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Toronto unveils 73 international titles
World premieres of new work from UK film-makers Nick Broomfield andSarah Gavron, Argentina's Hector Babenco and India's Rituparno Ghoshare among 73 international films unveiled for next month's TorontoInternational Film Festival.The line-up includes the North American premiere of Ang Lee'sShanghai-set wartime thriller Lust, Caution, as well as Ken Loach'ssocial drama It's ...
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Liberation plans Oct theatrical release for Manufacturing Dissent
Los Angeles and London-based Liberation Entertainment is planning a UK theatrical run for the documentary Manufacturing Dissent: Uncovering Michael Moore. The film will open Oct 5 at London's Prince Charles Cinema.Director/producers Debbie Melnyk and Rick Caine made the film that chronicles Michael Moore's transition from film-maker to liberal icon and ...
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Tooley takes leading creative role at Relativity
Producer Tucker Tooley has joined Los Angeles-based Relativity Mediaas head of creative and will lead development and production forRelativity's single film business and oversee growth of the productionteam.Tooley and Relativity principal Ryan Kavanaugh will work closely onsuch upcoming releases as David Twohy's thriller A Perfect Getaway,James Mangold's Western 3:10 To ...
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Hollywood Film Festival names craft awards
Organisers of the upcoming 11th Annual Hollywood Film Festival have announced the roster of crafts award recipients for the Hollywood Awards Gala on October 22. Stephen Goldblatt will receive the Hollywood Cinematographer Of The Year Award, while Joe Hutshing will be honoured for editing, Mark Isham for composing, and ...
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Kino International seals US rights to Beaufort, Times And Winds
Kino International has picked up US rights to Israeli film-maker Joseph Cedar's Beaufort and Times And Winds from Turkey's Reda Erdem.Beaufort won the 2007 Berlin Film Festival's best director award and chronicles the final days of an Israeli army unit's withdrawal in 2000 from a strategic fortress near the Lebanese ...
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Songbird, Downwinders win top prizes at HollyShorts
John Thompson's Songbird won the 3rd Annual HollyShorts Film Festival's award for best short while Jake White earned top honours in the documentary section for Downwinders: The People Of Parowan.Illegal Artists' 5:55 won best film in the international category, the Dreamhouse Ensemble Best Drama Award went to Timothy Cahill's The ...
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Truly Indie takes US rights to Heather Graham thriller Broken
Truly Indie has picked up US rights to Alan White's thriller thriller Broken starring Heather Graham, Jeremy Sisto and Linda Hamilton.Jerry Wayne of Walk on the Beach Productions and producer Brian R Etting are producing and financing the story of a young women haunted by her violent ex-boyfriend. Drew Pillsbury ...
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Kim leaves Lionsgate to head sales at The Film Department
Former Lionsgate senior vice president of international film sales Elizabeth Kim has joined Mark Gill and Neil Sacker's The Film Department to head its film sales division.The new executive vice president of international will be based in the company's West Hollywood offices from where she will oversee the fledgling company's ...
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Aniston, Howard films screen in Palm Springs short film festival
Jennifer Aniston's directorial effort Room 10 is among the expected highlights at the the 13th Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films & Short Film Market (ShortFest), which runs from Aug 23-29.All in all the festival will showcase 332 films, including 54 world premieres, 12 North American premieres and 20 ...
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Film Movement takes US rights to Dreams Of Dust
Film Movement has picked up US rights to Laurent Salgues' France-Canada-Burkina Faso drama Dreams Of Dust.The film centres on a Nigerian peasant who travels to the nearby African country of Burkina Faso, where he discovers the gold rush ended years ago and a brave woman and her child are among ...
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Genius secures credit facility from Societe Generale
US home entertainment distributor Genius Products has signed a three-year revolving credit facility arranged by Societe Generale for an initial commitment of $30m rising to a total of $70m based on expected incremental commitments.The debt will be used to provide working capital and to finance acquisitions, production and co-productions, distribution ...
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Rush Hour 3 takes domestic crown with $50.2m opening
New Line scored a late summer hit as the Rush Hour partnership of Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker returned to theatres following a six-year absence and opened top on an estimated $50.2m.Studio executives will appreciate the fillip, coming as it does just days after the departure of long-serving marketing guru ...
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Simpsons narrowly beats Potter for international lead
Fox International clinched the weekend crown in a hotly contested overseas market that saw The Simpsons Movie and Die Hard 4.0 both cross $200m, Disney's Ratatouille pass $100m, and Warner Bros' fifth Harry Potter reach $550m.Final results on Monday will determine the true winner, however for now The Simpsons Movie ...
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Bourne starts international Ultimatum
Universal/UPI's domestic smash The Bourne Ultimatumopens in 11 territories as it starts its overseas campaign. The keyterritories are Hong Kong on Aug 8, South Africa on Aug 10, and Taiwanon Aug 11.UPI's comedy Evan Almighty, currently on $15.6m, opens in eight territories including Germany on Aug 9.Both The Simpsons Movie ...
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PorchLight launches non-family unit Condor Releasing
US-based PorchLight Entertainment has launched worldwide distribution and home entertainment division Condor Releasing.The new venture will handle projects that fall outside PorchLight's family entertainment constituency and launches with its first acquisition, the thriller Towards Darkness with America Ferrera.The Golden Globe winner served as executive producer on Antonio Negret's film, a ...
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Toronto names 13 new titles in Discovery programme
The Toronto International Film Festival has unveiled 13 films in the Discovery programme to accompany the previously announced Those Three.The new titles are: David Ross' US drama The Babysitters, about a teenager that turns a babysitting service into a call girl ring; Tamar van den Dop's Netherlands/Belgium/Bulgaria romance Blind; Israel ...
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HFPA gives grants totalling $1.2m to film schools and non-profits
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association today (Thursday) today held its annual installation luncheon in Beverly Hills and presented $1.2m in financial grants to 28 film schools and non-profit organizations.
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Cinema Epoch picks up US rights to Limousin's Young Yakuza
US distributor Cinema Epoch has picked up Jean-Pierre Limosin's Young Yakuza, which played in official selection at Cannes this summer, and plans a January 2008 release.Filmed over an 18-month period, Young Yakuza explores the Japanese criminal underworld by contrasting the lives of a 20-year-old initiate and his boss.Celluloid Dreams' Hengameh ...
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Maryam Keshavarz gets inaugural Adrienne Shelly grant
The Sundance Institute in collaboration with The Adrienne Shelly Foundation has awarded the inaugural Adrienne Shelly Foundation Women Filmmakers Grant to Maryam Keshavarz.The Adrienne Shelly Foundation will provide a $5,000 grant to be awarded by Sundance Institute each July to a film-maker coming out of the Feature Film Progamme's June ...
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IFC acquires domestic theatrical and TV to Joe Strummer doc
IFC Entertainment has acquired North American theatrical and television rights from Sony BMG Music Entertainment to Julien Temple's documentary Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten.The film launched at Sundance and chronicles Strummer's life from diplomatic corps brat to influential band leader of The Clash and The Mescaleros, before his death ...