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Hot Docs 2011 to honor IFDA's Ally Derks with mogul award and revamp its forum
The internationally-acclaimed documentary maven Ally Derks will receive the 2011 Doc Mogul Award at next year’s Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in Toronto (April 28-May 8).
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NewsVenice titles head to Brazil for Venezia Cinema Italiano
Competition titles The Passion and The Black Sheep (La Pecora Nera) among slate to play in Brazil as part of the Venezia Cinema Italiano.
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NewsBleiberg Entertainment sells prestige doc Precious Life at AFM
The Los Angeles-based sales and financing company has closed a slew of territories at AFM on its slate including the documentary Precious Life that last week became one of 15 titles to make it on to the Academy’s shortlist.
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MIFF appoints Spanish producer Manrique to industry role
The Miami International Film Festival (MIFF) has hired Elena Manrique to spearhead the entertainment industry relations initiative and oversee the REEL Education seminar programme.
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NewsWarner Bros, Atlas to reboot Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Warner Bros and Atlas Entertainment are relaunching Buffy The Vampire Slayer as a potential theatrical franchise.
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IFTA Production Conference to explore digital marketplace
The 12th annual IFTA Production Conference will discuss strategies for monetising independent film in the digital marketplace on December 3 in Los Angeles.
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Wide House strikes pact with First Run Features
French sales outfit Wide House (the doc arm of Wide Management) has struck an alliance with US outfit First Run Features.
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NewsEssential Killing takes top prize at Mar del Plata
Other winners include Vega brothers’ October and Garateguy’s Pompeya.
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NMA partners with Bellwood Media
Los Angeles-based entertainment promotions and publicity firm Norm Marshall & Associates is to partner up with UK company Bellwood Media, which specializes in production resources, film clearances and celebrity events.
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NewseOne's library now valued at $250m
In reporting its interim results for the six months ended Sept 30, eOne noted that its revenue was up 30% to £212m.
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NewsDogwoof acquires nine NFB docs including Up the Yangtze
Leading UK theatrical distributor for socially conscious films, Dogwoof, has acquired distribution rights to nine documentaries from the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), including the multi-award winning Up the Yangtze( EyeSteelFilm/NFB).
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Medusa strikes multi-territory deal with Alliance Films
Italy’s leading distributor and film production company Medusa and Canada’s Alliance Films have inked a multi-territory deal to cooperate on acquisitions and co-productions.
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Amazon.com launches film development business Amazon Studios
E-commerce multinational Amazon has created a new online film and script development business, with a built in first look deal with Warner Bros.
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NewsVentana Sur announces Primer Corte selections
The second Ventana Sur market in Buenos Aires has announced the 10 Latin American films to be presented in Primer Corte, the screenings of films still in post production.
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NewsMar del Plata kicks off 25th edition with Somewhere
The 25th Mar de Plata International Film Festival opened Saturday night with Sofia Coppola’s Venice winner Somewhere.
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New partnership to give US distribution finance for Australian films
Australia’s Media Funds Management (MFM) and US company OutSource Media Group (OMG) have formed a partnership to offer Australian and New Zealand films budgeted at A$15-50 million with distribution finance to support a studio style North American release.
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NewsGael Garcia Bernal works with Amnesty International for short film project
Gael García Bernal is working with Amnesty International to create four short films called The Invisibles.
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NewsMoviehouse unearths Cavegirl to star Jennifer Stone
Here at the AFM, UK outfit Moviehouse is to handle sales on teen pic Cavegirl The Movie, starring fast rising teen Disney star Jennifer Stone.
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NewsEmpress Road takes on Snow & Ashes
Faisal Toor, ex-CAA and Arclight, and Galen Christy, ex-CAA, have launched a new LA-based sales company, Empress Road Pictures.
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Pedersoli's Smile widens with US projects
Giuseppe Pedersoli’s Rome-based Smile Production has taken the leap into US production.