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NewsCarlos added to Cannes line-up
Olivier Assayas’ biography of famed terrorist Ilich Ramierez Sanchez will feature out of competition.
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NewsThessaloniki to feature Weerasethakul restrospective
The Greek festival will focus on the Thai director’s work, which includes this year’s Cannes competition film Uncle Boonmee
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Features
The specialised space race
The UK’s specialist distributors are competing to secure screens for their arthouse and foreign-language fare in a squeezed exhibition sector. Geoffrey Macnab reports.
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NewsCannes unveils Critics Week selection
Seven films from first time directors will compete in main selection; Michel Leclerc’s The Names Of Love, starring Jacques Gamblin, named as opening film.
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NewsDear John clashes with Titans at top of the UK box office
Paramount Pictures International’s Dear John earned itself a number one debut in the UK, denying Warner Bros’ Clash Of The Titans a third week at the top.
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NewsIFC falls for French hit Heartbreaker in US
IFC Films has acquired US rights to Pascal Chaumeil’s French hit Heartbreaker (L’Arnacoeur) ahead of its North American premiere at COLCOA in Los Angeles tonight [19].
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Summit acquires iconic Men Are From Mars relationship franchise
Summit Entertainment has acquired worldwide film and television rights to the entire franchise based on communication expert John Gray’s book series Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus.
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NewsParamount switches Iron Man 2 world premiere to LA to avoid travel mayhem
Paramount has moved the world premiere of Iron Man 2 from London to Los Angeles after the spread of volcanic ash from Iceland shut down most airports across northern Europe.
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NewsGravitas Ventures takes North American VOD rights to The Lottery
Ambitious VOD distributor Gravitas Ventures has acquired all North American VOD rights to Madeleine Sackler’s documentary The Lottery.
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NewsFord's IM Global looks to future with trio of key hires
Stuart Ford is expanding his ambitious LA and London-based sales company IM Global with three highly regarded additions to the executive suite and a new world cinema division set to be unveiled in Cannes.
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NewsAlex Walton joins Exclusive as president of international sales
Alex Walton has joined Exclusive Film Distribution as president of international sales and distribution, effective May 1.
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NewsStephan Elliott to direct Arclight sales title A Few Best Men
Stephan Elliott (Easy Virtue, The Adventures Of Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert) is getting ready to direct the comedy A Few Best Men back home in Australia, working with the producing and writing team behind Death At A Funeral.
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Maui shoot underway on comedy Get A Job!
Principal photography is underway on the comedy Get A Job! by Brian Kohne and produced by Stefan Schaefer.
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NewsCannes Directors Fortnight line-up announced
Familiar names making the fortnight grade include Christoffer Boe and Louis Garrel
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NewsVolcano casts cloud on Linz’s Crossing Europe
The seventh edition of the festival will be affected by the travel chaos
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NewsBritish public invited to vote for National Movie Awards
Categories include most anticipated movie of the summer and best family movie.
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NewsEFP selects candidates for Producers On The Move in Cannes
The line-up includes Son Of Babylon producer Isabelle Stead and Lauranne Bourrachot, who produced A Prophet.
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NewsVerve strikes UK deal for The Arbor; Wavelength takes on international sales
Clio Barnard’s film is a fiction-documentary hybrid which will have its world premiere on April 25 at Tribeca.
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NewsIMAX extends venture with Tokyu for five new systems in Japan
IMAX has struck a deal for five new locations in Japan.
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