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NewsPeaches film set for Sundance London
Controversial musician will also perform at the film and music festival.
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NewsMatch Factory reveals deals avalanche
EXCLUSIVE: The Broken Circle Breakdown and Prince Avalanche among hot EFM sellers, with both selling to France, Germany and Australia among others.
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Art Directors Guild launches apprenticeship
The art directors council of the Art Directors Guild will issue a wide call for the first intake to colleges, universities and recent graduates on Mar 4.
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NewsHong Kong Filmart expecting 8% growth
Hong Kong’s contents market Filmart has signed up nearly 700 exhibitors and 6,000 visitors for this year’s edition (March 18-21), an increase of around 8% on last year’s event.
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NewsSundance, TED launch prize
The Sundance Institute and TED, host of the multi-disciplinary conference and online lecture series, are collaborating for the first time to offer a $125,000 prize for a short documentary project about the work of Sugata Mitra, winner of the annual TED Prize.
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NewsDrafthouse courts Death
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema’s distribution arm Drafthouse Films has acquired North American rights to Jeff Howlett and Mark Covino’s SXSW-bound documentary A Band Called Death.
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NewsCutting Edge hires VFX producers
Australian post-production company Cutting Edge has appointed Felix Crawshaw and Simone Clow.
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NewsAbu Dhabi fest sets 2013 dates
The Abu Dhabi Film Festival (ADFF) will return for its seventh edition this year from Oct 24 to Nov 2.
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NewsBerlinale reports record ticket sales
Despite reports of a slow European Film Market and a subdued reaction to the festival selection, figures were up at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival.
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NewsTurner's NonStop Sales to close
Scandinavian-based international sales outfit NonStop Sales AB is to close at the end of March.
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NewsSpanish distributors rack up sales
Filmax International and Latido Films are among the Spanish sellers to secure deals in Berlin, despite reports of a slow market.
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NewsGary Smith departs Intandem
Founder departs London sales group as Robert Mitchell becomes CEO; company revises distribution policy.
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NewsExclusive Media to rep Icon library
Library totalling more than 200 titles includes What Women Want, Coriolanus, Hunger, Mean Streets and Project Nim.
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NewsEU pledges $5.6m to digital distribution
The European Union is to pledge $5.6m (€4.2m) to VoD platforms and digital cinema distribution (DCD).
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NewsFull Frame gets Academy boost
The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival said on Monday night [25] that it has been named a qualifying festival in the documentary short subject Oscar category.
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NewsBFI to certify TV, animation, games tax credit applicants
The British Film Institute (BFI) has been appointed by the UK government as the certification unit for the upcoming creative content tax reliefs, spanning high-end TV, animation and video games.
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NewsMary Callery joins IFB in reshuffle
Recent staff restructure includes Emma Scott becoming production and distribution executive; IFB in pact with WME.
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NewsWreck-It Ralph regains high score
Disney’s 3D animation has leapt back to the top of the chart following a $5.2m (£3.4m) weekend; Universal’s Mama is the week’s highest new entry with a $2.4m (£1.5m) debut.
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NewsFibre to the Home Conference wrap
London’s ExCel Centre hosted a gathering last week to discuss issues that may not have been the most glamorous, but are some of the most important for the media industries.
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NewsGlasgow fest admissions up 12%
The ninth edition, which closed with the UK premiere of Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing, recorded a 12% rise on 2012 figures.