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NewsThe Works Distribution feels Good Vibrations in UK
EXCLUSIVE: The Works UK Distribution will release Terry Hooley biopic Good Vibrations, which opened the Karlovy Vary and Belfast film festivals.
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NewsCast including Jennifer Morrison starts shoot for Event 15 in Los Angeles
Matthew Thompson is directing for Ipso Facto Films.
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NewsConstantin launches new label for low-budget productions and creative filmmakers
Alpenrot to work on films with budgets of €1m or under.
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NewsMockert to produce Anthony Minghella's brother's directorial debut
Veteran German producer Rainer Mockert is returning to feature production with Dominic Minghella’s directorial debut Doria and Austrian Walter Bannert’s drama Kolyma set in the postwar Soviet Union.
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NewsSpidey spins $129.1m second international weekend
The Amazing Spider-Man ensnared global audiences on 18,400 screens in a total of 74 markets as a muscular second wave through Sony Pictures Releasing International boosted the early running total to $201.6m. The result combined with the six-day North American launch for a $341.6m global tally.
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Karlovy Vary attracts 803 industry professionals
New industry initiatives include Barrandov-sponsored prize for best film in Works In Progress. Deals signed for Yuma [pictured] and This Ain’t California.
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NewsKarlovy Vary's Crystal Globe goes to The Almost Man
Other winners include Camion, Piazza Fontana, House With a Turret and Sofia’s Last Ambulance.
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NewsIFTA announces schedule for five-day AFM Conference
Topics for the second annual conference include finance, pitches, marketing, VoD and micro-budget. The AFM is set to take place in Santa Monica from Oct 31-Nov 7.
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NewsBritish film-maker Nataasha van Kampen dies, aged 28
The step daughter of actor Mark Rylance had attended the London Film School.
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NewsBVA report: video still "the single biggest revenue source" for UK film and TV production
BVA report indicates that UK consumers spent £2.3bn on video last year, more than that spent on cinema and music combined; online spend growing but still only a fraction of total spend, which is declining.
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Paco León plans revolutionary Spanish cinema, DVD, VoD and paid TV release
Carmina o Revienta, a winner of last Malaga festival, creates great controversy and expectation with new release model.
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NewsCharlotte Rampling to receive Locarno's Excellence Award
The festival will screen three of her works including the recent I, Anna, directed by her son Barnaby Southcombe.
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NewsThierry Potok has big plans for Germany's Hürth studios
Former Studio Babelsberg chief Thierry Potok returns to managing a German studio, set sights on bigger MMC studios and von Trier’s Nymphomaniac.
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NewsGerman Films Previews hosts 11 market premieres in Hamburg.
New German films by Meerapfel, Schmidt, Klandt shown at 12th German Films Previews in Hamburg, promo-reels from Reitz and Buck.
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NewsDaniel Sánchez Arévalo plans new comedy, The Big Spanish Family
Shoot will begin next August 20, Atipica and Mod will produce.
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Gow Gibson joins Park Circus
Former Odeon and Disney employee joins Park Circus as head of distribution.
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NewsCreative Skillset lines up sixth Animation and VFX Showcase
The annual event will see up and coming talent in the world of animation and visual effects displaying their work to future employers.
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NewsChina box office up 37% in first half of 2012
China’s box office reached $1.19bn (RMB7.55bn) in the first six months of 2012, a 37% increase over the same period in 2011.
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NewsUK cinemas to show Wimbledon final in 3D
For once UK exhibitors won’t be hoping for rain as Odeon and Showcase will screen men’s final in 3D.
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NewsHot projects on Screenbase
New films on Screenbase include Amour Et Turbulences starring Ludivine Sagnier as well as Francois Ozon’s latest production Jeune Et Jolie.