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NewsHot projects on Screenbase
Kill List director Ben Wheatley’s latest venture and a German drama about a Guantanamo detainee are among the new productions on Screenbase this week.
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NewsBerlinale to offer $20,000 (€15,000) prize for young German directors
Thomas Arslan, Anna Bruggemann and Gian-Piero Ringel comprise the jury for first edition.
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NewsErrol Morris to deliver 2011 BAFTA David Lean Lecture
Morris to give lecture in year Film Awards reinstates Documentary category.
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NewsReal Steel vies to knock Smurfs from international perch
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International unleashes the sci-fi drama starring Hugh Jackman as a robot boxing trainer who reconnects with his young son – but does Steel have the mettle to beat the fluffy blue champs?
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Newsm-appeal takes on international sales for Golden Shell winner and Veit Helmer's Baikonur
m-appeal has taken on international sales for Isaki Lacuesta’s San Sebastian Golden Shell winner The Double Steps (Los Pasos Dobles) and German filmmaker Veit Helmer’s romantic comedy Baikonur, which will both have their international premieres in Busan tonight.
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Sundance Selects takes First Position for North America
Bess Kargman’s documentary premiered last month in Toronto and follows the fortunes of six aspiring ballet dancers competing in the prestigious Youth America Grand Prix.
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Menemsha Films acquires North American rights to The Rescuers
Neil Friedman negotiated the deal with director Michael King and producer Joyce D Mandell.
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Sundance Institute selects six projects for inaugural New Frontier Story Lab
The Institute said the new venture was designed “to support artists and creators developing projects that explore the convergence of film and new media technologies.”
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Rio Market to present projects, screenings, packed topical agenda
Notables scheduled to attend include Fox International co-president Tomas Jegeus, Oscar winning Argentinean producer Vanessa Ragone and Brazilian Film Commission presidente Steve Solot.
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Africa First Awards five emerging filmmakers $10,000 apiece
Focus Features’ Africa First programme has awarded five emerging filmmakers $10,000 each to finance pre-production, production and/or post-production on their short films.
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NewsBusan kicks off 16th festival to roars of applause in new cinema center
The 16th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) opened today (Oct 6) in the newly completed Busan Cinema Center with a star-studded red carpet and the world premiere of Song Il-gon’s Always.
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NewsHuman Centipede II gets 18 certificate in UK after cuts
After four months of wrangling with the BBFC, controversial sequel passes board.
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NewsIDFA to open with Denmark's The Ambassador
The 24th International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) will open on Nov 16 with Danish filmmaker Mads Brügger Cortzen’s The Ambassador.
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NewsLondon Critics Circle Awards to move to January in 2012
The London Critics Circle Film Awards will be held on Jan 19, 2012 at the BFI Southbank.
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NewsEdinburgh to reinstate Michael Powell award; festival keeps June dates
Emma McCorkell at Organic Marketing to lead festival public relations.
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NewsHot Docs names Charlotte Cook new director of programming
Former Frontline club programmer takes post vacated by Sean Farnel.
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NewsCulture action plan also to encourage co-production between EU and Brazil
Encouraging more co-production between the EU and Brazil could be part of a new Joint Programme on Culture signed by the European Commission (EC) and Brazil.
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NewsEFA and APSA form strategic alliance
European Film Academy (EFA) and the Asia Pacific Screen Academy (APSA) form alliance.
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NewsSPAAmart reveals seven projects to be pitched
A film that could become Australian special effects house Fuel’s first in-house feature, and a comedy of manners about four middle-class 40-something men in a self-help group, are two of the seven films chosen for SPAAmart, an annual feature film market this year being held in November in Sydney.