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NewsPeter Strickland gears up for Berberian Sound Studio shoot
It is the director’s second feature following his critcally acclaimed debut Katalin Varga.
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NewsBrit actors join cast of Clash Of The Titans sequel
Rosamund Pike, Toby Kebbell and Bill Nighy have joined the cast of Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures’ Clash Of The Titans 2, which has just started shooting at Shepperton Studios in the UK.
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NewsDream State, Port Of Call take top prizes at HAF
Philip Yung’s Port Of Call took the HAF Award for best film project from Hong Kong at the close of the Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF), while Dream State, from Vietnam’s Bui Thac Chuyen, took the HAF Award for best project originating from outside Hong Kong.
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NewsOkinawa fest opens with strong focus on disaster relief
Festival opens with red carpet procession as well as minute of silence for Japanese disaster.
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NewsChina Lion signs up for A Beautiful Life
China Lion Film Distribution has acquired rights for North America, Australia and New Zealand to Andrew Lau’s latest film A Beautiful Life from Hong Kong’s Media Asia.
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NewsRickman, Courtenay join Gambit cast for Crime Scene
Alan Rickman and Tom Courtenay have joined the crime caper as the producers prepare for a May start in London before ultimately moving on to New Mexico.
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NewsHot Docs unveils 199 film line-up and talks ‘cluster funds’
Announcing the 18th edition of Hot Docs executive director Chris McDonald told a packed press conference in Toronto today [22] that top brass would unveil “a major new international initiative” to “help finance and distribute films in a meaningful way.”
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News15th annual COLCOA to open with Service Entrance
Philippe Le Guay’s rom-com and upcoming Strand release Service Entrance and Dany Boon’s comedy Nothing To Declare bookend the 15th Annual City Of Lights, City Of Angels (COLCOA).
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NewsGold Harbour to produce Give Me Five in 3D
Hong Kong’s Gold Harbour International Films is to produce $1.92m (HK$15m) Give Me Five to be shot in stereoscopic 3D, with a cast led by Josie Ho (The Courier), Taiwan’s Jiro Wang and mainland actors Siqin Gaowa and Sun Li.
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NewsApichatpong to produce Concrete Clouds
Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul, winner of best film at Monday’s Asian Film Awards, has boarded Lee Chatametikool’s Concrete Clouds as a producer.
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NewsSidus sells Camellia to Movie On in Japan
South Korea’s Sidus FNH has announced a raft of deals on its titles, led by the omnibus film Camellia, produced by the Busan film festival and showcasing stories set in the port city of Busan.
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NewsJia Zhangke urges China to revise technical requirements
Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke has called for the Chinese government to abolish the country’s technical qualification requirements which mean that only films of a certain technical quality can be submitted for the censorship process.
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NewsEat Drink sequel to start for Hsu, Taihe
Taiwanese producer Hsu Li-kong, whose credits include Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Eat Drink Man Woman, and his Tangmeng Films are teaming with mainland film outfit Taihe Film And TV Co to co-finance Joyful Reunion, the long-mooted sequel to Eat Drink Man Woman.
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Oslo Municipal acquires Sandrew Metronome Norge
Norway’s largest public cinema circuit Oslo Municipal Cinemas (Oslo Kino) has signed a deal with Norway’s Schibsted Media Group to buy Sandrew Metronome Norge, the country’s leading distributor which captured 19.5% share of market share in 2010.
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NewsTorrente 4 grosses record $20m in its first week in Spain
Santiago Segura’s comedy Torrente 4: Lethal Crisis has blown away the competition and set new records as it amassed an incredible $20m in its first week at the Spanish box office up to Mar 20.
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NewsBetsy Rudnick promoted to vp at Falco Ink
The publicity and marketing firm partners Janice Roland and Shannon Treusch made the announcement today [22]
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NewsFilming begins on Red Tie’s Lost And Found In Armenia
The bilingual feature is the first production by Gor Kirakosian, Valerie McCaffrey and Maral Djerejian’s LA-based Red Tie Films and the partners claim it is the first film fully financed by Armenian private investors to shoot in the US.
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NewsIMAX promotes Phil Groves to key distribution and exhibitor relations role
In Grove’s expanded role as svp of worldwide distribution, studio-exhibitor relations, he will oversee IMAX’s global distribution operation and manage the company’s booming number of international relations.
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NewsBFI veteran Heather Stewart gets top Public Programme post
The BFI has appointed Heather Stewart to the newly created position of Creative Director of Public Programme, effective from May.
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NewsUniversity of Salford launches media psychology course
It is aimed at media professionals who want to improve their understanding of audiences and media channels.