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NewsCMG closes key sales on Sarila heading into EFM
Edward Noeltner announced a raft of deals on the $15m animation on the eve of a screening in Berlin.
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NewseOne, 1984 Private Defense Contractors sign first-look deal
Under the terms of the multi-year arrangement eOne gets first look to finance and distribute all 1984 films. LA-based Spencer Silna and Adi Shankar’s slate includes Corsica ’72 from Skyfall writers Neal Purvis and Robert Wade and the untitled Female Expendables project.
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NewsUniversal sets Richard Curtis’ About Time for Nov 1
The Working Title comedy will open in limited release in North America and expand nationwide a week later. It originally had been dated for May 10.
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NewsGinger & Rosa to open Cinequest Film Festival 23
Sally Potter’s snapshot of 1960s London [pictured] will kick off the Silicon Valley event on Feb 26 and Deepa Mehta’s Midnight’s Children will close the festival on Mar 10.
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NewsBFI reports fall in UK production spend; indie investment up
The British Film Institute (BFI) has reported a 29% drop in UK production spend following a record-breaking 2011 but an upsurge of investment in British independent films.
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NewsNew Europe takes on sales for Porterfield's Darker
Warsaw-based New Europe Film Sales has taken on worldwide rights to Matt Porterfield’s I Used To Be Darker, which premiered in Sundance’s NEXT programme and will screen in the Berlinale’s Forum section.
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NewsParadise: Love scores Austrian hat trick; Marcel Gisler's Rosie dominates Swiss noms
The Austrian and Swiss film industries are currently gripped with awards fever with the Austrian Film Awards presented for the third time in Vienna and the nominations for the Swiss Film Awards (aka as the Quartzs) announced at this week’s Solothurn Film Days.
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NewsSky strikes Sony movie deal
Sky has struck a major movie deal with Sony Pictures Television and acquired a raft of key rugby rights as its pay TV platform recorded stable growth in its latest results.
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NewsFilms Distribution picks up Golden Bear contender Harmony Lessons
Paris-based sales outfit also selling Nanouk Leopold’s Panorama screener It’s All So Quiet and documentary Parade.
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NewsMichelle Yeoh to be honoured at Asian Film Awards
Michelle Yeoh will receive the Excellence in Asian Cinema Award at this year’s Asian Film Awards, which will take place in Hong Kong on March 18.
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NewsLanthimos, Martel, Nyholm scoop Rotterdam’s CineMart prizes
Established art house directors Yorgos Lanthimos and Lucrecia Martel won cash prizes as International Film Festival Rotterdam’s 30th coproduction market CineMart announced its prizes last night.
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NewsDuncan Jones to direct Warcraft
The director of Moon and Source Code has signed a deal with Legendary Pictures to direct a live-action adaptation of hit videogame Warcraft.
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NewsKorean admissions up 21.9% to 195m
South Korean box office admissions jumped a massive 21.9% in 2012 compared to the year before, according to a recent Korean Film Council (KOFIC) report.
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NewsDirector Jean-Paul Salomé elected new president of Unifrance
Salomé replaces Mact Productions’ Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre who is leaving to focus on producing.
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NewsSapphires sweeps Australia's AACTA Awards
Comedy drama The Sapphires dominated the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards, hosted Wednesday night [Jan 30] in Sydney by actor Russell Crowe.
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NewsButterfly’s Dream to open second annual LA Turkish FF
Yilmaz Erdogan’s historical drama will receive its North American premiere on Feb 28 at Hollywood’s Egyptian Theater.
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NewsCinedigm takes North American rights to Narco Cultura
The distributor plans a theatrical awards qualifying run this year after acquiring Shaul Schwarz’s Berlin-bound Sundance premiere. K5 handles international sales.
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NewsSam Worthington to star in For The Dogs
Sierra/ Affinity will introduce to international buyers in Berlin next week and Paradigm handles US rights. Phillip Noyce will direct from a screenplay by Oren Moverman.
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NewsBAFTA and ICO launch theatrical screenings of nominated shorts
Package will launch April 12 at London’s ICA.
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NewsIFTA names Rising Star nominees
The Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTA) has announced the five nominees for its Rising Star Award.