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Elberg, Canty launch online distributions services company
Former CinemaNow executives Bill Elberg and Jessica Canty have launched VLADICast to offer a portfolio of online distribution services.Among the new company's services is GoScreening Public, which allowsany company or film-maker to build and maintain a branded VOD huband/or an ad-supported video sharing site that enables film-makers toshowcase work to ...
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Fakir Of Venice to premiere at Indian Film Festival of LA
The World Premiere of Anand Surapur’s conmen drama The Fakir Of Venice and Megan Doneman’sYes Madam, Sir bookend the seventh Annual Indian Film Festival Of Los Angeles, which runs April 21-26.
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UK Actors to give evidence to House of Lords inquiry
Quantum of Solace actor Rory Kinnear and actress Maggie Steed will give evidence to the House of Lords Communications Committee's inquiry into British film and television tomorrow (April 1). The Committee will question the pair on the prospects for the UK film and TV industries and particularly on employment and ...
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Park Circus signs deal with Sony Pictures to distribute classics
Park Circus Films has signed a deal with Sony Pictures Repertory to handle the worldwide theatrical distribution of its classic film back catalogue. It includes David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia and Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver.The deal, which does not include North America, covers 3,500 classic and modern titles from 1924 ...
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Paramount Digitaland Gaumont create Web series
Paramount Digital Entertainment (PDE) and French film company Gaumont are developing an interactive Web series to be distributed in the U.S. by MySpace. Endemol will handle worldwide distribution. Section 8, a supernatural thriller, will tell the tale of an ill-fated cast, all but one of which will be killed off ...
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Scarlet joins Middle East International Film Festival
The Middle East International Film Festival (MEIFF) has appointed Peter Scarlet, the former artistic director of the Tribeca Film Festival, as executive director. Scarlet, who resigned from Tribeca in February after six years, has been bought in to develop the MEIFF's regional and international standing. Its third session will be ...
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Coproduction Office, Katapult Film Sales merge sales business
France-based The Coproduction Office and US-based Katapult Film Sales have merged their sales business and will operate together for the first time at MIPTV.Both entities will keep their catalogues and acquisitions separate andcontinue to nurture their respective profiles and brands. Coproduction’s strength is world cinema while Katapult focuses on English-language ...
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Katzenberg tells ShoWest: '3D is great and it's here'
As expected the slow roll-out of 3D across North America and the world dominated the agenda of the opening day of ShoWest as delegates looked ahead to a gradual easing of the credit crunch and DreamWorks Animation chief Jeffrey Katzenberg flew into town to deliver a triumphant rallying cry to ...
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Q&A with Take 12 partner Huge Entertainment
Q&A with Morgan Holt from Huge EntertainmentHuge Entertainment is one of Take 12's innovation partners, working with VOD AlmightyWhat do you think of the concept of VOD Almighty'There's definitely a need for an editorial film proposition and they have an already -established network of country agents to help them achieve ...
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Take 12: Q&A with Christopher Figg and Kirsty Peart of VOD Almighty
Q&A with Christopher Figg and Kirsty Peart of VOD AlmightyHow did VOD Almighty come about' Peart: Time and time again, I would meet producers whose films were festival hits but they never make it to the UK. We realised that there was a market for a distribution method that could ...
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Tribeca panelists to include Spike Lee, Tommy Ramone
The Tribeca Film Festival has announced its discussions line-ups as part of the Tribeca Talks Series and Behind The Screens: Films and Conversations about Truth, Clarity and Responsibility.Tribeca Talks Special Events will include a politics/Hollywood discussion after the world premiere of Poliwood, featuring director Barry Levinson and actors including Josh ...
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Sex, Party & Lies takes $2.4m in its opening weekend in Spain
Alfonso Albacete and David Menkes' local comedy Sex, Party & Lies has taken the Spanish box office by storm with opening weekend figures of $2.4m (March 27-30). It comes just a week after Pedro Almodovar's new film Broken Embraces took just $1.3m in its opening weekend (March 20-22). Sony supported ...
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Nesta/UKFC digital innovation programme - In part 3 we talk to VOD Almighty
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The Damned United scores £618,929 in opening weekend
Sony Pictures Releasing International’s The Damned United was the third-highest opener in the UK and Ireland this weekend, earning $875,926 (£618,929) from 236 screens for a screen average of £2,623.The film, a portrayal of legendary football manager Brian Clough’s ill-fated tenure as coach of Leeds United Football Club during the ...
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Czech Center New York to host contemporary European filmseries
The Czech Center New York will host Disappearing Act: European Cinema from New Wave to New Wave, a series of 18 contemporary feature films running April 16-23.The films from nine countries are presented in partnership with eight European institutes. The series also marks the Czech Republic's presidency of the EU. ...
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Hamburg backs projects by Polanski, Espinosa and Guo
International co-productions by Roman Polanski, Daniel Espinosa and Xiaolu Guo are among the projects to be supported by FilmFörderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein (FFHSH), which has handed out a total of $3.5m (Euro 2.69m) at its latest funding session. Polanski will receive $263,000 (Euro 200,000) for his adaptation of the Robert Harris ...
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Art Alliance Media (AAM) announces expansion and new appointments
Art Alliance Media (AAM), the European digital cinema provider, has promoted Fiona Deans to chief operating officer as part of an expansion of its operations team. Deans, who was previously senior vice president of content and distributor services, takes over the role immediately. Deans, who joined the company in 2002, ...
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Chloe shoot wraps after Neeson's return
Atom Egoyan has wrapped the shoot for Chloe this weekend, after Liam Neeson returned to the set following the death of his wife Natasha Richardson.Neeson had to leave the shoot temporarily after Richardson died in New York City March 18 after hitting her head in a fall at a Quebec ...
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Nuclear Mango and Eros to bring Indian legends to life
Govind Menon and William Keenan's Indian-US production consultancy Nuclear Mango is lining up a slate of features with Eros Entertainment based on mythological Indian creatures.The partners are jointly developing the initial roster and are talking to writers about character concepts. Eros will handle worldwide distribution on the slate.Menon said: 'It ...
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Norwegian features take top prizes at Nordic Film Festival
Norwegian cinema left Normandy having won two top prizes at the Nordic Film Festival in Rouen, which wrapped on Sunday (March 29). Norwegian director Eva Sørhaug's feature debut, Cold Lunch (Lønsj), which was launched last year in the Critics' Week at Venice and has since toured the international festival circuit, ...