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NewsFrance launches long-awaited world cinema aid fund
New subsidy worth €6m in 2012 replaces existing Fonds Sud and the Aid to Foreign Language Films (AFLE).
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NewsWide House picks up world sales on Approved for Adoption
Hybrid documentary combining animation with live action is set to premiere in competition at Annecy in June.
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Magnolia picks up US rights to Steve Jobs doc
Robert Cringely shot the interview with the Apple guru in 1995 and screened the film earlier this year in Magnolia sibling Landmark theatres.
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Paramount signs first-look with producer Ian Bryce
It also emerged on Wednesday (May 2) that Bryce, a best picture Oscar nominee for Saving Private Ryan, has hired Rebecca Rajkowski as director of development.
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NewsJamie Laurenson leaves BBC Films to head See-Saw's TV arm
Former BBC executive becomes head of television at Iain Canning and Emile Sherman’s See-Saw Films.
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NewsScreen unveils Marketing and Distribution Awards jury
Jurors include Gareth Unwin, Andrew Cripps, Hugo Grumbar, Edith Bowman, Christian Grass and Mia Bays.
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News10th éQuinoxe Germany Screenwriters Workshop launches
Nine European screenwriters from eight European countries have been selected to take part.
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NewsOne Eyed Films takes on horror Sennentuntschi
London sales company picks up Swiss Film Awards Best Film winner.
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NewsBSkyB posts £939m profit; claims it is 'fit and proper'
BSkyB has staunchly defended its right to a broadcast licence following a stinging attack on its majority shareholder News Corporation yesterday.
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NewsAlliance sale expected to be announced within the month
EXCLUSIVE: A decision on the sale of Alliance Films is expected within the next two to four weeks, company chairman Victor Loewy told ScreenDaily this week.
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NewsArrow takes UK rights to Peter Norman doc Salute
EXCLUSIVE: Film about sprinter set for UK theatrical release in July.
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NewsRiley Keough, Julia Garner to sink teeth into cannibal picture We Are What We Are
EXCLUSIVE: In Memento Films project directed by Jim Mickle, Keough and Garner to play two sisters forced into cannibalism by father as part of family tradition
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NewsuMedia launches new sales and finance company headed by Peter Rogers
Former Lakeshore International President will head the new London-based sales division uConnect.
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NewsJoe Drake, Nathan Kahane launch Good Universe
The Mandate Pictures co-founders have left the Lionsgate fold and head to Cannes with their financing, production and sales operation and a pair of buzz titles: Spike Lee’s Oldboy remake and Jon Turteltaub comedy Last Vegas.
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NewsThe Avengers crosses $200m at international box office
Marvel Studios’ blockbuster brought in a further $33.1m on Monday through Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International.
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NewsStink adds head of film, developing €3m spy drama
Commercials and content company Stink has added Dominic Buchanan [pictured] as head of film.
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NewsWorld premiere of Magic Mike to close Los Angeles Film Festival
Steven Soderbergh directed the male stripper dramatic comedy starring Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Matthew McConaughey. Festival organisers unveiled the line-up on Tuesday (May 1), which as previously announced opens with Woody Allen’s To Rome With Love.
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Canadian Academy names Stephenson CEO, merges Genie, Gemini awards shows
The Academy Of Canadian Cinema & Television (ACCT) said on Tuesday (May 1) it was merging its film, television and digital media awards into a single gala event on Mar 3, 2013. Separately the ACCT confirmed Helga Stephenson as the new CEO.
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NewsOscars Hollywood venue renamed Dolby Theatre
Hollywood & Highland site owner CIM announced on Tuesday (May 1) two 20-year deals, closing a deal with Dolby to rename the venue formerly knows as the Kodak Theatre and signing a deal to keep the Academy on-site through 2033.
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NewsMaven Pictures branches out into UK
Trudie Styler and British producer Celine Rattray (pictured) announced on Tuesday (1) that Styler’s London-based Xingu Films and its key creative will become a part of Maven.