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Trent Haaga readies revenge thriller Chop for LA shoot
Deadgirl writer Trent Haaga will make his feature directorial debut on the revenge thriller Chop.
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Film Sales Company acquires world on Good Fortune doc
Andrew Herwitz’s Film Sales Company has taken on worldwide sales rights to Landon van Soest and Jeremy Levine’s documentary Good Fortune.
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Cinemavault boards Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre for AFM
Cinemavault has acquired international sales rights to Julius Kemp’ English-language horror film Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre.
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Whistler film festival to honour Ivan Reitman
Canadian director and producer Ivan Reitman will be honoured by the Whistler Film Festival with a special tribute for his lifetime achivement. He will also attend the festival as president of 2009 Borsos jury, which recognises home grown talent
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World premiere of Koepp’s Berlin-Stettin opens Leipzig
Veteran German documentary film-maker Volker Koepp’s latest project Berlin-Stettin will open the International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film tonight (October 26).
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MPA and Chinese copyright group collaborate to fight illegal camcording
Motion Picture Association (MPA) and China Film Copyright Association (CFCA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to encourage closer collaboration between the two organisations, particularly on illegal camcording.
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Rotterdam film festival reveals nominees for 2010 Tiger Awards
The 39th International Film Festival Rotterdam has announced that Ben Russell’s Let Each One Go Where He May, Anocha Suwichakornpong’s Mundane History and Pedro Gonzalez-Rubio’s To the Sea have been selected for the VPRO Tiger Awards Competition 2010.
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Considine, Hawkins board Submarine
Noah Taylor, Paddy Considine and Sally Hawkins will star in Warp Film’s Submarine, which started shooting today in Cardiff, Wales (October 26).Michael Sheen, who was originally connected with the project, is no longer attached.Submarine is the debut feature of British director and Screen Star of Tomorrow Richard Ayoade. Adapted ...
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Fish Tank leads BIFA pack with eight nominations
Andrea Arnold’s Fish Tank dominated the nominations for the 12th British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs), which were announced today (October 26).
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Film4 promotes Sam Lavender to head of development
Film4 has promoted Sam Lavender to head of development. He replaces Katherine Butler, who was promoted to senior commissioning executive in September.
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Dolan’s I Killed My Mother wins Zagreb
Xavier Dolan’s I Killed My Mother scooped the Golden Pram at the seventh Zagreb Film Festival after also picking up the CICAE and SADC prizes. The festival closed on Sunday (October 25).
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Kamen Kalev's Eastern Plays takes top prize in Tokyo
Director Kamen Kalev’s Eastern Plays was awarded the Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix at the closing ceremony of the 22nd Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF), which closed on Sunday (October 25).
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PVR Pictures appoints Deepak Sharma to boost overseas distribution
Indian company PVR Pictures has appointed Deepak Sharma as head of distribution – worldwide as part of a move to boost it presence in the distribution and production.
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Roxburgh, O’Connor star in UK-New Zealand co-production Ice
The UK’s Power and New Zealand’s Screentime, both predominantly television companies, have teamed to produce the disaster epic Ice, set in 2020.The film is based on the book by James Follett, directed by the UK’s Nick Copus (The Day Of the Triffids) and stars Australian actors Richard Roxburgh and Frances ...
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Paramount to release My Last Five Girlfriends in UK
Paramount Pictures International (PPI) has taken on UK rights to Willing Pilowsky Media’s romantic comedy My Last Five Girlfriends and set a March 2010 release on over 100 prints.The film, which is directed by Julian Kemp, had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in April, and was first ...
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South Korea's CJ Entertainment boards family animation Dino Mom
South Korea’s CJ Entertainment has come on board as a co-financier and is planning a wide 2010 release in South Korea of the English-language animated feature film Dino Mom being sold by Myriad Pictures.
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Paranormal Activity shreds Saw VI in US with $22m weekend
For the second year in a row the Saw franchise missed out on a number one launch as the remarkable Paranormal Activity beat Lionsgate’s annual horror update into second place.
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Up retains the overseas crown as $19m boosts tally to $324m
Disney/Pixar’s Up dominated the Hollywood competition overseas for the third straight weekend thanks to an estimated $19m haul from 4,789 screens in 26 territories that propelled the running total to $324.2m.
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Lebanon, White Ribbon, A Obra De Arte among 400-strong Sao Paulo roster
The Sao Paulo International Film Festival kicked off on October 22 with a guest-only screening of Ken Loach’s Looking For Eric as festival staff prepared to unveil more than 400 titles in the line-up, including new local films, festival favourites and world premieres.
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Brotherhood, Helen Mirren, Giorgio Diritti triumph in Rome
The fourth edition of the International Rome Film Festival awarded the Golden Marc’Aurelio Award for best film to Danish-Italian Nicolo Donato’s feature directorial debut Brotherhood (Brotherskab).