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Schamus attacks US security agencies in provocative LFF speech
In a provocative speech at the London Film Festival last night (October 27), Focus Features CEO James Schamus launched an outspoken attack on what he referred to as “America’s vast homeland security bureaucracies”.
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Belgian distributors bid to end box office dispute
The ten-month dispute over Belgian box office figures is close to being resolved after the Belgian Society of Film Distributors proposed a new scheme that could be introduced early next year.
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AFI Awards expands best picture category
Six films have been nominated for best film at this year’s Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards, rather than the usual four, in acknowledgement of the large number of high-quality films in circulation.
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FilmNation secures prestige sales on 3D diving adventure Sanctum
Glen Basner’s New York-based FilmNation has completed key sales heading into AFM on Sanctum, the 3D deep sea diving adventure that James Cameron is producing.
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Showbox picks up Japanese-Korean vampire thriller Higanjima
Korean sales outfit Showbox Mediaplex has picked up Kim Tae-kyun’s vampire action thriller Higanjima for worldwide sales excluding Korea and Japan.
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Colin Firth to receive Santa Barbara Festival honour
Colin Firth will receive the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Outstanding Performance Of The Year Award for A Single Man on February 13, 2010.
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Chameleon to launch 9th Hungarian Film Festival Of Los Angeles
The North American premiere of Hungary’s foreign-language Oscar submission Chameleon from Krisztina Goda will open the 9th Hungarian Film Festival Of Los Angeles, which runs from November 5-15.
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Cinemavault add Savage, Must Love Death to AFM roster
Cinemavault has bolstered its AFM slate by taking international rights to the Irish thriller Savage and the English-language German comedy-horror Must Love Death.
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Samuel Goldwyn acquires US rights on To Save A Life
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired US theatrical rights to California-based New Song Pictures’ faith-based coming-of-age drama To Save A Life.
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Mummy producer Jim Jacks, Intandem line up spring shoot on Mortis Rex
US producer Jim Jacks, whose track record includes the Mummy franchise and A Simple Plan, has signed on to the supernatural action thriller Mortis Rex.
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Vivendi Entertainment, IndieVest partner on home entertainment output deal
LA-based financier and distributor IndieVest Pictures has secured a home entertainment output deal with Vivendi Entertainment.
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E1 Entertainment promotes Dan Gurlitz to svp video
Dan Gurlitz has been promoted to senior vice-president of video at E1 Entertainment.
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ACI boards second Polish Brothers film Smell Of Success ahead of AFM
American Cinema International (ACI) has secured the double set of most recent Polish Brothers films as it emerged that the LA-based company has added Smell Of Successto a roster that already features Stay Coolheading into AFM.
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Peter Fonda boards I Ride Alone for Rock On! Films
New York-based Rock On! Films has cast Peter Fonda to star opposite Talia Shire in I Ride Alone and will commence sales at AFM.
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White Ribbon wins Screen International Hollywood World Award
Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon won the Screen International Hollywood World Award last night at the Hollywood Awards gala in Los Angeles.
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Stephen Woolley appointed to Film London board
Film London has appointed three new members to its board of directors: BAFTA-winning producer Stephen Woolley, Tim Richards, chief executive of Vue Cinemas and Target Media Group chief executive Rob Wilkerson.
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Spain’s Antena 3 joins Woody Allen’s Stranger
Spanish broadcaster Antena 3 has boarded Woody Allen’s new London project as a co-producer. You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger is currently in post-production.
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Xavier Gens to direct action thriller The Fallout for ContentFilm
On the eve of the AFM, ContentFilm International has taken worldwide sales rights to action thriller The Fallout to be directed by Xavier Gens (Hitman). The film is due is due to start principal photography in Feb 2010 in Eastern Europe.
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Gilliam's Imaginarium storms Italian box office
Terry Gilliam’s The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus has taken $2.7m (€1.8m) in its opening weekend in Italy, denied the top spot only by Walt Disney SMPI’s Up in its second week.
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MIG Films acquires rights to Jakubisko's Bathory
MIG Films has picked up the rights to Bathory, the most expensive Eastern European film to date, for German-speaking territories. It will be released in January.