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NewsRecreation adds three for Cannes
The Los Angeles-based sales company has added Slamdance audience award winner Hank And Asha, Sundance entry Milkshake and War On Whistleblowers to its sales roster.
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NewsSIFF to honour Ford
Harrison Ford will receive the 56th San Francisco International Film Festival’s2013 Peter J. Owens Award for excellence in acting.
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NewsDjango to open in China
Sony Pictures announced on Friday [26] it had reached an understanding with Chinese authorities who pulled the film inexplicably on Apr 11 within minutes of the first screenings.
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Raven Banner hires Mahnert
Annick Mahnert has joined the company as manager of international sales and acquisitions in the run-up to Cannes. Additionally the Toronto-based company has licensed US rights to The Last Will And Testament Of Rosalind Leigh to Image Entertainment.
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NewsGaye biopic heads to Cannes
Focus Features International has boarded Julien Temple’s Untitled Marvin Gaye project currently shooting in Luxemburg and Belgium. Screendaily first reported on the film in February.
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NewsJarmusch joins Cannes Competition
Jim Jarmusch’s vampire romance Only Lovers Left Alive, starring Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston, has been added to the Cannes Film Festival’s Competition line-up; four more titles to be included in Out of Competition and Un Certain Regard.
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NewsuMedia expands international offices
New appointments made in London and Paris ahead of plans for LA office.
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NewsDoueiri's Attack banned in Lebanon
Drama about a Palestinian surgeon who discovers secrets about his wife following a suicide bombing banned by Lebanese government.
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NewsDoc/Fest names MeetMarket filmmakers
The filmmakers taking part in Sheffield Doc/Fest’s MeetMarket pitching forum have been announced.
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NewsSecret Cinema opening cancelled
Event specialist Secret Cinema has been forced to cancel the opening of its latest production just hours before its launch due to “licensing reasons”.
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NewsHot projects on Screenbase
Marjane Satrapi’s new film The Voices has started shooting in Germany and a big screen adaptation of Shaun the Sheep will be made.
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NewsWarner, BAFTA back Prince William scholarships
Scholarships in film, TV and games backed by BAFTA and Warner Bros.
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NewsHooper to head Shanghai jury
UK director Tom Hooper has been appointed jury president for the Golden Goblet Award at this year’s Shanghai International Film Festival (June 15-23).
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NewsDisney switches IM3 China date
UPDATE: Marvel Studios’ Iron Man 3 — now at $37m after two days in international release — will now open on May 1 and not May 3 as previously stated, Disney executives confirmed on Friday [26].
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NewsTFF unveils first Ephron winner
Top brass at the 12th annual Tribeca Film Festival (TFF) said on Thursday [25] that Meera Menon received the inaugural Nora Ephron Prize at the annual Women’s Filmmaker Brunch.
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NewsKinoSmith acquires at Hot Docs
Canadian distributor KinoSmith has acquired two titles out of Hot Docs on opening day, company fonder Rob Smith announced on Thursday [25].
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NewsCargo goes along for Free Ride
The company has acquired international sales rights to the Anna Paquin film and will screen in Cannes next month and kick off sales. Paradigm represents US rights.
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NewsThe Exchange buys Camden
The Exchange has closed what it said was a low-to-mid six-figure deal for the action film as it builds its production slate backed by the recently announced Exchange Peaks Film Capital fund.
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NewsParticipant, Image Nation find Dark
Shooting is underway in Colombia on the supernatural thriller Out Of The Dark financed by Participant Media and Image Nation and starring Julia Stiles and Scott Speedman. Colombia’s Dynamo and Spain’s Apaches produce.