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Cinereach names 2010 Reach Film Fellows
Cinereach has announced the names of the 2010 Reach Film Fellows and their mentors, launching the third year of the programme designed to nurture socially conscious film-makers.
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NewsIceland submits Reykjavik-Rotterdam for Oscar race
Iceland has chosen Oskar Jonasson’s Reykjavik-Rotterdam as its foreign-language Oscar submission this year.
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NewsWinston-Salem's RiverRun to expand to 11 days in 2010 edition
Organisers at the Winston-Salem-based RiverRun International Film Festival are expanding the 2010 event to run for 11 days from April 15-25.
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NewsSony reports record global advance ticket sales on This Is It
Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sony Music Entertainment executives claim the Michael Jackson tribute film This Is It has set a string of advance ticket sale records around the world.
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NewsFox, STAR, Huayi Brothers line up China rom-com Hot Summer Days
Fox International Productions (FIP), Star Television Asia Limited (STAR) and China’s Huayi Brothers Media are collaborating on the Chinese romantic comedy Hot Summer Days starring Hong Kong idol Jacky Cheung.
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NewsFocus starts production in Italy on Clooney thriller The American
Filming got underway in Italy this week on Focus Features’ thriller The American starring George Clooney.
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NewsUp In The Air, The Young Victoria, Ajami join Hamptons line-up
Jason Reitman’s comedy Up In The Air starring George Clooney and Jean-Marc Vallee’s period drama The Young Victoria with Emily Blunt have been added to the Hamptons International Film Festival line-up.
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NewsGFI announces six summer grant cycle recipients
The Global Film Initiative (GFI) has announced the six recipients of its summer granting cycle, selected from a pool of 71 applications from 32 countries.
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NewsThierry Fremaux enlists Harvey Weinstein in Polanski petition
Harvey Weinstein has leant his support to a move by the French film-making community to petition against the possible US extradition of Roman Polanski following the Oscar winning director’s arrest in Zurich late on Saturday.
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NewsCloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs stays top for Sony on $24.6m
Sony’s Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs held on to the number one spot thanks to an estimated $24.6m haul in an otherwise subdued weekend that raised the animated film’s ten-day tally to $60m.
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NewsCity Of Life And Death takes San Sebastian's Golden Shell
Lu Chuan’s harrowing drama City Of Life And Death was the surprise winner as San Sebastian came to a close on Saturday, claiming the Golden Shell and shutting out Spanish-language productions including The Secret In Their Eyes and Dancer And The Thief.
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CineVegas cancels 2010 event due to poor economy
The CineVegas Film Festival has cancelled its 2010 edition due to the impact of the economic downturn, festival president Robin Greenspun and artistic director Trevor Groth announced.
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NewsDolan's Mother takes Golden Puffin in Reykjavik
Milos Forman receives Lifetime Achievement Award; other winners include Together from Norway and The Girl from Sweden.
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NewsRioMarket 2009 kicks off with 30% year-on-year rise in participants
More than 300 companies are expected to attend RioMarket 2009, which opened on September 25 and continues until October 6.
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NewsChow Yun Fat to star in Zip Film's Dancing With Strangers
Barcelona based producers Zip Films are set to make the $15m Dancing With Strangers, which will be a co-production with the US, Germany and China and is set to star Chow Yun Fat.
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NewsDisney unleashes Surrogates in nine key markets
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International (WDSMPI) launches sci-fi thriller Surrogates day-and-date with North American in nine territories this weekend.
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NewsNewmarket takes US rights to Toronto opener Creation
Newmarket Films has acquired US rights to Jon Amiel’s Creation, following its world premiere as the opening night gala at Toronto.
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NewsToday's Special to open Mahindra IAAC Film Festival
David Kaplan’s comedy Today’s Special and Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury’s romance Antaheen – The Endless Wait bookend the Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council (MIAAC) Film Festival.
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NewsSAG votes in Ken Howard as president, Amy Aquino secretary-treasurer
Ken Howard has been elected president of the Screen Actors Guild and Amy Aquino will serve as secretary-treasurer. Both will serve two-year terms starting on September 25.
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NewsBroken Embraces to open 13th LA Latino Int'l Film Festival
Pedro Almodovar’s Broken Embraces will kick off the 13th Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF) on October 11.