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Javier Diez de Polanco leaves Prisa
Javier Diez de Polanco, head of film and TV at Spanish media group Prisa, has left the company.
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EIFF to host 23 world premieres
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) will host 23 world premieres, including Max Meyer’s Adam which will bring the 63rd edition to a close.
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Rachel Weisz to star in political thriller The Whistleblower
Rachel Weisz will star as a Mid-Western police officer who exposes a United Nations cover-up in post-war Bosnia in the political thriller The Whistleblower.
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Match Factory picks up Cannes-bound Kinatay
Germany’s The Match Factory has picked up international rights to Brillante Mendoza’s Kinatay, which has been selected to screen in competition at Cannes.
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E1 expands first-look deal with Christian Larouche
E1 Entertainment is expanding its first-look deal with Montreal production and distribution executive Christian Larouche through the launch of a new subsidiary, Les Films Christal.
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Fantastic Films boards Michael Madsen thriller Outrage for Cannes
Roxane Barbat and Fred deWysocki’s Fantastic Films International have boarded worldwide rights to the thriller Outrage starring Michael Madsen.
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SPC chiefs Michael Barker and Tom Bernard extend Sony contracts
Sony Pictures Classics co-presidents Michael Barker and Tom Bernard have extended their contracts with Sony Pictures Entertainment for a further four years.
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Peace Arch to bring Oh My God to Cannes
Peace Arch Entertainment has acquired international rights to Oh My God, Peter Rodger’s documentary in which celebrities, religious leaders and ordinary people discuss their perception of god.
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Gerry Noble steps down as Peace Arch Group CEO
Gerry Noble has resigned as Peace Arch Entertainment Group Inc’s CEO, effective immediately.
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Kimmel International adds Trust to Cannes slate
Mark Lindsay’s New York-based sales company Kimmel International has bulked up its Cannes slate with international rights to the espionage thriller Trust starring Kiefer Sunderland, Billy Crudup and Guy Pearce.
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Trans Atlantic Partners coproduction training session announces participants
Trans Atlantic Partners (TAP), an international coproduction training program for Canadian and European producers, has announced its inaugural line-up. A partnership between Halifax-based Strategic Partners and Germany’s Erich Pommer Institut, TAP will feature thirty film and television projects, including French family feature Inside from Laurent de Bartillat and producer Geoffroy ...
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Media group Prisa acquires Spain's Tesela Producciones
Prisa, the Spanish media group, has taken full control of Tesela Producciones, one of the leading producers of Spanish language films.
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Norwegian Film Institute supports Chopin
Norway’s Storm Studios will co-produce Chopin, a $6.6m (NOK 43m) fully-animated feature from UK’s BreakThru Films, which will be released for composer’s 200th anniversary in 2010.
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Sweden launches summer campaign for local releases
The Swedish Film Institute is backing local films with a $310,000 (SEK 2.5m) support campaign this summer.
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Lightning boosts Cannes slate with Coach and Taking Chances
Santa Monica-based Lightning Entertainment has added international rights to two romantic comedies heading into Cannes.
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Tribeca claims attendance increase
The Tribeca Film Festival attracted about 348,000 people this year, according to organisers.
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Screen Media acquires US rights to Death In Love
Screen Media Rights has acquired US rights to Boaz Yakin’s erotic drama Death In Love starring Josh Lucas, Lukas Haas and Jacqueline Bisset.
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Independent takes Exam
British sales and production outfit Independent has boarded Stuart Hazeldine’s Exam.
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Red Giant Studios to release 3D short The Way To Heaven
Dalton Grant Jr and Cindy Rangel’s new animation and effects studio, Red Giant Studios, will release its first 3D CG-animated short The Way To Heaven in July.
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Steve Rabineau joins United Talent Agency
Steve Rabineau, the former William Morris Agency senior motion picture literary agent and Endeavor founding partner, has joined United Talent Agency (UTA) as a partner and agent in the motion picture literary department.