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Magnolia takes worldwide rights to Tribeca premiere Limelight
The distributor plans an August release after the film premiered at the New York festival on Apr 22.
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NewsRio to extend overseas rule as $200m beckons
Fox International’s Rio will look to stay top for a third consecutive weekend as the film bears down on another box office milestone. Meanwhile Marvel Studios’ Thor descends on Australia.
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Film Sales Company adds Shakespeare High, Gone to Tribeca sales slate
Andrew Herwitz has boarded two more world premiere documentaries as the New York festival heads into the first weekend.
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NewsIcon confirms UK deal for Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive
Ryan Gosling thriller will be in competition in Cannes.
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NewsMohamed Al Fayed reveals himself as Pinewood bidder
Any offer he makes would be in competition to the takeover bid made earlier this month by Peel Holdings.
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NewsTanel Toom to make feature debut with Black Ice
The Estonian-born, London-based director, who was Oscar nominated for his short film The Confession, will begin shooting the heist thriller in Canada later this year.
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Stanley Donen to be honoured at Israel Film Festival
The director and choreographer will receive the plaudits at opening night in New York on May 5.
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NewsGulf Film Festival hands out more than $136,000 in awards
The fourth edition of the Gulf Film Festival concluded with an awards ceremony where the best filmmakers from the region picked up more than half a million dirhams (more than $136,000) in prizes and awards.
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NewsTwenty8k shoot underway in London; AV Pictures to handle sales
Parminder Nagra stars in thriller written by Jimmy Dowdall and Paul Abbott.
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NewsCinepool presents four new titles in lineup at Cannes Marché
Titles include comedy, historical drama and family film.
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NewsIFC Midnight takes US on evil Santa tale Saint
The Dutch slasher film receives its North American premiere tonight [21] in the Cinemania programme at Tribeca and reimagines Father Christmas as a serial killer of children.
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NewsTarget MCG launches new joined-up agency model Film3Sixty
London-based Target Media and Communications Group is unveiling a new agency model to better serve the needs of film clients in the changing media landscape.
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NewsEdinburgh to host two new talent labs
The events are being launched by the Centre for the Moving Image.
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NewsAngela Bosch removed from post as director of Catalan Films & TV
Respected industry figure Angela Bosch has been removed from her job as director of Catalan Films and TV as part of a reshuffling within the Catalan government’s film body ICIC.
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NewsHyde Park International Cannes-bound with Bernie
Richard Linklater’s dark comedy for Mandalay Vision and Wind Dancer Films stars Jack Black, Matthew McConaughey and Shirley MacLaine.
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NewsSearchlight has ear for Sound Of My Voice
The studio has moved in on English-speaking territories including North America, the UK and Australia as UTA sells its 13th title from Sundance.
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Red Flag acquires AIDS doc We Were Here
The fledgling distributor will release theatrically in September in association with the filmmakers, The Film Collaborative, New Video and PBS’ Independent Lens.
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NewsWillow Shields joins Lionsgate’s Hunger Games
The latest casting fanfare on the project surrounds a young newcomer who will play the heroine’s younger sister.
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NewsTop directors register protest on eve of premium VoD launch
One day before the first premium-VoD release, a group of leading filmmakers including James Cameron, Peter Jackson, Gore Verbinksi, Michael Bay and Guillermo del Toro have signed a letter calling on the studios to scrap the proposal.
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NewsMagnolia takes North America on Jiro Dreams Of Sushi
The news comes amid reports that Mark Cuban is considering selling Magnolia Pictures and Landmark Theaters – first reported on Screendaily more than three months ago.