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NewsPrix Eurimages awarded to Sweden's Helena Danielsson
Award to be presented during EFAs on Dec 1.
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NewsIndependent checks into The Motel Life
EXCLUSIVE: Rome competition title stars Emile Hirsch, Stephen Dorff and Dakota Fanning.
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NewsWarp Films plans 10th anniversary party this weekend in Sheffield
Limited edition merchandise includes reprint of Dead Man’s Shoes graphic novel.
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NewsCinedigm acquires Violet & Daisy, Arthur Newman
The Los Angeles-based alternative content and distributor announced on Monday (12) it had taken North American rights to Oscar-winning Precious screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher’s feature directorial debut.
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NewsBen Affleck to receive Santa Barbara honour
The director and star of awards season frontrunner Argo will collect the Modern Master Award at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival on Jan 26.
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NewsCreative Europe faces 470+ amendments; Almodovar supports threatened student project
EXCLUSIVE: European Parliament deputies have tabled over 470 amendments to the European Commission’s proposed Creative Europe programme following the draft report by Italian MEP Silvia Costa (Screen Daily, Oct 2).
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NewsRotterdam plans special tributes to Iranian cinema, Dominik Graf and 'the auditory experience'
The International Film Festival Rotterdam has announced several themed programmes for its 42nd edition.
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NewsCloud Atlas scores $9.1m number one debut in Russia
Distributor A Company Russia announced the stunning result on Monday morning (12) as the ambitious adaptation by Wachowski siblings and Tom Tykwer began its international run in earnest.
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Wolfe Releasing picks up James Dean film
Matthew Mishory’s A Portrait Of James Dean: Joshua Tree, 1951 (AKA Joshua Tree: 1951, A Portrait Of James Dean) stars James Preston, Dan Glenn, newcomer Dalilah Rain, Edward Singletary Jr and Erin Daniels.
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NewsBille August to adapt Lykke-Per
Danish film-maker Bille August is to direct an adaptation of Henrik Pontoppidan’s masterpiece Lykke-Per.
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NewsRed Granite International reports strong trade on Motel
The company announced on Monday (12) that it had almost sold out its John Cusack-Robert De Niro thriller in the aftermath of the AFM in Santa Monica.
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NewsPolish cinema wins big at Cottbus
Polish cinema was the big winner at this year’s FilmFestival Cottbus with the international jury unanimously awarding Maria Sadowska’s Women’s Day the €20,000 Main Prize for Best Film.
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New films to be unveiled at 11th Baltic Event
New projects by Estonia’s Jaak Kilmi, Finland’s Klaus Harö and Georgia’s Bakur Bakuradze being presented at the 11th Baltic Event in Tallinn
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NewsDisney’s first Nordic release beats Skyfall
Nils Gaup’s Journey to the Christmas Star, the first Norwegian release from the Walt Disney Company Nordic, managed to outmanoeuvre James Bond hit Skyfall.
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NewsThessaloniki fest awards production prizes
Female film-makers won top prizes at the 53rd Thessaloniki International Film Festival (TIFF), where hefty sums were also handed to local productions by broadcaster ERT for the first time since 2010.
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NewsSkyfall records hat-trick as it climbs UK's all-time list
Latest Bond mission now biggest-ever non-3D film and fourth biggest overall in UK history following a storming estimated $18.2m (£11.4m) third weekend.
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NewsSkyfall notches record debut in the US
Eon, Sony and MGM’s Skyfall pulled off the biggest debut of the franchise on an estimated $87.8m through Sony and powered a 31% climb for the top 12 box office against the same session last year.
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NewsSkyfall adds $86.5m to soar to $427.8m overseas
UPDATE: Skyfall brought in a confirmed $86.5m international through Sony Pictures releasing International (SPRI) and MGM licensees from 11,843 screens in 83 territories as the tally climbed to $427.8m.
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NewsTechnicolor, Contenido Alternativo team up for Latin American distribution
The venture will cover digital cinema drive replication as well as distribution fulfillment and support for the region.