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NewsKorean filmmakers join Sewol protest
More than 1,000 Korean filmmakers and actors, including Park Chan-wook, Kim Ki-duk and Park Hae-il, have joined a declaration at Busan urging for legislation to ensure an independent special investigation into the Sewol ferry disaster.
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NewsAFA celebrates 10th anniversary
Busan’s initiative to nurture new film talent, the Asian Film Academy (AFA), is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year with homecoming alumni and special screenings and events.
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NewsBIFF distribution arm builds debut slate
EXCLUSIVE: BIFF’s distribution arm CAC (Center of Asia Contents) Entertainment has started picking up titles to launch distribution in Korea in step with BIFF’s 20th anniversary next year.
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NewsFilmSharks readies Hitler’s Steps
EXCLUSIVE: Guido Rud’s FilmSharks International has prevailed in a bidding war, acquiring feature rights to Abel Basti’s Latin American publishing sensation.
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NewsIFC acquires October Gale
IFC Films has snapped up US rights to Ruba Nadda’s recent Toronto world premiere from Blue Ice Pictures starring Patricia Clarkson. Separately, Starz Digital Media has announced release plans for Bad Turn Worse.
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NewsUPHE establishes LA hub
Universal Pictures is setting up a new global home entertainment division headquarters in Los Angeles.
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NewsAcademy announces Nicholl Fellows
Three individual writers and one writing team have been selected as winners of the 2014 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting competition.
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NewsAnthony Marcoly out at Paramount
The president of Paramount Pictures International is leaving the studio in light of a shake-up to integrate international marketing and distribution.
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NewsGoogle, Paramount unveil Interstellar pact
The multi-platform partnership will feature initiatives delivered across Google platforms, including Google for Education, Google+, Google Play and YouTube.
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NewsFocus, Laika sign three-film deal
As The Boxtrolls enters it second weekend in release, Focus Features and Laika announced they have extended their collaboration.
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NewsBirdman to close Leeds Film Festival
The film starring Michael Keaton to receive a simultaneous UK premiere with the Brighton Film Festival.
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NewsTIFF entry Miss Julie seduces Wrekin Hill
Chris Ball and his team have acquired US rights to Liv Ullmann’s recent Toronto world premiere starring Jessica Chastain, Colin Farrell and Samantha Morton.
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NewsAiden Gillen sci-fi readies premiere
Film from BAFTA-winning director Tomek Baginski to premiere as part of the BFI’s Sci-Fi season.
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NewsAFI to honour Steve Martin
The comedian and entertainer will collect the 43rd AFI Life Achievement Award at a gala tribute in Los Angeles on June 4, 2015.
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NewsFrightFest all-nighter titles revealed
The ABCs of Death 2 and the world premiere of Last Shift included in Halloween All-Nighter, which will return to the Prince Charles Cinema.
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NewsEqualizer trumps Gone Girl in social buzz
Denzel Washington’s action film outguns David Fincher’s mystery thriller – with the Maze Runner not far behind.
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NewsCamerimage to host Powell-Pressburger tribute
Cinematography festival to present retrospective on the innovative British film-making duo, attended by Oscar-winning editor Thelma Schoonmaker.
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NewsCTBF names John Brabourne winners
Nine recipients, including the editor of The Goob [pictured], to receive financial boost.
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NewsPernilla August's Serious Game reveals stars
Pernilla August and Lone Scherfig join forces on an adaptation of Hjalmar Söderberg’s 1912 novel.
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NewsBusan Film Festival opens in style
The 19th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) opened with a star-studded red carpet and a conciliatory anti-war undercurrent to proceedings, which included the world premiere of Doze Niu Chen-Zer’s Paradise In Service.