrapped up a string of Asian deals on its $23m biopic Confucius, including sales to Korea’s J.L. International, Thailand’s Sahamongkol and Singapore’s Cathay Keris Films.
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NewsLakeshore hires Brazil's Heitor Dhalia for spy tale April 23
Lakeshore Entertainment has signed Brazilian director Heitor Dhalia to direct the spy thriller April 23.
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NewsIM Global sells out on alien sci-fi thriller Area 51
IM Global is close to selling out the alien thriller Area 51, Oren Peli’s follow-up to the micro-budget smash Paranormal Activity that stands on the cusp of $100m in North America.
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NewsCoach 14 to sell Castro’s Daughter from Moresco
Coach 14 has picked up foreign sales rights to Bobby Moresco’s Castro’s Daughter. The film is the true story of Alina Fernandez, who was the product of a love affair between Fidel Castro and Cuban socialite Naty Revuelta.