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NewsEuropean Film Academy announced nominess for Discovery award
The European Film Academy has announced the nominations for this year’s European Discovery award, which recognises a director’s first full length feature film.
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NewsNorway sends in Max Manus for Oscar battle
Norway has selected local blockbuster Max Manus, directed by Espen Sandberg and Joachim Rønning, as its contender for the foreign-language Oscar.
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NewsSpain picks The Dancer And The Thief for Oscars
Fernando Trueba’s heist drama The Dancer And The Thief has beaten off competition from Daniel Sanchez Arevalo’s Gordos and Isabel Coixet’s Map Of The Sounds Of Tokyo to be selected as Spain’s entry for the foreign-language Acadmey Awards.
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NewsPolanski asks to be freed from Swiss custody
Lawyers acting for imprisoned director Roman Polanski have filed a motion today (September 29) to the Swiss Federal Criminal Court requesting his release.
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NewsScreen Gems, Constantin commence 3D Resident Evil: Afterlife
Screen Gems and Constantin Film have started production in Toronto on Resident Evil: Afterlife, the first 3D instalment in the hit horror franchise.
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NewsBafta appoints Duncan Kenworthy as vice president
UK producer Duncan Kenworthy OBE has been appointed as vice president of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta).
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NewsLeading film-makers join calls for Polanski's release
Pedro Almodovar, Walter Salles, Bertrand Tavernier and Fatih Akin are among the film-makers that have joined Harvey Weinstein in signing the petition calling for the release of Roman Polanski.
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Cinereach names 2010 Reach Film Fellows
Cinereach has announced the names of the 2010 Reach Film Fellows and their mentors, launching the third year of the programme designed to nurture socially conscious film-makers.
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NewsIceland submits Reykjavik-Rotterdam for Oscar race
Iceland has chosen Oskar Jonasson’s Reykjavik-Rotterdam as its foreign-language Oscar submission this year.
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NewsPrecious to open 32nd Starz Denver Film Festival
The 32nd Starz Denver Film Festival (SDFF32) will open o November 12 with a gala screening of Lee Daniels’ acclaimed drama Precious: Based On The Novel ‘Push’ By Sapphire.
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Emperor hires Ivy Ho to head marketing
Hong Kong’s Emperor Motion Pictures (EMP) has appointed Ivy Ho as general manager of marketing, responsible for all marketing activities relating to the company’s production and acquisition activities.
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NewsTroma president Lloyd Kaufman reelected IFTA chairman
Troma Entertainment president Lloyd Kaufman has been reelected chairman of Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA), IFTA president and CEO Jean Prewitt has announced.
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NewsJeremy Thomas to deliver keynote address at FIND's Filmmaker Forum
Oscar winning producer Jeremy Thomas will be the keynote speaker at Film Independent’s fifth-annual Filmmaker Forum in Los Angeles from October 9-11.
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NewsWinston-Salem's RiverRun to expand to 11 days in 2010 edition
Organisers at the Winston-Salem-based RiverRun International Film Festival are expanding the 2010 event to run for 11 days from April 15-25.
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NewsSony reports record global advance ticket sales on This Is It
Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sony Music Entertainment executives claim the Michael Jackson tribute film This Is It has set a string of advance ticket sale records around the world.
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NewsFox, STAR, Huayi Brothers line up China rom-com Hot Summer Days
Fox International Productions (FIP), Star Television Asia Limited (STAR) and China’s Huayi Brothers Media are collaborating on the Chinese romantic comedy Hot Summer Days starring Hong Kong idol Jacky Cheung.
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NewsFocus starts production in Italy on Clooney thriller The American
Filming got underway in Italy this week on Focus Features’ thriller The American starring George Clooney.
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NewsMK2 picks up Gondry's Thorn and Siddon's Turn It Loose
MK2 has announced a deal with Michel Gondry’s Partizan Films to acquire international sales rights to Alastair Siddons’ breakdance documentary Turn It Loose and Gondry’s documentary The Thorn in the Heart.
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NewsUp In The Air, The Young Victoria, Ajami join Hamptons line-up
Jason Reitman’s comedy Up In The Air starring George Clooney and Jean-Marc Vallee’s period drama The Young Victoria with Emily Blunt have been added to the Hamptons International Film Festival line-up.
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NewsShakhnazarov’s Ward No.6 to represent Russia at the Oscars
Karen Shakhnazarov’s Ward No.6 has been selected as the Russian foreign-language Oscar contender for next year’s Academy Awards.