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NewsRio festival unveils Brazilian line-up
The Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival (Festival do Rio) has unveiled the initial Brazilian selection for its 2011 edition, which runs Oct 6-18.
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NewsSmurfs stay on top at international box office
Sony’s The Smurfs once again held off all comers at the international box office this weekend, grossing an estimated $12.9m from 6,150 screens in 65 markets.
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News3D Lion King beats new releases in US
The 3D version of The Lion King continued its reign at the top of the North American box office chart this weekend, out-grossing new releases Moneyball, Dolphin Tale, Abduction and Killer Elite.
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Elevate US rights to Variance
Variance Films has acquired US theatrical rights to basketball documentary Elevate.
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D&E gets Hammer for US
D&E Entertainment has acquired The Hammer, a coming-of-age drama about deaf wrestler Matt Hamill, for US theatrical distribution.
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NewsHong Kong chooses A Simple Life for Oscar race, China selects The Flowers Of War
Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Vietnam and the Philippines select their Best Foreign Language Film contenders.
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NewsMadsen's Superclasico enters Oscar race for Denmark
Danish veteran director Ole Christian Madsen’s Superclasico has been chosen as the Danish submission for the Foreign Language Oscar.
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NewsFestival Films take Spanish rights to Camera d’Or winner Las Acacias
Urban Distribution International has sold Pablo Giorgelli’s Camera d’Or winner Las Acacias to Festival Films for distribution in Spain off the back of its successful screening in the Horizontes Latinos section at the San Sebastian film festival.
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NewsAntalya Golden Orange jury, competition titles announced
Marleen Gorris is to head up the jury for the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival’s International Competition.
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NewsApaches Entertainment launches new outfit Mapache
Hot Spanish production outfit Apaches Entertainment is set to launch a new production company called Mapache focusing on smaller budget local titles.
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NewsIFC acquires rights to Penumbra
IFC Midnight has acquired all rights for North America, Malaysia and Singapore to writer-directors Adrian and Ramiro Garcia Bogliano’s Penumbra, which had its world premiere this week at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas.
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NewsEros teams with Jimmy Shergill to tap Punjabi market
Indian major signs four-film deal with Jimmy Shergill Productions
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NewsVerhoeven plans user-generated project
Paul Verhoeven, the 73-year-old Dutch director of Basic Instinct and Robocop, will be attending MIPCOM next month to explain the concept behind his new “user generated” movie that will be made in collaboration with the general public.
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NewsKino Lorber gets Elles for US
Kino Lorber has acquired all US rights to Elles, the Juliette Binoche drama that recently premiered at the Toronto Film Festival.
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SnagFilms adds features
Documentary streaming operation SnagFilms has unveiled its first slate of feature film offerings as well as a number of new distribution partnerships.
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Locomotive starts genre label Firebox
Gabriel Gornell and Colleen Seldin’s New York-based Locomotive Distribution has launched a new genre label, Firebox.
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NewsHertzberg elected IFTA chair
CineTel Films president Paul Hertzberg has been elected chairman of the Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA), the trade association representing independent producers and distributors worldwide.
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NewsFrenetic strikes Swiss deal for TrustNordisk's Black's Game
Swiss distributor Frenetic Films has acquired Óscar Thór Axelsson’s Icelandic thriller Black’s Game.
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NewsHot projects on Screenbase this week
UK productions Blood and Postman Pat: The Movie - You Know You’re The One, as well as French feature Ipu - Convicted To Live are among Screenbase’s highlights this week.
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NewsSupervision to bring Broadway musical Memphis to the big screen
It follows their release of the 3D film of Michael Flatley’s Lord Of The Dance in cinemas earlier this year.