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NewsCanal Plus CEO calls for more French genre pictures
Amid Canal Plus shake-up, parent company Vivendi ups stake in video games companies Ubisoft and Gameloft.
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NewsViviane Reding: EU copyright reform will not touch territoriality
“Be reassured,” former European Commissioner tells French film industry.
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News'Alaska Is A Drag' wins in Wroclaw
Round-up of news from the sixth American Film Festival and US in Progress showcase.
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NewsChina, Netherlands sign film treaty
Qualifying co-productions to access financing possibilities in both countries; eligible Dutch films will be exempt from China’s quota on foreign films.
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NewsRome wrap: 'Angry Indian Goddesses' wins top prize
Streamlined Rome Film Fest sees inevitable drop in box office and attendance but puts on a good show; MIA launches with scope for content growth.
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NewsNorth Korea doc, Oscar hopefuls in Tallinn Black Nights competition
Line-up includes seven world premieres and Oscar submissions from the Netherlands, South Korea and Kazakhstan.
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NewsJohnny Harris, Ray Winstone, Paul Weller weigh into boxing drama
EXCLUSIVE: Paul Weller to score boxing drama with Independent, BBC Films, Barry McGuigan on board.
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News'Hotel Transylvania 2' retains UK lead
Fox’s The Martian and Suffragette record slim drops, as Paramount’s Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension is the week’s highest new entry with non-final $2.25m (£1.47m), including previews.
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News'A Childhood' among Chicago fest winners
Philippe Claudel’s A Childhood (France, pictured) took the Chicago International Film Festival’s international film competition Gold Hugo on Saturday night.
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News'The Martian' back on top in North America on $15.7m
OCTOBER 26 UPDATE: Fox’s adventure hit prospered while others misfired, reclaiming pole position on an confirmed $15.7m to boost the running total to $166.2m.
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News'The Martian' colonises int'l box office on $30m
OCTOBER 26 UPDATE: Active in 75 markets, Ridley Scott’s adventure hit dominated the Hollywood export arena at the weekend and surged past the $200m mark.
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NewsAFI FEST unveils VR showcase
Organisers at the Los Angeles festival announced on Friday details of the two-day State Of The Art – Innovation, Storytelling And Technology.
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NewsAFM: IM Global lines up 'In Sand And Blood'
EXCLUSIVE: International buyers will get their chance to bid on the $45m Russell Crowe adventure next month, which now has a February 2016 start date in Morocco and South Africa.
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NewsOscars: Academy receives 124 documentary submissions
Titles include Asif Kapadia’s Amy Winehouse documentary, Michael Moore’s Where To Invade Next and Matthew Heineman’s Cartel Land.
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News'The Clan' gets US release date
Fox International Productions and Twentieth Century Fox have set a theatrical release for Pablo Trapero’s Argentinian Oscar submission and local box office record-breaker.
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News'Invade' gets awards qualifying run
The unnamed “clandestine” distribution entity formed by ex-Radius chiefs Tom Quinn and Jason Janego with Tim League has announced a December release for Where To Invade Next.
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News‘Spectre’ smashes social buzz chart
Strong showings from Crimson Peak and Suffragette no match for Bond.
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NewsRewards doubled for cinema staff who disrupt illegal recordings
Incentive aimed at combatting piracy in UK cinemas during the release of Spectre, Star Wars and The Hunger Games.
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NewsZED strikes Kino Lorber catalogue deal
Distribution deal covers docs and select classics from Kino Lorber’s catalogue.
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NewsTIFFCOM highlights growing Asian ambition
Two seminars at this year’s TIFFCOM (October 20-22) in Tokyo touched on Asia’s ambition to make pan-regional or international movies without Hollywood’s help.