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  • The Cult Of JT Leroy
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    FSC boards sales on DOC NYC trio

    2014-11-12T07:33:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: The Film Sales Company has picked up worldwide sales and distribution rights on a trio of films in advance of their premieres at DOC NYC this weekend.

  • Awake
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    AFM panel hails shock of the new

    2014-11-12T05:20:00Z

    Emerging digital and bespoke theatrical platforms give filmmakers and distributors a fighting chance of success in the new era, attendees at the AFM’s distribution panel heard on Tuesday (November 11).

  • Jaie Laplante
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    MiamiFF offers $10K Encuentros award

    2014-11-11T21:23:00Z

    Organisers behind the 12th Annual Edition of post-production development initiative MiamiFF Encuentros for Latin American and US Hispanic filmmakers are offering a $10,000 prize.

  • Backcountry
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    IFC steps into Backcountry

    2014-11-11T17:25:00Z

    IFC Midnight has acquired US rights to the Fella Films thriller.

  • The Conjuring
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    WB, Disney update release slates

    2014-11-11T16:34:00Z

    Warner Bros has set a 2016 release date for The Conjuring 2.

  • Felt
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    Amplify takes US on Felt

    2014-11-11T16:26:00Z

    The distributor has taken North American rights to Jason Banker’s AFI FEST selection and genre-bending film based on the life experiences of co-writer and star Amy Everson.

  • Nicholas Weiss
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    Nicholas Weiss earns Sony creative advertising role

    2014-11-11T15:32:00Z

    Sony Pictures Entertainment has appointed Nicholas Weiss svp of creative advertising.

  • The Snow Queen 2
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    Snow Queen heads to Asia, Lat Am

    2014-11-11T12:08:00Z

    Russia’s Wizart secures new territory deals at AFM in Asia and Latin America.

  • The Absent One
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    Sundance Selects takes Zentropa trio

    2014-11-11T10:02:00Z

    North American rights acquired for three thrillers in the Department Q series.

  • Moana
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    Disney dates animation pair

    2014-11-10T20:10:00Z

    Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures has announced release dates for Zootopia and Moana. Separately Focus has dated Insidious: Chapter 3.

  • A Summer's Tale
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    Cinema Guild in Big World VOD pact

    2014-11-10T20:02:00Z

    Cinema Guild has closed a deal to serve as exclusive VOD distributor for Big World Pictures, kicking off with an HD restoration of Eric Rohmer’s A Summer’s Tale.

  • Wrecker
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    XLrator revs up for Wrecker

    2014-11-10T19:57:00Z

    The distributor has struck a deal at the AFM with IndustryWorks Pictures for US rights to the truck horror thriller.

  • Brie Larson
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    Room goes into production

    2014-11-10T19:05:00Z

    Jacob Tremblay, Joan Allen and William H Macy have joined Brie Larson on the cast of Element Pictures and No Trace Camping’s drama, which has started production. A24 holds US rights and StudioCanal will distribute in the UK. FilmNation sells internationally.

  • Shelby
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    Highland buyers check into Shelby

    2014-11-10T19:03:00Z

    Worldwide rights holders Highland Film Group has reported a slew of sales at AFM on Christmas tale Shelby starring Chevy Chase.

  • Bradley Cooper
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    AFI FEST to premiere American Sniper

    2014-11-10T18:55:00Z

    The world premiere of Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper starring Bradley Cooper will screen on November 11 on the same day as the world premiere screening of Selma.

  • Loews_outside_afm_2012
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    The Butterfly God flies into AFM

    2014-11-10T18:04:00Z

    APA is at the AFM touting North American rights to The Butterfly God, which Jay Russell of Ladder 49 fame has come on board to direct.

  • The Mirror
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    Buyers gaze into High Point's Mirror

    2014-11-10T11:17:00Z

    High Point has confirmed the first acquisitions of Ed Boase’s urban myth-inspired horror, The Mirror.

  • Big Hero 6
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    Big Hero 6 rules US on $56.2m

    2014-11-10T02:19:00Z

    Walt Disney Animation Studios’ latest family feature overcame Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar to rule the North American charts as box office for the top 12 gained 87% on last weekend.

  • Loews_outside_afm_2012
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    All Roads leads to sales for AMBI

    2014-11-09T22:21:00Z

    AMBI Distribution has announced a number of sales at AFM on All Roads Lead To Rome starring Sarah Jessica Parker.

  • The Hateful Eight
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    Netflix component complicates Hateful Eight deals

    2014-11-09T22:03:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Some deals on The Hateful Eight held up by home entertainment strategy, say sources.