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NewsHong Kong International Film Festival unveils line-up for 35th edition
Don’t Go Breaking My Heart, directed by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-fai, and Quattro Hong Kong 2, from four South-East Asian filmmakers, have been announced as the opening films of this year’s Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF).
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NewsIndia’s 52 Weeks snaps up Summit’s Source Code, The Impossible
Indian distributor 52 Weeks Entertainment has acquired Indian rights to two Summit Entertainment titles – action thriller Source Code, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, and The Impossible, with Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor.
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NewsAcademy, ABC extend Oscars contract through 2020
The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences and ABC Television Network have extended their contract to broadcast the Oscars through 2020.
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NewsIFTA releases first independent box office top 50 list
Summit’s Twilight Saga: Eclipse was easily the highest grossing independent film worldwide in 2010 on $698.5m, according to a new index released by the Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA).
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NewsNiki Caro's The Vintner's Luck goes to Panorama for US
Panorama Entertainment has acquired all US rights to Niki Caro’s The Vintner’s Luck from the New Zealand Film Commission.
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NewsEuropa Distribution offers united front in support of MEDIA
European body representing independent distributors requests meeting with European Commission to discuss the future of MEDIA programme.
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NewsEndgame eyes Prague shoot for Wenceslas Square
Philip Noyce’s new thriller Wenceslas Square is looking at a Prague shoot sometime this spring.
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NewsNorwegian Wood, Au Revoir Taipei bookend Pan-Asia Film Festival
Academy Award nominated director Tran Anh Hung’s Norwegian Wood and Arvin Chen and Wim Wenders’ Au Revoir Taipei bookend the third Pan-Asia Film Festival set to run from March 1-13.
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NewsSwedish Film Institute backs new feature about Politskovskaya's assassination
Marina Goldovskaya’s fictional feature debut, A Bitter Taste of Freedom, will be made with Swedish director Malcolm Dixelius.
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NewsHuayi Brothers unveils 9-film slate including Jet Li project Tai Chi
Jackie Chan to direct action adventure Chinese Zodiac and Tsui Hark plans Detective Dee sequel.
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NewsStudios could ramp up Russian production as economy recovers
The Hollywood studios are considering ramping up their activities in Russia amid the recovery of the local film industry from the effects of the recession and the ever-growing local box office.
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NewsLFF opens tender for press/PR pitches
The BFI London Film Festival has opened its press and PR tender for PR agencies to pitch for the contract(s) for the 2011 festival.
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NewsMikael Persbrandt cast as Carl Hamilton for Guillou trilogy
Danish director Katrine Windfeld will helm first part of the trilogy, In The Interest Of The Nation.
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NewsBerlin buyers rally to sound of Myriad’s Call
Santa Monica-based Myriad Pictures enjoyed a strong response to J C Chandor’s Berlinale competition entry Margin Call, closing deals with ARP in France and Wanda in Spain.
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NewsChris Columbus to remake Korean hit Hello Ghost
Columbus’ 1492 Pictures acquired remake rights from Next Entertainment World (NEW) to the project, about a failed suicide who must banish four ghosts by granting each its wish.
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RCR Media Group extends co-fi pact with SPWA
Rui Costa Reis and Eliad Josephson’s Beverly Hills-based private equity group has extended its deal with Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) through 2012.
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NewsMongrel, Submarine strike Canadian deal on Project Nim
Mongrel Media has acquired all Canadian rights to James Marsh and Simon Chinn’s Project Nim following its award winning world premiere at Sundance last month.
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NewsGlobal box office reached record $31.8bn in 2010
The level climbed 9% from 2009 while the booming Chinese market fuelled a 13% climb in international ticket sales to a $21.2bn high, according to the Motion Picture Association Of America’s (MPAA) annual Theatrical Market Statistics Report.
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Lorber Films acquires US rights to French wartime drama Korkoro
Lorber Films has taken US rights to Tony Gatlif’s world war two drama Korkoro (Liberté).
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NewsDolan’s Laurence Anyways set to begin shoot in Montreal
Lyla Films (Lafontaine) and MK2 (Nathanaël Karmitz and Charles Gillibert) co-produce the transgender love story.