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NewsChanging times for Bollywood’s women
Some women are seeing more empowering roles in Bollywood in the past few years, but is this “a small wave or a tsunami in the years to come?,” asked the Film Bazaar Knowledge Series panel ‘Female Protagonists in Bollywood Today.’
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NewsIndia's new FFO to act as one-stop shop for Indian shoots
Foreign and local producers who want to shoot in India now have a central agency they can contact, the Film Facilitation Office (FFO), to help with obtaining shooting permissions and sourcing locations and crew.
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NewsAmbre, Oddjoint punch for 'Boxers' feature
EXCLUSIVE: French producer Sylvain Bursztejn’s Ambre Films is joining forces with Celine Loop and Q’s Kolkata-based Oddjoint to produce a feature version of Alka Raghuram’s documentary Burqa Boxers.
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NewsFilm Bazaar's WIP explores changing India
Projects exploring the role of women in Indian society and the country’s rapid economic development feature heavily in the line-up for this year’s Work-in-Progress Lab at Film Bazaar, which includes six fiction and five documentary features.
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NewsGSP takes UK rights to 'Unromantic Woman'
EXCLUSIVE: Film Bazaar’s Co-Production Market project Joan Carr-Wiggin’s An Unromantic Woman has presold to the UK, with GSP Studios picking up the film from Toronto-based production company Paragraph Pictures.
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NewsStudy: Amazon trails rivals in original content race
EXCLUSIVE: Amazon’s five most popular original shows in the US, UK and Australia are struggling to keep pace with the best offerings from HBO and Netflix, according to research by Parrot Analytics.
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NewsOasis documentary rolls with buyers
Independent finalises AFM deals in key markets for music documentary, executive produced by Amy director Asif Kapadia.
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NewsChina box office: 'Spectre' breaks records for Sony
The latest instalment of the James Bond franchise debuted with an impressive $48.55m over its three-day opening weekend.
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NewsFox confirms 'Prometheus' sequel title
Fox tweeted on Monday that the new title for Ridley Scott’s Prometheus follow-up formerly known as Alien: Paradise Lost would be Alien: Covenant and that the film would open on October 6, 2017.
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NewsAustralia's Screen Forever conference set to kick off
The Australian conference will host industry professionals and government officials this year from Nov 17-19.
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NewsPathe reveals AFM sales of 'Viceroy’s House'
Period drama stars Downton Abbey’s Hugh Bonneville and The X Files’ Gillian Anderson as Lord and Lady Mountbatten.
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News'Spectre' breaks records in China
Sony, MGM, EON Productions’ James Bond thriller has set several new benchmarks in the wake of its release in the world’s second biggest market.
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NewsNetflix, Brad Pitt's Plan B back Bong Joon Ho's 'Okja'
Netflix is to invest in Bong Joon Ho’s new film Okja, it has been announced through local production company Okja SPC.
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News'Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials' tops China box office on $21.5m
Three Hollywood and two local new releases entered the weekly chart, with Fox’s Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials raced to the top with $21.54m from its first five days.
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NewsIndustry lynchpins address market malaise at AFM
Participant CEO David Linde among those to address challenges during AFM finance conference.
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NewsIM Global takes Chinese rights to 'The Noble Family'
EXCLUSIVE: The company has taken Chinese remake rights to the Mexican hit.
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NewsChina production catching up to Hollywood
The president of China Film Co-Production Corporation told an AFM panel on Friday that local producers want collaboration with American and international counterparts in order to make better films that can travel.
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NewsKlockworx takes 'Bovary', 'Hearts'
EXCLUSIVE: Radiant Films International has struck at the market with Klockworx for Japanese rights to two titles on its slate.
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NewsMongrel's 'Goddesses' lure deals
EXCLUSIVE: Mongrel International has closed key territories on Pan Nalin’s recent Rome audience award winner Angry Indian Goddesses heading into Sunday’s market premiere screening.