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NewsCelestial seals iTunes deal; Pollack departs
Hong Kong’s Celestial Pictures has become one of the first local studios to make films available on Apple’s iTunes Store.
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IFC Films acquires US rights to Knife Fight
Bill Guttentag’s timely political drama in this US election year premiered at Tribeca and stars Rob Lowe, Jaime Chung, Julie Bowen, Richard Schiff, Saffron Burrows, Jennifer Morrison, David Harbour, Eric McCormack and Carrie-Anne Moss.
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Peccadillo hands home-ent to Fusion Media Sales
The company’s back catalogue titles remain with Lace Digital Media Sales until 30 September.
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NewsPray For Japan seals deal with OEE, Tugg, Bayview
Australian sales agency Odin’s Eye Entertainment (OEE) has picked up worldwide rights to documentary Pray For Japan, directed by filmmaker and manga publisher Stu Levy.
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NewsThe Cinema Guild takes US rights to Night Across The Street
Raúl Ruiz’s final film La Noche De Enfrente will open in theatres in early 2013 following its premiere in Cannes Directors’ Fortnight earlier this summer.
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IFC Midnight opens The Jeffrey Dahmer Files
The distributor has acquired North American and UK rights to Chris James Thompson’s documentary about the Milwaukee serial killer.
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ITVS hires Miramax sales head
ITV Studios Global Entertainment has snapped up Miramax’s head of sales (EMEA).
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NewsNetflix launches 'Just for Kids' section on Xbox 360
Selection of child-friendly TV programmes and films was already available on PCs and Macs, Nintendo Wii and PlayStation 3, among others.
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NewsMPM Film takes on Jem Cohen's Museum Hours
EXCLUSIVE: Film premieres today (8) in Locarno competition.
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NewsCMG closes crop of international sales for Eden
EXCLUSIVE: The sex trafficking story premiered at SXSW.
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Oscilloscope Laboratories takes Only The Young
The North American deal for Jason Tippet and Elizabeth Mims’ debut feature documentary follows a best US feature triumph at the AFI-Discovery Channel SilverDocs Documentary Festival.
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NewsWeinsteins sign distribution pact with Tugg collective
The Artist, The King’s Speech and Inglourious Basterds are among those that will be on offer to Tugg users across the US.
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NewsDrafthouse Films takes North American rights to Wrong
Quentin Dupieux’s surreal comedy premiered at Sundance at the start of the year and centres on a man’s search for his kidnapped dog.
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NewsLionsgate UK, BFI partners in £100k Games for Films competition
Competition to promote upcoming releases aimed at games developers; prizes total £100,000.
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NewsSky Movies gets rights to full Bond film catalogue, launching dedicated Bond channel
Sky Movies HD will run the channel throughout October to show the catalogue of Bond titles from MGM. It is the first time in history that all 22 Bond films are available on one platform (in HD and without commercials).The films will also be available on Sky’s on-demand Sky Anytime+. ...
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NewsDavid King joins IMAX as director of film distribution and marketing, EMEA
King was previously deputy sales director at PPI in London.
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Inception takes on four new titles for multi-platform releases
Titles include Pathfinders: In The Company of Strangers.
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NewsNew partners join Eye on Films from Croatia, Egypt, South Africa, South Korea
EXCLUSIVE: The network supporting first films also adds a new sales company partner.
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Sundance Selects takes US rights to The Central Park Five
Ken Burns co-directed the Toronto-bound documentary with his daughter Sarah Burns and her husband David McMahon. The film premiered in Cannes earlier this summer and will receive a theatrical launch.