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NewsLife Of Pi wins 35th Mill Valley Film Festival audience award
Ang Lee’s closing night film scooped honours as the 11-day festival came to an end on Monday night (Oct 15). Mira Nair’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist won the audience award for world cinema and David O Russell’s Silver Linings Playbook took the audience award for US cinema.
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35th Starz Denver Film Festival to honour Argentina, Daniel Burman
The event will include 14 films in an Argentinian sidebar and a three-film tribute to Burman is planned for his feat of having the most films from Argentina play on US screens. The Colorado event is set to run from Nov 1-11.
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NewsTaken 2 staves off US newcomers on $23m hold
The EuropaCorp-Fox-Liam Neeson combination is a potent one and ensured a second weekend at the top for the thriller as the top 12 box office gained approximately 38% on the same session last year despite dropping 7.6% against last weekend.
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Cinedigm reaches independent conversion milestone
Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp in conjunction with the National Association Of Theatre Owners’ (NATO) Cinema Buying Group (CBG) said on Friday (12) it had signed more than 3,000 independent CBG screens for digital conversion.
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NewsRadiant Films International to sell The Citizen
The 3K Pictures drama will screen for buyers after the international premiere on Oct 14 at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival.
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NewsAldamisa International expands into TV business
EXCLUSIVE: The feature film financing, international sales and production company made the announcement on Thursday (11) and will kick off with Emmett/Furla’s Dolph Lundgren vehicle Rescue 3.
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NewsNicholas Apps named Tribeca Film Institute deputy executive director
Effective Oct 15 the new arrival will report to executive director Beth Janson and lead individual giving and corporate sponsorship initiatives and marketing and communications.
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NewsIFP to develop and operate Made In New York facility
The Media Center will be based in Brooklyn and is expected to open in spring 2013. It will be designed to combine traditional media and emerging technologies in a hub for filmmakers, content creators and entrepreneurs.
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NewsVal Kilmer to receive Dallas Star Award
Kilmer will collect the honour in recognition of his career achievement at the Dallas Film Society’s annual autumn fundraising event The Art Of Film on Nov 16.
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NewsParanormal Activity 4 Want It campaign strikes global gold
Paramount’s savvy Facebook marketing campaign launched nearly three months ago and has engaged fans from Russia to Peru.
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NewsJodie Foster to direct Money Monster
IM Global and The Allegiance Theater will jointly finance and produce the drama and IM Global will handle sales.
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NewsAbu Dhabi Media Summit: Vice Media to launch 24-hour news channel in 18 countries
Vice Media CEO Shane Smith discusses the company’s bold ambitions at the Abu Dhabi Media Summit.
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NewsAbu Dhabi Media Summit: What the Big Bird controversy means for children's media
Sesame Workshop CEO says children’s learning should be non-partisan; defends public-private partnership but calls for more federal backing.
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Well Go USA takes Not Suitable For Children
Ryan Kwanten stars in the comedy as a party animal faced with infertility. Well Go USA struck the deal with Arclight.
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NewsMIPCOM: Harvey Weinstein talks TV
Upcoming TWC television productions include big budget Marco Polo, reality show Supermarket Superstar hosted by Stacey Keibler and Seal Team Six: The Raid On Osama Bin Laden.
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NewsMarion Cotillard to receive Gotham career tribute
The French star of Rust And Bone (pictured) will collect the honour at the 22nd Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards on Nov 26.
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AFM organisers announce second annual conference series
The events comprise a range of conferences scheduled to run from Nov 2-6 at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica.
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NewsDistribution round-up: Drafthouse takes Pietà
The distributor has acquired North American rights to Kim Ki-Duk’s South Korean Oscar foreign language submission and recent winner of the Venice Golden Lion. IFC Midnight has picked up North American rights to sci-fi thriller Crawlspace.
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Screen Gems closes deal to enter Black City
The studio is out to screenwriters to adapt Elizabeth Richards’ upcoming Romeo and Juliet-style young-adult fantasy series.
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NewsMIPCOM: Harvey Weinstein launches World Dance Awards
Weinstein was joined by Michael Flatley in making the announcement and said the event would be in the vein of the Grammy Awards and would take place around April or May.