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NewsScreen Awards entry deadline extended until July 31
The Screen Awards, returning for its sixth year in 2015, has extended the deadline for entries until July 31.
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NewsCargo Film & Releasing boards Tony Vaccaro doc
New York-based sales company Cargo Film & Releasing has acquired worldwide rights to the upcoming documentary.
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NewsAsif Kapadia, Jia Zhangke among TIFF industry guests
The Toronto International Film Festival’s industry office announced on Tuesday the first raft of participants confirmed to attend the seven-day conference.
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NewsGerry Lopez to step down as AMC CEO
In a sudden move, the president and CEO of the second largest exhibitor in the US is to depart the company on August 6 “to pursue another opportunity.”
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NewsRoadside Attractions sets 'Stonewall' date
The drama about the 1969 Stonewall riots will open on September 25. Separately, Sundance Selects has acquired A Ballerina’s Tale and Gravitas Ventures has picked up Unbranded.
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NewsChristina Lazaridi joins ttff industry team
Top brass at the 2015 trinidad+tobago film festival (ttff) announced on Tuesday that the Oscar-nominated short film writer will serve as facilitator for this year’s RBC Focus: Filmmakers’ Immersion in September.
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NewsTeri Everett to head Uni corporate comms
The executive will start work as evp of global communications for Universal Filmed Entertainment on August 17 and replaces outgoing Kori Bernards, who is leaving after seven years.
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News‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ breaks records in India and overseas
Bollywood film clocks biggest overseas-grossing weekend for a Salman Khan film.
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NewsBob & Co join Film London on Microwave International
The UK firm will raise around $310,000 (£200,000) in UK production finance for Microwave International: Shakespeare India; projects, teams, mentors announced.
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NewsNemes, Tsangari, Tanovic among Sarajevo competition
Debut features dominate this year’s competition lineup; Radu Jude, Radu Muntean among In Focus lineup.
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NewsSkolimowski, Bajon in Gdynia competition
New films by Jerzy Skolimowski, Filip Bajon and Marcin Wrona are among selected titles.
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News'Monster Hunt' rules China box office
CHINA BOX OFFICE: Edko Films’ 3D adventure Monster Hunt broke a string of box office records on its opening weekend in China, according to EntGroup figures, grossing $107.58m in four days.
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NewsTyler Perry joins ‘Brain On Fire’
The multi-hyphenate joins Chloë Grace Moretz and Carrie-Anne Moss on the Broad Green, Denver & Delilah and Foundation Features adaptation. Separately, Clea DuVall lines up a directorial debut and Olympian Kerri Walsh Jennings is the subject of a documentary.
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NewsARC Entertainment acquires 'Molly Moon'
The North American rights deal has cued up an August 14 release on VOD and in select theatres for Christopher N Rowley’s adaptation.
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NewsBron Studios launches The Realm
Garrick Dion will head the new label focused on director-driven films across multiple genres, managing director Aaron L Gilbert of the British Columbia-based Bron announced on Monday.
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NewsProducers tee up Moe Norman golf biopic
EXCLUSIVE: David Carver Films and Scott Duncan are developing a feature based on the life of the man whom they claim was one of the most misunderstood golfers in history.
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NewsRosamund Pike joins 'High Wire Act'
The Oscar-nominated star of Gone Girl joins Jon Hamm on Radar Pictures’ political action-thriller that Good Universe represents internationally.
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News'Wild Tales' dominates Platino Awards
Damian Szifrón’s Wild Tales swept the 2nd Platino awards, launched to boost Spanish and Latin-American cinema.
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News'Taxi', 'Tikkun', 'The Lobster' make Sarajevo Kinoscope cut
Non-competitive sidebar features 19 films; Brillante Mendoza tribute on festival slate.
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News'Ant-Man' leads UK box office with $6.2m debut
Universal becomes first distributor to have four films hit the £30m mark in a calendar year as Minions reaches $50.3m (£32.3m).