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NewsSundance London confirms 14 UK premieres including Liberal Arts, The House I Live In
The Sundance Film Festival’s first foray into the UK, Sundance London (April 26-29 at the O2), has announced that the bulk of its film programme.
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NewsUFA moves ahead with Fatherland adaptation
EXCLUSIVE: The Wave writer-director Dennis Gansel has been working on the feature adaptation of Robert Harris’ controversial best-seller Fatherland; Gansel among candidates to direct.
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NewsOslo August 31st set to break box-office record for a Norwegian film in France
Joachim Trier’s dark tale following recovering drug addict clocks up 30,000 admissions in first weekend with 2,150 entries per screen in Paris.
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NewsEd Palluth promoted to evp, global distribution AMC/Sundance Channel
Palluth takes on most senior distribution role for company’s international business.
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Alcon Entertainment to produce Wally Pfister’s directorial debut
The Oscar winning cinematographer recently completed work on The Dark Knight Rises and will commence principal photography in early autumn from an untitled screenplay by newcomer Jack Paglen.
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Jesse Owens to open Full Frame, Stanley Nelson honoured
The world premiere of Laurens Grant’s film will screen at the event in Durham, North Carolina, on Apr 12 and is the filmmaker’s first feature for PBS.
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Image takes North American rights to Freak Dance
The satire about performers who strive to master a notorious dance move in order to win a contest features Amy Poehler and Tim Meadows.
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Frankenweenie to get IMAX treatment for October release
Tim Burton’s stop-motion animated film will be remastered into the IMAX format ahead of the worldwide day-and-date release through Disney on Oct 5.
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Los Angeles Irish Film Festival founder-director named Irish woman of the year
Lisa McLaughlin will be honoured by the Mayor and city council of Los Angeles with a lunch at a St Patrick’s Day event on Mar 17.
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NewsLily Collins joins cast of Informant Media’s Writers
Kristen Bell, Logan Lerman, Nat Wolff and Liana Liberato have also come on board the project, which as previously announced will star Greg Kinnear and Jennifer Connelly. Lisa Wilson and Myles Nestel’s fledgling financing and sales house The Solution introduced the project to buyers in Berlin and CAA represents US ...
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NewsExclusive Media, Cross Creek announce start of Rush
Ron Howard has begun shooting on the dramatic tale of the rivalry between 1970s Formula 1 icons James Hunt and Niki Lauda starring Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Brühl.
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Louisiana Film Prize lures inward investment with $50,000 pot
The Inaugural award from the Louisiana Film Prize Festival will go to global filmmakers whose short film must shoot in the Shreveport-Bossier area.
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Ballroom Marfa selects Cutter for exposure through The Reading
The Nicholl Fellow winning screenplay from Dion Cook will benefit from the initiative to showcase top quality writing, launched last year by the Texas-based non-profit arts group Ballroom Marfa.
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NewsSusan Morris joins London law firm Halebury
Media and technology law firm Halebury has appointed Susan Morris as a senior media lawyer.
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NewsTribeca unveils narrative, documentary competitions and Viewpoints
Tribeca Enterprises chief creative officer Geoff Gilmore and incoming artistic director Frederic Boyer, previously artistic director of Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes, have unveiled the first tranche of selections for the upcoming 11th festival, set to run in New York from Apr 18-29.
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NewsElles, In Darkness, Fear Of Falling to screen at tenth Kinoteka Film Festival
London’s Polish film festival kicks off this Thursday (8).
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NewsLipSync boards Murphy's Blood, Athale's Wasteland
The Soho based post production house will provide equity investment and post services for Murphy’s second feature.
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NewsUK MPs urge BBC Worldwide to be more commercial
The BBC should reconsider how much income it can generate through its commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, in a report by MPs that labels its current plans “unambitious”.
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Mass Hysteria prepares shoot on action thriller The Boiling Point
The project is set to go before camers in Manitoba in late spring and tells of a gangster sent to kill an informer who used to be his girlfriend.
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NewsMatt Bate starts documentary starring Sam Klemke
Rebecca Summerton is producing Sam Klemke’s Time Machine.