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NewsMaze Runner adds $29m int'l
SEPTEMBER 29 UPDATE: The Maze Runner used a confirmed $28.8m haul from 62 markets to strengthen its grip on the international crown and repel a solid launch by Sony’s The Equalizer.
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NewsIda wins Helsinki audience award
Helsinki International Film Festival scores new audience record.
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News'71 wins top Athens award
Other winners included Norwegian drama Blind, Danish horror When Animals Dream and Nick Cave doc 20,000 Days On Earth.
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NewsSan Sebastian crowns Magical Girl
Carlos Vermut’s Spanish drama wins best film and best director; Dennis Lehane wins best screenplay for The Drop.
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NewsSundance Selects takes Free The Nipple
The distributor has acquired North American rights to the politically charged drama from Disruptive Films and Emotion Pictures.
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NewsZurich launch pad for Swiss films
Eleven Swiss films and five Swiss co-productions will screen during the 10th Zurich Film Festival (Sept 25-Oct 5).
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NewsDirector on Swiss Oscar hopeful The Circle
Award-winning Swiss director Stefan Haupt may have to make room in his trophy cabinet with his latest film The Circle (Der Kreis).
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NewsYalom's Cure taken across Europe
Swiss feature doc Yalom’s Cure, which premiered at the Locarno Festival in August, has been snapped up by a number of European distributors.
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NewsShamberg: “Anyone with a laptop is their own movie studio”
Pulp Fiction exec and BuzzFeed consultant hails digital opportunities for filmmakers.
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NewsAntonio Banderas to star in Altamira
EXCLUSIVE: Spain shoot for period drama from Chariots of Fire director Hugh Hudson.
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NewsZach Braff “shocked” by Kickstarter backlash
Actor-director says he won’t return to crowdfunding to finance his films.
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NewsSwedish producers head to New York
A group of producers and entertainment executives is heading to New York for a series of talks and one-on-one networking sessions over October 6-8.
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NewsCold Deck casts up
Paul Sorvino, Robert Knepper and Stéfano Gallo have been cast in Cold Deck ahead of the scheduled September 30 start in Toronto.
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NewsDuncan Cork joins NeonGrid
The founder and former CEO of Slated has joined the Los Angeles-based social tagging platform as head of product.
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NewsBille August’s Silent Heart beats globally
After playing in San Sebastian, the family drama sells across Europe and Asia-Pacific.
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NewsSoda Pictures acquire Fatih Akin's The Cut
Historical drama stars Tahar Rahim and debuted at Venice.
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NewsNicolas Cage's Outcast pulled from China release
EXCLUSIVE: Arclight Films’ period action film Outcast, starring Nicolas Cage, was pulled from Chinese theatrical release last night, just hours before its midnight previews.
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NewsGuy Pearce, Dominic West join Genius
Cast already includes Colin Firth, Jude Law, Nicole Kidman and Laura Linney.
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NewsConcrete Night wins at Finnish Film Week
Finnish Oscar submission Concrete Night won Director of the Year for Pirjo Honkasalo and Producers of the Year for Mark Lwoff-Misha Jaaari at Helsinki’s Finnish Film Week.
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NewsEvent Cinema Awards nominations revealed
Nominations include Monty Python Live (Mostly), NT Live’s War Horse and concert broadcasts from Muse and Robbie Williams.