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NewsFrench director Claude Miller dies after long illness
Career spanned 50 years and some 20 pictures including Garde à Vue, Deadly Circuit (Mortelle Randonnée), L’Effrontée and The Little Thief (La Petite Voleuse).
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NewsFarhadi to receive first EU MEDIA Prize
Iranian director Asghar Farhadi (A Separation, About Elly) will be presented with the first EU MEDIA Prize.
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NewsUpdated: Sky announces multi-million pound investment in British TV films
Sky to invest in new family films for Sky Movies and feature docs for Sky Atlantic; company open to day and date releases on other platforms, including theatrical.
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NewsAlesia Weston to head Jerusalem Film Center
Finally white smoke comes out at the Jerusalem Film Center (JFC). After many long months of deliberation, the board of directors has named its new head of the Jerusalem Cinematheque, the Israeli Film Archive and the Jerusalem Film Festival.
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Thailand’s censorship board bans local Macbeth
Thailand’s Film Censorship Board has banned a local horror adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Shakespeare Must Die, directed by Ing K.
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NewsLegendary Entertainment completes $278m refinance
The amount comprises $128m in new financing from new and existing investors and a $150m credit facility structured and arranged by JPMorgan, Bank Of America, Royal Bank Of Canada and UBS.
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Michelle Pfeiffer joins CinemaCon honourees
The star of Warner Bros’ upcoming gothic comedy Dark Shadows will collect the 2012 Cinema Icon Award in Las Vegas on Apr 26.
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NewsLoach, Gertten, Noujaim to present at Good Pitch Europe
Seven filmmakers selected to present projects at June 25 event in London.
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Zeitgeist takes China Heavyweight, RT gets Dylan's Blood
The distributor brokered the US rights deal to Yung Chang’s latest film with EyeSteelFilms.
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Gravitas Ventures promotes Melanie Miller to vp of acquisitions
The newly created title will see Miller oversee a five-person team charged with feeding 500 titles a year into the VoD pipeline.
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NewsSouth Africa to expand TV tax credits
The South African government is poised to expand TV tax incentives, just weeks after the UK announced its own plans to adopt such a scheme.
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NewsSchweighofer kicks off Warner slate with Goller's Frau Ella
EXCLUSIVE: Actor-producer-director Matthias Schweighöfer is to be reunited with director Markus Goller for Frau Ella, the first project of Schweighöfer’s four-picture deal with Warner Bros Entertainment.
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NewsParamount, YouTube strike online rental deal
Despite ongoing legal action between parent companies Viacom and Google over an alleged piracy incident stemming back to 2006, the companies said YouTube would make close to 500 titles available online.
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NewsKaty Perry 3D documentary to be released in July
Part Of Me looks at the superstar’s life on- and off-stage.
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NewsIron Sky co-producer turns to First World War for DH Lawrence adaptation
Oliver Damian’s Berlin-based 27 Films Productions, the German co-producer on Iron Sky, is turning to the First World War for an adaptation of DH Lawrence’s 1923 novella The Fox to be directed by Matthias Luthardt [pictured].
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NewsSundance London announces panels and more music performances
Sundance London (April 26-29) has announced the programme for its Cinema Cafe and Music Cafe spaces at The O2.
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NewsSheffield to open with Searching For Sugar Man
The Sheffield Doc/Fest will open June 13 with Sundance hit Searching For Sugar Man directed by Malik Bendjelloul.
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Newsblinkbox adds content deal with Disney
UK-based online movie service blinkbox has signed a deal with Disney UK & Ireland for selected content.
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NewsLipSync promotes Lisa Jordan, James Clarke
LipSync Post has promoted Lisa Jordan to Facility Director and James Clarke to Head of DI.
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NewsMoviehouse takes on Stuart Urban's May I Kill U?, Simon Phillips' Riot
EXCLUSIVE: Kevin Bishop [pictured] stars in satirical comedy-thriller; Nick Nevern stars in crime thriller.