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NewsKiarostami to lead Cannes short jury
Abbas Kiarostami is to head the Cinéfondation and Short Film Jury of the 67th Cannes Film Festival.
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NewsWeekend star wraps directorial debut
Chris New, one of the stars of the acclaimed Weekend, has just wrapped principal photography on his feature directorial debut A Smallholding.
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NewsJeff Robinov eyes Chinese financing
Former Warner Bros film chief Jeff Robinov is reportedly in talks with China’s Huayi Brothers Media Corp to secure financing for a new venture that will produce five films a year.
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NewsDirectors UK, BBC pilot women directors scheme
Organisations launch return-to-work training initiative for female TV directors.
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NewsGood Universe strikes Point Grey deal
Good Universe and Point Grey Pictures principals Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and James Weaver have formed an alliance to focus on producing and packaging mainstream comedy.
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NewsMonster takes shape for Bayona
River Road Entertainment, Participant Media, Lionsgate International and Focus Features will finance and distribute Apache’s upcoming fantasy from Juan Antonio Bayona.
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NewsLionsgate hears The Voices for US
The studio has picked up US rights to Marjane Satrapi’s Sundance world premiere.
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Fierson joins Anonymous Content
Anonymous Content has appointed Dave Fierson as head of business operations.
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NewsAmplify, Well Go find The Zero Theorem
The partners have picked up US rights to Terry Gilliam’s sci-fi starring Christoph Waltz.
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Founders launch The Participant Index
Participant Media and the USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center’s Media Impact Project (MIP) are building an algorithm to gauge the social impact of entertainment media on the audience.
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NewsCinemaCon honour for Kevin Costner
The star of the recent 3 Days To Kill and the upcoming Draft Day will receive the 2014 Cinema Icon Award in Las Vegas on March 27.
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NewsNoah Segal joins Elevation
The former co-president of eOne Films Canada and evp at Alliance Films is joining upstart Canadian distributor Elevation Pictures as co-president alongside Laurie May.
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NewsShout! Factory, Cinevox plot Brazilian Western release
Shout! Factory has signed a deal with California-based distributor Cinevox to release Brazilian Western (Faroeste Caboclo) in the US and Canada.
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NewsFocus dates Kill The Messenger
The Jeremy Renner dramatic thriller is set to open in the US on October 10. Sierra/Affinity handles international sales.
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NewsLMGA readies first awards show
Alexander Payne and Haskell Wexler and commercial location scout Scott Dewees will receive the Location Managers Guild Of America’s first honorary awards.
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NewsSOLD to open 12th annual IFFLA
Jeffrey D Brown’s child trafficking film will open the 12th Indian Film Festival Of Los Angeles (IFFLA), while Jasmine Jaisinghani has been appointed the festival’s first artistic director.
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NewsGalkin promoted at Warrior Poets
The New York-based production company co-founded by Morgan Spurlock and Jeremy Chilnick has promoted the longtime producer to partner.
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NewsJohn Colley joins ARRI Lighting Rental
Colley named general manager following retirement of the supplier’s managing director.