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NewsFremaux compares Indian cinema to ‘70s Hollywood
Visiting Film Bazaar for the first time, Thierry Fremaux drew comparisons between Indian cinema and the ground-breaking films made in the US in the 1970s.
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NewsNalin wraps Angry Indian Goddesses
Paris-based Indian filmmaker Pan Nalin has wrapped principal photography on his debut in mainstream Hindi cinema, coming-of-age drama Angry Indian Goddesses.
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NewsRajkummar to star in Mahajan’s Daily
Rajkummar Rao has been cast in Nikhil Mahajan’s Daily (Dainik), which was selected for this year’s NFDC Screenwriters’ Lab.
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NewsDeol finds Special Treats for Bounty Hunter
Bollywood actor-producer Abhay Deol’s i.e. Films is joining forces with Colin Burrows UK-based Special Treats Productions to co-produce Bounty Hunter.
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NewsDutch producers win co-pro support
Dutch producers Volya Films and Waterland Film have been selected for Hubert Bals Fund Plus to co-produce two films in Southeast Asia.
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NewsMary is Happy wins Taipei award
Cash prizes handed out at the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival NETPAC award and FPP awards.
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News'Poet' to world premiere in Goa
EXCLUSIVE: Montreal-based Item 7 has secured a world premiere for its latest film Meetings With A Young Poet and brought on Paris-based Films Distribution to handle sales.
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NewsAnup Singh to jump Over The Rainbow
Qissa director Anup Singh is working on an adaptation of UK author Paul Pickering’s novel Over The Rainbow. The film will be produced by Switzerland-based Saskia Vischer Productions.
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NewsFox Star's Metro Manila remake takes shape
Fox Star Studios’ CEO Vijay Singh has revealed further details of its Hindi remake of UK production Metro Manila, which the studio is co-producing with the Bhatt brothers’ Vishesh Films.
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NewsChannel 4 takes Film Bazaar titles
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has acquired four films that have screened at Film Bazaar including India’s submission for the Best Foreign Language Oscar.
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NewsSingh’s Fourth Direction finds its way
Gurvinder Singh’s The Fourth Direction is scheduled to start shooting in mid-January, 2014 after securing support from French funding body CNC.
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Paul sparks to Voltage's Fathers
Aaron Paul has signed on to Voltage’s epic romance Fathers And Daughters starring previously announced Russell Crowe and Amanda Seyfried.
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NewsFox Star acquires Lucia remake rights
Fox Star Studios has bought the Hindi-language remake rights for crowd-funded Kannada-language drama Lucia.
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NewsRAM picks up Moebius for US
RAM Releasing has picked up North American rights on the controversial Kim Ki-duk film Moebius from South Korean sales company Finecut.
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NewsBarron to produce Q’s English debut
Kolkata-based filmmaker Q (aka Kaushik Mukherjee) is gearing up to make his English-language debut, Brahman Naman, to be produced by Steve Barron’s UK-based Riley Productions.
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NewsPrimexchange hunts Indo-European ties
The Primexchange co-production workshop (Nov 18-24) is celebrating its fifth anniversary this year with a strong line-up of ten projects, along with guest project In Search Of A Miracle, based on William Dalrymple’s book Nine Lives.
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NewsOberoi’s Island City starts production
Principal photography has started on Island City, written and directed by Indian filmmaker Ruchika Oberoi, which participated in NFDC Screenwriters’ Lab in 2012.
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NewsRecyclewala unveils slate, tech labs
Anand Gandhi and Sohum Shah’s Recyclewala Films is branching out with a slate of new projects and the launch of several tech-oriented initiatives, including a transmedia arm.
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NewsLarrikin launches Catalina Capital
The Weinstein Company has secured first-look privileges on the $50m fund announced by former Dune Entertainment chairman Greg Coote and private equity executive David Calvert-Jones.
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NewsRigor Mortis sells for Fortissimo
Fortissimo Films closed key territories at AFM on Juno Mak’s Chinese vampire film and Hong Kong box office hit.