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NewsLiz Mermin's Team Qatar wins best film at first Doha Tribeca festival
Team Qatar, a documentary about the Qatar’s first national high school debating team, took the audience award for best film in festival at the inaugural Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF).
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NewsShooting begins on Gustavo Ron's Ways To Live Forever
Greta Scacchi, Ben Chaplin, Emilia Fox and Phyllida Law will head up the cast of the film adaptation of Sally Nicholl’s novel Ways To Live Forever, which starts shooting in the North East region of the UK today ( November 2).
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NewsFox to release Khan on Valentine’s weekend
Fox has announced that it will release My Name Is Khan, starring Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, in more than 40 territories on February 12, 2010, to coincide with Valentine’s Day weekend.
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NewsThe Film Agency for Wales expands board to 14
The Film Agency for Wales has expanded its board from ten to 14 with a raft of new appointments.
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NewsBrendan Gleeson joins Irish comedy thriller The Guard
Brendan Gleeson has joined Irish comedy thriller The Guard, which is written and directed by Ned Kelly writer John Michael McDonagh. Shooting has already begun in the west of Ireland.
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NewsBreillat’s Blue Beard takes best film at Greece’s European Cinema festival
Pyramide Films’ Blue Beard (Barbe Bleu) by veteran French film-maker Catherine Breillat won the best film award at the 22nd Panorama of European Cinema Festival, which closed on November 1.
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NewsUK Film Council to showcase independent British films in India
The UK Film Council (UKFC) is to promote independent British films in India through a series of showcases early next year.
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Quantum group completes Yoshimoto Kogyo takeover
Tokyo-based investment group Quantum Entertainment has completed its takeover of 97-year-old talent and media conglomerate Yoshimoto Kogyo, acquiring 88.52% of the company’s shares.
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NewsThe Arrivals scoops three awards at Leipzig doc festival
Claudine Bories and Patrice Chagnard’s The Arrivals (Les Arrivants) scooped three prizes at the 52nd International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film, which closed on Sunday (November 1).
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NewsRevolver to handle Sacha Bennett’s Bonded By Blood
UK distributor Revolver Entertainment is to distribute Sacha Bennett’s gangland feature Bonded By Blood, which begins shooting next month.
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NewsHuayi share price doubles on stock market launch
Huayi Brothers Media became one of the hottest stocks on its first day of trading last Friday on China’s ChiNext stock market. Its opening-day price reached $10.37 (RMB70.81), more than double its launch price.
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NewsFormer UIP exec Kurt Rieder joins Artisan Gateway
Kurt Rieder, who has headed UIP’s Asian operations for the past six years, has joined theatrical consultancy Artisan Gateway as managing director, based in Singapore.
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NewsJeon to star in remake of The Housemaid
Cannes award-winning actress Jeon Do-yeon is set to star in Im Sang-soo’s remake of the Korean classic thriller The Housemaid.
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NewsWild Bunch AFM roster boasts Tetro, Zhang Yimou, Gregg Araki
Wild Bunch is announcing three new projects heading into this week’s AFM as well as international sales for Francis Ford Coppola’s Tetro.
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NewsLA-based Clandestine Service hires Robert Aaronson and Roy Bodner
LA-based feature and television international distribution and sales company Clandestine Service has hired Robert Aaronson as executive vice president of acquisitions and Roy Bodner as chief operations officer.
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NewsMichael Jackson leads North American charts on $21.3m debut
Michael Jackson’s This Is It, the tribute film featuring rehearsal footage from the late entertainer as he prepared for a farewell UK residency at London’s 02 Arena, secured the number one spot with an estimated $21.3m through Sony.
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NewsKing of Pop reigns overseas as This Is It launches on $68.5m
The Michael Jackson tribute film This is It dominated the international market with the fifth biggest launch of the year thanks to a $68.5m weekend haul through Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI) from 9,200 screens in 108 markets.
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NewsStewart Till closes deal to buy Icon UK, Icon International
Stewart Till’s grand ambitions to establish an international distribution network have taken a big step forward with the news that the media arm of Len Blavatnik’s US-based industrial group Access Industries has finally closed its deal to buy the UK operations of Mel Gibson and Bruce Davey’s LA-based Icon Group.
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NewsCinemavault looks to score at AFM with football comedy Finding Lenny
Cinemavault has further bolstered its AFM slate as the market prepares to get underway this week with Neal Sundstrom’s South African football comedy Finding Lenny.
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NewsCRM launches FilmBuff VOD service in UK
Cinetic Rights Management (CRM) will distribute digital content through its FilmBuff VOD channel in the UK after signing deals with Blinkbox, Joining The Docs, and LOVEFiLM.