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NewsFirst 3D opera Carmen heading to more than 1,500 screens
Bizet’s Carmen to premiere as the Santa Barbara International Film Festival Closing Night Gala (Feb 6).
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NewsLoveFilm, blinkbox ink content deals with MoMedia
Subscription service LoveFilm and streaming site blinkbox have signed two-year deals for more than 200 films combined with content aggregator MoMedia.
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NewsStewart Till named non-executive chairman at PPC
Stewart Till has joined production agency Picture Production Company (PPC) in the post of non-executive chairman.
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NewsSundance Selects acquires five Sundance titles for theatrical and VOD
Mad Bastards, Septien and These Amazing Shadows among new acquisitions for Sundance Selects.
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NewsAuteuil starts French shoot for La mer a boire
LGM produces, Wild Bunch France has local rights.
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NewsWarner Bros to handle global release of Hobbit films
Warner Bros and MGM have confirmed that the former will handle the bulk of worldwide distribution on Peter Jackson’s return to Middle Earth.
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NewsHot projects on Screenbase
The first films added to our online production listings, Screenbase, in the new year include French-US co-production You Don’t Choose Your Family, European co-production Dracula 3D, as well as Spain’s Lo Mejor De Eva.
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NewsLocal films set records in Norway, Finland
For the third consecutive year, Norwegian features sold more than 2.5 million or more tickets domestically, to control a record 23% of the market (against 20.6% in 2009).
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NewsFox's Gulliver looks to walk tall in six new lands
Fox International’s Gulliver’s Travels narrowly won the overseas race last weekend and arrives in half a dozen new markets this time around including Russia and South Africa. It has grossed more than $53m.
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News"Committed activist" Penn earns PGA Stanley Kramer Award
The Producers Guild Of America (PGA) will bestow the Stanley Kramer Award on Sean Penn at its awards ceremony in Los Angeles on January 22.
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MPAA unveils content protection promotions
The Motion Picture Association Of America (MPAA) has announced key promotions in its content protection operations.
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26th SBIFF unveils roster of films, events
The US premiere of Sarah’s Keys and Carmen In 3D bookend the 26th Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF), which runs from January 27-February 6.
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NewsRobert De Niro to lead Cannes 2011 jury
De Niro starred in Palme d’Or winning Taxi Driver in 1976.
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Newsdu signs UAE VOD deal for StreetDance 3D
UAE telecom service provider du strikes deal with On Demand Group to deliver first ever 3D content to VOD users in Middle East.
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NewsRotterdam's Bright Future selections include Septien, Tyrannosaur, Artificial Paradises
The International Film Festival Rotterdam has unveiled its Bright Future programme of first and second feature films, comprised of 80 films from 38 countries.
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NewsHAF unveils line-up of 28 projects
Hong Kong’s Stanley Kwan and Death Note director Shusuke Kaneko from Japan are among the filmmakers who have had projects selected for this year’s edition of the Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF).
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Hong Kong 2010 box office increases by 13%
Hong Kong’s total box office grew by 13% to $172m (HK$1.34bn) in 2010, thanks to a strong line-up of 3D and other releases, according to local industry body the Motion Picture Industry Association (MPIA).
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News26 YouTube contributors heading to Sundance for Life In A Day premiere
Kevin Macdonald directed the unique film drawing on 4,500 hours of footage submitted to YouTube.
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NewsMeyer, Schaberg team with Bold and OddLot on Sierra / Affinity
The partnership between Nick Meyer and Marc Schaberg’s Sierra Pictures, Michel Litvak’s Bold Films and Gigi Pritzker’s OddLot Entertainment heralds the arrival of a major new entity on the sales circuit in the run-up to Berlin.