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News'The Revenant' storms ahead in US on $16m
Fox/New Regency’s revenge drama reached to the top of the North American charts in its fifth weekend as Winter Storm Jonas ravaged the East Coast and according to some estimates knocked off 10% of potential overall earnings.
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News'The Big Short' wins PGA Award
Paramount’s financial crisis ensemble drama vaulted to the top of the Oscar best picture race following Saturday night’s Darryl F. Zanuck Award best picture triumph at the 27th annual Producers Guild Of America awards.
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NewsSundance director lambasts Chilean film support
EXCLUSIVE: Alejandro Fernández Almendras, whose Much Ado About Nothing plays in the World Cinema Dramatic section on Monday, said he feels he has no choice but to leave Chile to pursue his career “as a matter of survival.”
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NewsSundance: SPC takes world on Frank Zappa doc
UPDATE: Eat That Question – Frank Zappa In His Own Words has gone to the Sony fold in a sub-$1m worldwide deal with Submarine excluding France and Germany ahead of Monday’s world premiere.
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NewsUS Briefs: Daisy Ridley joins 'The Eagle Huntress' as EP
Plus: Lisandro Alonso’s Argentinean film Jauja wins at Cinema Tropical; Dell, Adrien Grenier launch short film contest; and more…
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NewsAcademy introduces diversity changes
In a unanimous vote, the Academy’s board of governors have approved what it called “substantive changes” designed to make the Academy’s membership, its governing bodies and voters “significantly more diverse”.
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NewsAmuse Group USA plans LA Japan showcase
The inaugural J-Creation: A First Look Showcase will take place on March 3 at the London Hotel in West Hollywood.
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News‘The Night Manager’ in 2016 Berlin TV strand
Six series from Denmark, Britain, Israel, Australia and the US populate the line-up.
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News'The Revenant' tops buzz chart for second week running
New openers Ride Along 2 and The Big Short fail to dethrone last week’s top titles.
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NewsSundance: Brainstorm Media sparks to 'Resilience'
The distributor has acquired North American rights to the documentary by Robert Redford’s son James Redford, set to debut today in the Documentary Premieres strand.
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NewsSundance: Mongrel International boards 'Little Men'
Charlotte Mickie and her team have taken international sales rights on Ira Sachs’s Sundance Premieres selection that debuts in Park City on Monday.
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News'The Diary Of Anne Frank', Bahman Ghobadi title join Berlin strand
Bahman Ghobadi’s Life On The Border, Hans Steinbichler’s The Diary Of Anne Frank join Generation special screenings.
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NewsTrieste forum hosts Grozeva/Valchanov, Ribeiro, Giurgiu projects
When East Meets West (WEMW) co-production forum received record number of submissions.
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NewsSwedish box office up 10% in 2015
Total box office hit $210m in 2015, but the market share of local films dropped 5.2%.
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NewsJapanese animation 'Gamba' gets US, international sales deals
EXCLUSIVE: Shirogumi production execed by Marvel Studios founder Avi Arad lands partners.
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NewsBAFTA canvasses diversity in UK membership
BAFTA seeks greater insight into membership make-up as #Oscarssowhite furore builds.
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NewsBuyers circle hot 'Manchester'
Kenneth Lonergan’s triumphant return to Park City after his 2000 grand jury prizewinner You Can Count On Me has triggered talk of possible awards recognition following Saturday’s world premiere.
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NewsBerlin completes Panorama programme
Films include Shepherds and Butchers with Steve Coogan; Don’t Call Me Son from Anna Muylaert; and a documentary about a director and actress who were kidnapped by Kim Jong-il.
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NewsReport: 'Game Of Thrones' trumps demand for Netflix originals
EXCLUSIVE: Demand for HBO fantasy drama Game Of Thrones exceeded that for any original Netflix original series last December in three-quarters of 53 sample countries, according to research firm Parrot Analytics.
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NewsComedies are France’s most popular film export, UniFrance
French comedies generated 326.5 million entries internationally from 1994 to 2014.