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NewsFive face £125m film fraud charges
Five include Salt co-directors Robert Bevan and Cyril Megret and former Little Wing Films execs. UPDATE: Salt offers comment.
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NewsSomeone You Love heading to Cannes
Pernille Fischer Christensen’s Swedish drama to reunite Mikael Persbrandt and Trine Dyrholm.
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NewsFilm4 in talks to join Loach feature
Wild Bunch to handle sales on Ken Loach drama due to shoot later this summer.
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NewsFar Moor opens US division
TV financier and indie producer Far Moor has opened an office in LA and hired industry veteran Louisa Spring as part of its expansion into the US.
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NewsFanning, SC Films join animation Gus
EXCLUSIVE: SC Films swoops on 3D animation about an orphaned bird from writer Cory Edwards.
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NewsKormakur to develop EVE project
Filmmaker Baltasar Kormakur has struck a creative partnership with multiplayer game company CCP Games.
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NewsDoha, Tribeca end partnership
The Doha Film Institute and Tribeca Enterprises have announced that they have ended their partnership, which started in late 2008.Tribeca had pacted with the Qatar Museums Authority to launch the inaugural Doha Tribeca Film Festival in November 2009. The Doha Film Institute was formed in 2010.DFI will announce the new ...
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NewsuConnect boards Close Enough
Sales division of uMedia picks up international rights to Paul Andrew Williams’ film, starring Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell.
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NewsMyriad takes Fishes to Cannes
EXCLUSIVE: Kirk D’Amico’s Santa Monica-based financing, production and sales company has acquired international rights to Emanuel And The Truth About Fishes starring Jessica Biel and will screen in Cannes.
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NewsEl Ardor kicks off in Argentina
Pablo Fendrik’s revenge tale has commenced shooting and is the first production to emerge from the recently announced Participant PanAmerica fund. Bac Films commenced international pre-sales at the AFM last November and Participant holds North and Latin American rights.
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NewsRialto, StudioCanal strike pact
Two significant alliances in the specialty sector were announced on Monday [29]. Rialto Pictures secured US first-run rights to five titles from StudioCanal while Kino Lorber struck a deal to release the Artsploitation Films slate.
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NewsCannes Classics 2013 line-up
Mark Cousins’ follow-up to The Story of Film is to feature in this year’s line-up of Cannes Classics.
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NewsWIDE adds six titles pre-Cannes
WIDE Management has boarded several new titles ahead of Cannes market.
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NewsCMG to sell Prime Ministers in Cannes
Moriah Films announced on Monday [29] that it has signed and recorded the voice talents of Michael Douglas, Christoph Waltz, Sandra Bullock and Leonard Nimoy for its latest film The Prime Ministers. CMG will handle international sales in Cannes.
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NewsTFF 2013 draws 450k attendees
The 2013 Tribeca Film Festival (TFF) drew more than 450,000 attendees to screenings, panels, community events and other attractions, festival top brass said on Monday [29].
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NewsExchange takes CBGB to Cannes
EXCLUSIVE: Brian O’Shea has acquired international sales rights to Randall Miller’s upcoming punk rock saga starring Alan Rickman and Malin Akerman. Paradigm represents US rights and will announce a domestic deal shortly.
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NewsIrvine, Fox join Angel of Death
War Horse star Jeremy Irvine and Phoebe Fox have signed on to star in The Woman in Black: Angel of Death.
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NewsHat-trick for Swiss documentaries
Swiss documentaries are currently riding on a wave of success, having picked up main prizes at festivals in Switzerland and Austria at the weekend in addition to the Golden Lola for Markus Imhoof’s More Than Honey.
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NewsChancellor launches UK tax credits
Chancellor George Osborne was today [29] tub-thumping on behalf of the UK’s creative industries and calling for film and TV producers to help revive the UK economy.