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Thai film banned from World Film Fest under new film act
An independent Thai film featuring gay sex and confrontational politics was banned from the World Film Festival of Bangkok (WFF), becoming the first casualty of the confusing new Film Act.
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UK Film Council unveils 2009 Breakthrough Brits film-makers
The UK Film Council’s 2009 Breakthrough Brits programme will present 13 emerging black and Asian British film-makers and artists to Hollywood this autumn.
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Shooting underway on Basement with Danny Dyer
Principal photography is under way on psychological horror Basement, starring Danny Dyer, at Pinewood Studios.
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Micmacs in France, UK gets Starsuckers
Screens looks at the local and independent release in key markets.
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Hurt to receive career achievement award in Seville
Actor John Hurt will be honoured with a special lifetime achievement award at the Seville Film Festival, and will present kidnap drama 44-Inch Chest.
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Norwegian film body appoints international relations head
Sandrew Metrodome’s acquisitions chief Stine Helgeland has been appointed as executive director of promotion and international relations of the Norwegian Film Institute.
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Black & Blue acquires remake rights to cult horror The Asphyx
Black & Blue Films has acquired the remake rights to 1971 cult horror film The Asphyx. It will be written and directed by Matthew McGuchan.
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TF1 makes market debut selling merged slate
TFI International will make its market debut selling titles from both its own slate and UGC’s at next week’s AFM. The slate includes new projects such as Redheads, the first film from Costa Gavras’ son, Romain.
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Weekly international box office – October 30
Screen brings you the weekly international box-office news.
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Former Kinowelt marketing chief launches new venture
Georg Miros, the former head of marketing and sales at Kinowelt Filmverleih, has joined forces with local distributor Eduard Barnsteiner to launch distribution and production outfit Projektor Filmverleih und Filmproduktion.
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Taylor-Wood's Nowhere Boy closes "highest profile" LFF
The Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival closed last night with the world premiere of Sam Taylor Wood’s John Lennon biopic Nowhere Boy (October 29).
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Bleiberg boards Chris Pine drama Small Town Saturday Night for AFM
Bleiberg Entertainment has acquired international rights to writer-director Ryan Craig’s Small Town Saturday Night starring Chris Pine and will launch the film at AFM.
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This Is It heads into weekend as international box office favourite
Michael Jackson’s This Is It will dominate the international landscape this weekend if the $12.7m opening day gross through Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI) is anything to go by.
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Medusa names new exhibition chain The Space Cinema
Medusa Film, the company that took over the Warner Bros cinema with Alessandro Benetton’s 21 Investiment, has relaunched as The Space Cinema.
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Summit to re-release Twilight for one day before New Moon
Summit Entertainment will re-release Twilight for one day on November 19, a day before the launch of the sequel, The Twilight Saga: New Moon.
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Petit Nicolas sets sights on becoming biggest French hit of 2009
Laurent Tirard’s Petit Nicolas is poised to become the most successful French film of 2009.
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TWC's David Glasser to oversee foreign sales for The Film Dept
The Weinstein Company (TWC) international chief David Glasser has taken over foreign sales on Mark Gill and Neil Sacker’s The Film Department slate following the departure of Steve Bickel.
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CMG boosts AFM roster with Good Hair, The Collector
Edward Noeltner’s Cinema Management Group (CMG) will commence international sales at AFM next week on the Chris Rock documentary Good Hair and horror title The Collector.
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BFI to offer classic movies through Blinkbox
Blinkbox, the film and TV aggregator, has signed a licensing deal with the British Film Institute (BFI) that will allow it to stream films from its library of classic titles.
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Screen Media Films takes world on political thriller Formosa Betrayed
Screen Media Films has acquired worldwide rights in all media to the $8m political thriller Formosa Betrayed following its international premiere at the Montreal World Film Festival.