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Benjamin Johns shooting feature debut Tribe
UK singer David Essex has joined the cast of Tribe, an adaptation of John F. McDonald’s novel, which is currently shooting in the South East of England.
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NewsBleiberg Entertainment sells prestige doc Precious Life at AFM
The Los Angeles-based sales and financing company has closed a slew of territories at AFM on its slate including the documentary Precious Life that last week became one of 15 titles to make it on to the Academy’s shortlist.
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MIFF appoints Spanish producer Manrique to industry role
The Miami International Film Festival (MIFF) has hired Elena Manrique to spearhead the entertainment industry relations initiative and oversee the REEL Education seminar programme.
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NewsWarner Bros, Atlas to reboot Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Warner Bros and Atlas Entertainment are relaunching Buffy The Vampire Slayer as a potential theatrical franchise.
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IFTA Production Conference to explore digital marketplace
The 12th annual IFTA Production Conference will discuss strategies for monetising independent film in the digital marketplace on December 3 in Los Angeles.
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NewsLovefilm secures online rights to Momentum titles
Film subscription service Lovefilm has partnered with UK distributor Momentum to offer members a catalogue of Momentum’s titles via internet enabled devices.
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NewsSpanish studio head Martinez appointed president of Spain Film Commission
Elsa Martinez, the director general of Ciudad De La Luz studios in Alicante, has been appointed president of the Spain Film Commission with the intention of “making cinema one of our country’s main industries”.
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NewsBirmingham talent gets boost from Woolcock's 1 Day
Penny Woolcock’s musical hip hop drama 1 Day, which screened at the LFF and will air on Channel 4 this week, has proved to be a springboard for inner city urban talent in the UK city of Birmingham.
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NewsDeathly Hallows casts its spell on UK box office
The penultimate instalment in the blockbuster franchise plundered $29.1m (£18.3m) at the UK box office over the November 19 – 21 weekend.
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XDC International to digitise Balkan screens under Eurimages scheme
Theatres are in Turkey, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia and Albania.
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Italian strike over arts funding spills over into film industry
Cinemas and theatres are to go dark on Monday as Italy’s entertainment industry agitates against proposed budget cuts to their sector with a one-day national strike.
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Wide House strikes pact with First Run Features
French sales outfit Wide House (the doc arm of Wide Management) has struck an alliance with US outfit First Run Features.
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NewsUniversal strikes partnership with Australia's Hopscotch
Universal Pictures International (UPI) has formed a partnership with Australian independent production company Hopscotch Features to develop, produce and distribute films for the global marketplace.
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News10 1/2 wins top prize at Mannheim Heidelberg
10 1/2 by Canada’s Daniel Grou (aka Podz) picked up the Main Award of this year’s Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival which ended on Sunday evening.
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NewsEssential Killing takes top prize at Mar del Plata
Other winners include Vega brothers’ October and Garateguy’s Pompeya.
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NewsThessaloniki's Agora/Market to showcase 15 features, 11 works in progress
Agora/Market, the film market strand of the 51st Thessaloniki International Film Festival-TIFF (Dec 3-12) is showcasing this year no less than 15 feature film projects and 11 works in progress introducing them to a network of financiers, producers and leading industry executives.
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NewsThe Monk among strong AFM sellers for Memento Int'l
Memento Films International has announced strong sales following the AFM.
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NewsIndustry bids emotional farewell to Ronni Chasen
Hundreds of family, friends, associates and well-wishers attended the publicist’s Los Angeles funeral on Sunday [21].
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NewsKidman to receive SBIFF Cinema Vanguard Award
Nicole Kidman will receive the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s (SBIFF) Cinema Vanguard Award at the 26th edition of the festival on February 5, 2011.
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NewsDeathly Hallows launches on franchise record $125.1m in US
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 1 blew away the competition as it stormed to the top of the charts on an estimated record $125.1m from 4,125 theatres.