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NewsSony closes European offices due to coronavirus fears
No cases detected but European sites keep doors shut this week as a precaution.
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NewsLevelK moves into financing and boards animation ‘#nofilter’ (exclusive)
LevelK is not only planning to back films with MGs but also to offer finance from private investors, financiers and hedge funds.
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NewsBerlin winner Mohammad Rasoulof summoned to prison in Iran
wRasoulof was unable to travel to Berlin because of a travel ban.
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NewsPicturehouse Entertainment picks up Berlin Panorama thriller ‘Wildland’ for UK (exclusive)
Jeanette Nordahl’s feature debut is a female-driven crime drama.
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NewsRed Sea International Film Festival postponed over coronavirus fears
Saudi festival was scheduled to launch in Jeddah next week.
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News'The Trip To Greece', Sean Penn Haiti documentary to premiere at Tribeca 2020
Jimmy Carter Rock & Roll President to open festival as previously announced.
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NewsEdgar Wright calls for more industry professionals to see films with a paying audience
Wright also called on advertisers to shorten the commercials shown in advance of movies in British cinemas.
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NewsItalian box office falls 75% year-on-year following coronavirus outbreak
Distributors rapidly shuffling release schedules with some films even coming forward.
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NewsTrue Colours closes deals on ‘A Bookshop in Paris’, ‘Superheroes’ (exclusive)
Sales also secured on ‘The Goddess Of Fortune’, ‘Once Upon A Time… In Bethlehem’ and more.
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NewsFemale distribution specialists discuss creating diverse teams, making smart deals at Glasgow panel
Nine of Birds Eye View’s Future Leaders in Distribution cohort took part in the conversation.
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NewsUK industry mourns former Disney marketing supremo Robert Mitchell who has died aged 56
Mitchell also worked at Palace Pictures, Warner Bros and Intandem Films.
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NewsDisney+ teams up with Sky for the UK and Ireland
It will be available to Sky Q customers at the same time as the UK launch of Disney+ on 24 March.
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NewsDoha Film Institute cancels Qumra over coronavirus concerns
Sixth edition was due to run March 20-25.
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NewsFinecut seals further deals on Hong Sangsoo’s Berlin Silver Bear winner 'The Woman Who Ran'
Following a US deal, The Woman Who Ran has also gone to France, Portugal, Spain and several other territories.
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NewsHollywood monitoring coronavirus as industry speculates on global cost
Facebook and Twitter to skip SXSW later this month.
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NewsWarner Bros hires senior EMEA distribution executive
Christopher Nolan’s Tenet, Wonder Woman 1984 coming up for studio in 2020.
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NewsThessaloniki Documentary Festival postponed due to coronavirus
The event was due to take place on March 5-15.
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NewsBerlin Silver Bear winner ‘The Woman Who Ran’ finds US distributor
Acquisition marks seventh time company and director will have worked together.
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News’Wildland’ writer plots ‘Moths’ series with NBCU, UK-based Buccaneer
Danish screenwriter Ingeborg Topsøe is in Los Angeles this week to meet with other potential partners.
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NewsUK investors launch £500m UK studio fund, acquire Twickenham Studios
TV and advertising executives Piers Read and Jeremy Rainbird are heading up the fund.