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NewsWGAW to honour Thomas S Cook
The late writer of The China Syndrome and an active member of the Guild will be posthumously awarded the 2014 Morgan Cox Award in recognition of his service.
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NewsPantelion, Indomina strike deal
Pantelion Films, the feted joint venture between Lionsgate and Mexico’s Grupo Televisa, has signed a multi-picture agreement with Dominican Republic-based Indomina Media to co-finance and distribute films.
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NewsDubai Film Connection hands out prizes
The Dubai Film Connection (DFC) handed out $115,000 in prize money on Thursday night, including the top three prizes of $25,000 which went to Ahmed Ibrahim’s Kharouf (Egypt), Leyla Bouzid’s God Protect My Daughter (Tunisia) and Ghada Terawi’s The Forgotten (Palestine).
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NewsGeorge MacKay among Shooting Stars
The star of How I Live Now and For Those In Peril will be feted at the Berlinale alongside stars of Waltz for Monica, Kon-Tiki and Beyond the Hills among others.
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NewsHanWay promotes Mark Lane, Westerhoff departs
EXCLUSIVE: Lane promoted to head of sales for specialty arm HanWay Select, Fabien Westerhoff departs.
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News'Slave' leads SAG nominations
12 Years A Slave leads this year’s SAG nominations with four nods followed by August: Osage County, Dallas Buyers Club and Lee Daniels’ The Butler.
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NewsSimon Pegg joins Pythons in sci-fi comedy
Directed by Monty Python’s Terry Jones, Absolutely Anything features the voices of John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin and Robin Williams.
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NewsWarner Bros selects UK young talent
Scholars, apprentices and trainees selected for first year of investment in UK creative industries’ skills and training.
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NewsBouchareb readies Enemy Way
French-Algerian filmmaker Rachid Bouchareb is close to completing post-production on his upcoming drama Enemy Way, starring Forest Whitaker and Harvey Keitel.
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NewsDFTC report: need for more incentives
The Middle East film and TV industries need more film incentives, a bigger talent pool and a reliable TV ratings system in order to be able to compete on an international level, according to a white paper released at DIFF this week.
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NewsBroken Circle Breakdown wins EU's Lux Prize
Three shortlisted films for the European Parliament prize have been on seven week Europe-wide tour.
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NewsUK police close 40 ‘pirate’ sites
Websites accused of piracy have been suspended this week as part of a new initiative by police in the UK.
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NewsMontana sells to 14 markets
EXCLUSIVE: Salt inks multi-territory deal with eOne for action-thriller starring Lars Mikkelsen and Michelle Fairley.
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NewsIndie generation plans to make Alexandria great
Cairo may be the traditional hub for the cinema industry in Egypt but an independent scene is also growing in the country’s second city of Alexandria.
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NewsAlfons joins Mostafa’s A To B
EXCLUSIVE: Egyptian comedian Shadi Alfons will join Saudi stand-up comic Fahad Albutairi in the cast of Emirati filmmaker Ali F Mostafa’s road film A To B, which starts shooting in February.
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NewsMemento picks up Aractingi’s Heritages
Memento Films International (MFI) has picked up Philippe Aractingi’s creative documentary Heritages, which is screening in DIFF’s Muhr Arab Documentary competition.
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NewsMarking doc to probe Tamim murder
EXCLUSIVE: UK filmmaker Havana Marking is developing a new documentary about the brutal murder of Lebanese pop star Suzanne Tamim in Dubai in 2008.
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NewsSundance unveils shorts line-up
Rose McGowan’s directorial debut Dawn and The Lion’s Mouth Opens by Lucy Walker are among 66 shorts set to premiere in Park City in January.
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NewsCoote, Tan launch Dragonslate
Former Village Roadshow Pictures CEO Greg Coote and Malaysian producer Leon Tan have launched DragonSlate Media.