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NewsKosslick reveals plans for Berlinale's future
Quality international television and VoD are on festival director Dieter Kosslick’s agenda for the Berlinale’s future.
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NewsClear Vision takes multiple territories for Mission To Lars
AV Pictures handles sales and has also closed deals for Japan and Australia/New Zealand.
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NewsVartiainen to head MEDIA unit; Commission launches pilot project
Finland’s Sari Vartiainen has succeeded Constantin Daskalakis as the new head of the MEDIA unit at Brussel’s Education, Audiovisual, and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA), with responsibility for the operational management of the EU’s MEDIA Programme.
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Newsm-appeal picks up two Berlinale titles
Berlin-based m-appeal has taken on international distribtion for two films from Cuba and Greece selected for this year’s Berlinale.
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NewsGerman incentive supports record 115 projects in 2012
The German Federal Film Fund (DFFF) incentive scheme supported a record 115 projects, including 40 international co-productions and a new adaptation of Beauty and the Beast, totalling $78.2m (€58.4m) in 2012.
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NewsScotland's Stepping Up skills and training scheme launched
Scheme aims to nurture Scotland’s existing creative talent and helping them to ‘step-up’ to more senior roles
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NewsWide secures Silent Ones rights
Ricky Rijneke’s debut feature film, Silent Ones, will be sold by French agent Wide management.
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NewsJean-Philippe Tirel to quit Wild Bunch Distribution
French distribution veteran, with eye for US independent fare, to launch acquisition company called Selective Films at Cannes.
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NewsBFI Mediatheque to open in Scotland
The BFI is to extend its Mediatheque facility to Scotland for the first time in February.
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NewsScreen Yorkshire unveils £2m production slate
Screen Yorkshire has added five major international film and TV investments to its production slate, including new titles from Ecosse Films, World Productions, Warp Films and Emu Film, with £2m investment from the Yorkshire Content Fund.
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NewsFrench films up 88% at international box office in 2012
Unifrance study reveals record year on back of international success of Intouchables, Taken 2 and The Artist.
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NewsSan Sebastian's Pearls to be independent section
San Sebastian has announced that from its 2013 festival, its film section Pearls, which was part of the Zabaltegi programme, will now run as an independent section.
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NewsNFTS to run BFI Film Academy's Talent Campus
Scheme will offer training course for 54 participants aged 16 to 19.
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NewsDigital Cinema Media hires Rob Tomalin
Digital Cinema Media (DCM) has appointed Rob Tomalin as head of business development at the UK market leader in cinema advertising. The move follows the promotion of Joe Evea as commercial director.
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NewsDouble Negative, Apollo Productions, Pinewood pact for production drive
EXCLUSIVE: VFX specialists teams with Steve Norris and Pinewood to expand film and TV production activities.
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NewsSony unleashes Django in more than 60 markets
UPDATED JAN 18: Sony Pictures Releasing International launches Quentin Tarantino’s best picture Oscar nominee this weekend in the UK, Germany, Russia and France.
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NewsCA Media acquires majority stake in Graphic India
CA Media, the Asian investment arm of The Chernin Group, has acquired a large majority stake in comic-book and animation company Graphic India.
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NewsSundance: Anchor Bay runs with Midnight entry The Rambler
In the second preemptive buy of the festival, Anchor Bay Films has snapped up rights for North America, the UK and Australia to the genre tale from AKA Pictures, XYZ Films and Brooklyn Reptyle. Celluloid Nightmares handles international sales.
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NewsLincoln Center to show Side Effects sneak preview
FilmNation handles international sales on Steven Soderbergh’s Berlinale-bound psychological thriller. The Film Society Of Lincoln Center and Film Comment Selects screen the psychological thriller on Jan 30.
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NewsLejo Pet joins Exclusive Releasing acquisitions ranks
The new vp of acquisitions will report to head of acquisitions Matt Brodlie and both will be on the ground in Sundance looking for titles to fill the inaugural slate.