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NewsO-Scope catches Wasteland, Virgil takes Boateng doc
Oscilloscope Laboratories has picked up US rights to Rowan Athale’s feature debut Wasteland [pictured] following a deal with Bankside Films.
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CAA form joint venture with Indian talent agency KWAN
The new company will represent local talent on the sub-continent and throughout South Asia across a slate of portfolios that includes entertainment, sports consulting, licensing, merchandising, live events and business developments.
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NewsCascade Media Development launches new screenwriting initiative
Up to 24 projects selected to pitch each month.
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NewsEFP plans foreign Oscar contender screening series in LA
Majority of the films seek US distributors, while Adopt Films acquired Sister during the EFM and released it in the US two weeks ago.
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NewsFilm Manufacturers boards Oscar-nominated Marc Rothemund's bestseller adaptation Galapagos
Katharine Otto-Bernstein’s New York-based Film Manufacturers Inc. has joined Munich-based Telepool and KJ Entertainment to develop and produce German director Marc Rothemund’s Galapagos which is due to begin shooting in autumn 2013.
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NewsSky links with film school for training scheme
Students are to be taught a raft of production skills as part of a wide ranging training partnership between Sky and the National Film and Television School.
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NewsEuropa Distribution AGM opens in Lyon with film heritage debate
Body representing 125 independent distributors across Europe will also discuss future of the Media Programme and examine cinema-on-demand distribution schemes.
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NewsProducer Kees Kasander dismisses claims of unpaid bills in Italy
Dutch producer Kees Kasander has angrily dismissed reports from Italy that his latest production, Jan Terlouw adaptation To Be King (Koning van Katoren), has been impounded by an Amsterdam court because of unpaid bills in Italy.
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NBA all star Chris Webber, Hoop Dreams producer Peter Gilbert form Webber Productions
The film production company will make fictional and documentary features focused on the intersection of sport, culture and society.
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NewsVice and Grolsch Filmworks' The Fourth Dimension launches on YouTube
Val Kilmer stars in three-part portmanteau feature.
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NewsHelen Lee-Kim, Brent Jack join Good Universe
In a timely development before AFM that ends months of speculation, co-founders Joe Drake and Nathan Kahane announced on Wednesday (17) that Lee-Kim has arrived as partner and president of international sales and Jack will serve as head of international marketing and publicity.
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NewsJapanese director Koji Wakamatsu dead at 76
Legendary Japanese director Koji Wakamatsu has died in hospital of injuries after being hit by a taxi on the night of October 12.
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NewsBFI's Ben Roberts promises 'open access' to funding during PFM keynote
Ben Roberts, Director of the BFI Film Fund, today promised far greater transparency in the way public funding decisions are made.
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NewsDiane Kruger, Anton Yelchin attached to 5 To 7
EXCLUSIVE: Bonnie Curtis and Julie Lynn of Mockingbird Pictures are producing the rom-com and The Solution Entertainment Group will commence pre-sales at AFM.
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NewsAdrien Brody, Maria Bello join Corsan's Third Person
Paul Haggis will direct the ensemble drama which as previously announced also stars Liam Neeson, Mila Kunis, Olivia Wilde, James Franco and Kim Basinger.
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NewsWillem Dafoe, Udo Kier join von Trier’s Nymphomaniac
Jean-Marc Barr, Caroline Goodall, Kate Ashfield, Saskia Reeves, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Michaël Pas and Omar Shargawi also on board.
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SXSW unveils first wave of 2013 conferences
New highlights include entrepreneur and investor focus Startup Alley and content creation Come & Capture Film Factory. The full conference line-up will appear in early 2013.
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Robert De Niro to receive SBIFF Kirk Douglas Award
The actor and Tribeca Film festival co-founder will collect the Santa Barbara’s excellence in film honour from Douglas himself on Dec 8.
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DreamAgo, Hamilton International reunite for AFM screenwriting workshops
The non-profit and the Swiss watchmaker will host Hamilton Helps DreamAgo Connect during the AFM.
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NewsShorts from Milner, Guerrier brothers, Zamatov to screen at Aesthetica
Second edition of short film festival, which runs Nov 8-11, to feature shorts from over 25 countries.