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NewsOdeon sees increased attendance for British films in 2011
New reward scheme may have helped boost attendance to British films.
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NewsDelight, surprise, humility mark day of Oscar reactions
Producer Graham King, whose best picture nomination for Hugo marks his fourth collaboration with acclaimed director Martin Scorsese, said on Tuesday (24), “I dedicate my whole career to [Scorsese]. I think he’s the greatest director that’s ever lived, so for me I’m in great company.”
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NewsElle Driver visits Black Rock, Millennium sees Red Lights
Katie Aselton’s Midnight entry Black Rock follows three friends on a fateful girls’ getaway to a remote island and was acquired earlier in the festival by LD Distribution for North American rights.
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NewsTheo Angelopoulos dies after road accident on shoot near Athens
The acclaimed Greek director died after sustaining severe injuries in a road accident on Tuesday evening (24) while shooting The Other Sea in Piraeus. He was 76.
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NewsSPC takes Celeste, Focus signs on for Good Time
Tuesday morning (24) brought two further deals as Classics acquired all North American, Latin American and Eastern European rights to Celeste And Jesse Forever after it emerged that Focus had paid in the region of $2m for worldwide rights to For A Good Time, Call…
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Tore Fredrik Dreyer appointed MD Twentieth Century Fox Norway
Dreyer takes over from Bjorn Jacobsen, effective May 2012
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NewsOscar nominees react
Gary Oldman says the nomination is “amazing”; Hell & Back Again producer says Oscar would be “the ultimate honour.”
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NewsMEDIA says Bosnia & Herzegovina to be full member by end of year
Bosnia and Herzegovina is expected to become a full member of the EU’s MEDIA Programme later this year.
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NewsBFI Film Fund backs projects by Newell, Potter, McDonagh
Films to receive recent production funding from the BFI include Mike Newell’s Great Expectations [pictured], Sally Potter’s Bomb and Martin McDonagh’s Seven Psychopaths.
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NewsDogwoof takes UK rights to Sundance docs Big Boys Gone Bananas! and Putin's Kiss
Company also in talks for more Sundance titles.
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NewsBooks at Berlinale selects 12 novels
Books include Simon Mawer’s The Girl Who Fell From The Sky.
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NewsBollywood Films acquires rights to 7 Welcome To London
UK distribution company Bollywood Films has acquired international distribution rights to 7 Welcome To London, a romantic Bollywood/British thriller directed by Asad Shan.
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NewsPercentage of women directors in Hollywood declining
Women account for just 5% of directors working in Hollywood, according to a new report conducted by the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film.
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NewsCurzon launches pop-up cinema scheme in UK regions
Momentum, StudioCanal, Soda Pictures, BFI amongst distributors signed up; 6-8 venues expected by end of 2012.
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NewsShe Monkeys wins best film at Sweden's Golden Bug awards
Ruben Oslund wins best director for Play.
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NewsUK comedy Booked Out plans DIY distribution
Sylvia Syms, Rollo Weeks star in the UK comedy which will tour the UK in March.
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NewsSearchlight buys Surrogate as Sundance awaits avalanche
The distributor reportedly paid around $6m for worldwide rights on Monday night (23) to Ben Lewin’s surprise crowd-pleaser as a number of other deals were poised to close.
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Ron Burkle buys "significant" stake in Relativity Media
Burkle’s investment company Yucaipa Companies has purchased Elliott Management’s ownership share of Relativity in what a press release described as “a significant equity stake.”
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NewsKevin Smith’s SModcast signs output deal with Phase 4
A year after Kevin Smith effectively stood on stage at the Eccles Theatre in Park City and told distributors he did not need them, his company has made a pact with a distributor.