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NewsLocarno admissions up in 2011
The Locarno Film Festival has announced attendance for its 64th edition was 159,503, up about 7.5% from 2010.
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NewsNetflix to launch in Spain in January 2012
Major film streaming and DVD rental site Netflix will arrive in Spain in January 2012, following its success in the US and Canada, but will face a tough challenge in a country ravaged by piracy.
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NewsSalzgeber & Co takes North Sea Texas for Germany
UK-based sales agent Wavelength Pictures closes deal on Montreal Film Festival drama.
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NewsVoice cast including Twisted Sister's Dee Snider sign up for Ronal
The voice cast for the English-language dub of Ronal The Barbarian will include Pierce Cravens, Ben Bledsoe (Glee), Ashley Acarino (The Devils Own), Louis Lombardi (The Sopranos) and Twisted Sister vocalist Dee Snider.
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NewsLocarno's Golden Leopard awarded to Argentina's Back To Stay
The international jury headed by Portuguese producer Paolo Branco presented the festival’s top honour to Argentinian-born Milagros Mumenthaler for her debut feature Back To Stay (Abrir Puertas Y Ventanas).
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NewsArts Alliance in digital cinema pact with Spain's A Contracorriente
Live satellite delivery of El Caso Farewell already successful.
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NewsGlenn Close to receive lifetime achievement award in San Sebastian
Close will receive Donostia Award at festival’s 59th edition where she is presenting latest feature Albert Nobbs
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NewsHot projects on Screenbase
Paul Knight is currently shooting A Landscape Of Lies in London, while Christian Duguay prepares the autumn shoot for his latest project Jappeloup in Mallorca.
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NewsRutger Hauer joins Scherson's The Future
Alicia Scherson’s international co-production is an adaptation of novelist and poet Roberto Bolano’s book Una Novelita Lumpen
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NewsCanet, Auteuil to star in Christian Duguay's Jappeloup
Major French outfit Pathe is backing Quebecan film-maker Christian Duguay’s new drama, Jappeloup, about the small black horse that won gold at the Seoul Olympics in 1988, set to star Daniel Auteuil and Guillaume Canet.
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NewsPiotr Trzaskalski shooting third feature My Father's Bike
The cast includes jazz musician Michał Urbaniak alongside Polish actors Artur Żmijewski, Witold Dębicki and Anna Nehrebecka.
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NewsLocarno's Open Doors top award shared by two Indian projects
The Trapper’s Snare and Burqa Boxers win the Open Doors Co-Production Lab awards.
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NewsBrandenburg launches €5m gap financing programme
The State of Brandenburg and the regional investment bank ILB have launched a € 5m gap financing programme for films produced in the Berlin-Brandenburg region.
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NewsVenice adds Johnnie To's Life Without Principle to Competition
Hong Kong action filmmaker Jonnie To’s financial-crisis themed Life Without Principle (Dyut Ming Gam) will be the 22nd film in competition in the upcoming Venice Film Festival, organisers confirmed.
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NewsSan Sebastian adds Scorsese's George Harrison documentary
Four midnight films also added, including Snowtown and The Monk.
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NewsSecond edition of Producers Lab Toronto selects 24 producers from Europe and Canada
Producers Lab Toronto has selected 24 producers from Europe and Canada for the second edition of the lab (Sept 7-10).The initiative is again being organised by Hamburg-based European Film Promotion (EFP) with the Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC) and Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) to foster more co-productions between Europe ...
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NewsFest hits should be rewarded, Swiss minister says
Meanwhile, Locarno kicks off with rain, Abel Ferrara honours and Cowboys & Aliens.
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NewsAviva Silver speaks about future MEDIA Programme from 2014
Role of international projects discussed going forward.
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NewsGerman films sold to Asia, South America and Scandinavia
Rainer Matsutani’s horror thriller Room 205, Christian Zübert’s comedy drama Three Quarters Moon and Joseph Vilsmaier’s mountaineering drama Nanga Parbat are among a raft of titles sold by German sales companies at this year’s German Films Previews.
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NewsZwart partners with Max Manus team to form Motion Blur Films
Harald Zwart founds the new production company with Norwegian directors Sondberg, Ronning and Horn.