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NewsTwo killed in SXSW car crash
UPDATE: Police have confirmed that two people - one from the Netherlands - died after a car drove into a crowd of pedestrians at the South By Southwest festival.
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NewsFort Tilden wins top SXSW award
Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers’ comedy earned the narrative feature competition grand jury prize while Margaret Brown’s Deepwater Horizon disaster film The Great Invisible prevailed in the documentary section.
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NewseOne, El Rey cut deals on Dusk
Robert Rodriguez’s new US-based cable network El Rey Network and eOne Television have struck a slew of digital deals on From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series, set to receive its broadcast premiere on Tuesday night (11).
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NewsSnowden warns of government threat
Google and the government were in the crosshairs as whistleblower Edward Snowden made a rare public appearance on Monday (10) to address the SXSW conference from exile in Russia – ironically using Google+ Hangouts.
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NewsLionsgate believes in Exists
The studio has picked up North American rights at SXSW to Eduard Sanchez’s Bigfoot film, which International Film Trust handles for international sales.
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NewsSPWA, Picturehouse, Starz Digital take SXSW trio
UPDATE: Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) has acquired all international rights to Space Station 76, while in separate deals Picturehouse has acquired The Guest and Starz Digital Media has taken North American rights to To Be Takei ahead of their Austin screenings.
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NewsVimeo unveils $10m distribution fund
The video platform will promote a $10m investment at SXSW on the anniversary of its Vimeo On Demand platform.
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NewsVisit takes SXSW entry Long Distance
Visit Films will present the world premiere of Carlos Marques-Marcet’s first feature Long Distance (formerly 10,000KM) at SXSW.
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NewsSXSW unveils conference line-up
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 director Marc Webb will deliver the fourth keynote address at SXSW on March 8 as organisers also announced the complete conference line-up.
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NewsShoreline visits The Infinite Man
EXCLUSIVE: Hugh Sullivan’s debut feature world premieres at next month’s SXSW.
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NewsMagnet Releasing gets Stage Fright
Jerome Sable’s horror musical will open in the US after its world premiere in the Midnighters section at SXSW.
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NewsSXSW unveils Midnighters, shorts
SXSW top brass have announced the Midnighters and short film line-ups, set to screen when the festival runs in Austin, Texas, from March 7-15.
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NewsSXSW unveils 2014 line-up
Headliners strand includes first screenings of the upcoming Universal comedy Neighbors (pictured) starring Seth Rogen and Zac Efron and Australian time-travel thriller Predestination with Ethan Hawke.
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NewsChef to open SXSW
The Austin event will host the world premiere of Jon Favreau’s film on March 7.
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NewsSXSW announces daily keynotes
Filmmakers Lena Dunham, Jason Blum and Casey Neistat will deliver daily keynote addresses at SXSW 2014.
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NewsScreen Media gets Awful Nice
The distributor has acquired US rights to Todd Sklar’s comedy and has earmarked a spring 2014 theatrical and VOD release preceded by a nationwide college tour of event screenings and interactive parties through Sklar’s Range Life.
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NewsMemento takes on sales of SXSW hit Short Term 12
EXCLUSIVE: Destin Cretton’s award-winning picture stars Brie Larson as a care-worker in a foster care facility.
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NewsKFD acquires Hip Hop Hoax
Jeanie Finlay’s documentary picked up worldwide, excluding UK/Ireland, by London-based sales and distribution company.
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NewsCinedigm acquires Short Term 12
Cinedigm has picked up all North American and Latin American rights to Destin Daniel Cretton’s SXSW hit.
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NewsO-Scope acquires 12 O’Clock Boys
The recent SXSW premiere will next screen at the Hot Docs and Full Frame documentary festivals before Oscilloscope Laboratories takes it to additional festivals prior to theatrical, DVD and digital release.