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Shanghai announces competition line-up
Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) has unveiled its competition line-up.
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Lightning beefs up Cannes slate with Don McKay
Santa Monica-based Lightning Entertainment has bolstered its Cannes slate with the international rights to Tribeca premiere Don McKay.
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Sundance and Time Warner name Storytelling Fellows
The Sundance Institute and Time Warner have chosen playwrights Quincy Long and Matthew Paul Olmos and film-makers Ritesh Batra and Elgin James as the 2009 Time Warner Storytelling Fellows.
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Rage to receive multi-territory online and mobile release
Independent web TV service Babelgum and Cinetic Rights Management have announced a landmark deal for multi-territory online and mobile release for Sally Potter’s Rage
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The G-Machine picks up Peter & Vandy and Witch Hunt
Ron Gell’s The G-Machine has bulked up its Cannes slate with Jay DiPietro’s Sundance premiere Peter & Vandy and Sean Penn’s documentary Witch Hunt.
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MGM Worldwide TV signs pan-Middle Eastern TV and VOD deal
MGM Worldwide Television has concluded its first pan-Middle Eastern Pay TV and VOD agreement with pay TV network Showtime Arabia in the Middle East and North Africa and its VOD service Show On Demand.
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Halcyon names Flow My Tears as first Philip K Dick adaptation
The Halcyon Company has named Flow My Tears,The Policeman Said as the first Philip K Dick adaptation to go under its exclusive deal with the writer’s estate.
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Star Trek rules international roost with $35.5m overseas launch
Star Trek, J J Abrams’ franchise reboot from Paramount/Spyglass Entertainment, coaxed a sturdy $35.5m from more than 5,000 sites across 54 territories in its maiden voyage according to PPI estimates, ranking number one in 23 markets.
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Submarine closes worldwide sales on horror flick I Sell The Dead
Submarine has closed worldwide sales on Glenn McQuaid’s Slamdance premiere I Sell The Dead.
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The Cove wins audience prize at Hot Docs
US filmmaker Louie Psihoyos’ The Cove won the 2009 Audience Prize at Toronto’s international documentary film festival Hot Docs. The film tells of efforts of environmentalists and animal rights activists to end the slaughter of dolphins in Taiji, Japan.
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Cianfrance's Blue Valentine starts shooting in New York
Shooting is underway in New York and Pennsylvania on the drama Blue Valentine, starring Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams.
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Filmkameratene hunts projectionist accused of piracy
Filmkameratene, Norwegian production outfit, is closing in on a cinema projectionist who is alleged to have illegally filmed local blockbuster, Max Manus, and distributed it on the internet.
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The Killer Inside Me begins shooting after months of delay
The Killer Inside Me, the latest collaboration between director Michael Winterbottom and producer Andrew Eaton, started shooting in New Mexico today.
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Jorge Dorado to adapt Yulenka for Fox International
Spanish director Jorge Dorado is set to write and direct an adaptation of the Russian drama Yulenka for Fox International in Spain.
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Screen Australia relaxes investment requirements
Screen Australia is to make a substantial change to its rulebook on feature film investment in response to current worldwide financing difficulties.
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Village Roadshow Pictures refinances loan facility
Village Roadshow Pictures (VRP) has completed a restructure of its $900m film financing production facility, in a deal that makes it available through until September 30, 2010.
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Gowariker to direct Buddha biopic
Indian filmmaker Ashutosh Gowariker has signed up to direct Buddha, a big-budget English-language biopic, which is being financed by billionaire Bhupendra Kumar Modi.
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Japan's Wise Policy closes its doors
Japanese foreign film distributor Wise Policy has closed its doors after filing for bankruptcy last month.
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Match Factory adds The Light to Cannes line-up
The Match Factory has added Kyrgyz filmmaker Aktan Arym Kubat’s next feature The Light to its sales line-up.
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Swedish Film Institute backs three features with $1.5m
Fast Cash (Snabba Cash), the first part of Swedish lawyer-author Jens Lapidus’ best-selling Stockholm Noir trilogy, is on the way to the big screen.