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News'San Andreas' shakes on $98m
JUNE 8 UPDATE: San Andreas stayed atop the international charts thanks to a confirmed $97.7m haul from approximately 24,015 screens in 68 markets.
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News'Spy' tops North America on $29m
JUNE 8 UPDATE: A confirmed $29.1m debut for Fox’s Melissa McCarthy action comedy was enough to consign San Andreas to second place as Entourage failed to ignite in fourth place.
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News‘The Dark Horse’ triumphs in Seattle
James Napier Robertson’s acclaimed New Zealand drama picked up a couple of honours as the 2015 Seattle International Film Festival came to a close.
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NewsSheffield Doc/Fest set for record numbers
UK documentary festival opened with Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Look Of Silence.
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NewsWhicker's foundation launches $150,000 awards at Doc/Fest
New awards to support UK documentaries.
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NewsEdinburgh chair Bob Last quits ahead of film festival
Move comes less than two weeks before the start of the festival.
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NewsActor Richard Johnson dies aged 87
British star was known for performances in The Haunting and Tomb Raider among others.
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NewsAlchemy votes for 'The Runner'
Alchemy has acquired the political drama starring Nicolas Cage, while in a separate deal BBC Worldwide North America will present the theatrical premiere of We Come As Friends.
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NewsWolfe snaps up ‘All About E’
EXCLUSIVE: Wolfe Releasing has acquired North American rights to the Australian lesbian crime caper that will screen at Frameline and Outfest this summer.
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NewsStrand Releasing acquires ‘Mala Mala’
The distributor has picked up North American rights to the documentary by Antonio Santini and Dan Sickles.
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NewsS Korea's NEW holds film release over Mers outbreak
In South Korea where concerns over the spread of Middle East respiratory syndrome (Mers) have been heightening, distributor Next Entertainment World (NEW) has postponed the release of Northern Limit Line (aka Battle of Yeonpyeong).
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NewsCannes chief slams impact of social networks on festival
More to film reviewing than a 140-character tweet, says Thierry Frémaux.
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News‘Jurassic World’ beats ‘San Andreas’ in social media buzz
The dinosaur sequel topped the disaster movie ahead of its UK release next weekend.
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NewsTzoumerkas, Csaszi among new Nipkow intake
EXCLUSIVE: Greece’s Syllas Tzoumerkas and Hungary’s Adam Csaszi are among 13 international filmmakers selected to each spend three months in Berlin as part of the Nipkow Programme residency.
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NewsKaren Gillan on Edinburgh Film Fest jury
Edinburgh International Film Festival unveils juries and guests for 2015 edition.
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NewsAwesomeness TV eyes theatrical
EXCLUSIVE: The online network and content creator is exploring theatrical distribution avenues as it builds an ambitious film business following the stunning social success last year of Expelled.
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NewsToronto Film Fest switches Telluride stance
Top brass at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) will return to their prior policy of allowing films that receive their world premiere in Telluride to screen in the opening weekend in Canada – with one big string attached.
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NewsSKE to produce Alice + Freda Forever
Sidney Kimmel Entertainment (SKE) has acquired rights to the non-fiction book and has set Jennifer Kent to direct following wide acclaim for her Australian horror hit The Babadook.
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NewsFilm underserves teens, conference told
STREAM MARKET: The president of Awesomeness TV identified a section of the Millennial demographic as woefully underserved during a panel at the two-day digital conference on Thursday.
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NewsOpen Road acquires ‘A Willing Patriot’
The distributor has picked up US rights to the Liam Neeson thriller from Marc Butan’s fledgling MadRiver Pictures, Film 360, Hollywood Gang and Jason Keller.