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NewsDanny DeVito to accept Michael Douglas' award in Zurich
Zurich Film Festival’s Golden Icon Award for 2010 will be given to Michael Douglas.
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This week’s hot projects on Screenbase
Italian film Manual For Love 3, French-Belgian-Swiss co-production Last Winter and a German-produced adaption of Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer feature on screenbase this week.
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NewsFelipe Cazals’ Chicogrande to open San Sebastian
The San Sebastian film festival has announced four more titles for its official selection, including the international premiere of Felipe Cazals’ Mexican drama Chicogrande, which will open the festival.
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NewsEllen Burstyn, Marcia Gay Harden start shooting with Faenza in New York
Italian director Roberto Faenza has started principal photography for his English-language feature One Day This Pain Will Be Useful To You, adapted from the Peter Cameron novel.
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NewsMurali Thalluri relaunches Australia's M2 Entertainment
Murali K Thalluri, the director/producer of Australian teen drama 2:37, is re-establishing his company M2 Entertainment (M2E) as a production and financing outfit.
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NewsAlmodovar adds leading Spanish actors to cast for The Skin I Live In
Almodovar’s $13m thriller starts shooting Monday for El Deseo.
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NewsTomson Group launches Hong Kong distribution outfit
Veteran producer-turned-property developer Hsu Feng is making a return to the film business by establishing a Hong Kong-based company, Tomson International Entertainment Distribution, which will initially focus on theatrical distribution.
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Japan offers financial support to visiting productions to boost tourism
The Japan Tourism Agency (JTA) has announced plans to offer financial and logistical support to selected foreign film and TV productions in an effort to boost overseas visitors to the territory.
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NewsIndian Film Festival of London to open with Peepli Live
The inaugural Indian Film Festival of London will open at Riverside Studios in Hammersmith on Aug 25 with the UK premiere of Peepli Live, a comic satire about suicide in an Indian farming village.
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NewsTwickenham Studios Theatre gets Dolby award
London’s Twickenham Studios has refurbished and upgraded its Richard Attenborough Theatre.
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NewsStrand to release Berlin Panorama hit Red Hill in November
Strand Releasing will distribute Patrick Hughes’ Australian thriller Red Hill in partnership with Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group (SPWAG), which originally picked up all US rights in Berlin.
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Articuls options Bryson memoir and A Dirty Job
Los Angeles-based Articulus Entertainment has optioned the rights to the bestsellers A Dirty Job from Christopher Moore and The Life And Times Of The Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson.
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Academy announces scientific and technical achievement longlist
The scientific and technical awards committee of the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences has selected 15 scientific and technical achievements for further awards consideration.
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NewsExpendables holds on to pole position with $17m
The Expendables held on to its number one berth over a quiet weekend that brought plenty of new blood but nothing to threaten Sylvester Stallone and his cohorts.
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Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton join Alcon's Joyful Noise
Warner Bros-based Alcon Entertainment will finance and produce the musically driven feature Joyful Noise starring Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton.
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UK veteran James Lee proposes creation of Government-backed film distributor
Ex-UK Film Council Board member and former Chairman of Scottish Screen James Lee has called for the creation of a State-backed “British National Distribution Company.”
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NewsGerman writer/director Christoph Schlingensief dies at 49
Christoph Schlingensief, the “enfant terrible“ of the German theatre and film scene, has lost his battle against lung cancer at the age of 49 on Aug 21.
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NewsLevelK comes on board for Say Nothing starring Joel Edgerton
Denmark’s LevelK has acquired international sales rights to Australian drama/mystery Say Nothing.
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NewsSugarman starts Wales shoot for punk comedy Vinyl
Shooting has begun in North Wales on Vinyl, a punk rock comedy starring Brit actors Phil Daniels, Keith Allen and Perry Benson.