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NewsSchlessel unveils executive team
Incoming Focus Features CEO Peter Schlessel has announced his core team in the wake of the company’s merger with FilmDistrict as it emerged that senior executives Andrew Karpen, David Brooks and Jack Foley will be leaving the new set-up.
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NewsMagnolia takes US on The Double
Magnolia Pictures has come on board to distribute The Double in the US following the recent world premiere in Toronto.
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NewsFilm Sales Co finds Galapagos
EXCLUSIVE: The Film Sales Company president Andrew Herwitz has acquired international sales rights to Dayna Goldfine and Dan Geller’s documentary The Galapagos Affair: When Satan Came To Eden.
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NewsParkland set for JFK anniversary release
UK release moved back to November 22 to mark 50 years since the assassination of President John F Kennedy.
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NewsMusic Box takes Kurosawa's Penance
Distributor takes psychological thriller for US, Canada, UK and Ireland.
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NewsPop Pictures sells 36 to UK
EXCLUSIVE: At Busan’s Asian Film Market, Thailand’s Pop Pictures has sold previous New Currents Award winner 36 to UK distributor Day for Night.
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NewsIFC finds Lucky Them
IFC Films has picked up US rights from Cinetic Media to the recent Toronto world premiere Lucky Them starring Toni Collette, Thomas Haden Church and Oliver Platt. Separately, Distrib Films has acquired Just A Sigh while D Fims will release My Old Lady in Canada.
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NewsAutlook signs The Punk Singer
EXCLUSIVE: Autlook to work with Films Transit on selling London Film Festival title The Punk Singer.
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NewsEastWest makes 'Shirley' sales
EXCLUSIVE: EastWest sells raft of films; launches English-language Never Die Young.
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NewsDrafthouse picks up Ms. 45
Drafthouse Films has picked up North American rights to Abel Ferrara’s 1981 classic revenge thriller Ms. 45.
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NewsBorrowed Time aims for first Tugg UK screening
Comedy drama, which raised most of its P&A through Kickstarter, could be the UK’s first on-demand theatrical screening through crowdsourcing platform Tugg - if it sells enough tickets.
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NewsNovember Films takes After Tiller for UK
EXCLUSIVE: November Films has acquired UK rights to Martha Shane and Lana Wilson’s documentary After Tiller.
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News'Controversial' Adele set for release in France
Wild Bunch Distribution awaits first figures to see whether controversy has impacted film’s performance at the box office.
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NewsHigh Point gets Renovation
Carey Fitzgerald’s High Point Films & TV has locked worldwide distribution rights for Dutch thriller Renovation.
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NewsFox Searchlight locks in Starred Up
Fox Searchlight picks up David Mackenzie’s UK prison drama.
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NewsImage ties up Devil’s Knot
Image has acquired US rights to Atom Egoyan’s Devil’s Knot, while in a separate deal Tribeca Film will release Gonzalo López-Gallego’s thriller Open Grave
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NewsEvent Cinema Association starts awards
The Event Cinema Association (ECA) will host the first Event Cinema Awards at their Networking Event in London on Oct 15.
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NewsChina boon for UK TV content
China was the biggest growth market for UK programming last year with revenues up 90%, according to new research by UKTI and Pact.
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