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NewsTrishna goes to Sundance Selects for North America
Sundance Selects has confirmed its acquisition of all North American rights to Trishna, Michael Winterbottom’s India-set contemporary retelling of Tess Of The D’Urbevilles.
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Tokyo Filmex unveils lineup for 12th edition
Tokyo Filmex (November 19-27) unveiled the lineup of its 12th edition today, announcing Kim Ki-duk’s Un Certain Regard winner Arirang as opening film and Johnnie To’s Venice competition title Life Without Principle as closing film.
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NewsGaga closes deal on Paul WS Anderson's Pompeii
Gaga Corporation has closed a deal on its second major film at Toronto, buying Japanese rights to Impact Pictures’ $100m romantic adventure epic Pompeii from Summit Entertainment.
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Lenny Abrahamson gears up to shoot What Richard Did
The Killing star Lars Mikkelsen has joined the cast alongside Lorraine Pilkington and a host of young Irish actors.
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NewsAntalya Golden Orange Film Festival gets the female touch
The theme for the Turkish festival will be “And The Woman Touched The World”; honorary awards to go to Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi and Jane Birkin.
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NewsCreative England appoints Caroline Norbury as CEO
Norbury has been an obvious contender for the post since she was appointed as “interim establishment director” of Creative England in June; set up still unclear as more regional agencies choose to sit outside Creative England structure.
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News6th London Korean Film Festival to open with Arrow: Ultimate Weapon
Kim Ki-duk’s documentary Arirang will close the festival, which runs November 3-17 in London, followed by a UK tour.
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NewsOscar docs submission deadline today [Sept 15]
Submission deadline for documentary features is today, Thursday, September 15
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NewsRoman Polanski to collect lifetime achievement award in Zurich
The director will return to the scene of his dramatic arrest in 2009 to collect the lifetime achievement award that was intended for him two years ago, but which he was never able to pick up due to his arrest en route to the festival.
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NewsEurasia Film Festival launches Kazakh co-production event
Kazakhstan’s Eurasia International Film Festival is launching a co-production event, Spotlight: New Kazakh Cinema, at this year’s edition of the festival in Almaty (Sep 19-24).
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NewsEntertainment One board explores potential sale options
Less than one month after Toronto-based Entertainment One (eOne) announced an expansion into the US theatrical market, Canada’s largest production and distribution company is effectively up for sale.
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NewsIFC shopping spree lands Sister's Sister, 4:44, Incident
A flurry of Toronto deals emerged late on Wednesday (14) as UTA and Submarine sold Lynn Shelton’s Your Sister’s Sister to IFC for North and Latin America, StudioCanal for the UK and Madman for Australia and New Zealand in a bundle of deals that amounted to approximately $1.5m.
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NewsFinland selects Le Havre as Oscar contender
Aki Kaurismaki’s Cannes competition title Le Havre will be Finland’s official contender for the Foreign Language Oscar.
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NewsVFX industry to remain open to foreign talent
Roles in the UK visual effects (VFX) industry should be included in the Government’s shortage occupation list, making it easier to hire skilled foreign workers, according to recommendations from the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC).
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NewsFilm London to maintain level of audience development funding
Film London announced today that it will be providing £70,000 worth of audience development funding over the coming year, the same amount available in 2010/11 despite recent cuts to its overall budget.
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NewsTanya Seghatchian to step down as head of Film Fund at BFI
Tanya Seghatchian, currently head of The Film Fund at the British Film Institute, is stepping down from her position to return to the world of film producing from which she came.
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Taipei Golden Horse unveils project market line-up
The line-up includes more animated projects than ever before as well as more entries from Hong Kong.
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NewsEuropa Distribution to host VOD session during San Sebastian workshop
European distribution alliance to host a two-day session on VOD as part of its three-day workshop
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NewsDubai Film Market selects 12 upcoming Arab titles for funding
The post production fund, Enjaaz, will support fiction features and documentaries from Egypt, Morocco, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan
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NewsDigital platform Prescreen launches with eye on social media
The model is designed to offer filmmakers and distributors an alternative to traditional channels through the mass marketing of curated content that is then shared by users through social media.