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Digital distribution platform Yekra begins beta launch
EXCLUSIVE: Lee Waterworth and Miles Romney initiated the beta launch on Tuesday (4) for their Los Angeles-based distribution, marketing and technology company, which they claim to be one of the very few digital media outfits plugged into social media that allows filmmakers to participate in profit share.
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NewsBBC iPlayer allows mobile downloads
The BBC iPlayer mobile and tablet app has been beefed up to enable users to download shows to view offline.
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NewsSwipe takes UK rights to Tu Seras Mons Fils
EXCLUSIVE: During the Venice market, Frank Mannion’s production, sales and distribution outfit Swipe has confirmed it will handle the UK release of Gilles Legrand’s French wine-themed drama Tu Seras Mons Fils, which is about a family running a vineyard in Bordeaux.
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NewsSarah Wright replaces Simon Rexworthy as controller of acquisitions for Sky Movies
Wright, controller of acquisitions for Sky Entertainment, has been promoted to controller of acquisitions, Sky.
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NewsPulse launches distribution arm, Anna Sissons joins from Dogwoof
Anna Sissons joins from Dogwoof to kick-start development of new film division; slate to be announced in autumn 2012.
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NewsSam Worthington lines up for Connolly's The Riders
Stealth Media Group to handle international sales on UK-Australia co-production.
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NewsCMG closes Latin American deals on The Collection
EXCLUSIVE: Cinema Management Group head Ed Noeltner and David Dinerstein of domestic distributor LD Entertainment are co-hosting a Bloody Mary Brunch and presentation in Toronto following a market screening of the horror film on Sept 10.
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NewsWide House picks up Amos Gitai’s Lullaby to my Father
EXCLUSIVE: Wide strikes non-exclusive sales deal for Gitai’s Venice Out of Competition entry, also picks up director’s 2009 film Carmel.
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NewsWarner Bros dates Hobbit finale on Jul 18 2014
Warner Bros and New Line announced the release date on Friday (Aug 31) for The Hobbit: There And Back Again.
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NewsLucky Red takes on Venice titles The Master and Fill The Void
Italian distributor also acquires John Turturro’s Fading Gigolo.
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NewsRai Trade takes on Bob Wilson's Life and Death of Marina Abramovic
World premiering in Venice Days.
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Kino Lorber picks up Radio Unnameable
The North American deal predates the Sept 19 North American premiere at New York’s Film Forum, after which time the film will expand throughout the US and Canada.
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NewsA24 takes US rights to Roman Coppola comedy
The first announced title on the fledgling company’s roster is A Glimpse Inside The Mind Of Charles Swan III starring Charlie Sheen, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray and Patricia Arquette.
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Drafthouse Films acquires North American rights to Graceland
Ron Morales wrote and directed the Filipino crime saga about a desperate man at the centre of a kidnapping plot.
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Match Factory closes French deal for Wadjda with Pretty Pictures
First feature to be shot entirely in Saudi Arabia.
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NewsJakimowski's Imagine picked up by Beta Cinema
Film receives its world premiere in the CWC section of Toronto.
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NewsSpidey adds $5.3m on second day in China
Sony Pictures Releasing International’s superhero stayed strong in his second day as the territory tally climbed to $10.7m.
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NewsCBS Films prioritises The To Do List for Feb 14 2013
The company financed Maggie Carey’s comedy starring Aubrey Plaza from the acclaimed Sundance entry Safety Not Guaranteed. Sony will distribute in the UK, Mexico, Brazil and Scandinavia and Lionsgate handled remaining territory sales.
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NewsMister Smith carves out DreamWorks agency deal
David Garrett’s fledgling sales and financing entity has scored a major coup in its first year of operation, signing a pact to handle sales on the studio’s product for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.