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NewsStockholm to present 173 films starting with Tinker Tailor
26% of the films in the festival catalogue have female directors, 43% also a female producer.
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NewsPretty Pictures takes Madonna's W.E. for France
The deal was negotiated by Pretty Pictures’ James Velaise and IM Global’s Stuart Ford.
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CinemaCon announces 2012 dates for Las Vegas
The 2012 event — the second under the guise of CinemaCon since ShoWest was phased out — will return to Caesars Palace from Apr 23-26.
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NewsEntertainment One picks up French rights to Comedown
Kidulthood director Menhaj Huda is currently shooting the urban horror in London.
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NewsCorey Feldman to star in UK indie feature The Zombie King
Filming is due to begin in the UK in November.
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NewsRussian Film Festival in London to present Co-Production Forum
Festival to open Nov 4 with Generation P.
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NewsCornerhouse plans Spanish and Latin American season
Cornerhouse, the Manchester-based arts and film centre, plans to bring the best Spanish language films to the UK in March 2012 through the ¡Viva! Spanish and Latin American Film Festival, now in its 18th year.
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NewsMatraga scoops four Redentors and audience award at Rio
Vinicius Coimbra’s feature directorial debut A Hora E A Vez de Augusto Matraga took the best film Redentor award and a handful of other senior honours as the 13-day festival came to an end in Brazil.
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Tristen Tuckfield joins Millennium Entertainment as director of acquisitions
The executive arrives from Samuel Goldwyn Films, where she served as the manager of acquisitions and development. Tuckfield and fellow director of acquisitions Vincent Scordino will report to CEO Bill Lee.
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NewsAFI FEST unveils centrepiece galas, special screenings
Hot awards contenders The Artist, Carnage, The Lady, My Week With Marilyn and Shame (pictured) are the centerpiece galas at the imminent AFI FEST 2011 presented by Audi along with Law Of Desire: An Evening With Pedro Almodovar, who is the guest director this year.
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NewsAfter leaving NFVF, Mbalo ramps up ambitions for Forefront
Eddie Mbalo, well known in the international film industry from his decade as CEO of South Africa’s NFVF, has now left his post there (as of the end of June) to concentrate on running his Johannesburg-based Forefront Media Group.
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NewsLord Puttnam calls for bigger UK P&A Fund as part of Audience Development Fund
Puttnam also calls for BFI to create special events and media promotions to stimulate audiences.
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NewsBritish Council adds six new overseas posts to arts team
New jobs will be based in Colombia, Turkey, Bangladesh, Egypt, South Africa and France/Romania.
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NewsThessaloniki's Crossroads Co-Production Forum selects 17 projects
The Greek festival will offer 10 films as works in progress and there will be 250 international titles in Film Market.
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NewsLA-based Waterman Entertainment acquires film rights to Until Tuesday
The New York Times bestseller is based on a true wartime story about the healing powers of a deep bond between a man and a dog.
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NewsMagnolia picks up US rights to Michael Cuesta drama Roadie
Michael Cuesta’s new drama stars Ron Eldard as a Blue Oyster Cult roadie who visit his mother after he gets fired and experiences a wild encounter with two old high school friends.
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Academy announces seven Nicholl screenwriting fellows
Each writer or writing team receives a $30,000 prize and will collect the first instalment at a gala dinner in Beverly Hills on Nov 3.
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NewsShame, Coriolanus to screen at Wales' Soundtrack Festival
Guests attending the festival include award winning film-maker/musician Don Letts and comedian Adam Buxton.
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NewsAir Entertainment Group launches post equity service
AEG is the latest post production company to offer equity stakes in selected projects, with its first investment set to be Trevor Miller’s Riot On Redchurch Street.
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NewsBarry Ackroyd at LFF: 'Camera is there to convince the audience'
Acclaimed cinematographer Barry Ackroyd said his documentary background informs the ‘verisimilitude’ in the way he shoots narrative films today.