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Sundance Channel inks Turkish TV deal
AMC Sundance Channel inks first time carriage on largest pay TV platform in Turkey, expands Polish footprint.
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Sineng Pambansa film festival announces winners
Benji Garcia’s Malan won the jury award at the second Sineng Pambansa national film festival (Nov 22-25), which ran concurrently with the Philippines’ first ever film market.
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NewsBeijing Blues, Principle sweep Golden Horse Awards
Johnnie To’s Life Without Principle scooped best director, best actor and best original screenplay at the Golden Horse Awards on Saturday (Nov 24), while Gao Qunshu’s Beijing Blues took best film and two technical awards.
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NewsVoice From Elsewhere, Phoring win awards at Film Bazaar
Director Vipin Vijay’s A Voice From Elsewhere, a drama set against the backdrop of the Kerala backwaters, picked up the $18,000 (Rs1m) Incredible India award as Film Bazaar wrapped on Saturday (Nov 24).
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NewsIndia to be guest country at next edition of Cannes
India has been selected as the guest country at the next edition of the Cannes film festival, which takes place May 15-26, 2013.
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NewsDailies: Film Bazaar 2012
Browse Screen International’s daily editions from Film Bazaar 2012, which ran from Nov 21-24 in Goa, India.
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NewsCJ's Masquerade clocks up 12m admissions
CJ Entertainment’s period drama Masquerade has clocked up more than 12 million admissions, according to the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), contributing to a record box office haul for local films in Korea this year.
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Indian Kiss finds partners at Film Bazaar
Guneet Monga of India’s Sikhya Entertainment and Giulia Achilli of Italy’s Dugong Production have signed a deal at Film Bazaar to co-produce a documentary on the depiction of romance in Indian cinema.
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NewsPolish Film Institute pacts with India on Kathiawar
The Polish Film Institute is teaming with Indian broadcaster Doordarshan and the government of Gujarat to co-produce the documentary Little Poland In Kathiawar, the first official co-production under the Indo-Polish treaty signed earlier this year.
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NewsArsam and Reservoir move to Pan Nalin's Known World
Ilann Girard of Paris-based Arsam International has boarded Pan Nalin’s Film Bazaar project, Beyond The Known World, as co-producer alongside New Zealand’s Reservoir Films.
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Mammootty to star in Ahamed's Shop
Malayalam superstar Mammootty will play the lead in Kunjanandan’s Shop (Kunjananthante Kada), the latest project from National Film Award-winning director Salim Ahamed.
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NewsIndependent, Infinitum bask in Sunrise
Mumbai-based Independent Movies has finalised the financing on Film Bazaar project Sunrise (Arunoday), following a deal with India’s Infinitum Productions to increase its funding for the film.
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NewsBanerjee's Talkies short marks centennial of Indian cinema
Dibakar Banerjee’s short film, which forms a part of the omnibus Bombay Talkies commemorating 100 Years of Indian Cinema, will be based on Satyajit Ray’s short story Potol Babu Film Star.
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NewsBeyond The Hill wins best feature at APSA Awards
The Turkish film industry was honoured at the sixth annual Asia Pacific Film Awards (APSAs), with three films among the winning line-up including Beyond the Hill, which was judged best feature.
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NewsQ's Overdose Joint lines up treble
Bengali director Q is producing three new projects through his production house Overdose Joint, including Kolkata-set horror film Ludo.
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NewsBeautiful Bay takes up Arms with Shah
UK producers Michael Ward and Colin Burrows have established a production outfit, Beautiful Bay Entertainment (BBE), which is developing an adaptation of classic play Arms And The Man with Indian actor and filmmaker Naseeruddin Shah.
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Flick The Switch turns on Porichoi
India and UK-based boutique studio Flick The Switch has boarded Bengali film Porichoi, directed by Rupali Guha, as co-producer and sales agent for English-speaking territories.
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NewsPeepli Live directors option Sethi's A Free Man
Delhi-based filmmakers Anusha Rizvi and Mahmood Farooqui are planning an adaptation of Aman Sethi’s non-fiction work A Free Man, which they are planning as a sequel to their 2010 hit Peepli Live.
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NewsDresden to produce live action Grave of the Fireflies
Dresden Pictures has acquired the UK rights to Japanese war story Grave of the Fireflies for a live action adaptation.
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NewsBliss, Film Base Berlin board Nair's Umrika
Jim Birmant of Paris-based Bliss and Mathias Schwerbrock of Film Base Berlin have boarded Indian-born director Prashant Nair’s new project Umrika as co-producers.