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NewsAFI DOCS honours An Honest Liar
Justin Weinstein and Tyler Measom’s film earned the festival’s audience award for best feature at the weekend.
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NewsBreakthrough strikes European deal on Cas & Dylan
Toronto’s Breakthrough Entertainment has licensed the caper film Cas & Dylan starring Richard Dreyfuss to HBO Europe.
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NewsJoanna, 90 Days triumph at PS Shortfest
Yatao Li’s Chinese entry Carry On won the Best Of Festival Award, while Aneta Kopacz’s Joanna from Poland prevailed in the Greater Palm Springs Convention & Visitors Bureau Grand Jury Award.
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NewsOne Chance among PIFF winners
Top brass at the Provincetown International Film Festival (PIFF) have announced the award winners of this year’s festival.
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NewsTribeca Film takes Listen Up Philip
Alex Ross Perry’s dark comedy premiered at Sundance earlier this year.Tribeca Film acquired rights from Cinetic Media and has set an October 17 theatrical release followed by VOD on October 21.Jason Schwartzman, Elisabeth Moss, Jonathan Pryce and Krysten Ritter star in the story of an anxious author awaiting the publication ...
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NewsOriental Companion, Zed team on Game Fever
Behind-the-scenes e-sports cross-media project follows pro-games stars such as sOs, Li “Sky” Xiofeng and Sophistie.
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NewsItaly’s Notorious Pictures debuts on AIM
EXCLUSIVE: Company’s increased acquisition drive includes post Cannes purchase of boxing drama Bleed For This.
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NewsFault in Our Stars tops UK BO
Fox’s adaptation posts $5.8m (£3.4m) debut, including previews, to dethrone 22 Jump Street; Warner Bros’ Jersey Boys is off-key with $706,000 (£415,000) bow.
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NewsAlexandre Desplat to head Venice jury
Award-winning composer will chair a jury that will award the Golden Lion for best feature at the 71st Venice Film Festival.
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NewsCreative England doubles production pot to £1m
Individual awards will increase to a maximum of £200,000 per project.
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NewsPatrick Cassavetti boards Lenin?!
EXCLUSIVE: Veteran UK producer Patrick Cassavetti has boarded Marat Alykulov’s black comedy Lenin?!.
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NewsFosun to invest in Robinov’s Studio 8
China’s Fosun International has announced in a filing to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange that it plans to invest in former Warner Bros Pictures chief Jeff Robinov’s new venture Studio 8.
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NewsRefreshed London Screenings launches
London’s biggest film export event returns with a new name and strong selection of upcoming titles.
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NewsRunarsson to shoot Icelandic fjords drama
EXCLUSIVE: Runar Runarsson, the director of Cannes Directors’ Fortnight 2011 selection Volcano, will start shooting his second feature in Iceland on July 14.
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NewsFilm4 edges closer to new boss
Broadcaster expected to decide on new Film4 head in July, Screen looks at some likely candidates.
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NewsMaleficent rules int’l on $48m
UPDATED JUNE 23: Powered by a number one Chinese debut, Disney’s fantasy tale came in higher than estimates on $47.9m to edge out DreamWorks Animation’s How To Train Your Dragon 2 on $43.2m, according to weekend estimates.
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NewsLittle England wins best film in Shanghai
Greek period drama Little England was awarded three major prizes, including best film, at the Golden Goblet Awards of this year’s Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF, June 14-22).
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NewsMan Too edges out Street on $30m
Screen Gems’ comedy Think Like A Man Too opened on $30m to finish approximately $1m ahead of Sony stablemate 22 Jump Street, which powered past $100m in its second weekend.