All News articles – Page 2452
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NewsFilm Independent unveils Spirit grants
The organisation’s top brass announced on January 11 the recipients of the three Spirit Awards filmmaker grants at the annual Spirit Awards Nominee Brunch in Los Angeles.
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NewsDoha postpones first Qumra festival
The Doha Film Institute is cancelling the March 2014 edition of its first Qumra Doha Film Festival.
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NewsPowley to star in Diary
Caviar and Cold Iron Pictures will finance and produce the coming-of-age feature The Diary Of A Teenage Girl starring Bel Powley, Kristen Wiig and Alexander Skarsgard.
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NewsDistribution: Stray Dogs finds a home
The Cinema Guild has acquired US rights from Urban Distribution International to Tsai Ming Liang’s Venice grand jury prize-winner Stray Dogs
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NewsO-Scope to feast on Banquet
Oscilloscope has taken world rights to Wayne Wang’s documentary Soul Of A Banquet following a work-in-progress benefit screening in 2013 at the San Francisco Film Society.
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NewsGravity, Slave earn ACE nods
The American Cinema Editors (ACE) unveiled their nominees on January 10 ahead of the 64th annual ACE Eddie Awards show on February 7 in Los Angeles.
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NewsProduction begins on Marigold 2
Shooting is underway in India on The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 2, Fox Searchlight’s first ever sequel and follow-up to the 2012 $135m global hit.
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NewsGere, Straithairn, Greig join Marigold 2
Production starts in India on The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 2.
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NewsSlamdance to honour Nolan
The Slamdance Film Festival hierarchy announced that Christopher Nolan will receive the inaugural Slamdance Founder’s Award.
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NewsSlave, Wolf garner buzz ahead of UK launches
12 Years a Slave, Wolf of Wall Street, American Hustle stirring online buzz.
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NewsRotterdam unveils full Tiger competition
The International Film Festival Rotterdam has completed the lineup for its Hivos Tiger Awards Competition.
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NewsFack Ju Gohte leads 2013 German BO
Austria’s local hits led by documentary Alphabet; Local film boom in Switzerland.
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NewsBerlin selects co-pro projects
New films from Peter Webber, Pernille Fischer Christensen, Oliver Schmitz, Eran Kolirin.
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NewsSignature, Job Centre, UnLtd team on shorts trainee scheme
Scheme gives unemployed experience of working in film production, first film screens Monday.
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NewsBBC developing Steve McQueen drama
BBC, Rainmark Films developing “major drama” with 12 Years a Slave director Steve McQueen.
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NewsCineworld to buy eastern Europe rival
Cineworld set to buy about 100 multiplexes in eastern Europe, finalises new management team.
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NewsKokowaah 2 scores for WB in 2013
EXCLUSIVE: The Til Schweiger comedy led the way for Warner Bros as the studio’s local-language pipeline generated approximately $270m in the calendar year.
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NewsChina Film set for management shuffle
State-owned giant China Film Group (CFG) is understood to be heading for major management changes, with La Peikang set to replace Han Sanping as chairman of the group.
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NewsSmaug, Frozen eye BO crown
Both The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug and Frozen grossed more than $50m last weekend and are locked in a battle for international supremacy.
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NewsStalingrad to get IMAX release
Colombia Pictures is bringing Fedor Bondarchuk’s Russian smash to the US and has struck a deal with IMAX for a one-week nationwide engagement starting on February 28.