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Namibia mulls production incentive
The Namibian Film Commission (FC) is considering the introduction of incentives for international productions shooting in the southern African country, which is fast becoming a hot new international location.
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NewsSaints team in tandem on The Cycle
Musa Syeed, director of Kashmir-set Valley Of Saints, is re-teaming with producer Nicholas Bruckman and DoP Yoni Brook to shoot his next feature The Cycle in the Republic of Yemen.
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NewsMonaliza heads to Marrakech
Distributor and exhibitor Marrakech Spectacles has picked up Moroccan rights for Jordanian director Fadi G. Haddad’s romantic comedy When MonaLiza Smiled, which is screening in DIFF’s Muhr Arab Feature competition.
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NewsDubai Filmmart set for expansion
The Dubai Film Market’s trading platform Filmmart wraps this weekend following a successful fifth edition with several acquisitions under negotiation and plans for expansion next year.
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NewsBenoit Jacquot’s Farewell My Queen wins Louis Delluc Prize
Benoit Jacquot’s French revolution drama Farewell My Queen (Les Adieux à La Reine) has won the Louis Delluc Prize for best French film in 2012, the awards presided over by Gilles Jacob announced on Friday.
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NewsRouge International bulks up slate with Family Film ahead of Les Arcs
Julie Gayet and Nadia Turincev’s Paris-based production company is also set to unveil a rough-cut of A Spell To Ward off the Darkness in Les Arcs.
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Screen Australia backs comedies in latest funding round
Australian writer/directors Cameron and Colin Cairnes and producer Julie Ryan have scored development money from Screen Australia for their next picture, crime comedy They Shoot Hostages, Don’t They?
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NewsDiscovery strikes deal for SBS Nordic
Discovery Communications is to buy pan-Scandinavia broadcaster SBS Nordic from ProSiebenSat1 Group for £1.07bn (€1.325 bn).
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Reliance, Wanda Group to form joint venture
India’s Reliance Group and China’s Dalian Wanda Group have announced plans to create a joint venture covering real estate and multiplexes in India and the US.
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Sarajevo Uni names Film Factory students
The final list of selected candidates for the new doctoral level programme Film Factory has been announced by The University Sarajevo School of Science and Technology.
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NewsRouge International bulks up slate ahead of Les Arcs
Julie Gayet and Nadia Turincev’s Paris-based production company is also set to unveil rough-cut of A Spell To Ward off the Darkness in Les Arcs.
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NewsNew Wim Wenders Foundation to acquire director's films held by third parties
Rights to all of Wim Wenders’ films still held by third parties – such as Hamburg producer Peter Schwarzkopff - are to be acquired by the newly founded Wim Wenders Foundation (WWF) in Düsseldorf by the end of this year.
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NewsCinema Next to become dcinex UK
Agreement with dcinex will allow Cinema Next to extend its range of activities.
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NewsWarp Films branches out into family films by optioning Wild Boy
EXCLUSIVE: Warp Films is planning its first children’s film, after optioning Rob Lloyd Jones’ forthcoming book Wild Boy.
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NewsBatata, Night, Murdoch scoop top DFC prizes
Lebanese feature documentary Batata, contemporary Tunisian drama A Full Moon Night and Jordanian producer Rula Nasser’s Me, Myself And Murdoch won the top three prizes of $25,000 each at the close of DIFF’s co-production market Dubai Film Connection.
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NewsImage Nation unveils third Emirati picture
Image Nation Abu Dhabi has signed Emirati director Mohammed Saeed Harib for its third local feature film - a family comedy about a disgraced football player who redeems himself as a coach for a failing team at an Abu Dhabi high school.
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NewsAFAC shows support for dozen
The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC) unveiled the 12 film projects to receive support in its latest round of funding at the close of the Dubai Film market yesterday.
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NewsThe Hobbit poised to rule them all at international box office
New Line and MGM’s first in the latest Middle Earth trilogy from Peter Jackson heads into the weekend having grossed an estimated $11.2m from 16 opening days on Wednesday (12).
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David Harewood in talks to play Paul Robeson
The British star of the US TV smash Homeland is in discussions to play the lead in Four Stars International’s civil rights activist biopic.
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NewsGolden Globe nominees react with dignity and delight
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) on Thursday (13) rewarded an eclectic group of contenders with Lincoln on top with seven nominations, followed by Django Unchained and Argo on five each and Zero Dark Thirty, Les Miserables and Silver Linings Playbook on four apiece.