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NewsIFC finds Lucky Them
IFC Films has picked up US rights from Cinetic Media to the recent Toronto world premiere Lucky Them starring Toni Collette, Thomas Haden Church and Oliver Platt. Separately, Distrib Films has acquired Just A Sigh while D Fims will release My Old Lady in Canada.
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NewsPGA to honour Bob Iger
The Walt Disney Company chairman and CEO will receive the 2014 Milestone Award at the 25th Annual Producers Guild Awards ceremony on January 19, 2014.
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NewsRovio hires Angry Birds directors
Animation veterans Fergal Reilly and Clay Kaytis will direct Angry Birds, the upcoming 3D CG animated film based on Rovio’s bestselling app.
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NewsOrtenberg extends Open Road deal
Tom Ortenberg has extended his CEO contract at Open Road through 2018 ahead of this week’s release of Machete Kills.
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NewsStudioCanal's van Lier to join eOne
Harold van Lier to join Entertainment One’s international film division in the role of president, effective January 2014.
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NewsDevour! to open with The Fruit Hunters
Relaunched food-themed film festival in Nova Scotia, to run Nov 13-17.
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NewsFCC strikes sympathetic note for German film funding
Multiplex chain UCI will be hoping its ten-year odyssey to secure a ruling for its action against the constitutional nature of the German Film Law (FFG) will have a happy end at the Federal Constitutional Court.
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NewsBFI raises £250k for archive
The BFI last night raised £250,000 for the BFI National Archive at its first ‘Luminous’ fundraising gala in London.
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NewsAutlook signs The Punk Singer
EXCLUSIVE: Autlook to work with Films Transit on selling London Film Festival title The Punk Singer.
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NewsWales' Cinematic scheme selects 10
Ten film projects, including features from Doctor Who director Euros Lyn and Borrowed Time producer Olivier Kaempfer, have been selected to progress to the first round of the Film Agency for Wales’ low budget film scheme.
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NewsAbu Dhabi to host classics, India
The Abu Dhabi Film Festival is to host sidebar programmes for restored classics and Indian cinema.
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NewsEastWest makes 'Shirley' sales
EXCLUSIVE: EastWest sells raft of films; launches English-language Never Die Young.
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NewsHammer takes Daylight Gate rights
Jeanette Winterson’s novella centres on a 17th century witch trial.
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NewsIndian cinema gets boost at Busan
Eleven Indian features are screening at this year’s Busan International Film Festival, reflecting the growing strength and diversity of cinema from the subcontinent.
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NewsEncounters attracts record numbers
Managing director Liz Harkman is stepping down on a high, after 6 years heading up Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival in Bristol.
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NewsDrafthouse picks up Ms. 45
Drafthouse Films has picked up North American rights to Abel Ferrara’s 1981 classic revenge thriller Ms. 45.
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NewsJim Sheridan to head Dubai jury
Oscar-nominated director to lead the Muhr Arab Features Jury at the 10th Dubai International Film Festival.
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NewsBorrowed Time aims for first Tugg UK screening
Comedy drama, which raised most of its P&A through Kickstarter, could be the UK’s first on-demand theatrical screening through crowdsourcing platform Tugg - if it sells enough tickets.
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News'Only Lovers' to open AFF Wroclaw
American Film Festival in Wroclaw to close with Steven Soderbergh’s Behind the Candelabra; competition and programme highlights announced.
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NewsFreddy Heineken adds cast
Jim Sturgess, Sam Worthington and Ryan Kwanten have joined the cast of Kidnapping Freddy Heineken. Embankment Films handles pre-sales.