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NewsRome's New Cinema Network Awards announced
Nader Takmil Homayoun’s Director’s Cut and Miguel Angel Jimenez’s Chaika took the top prizes.
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NewsThe King's Speech leads the pack at BIFA nominations
The film has picked up 8 nominations including Best Film, Best Director and a Best Actor nod for Colin Firth.
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NewsChinese venture capitalist to fund film startup FromMovie Entertainment
The company’s first slate will include a film adaptation of Chinese bestseller Founder, a 3D animation and an adaptation of internet novel Marriage-Home; Xu Xiaoping to be chairman of the group, Donny Liang to serve as CEO.
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NewsGoalpost journeys with Winterbottom's The Trip; five new territories sold
London-based Goalpost Film has boarded sales for Michael Winterbottom’s Toronto hit The Trip, starring Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon.
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NewsWaititi says NZ industry needs to compromise to continue work on films like The Hobbit
New Zealand director Taika Waititi said that the resolution for Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit to shoot in New Zealand will be a boost to the local Kiwi industry as well.
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NewsChile's Silva writ large over Elephant Eye's AFM slate
Elephant Eye Films has announced its AFM slate and will seek to tempt buyers with Sebastian Silva’s Old Cats and Victoria Mahoney’s debut feature Yelling To The Sky, among others
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NewsDespicable Me tops overseas with $23m weekend haul
Another fine weekend for Universal’s popular animation saw it trump the double horror threat of Paranormal Activity 2 and Saw 3D and boost its running total to $235.4m. Lionsgate reported a preliminary $11.5m haul for Saw 3D from 22 territories
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NewsSaw 3D dominates Halloween weekend on $22.5m
Lionsgate’s final instalment in the horror franchise ruled the roost in North America thanks to an estimated $22.5m debut.
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NewsSummit takes US rights to Katherine Heigl romance Adaline
Summit Entertainment has taken Lakeshore and Sidney Kimmel Entertainment’s upcoming romantic drama off the shelf in a preemptive move heading into AFM.
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NewsGroup Sex, Homewrecker among new AWP quartet for AFM
Los Angeles-based American World Pictures (AWP) has added four acquisitions to add to the AFM line-up.
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NewsIntimate Grammar takes top prize in Tokyo, China has strong showing
Director Nir Bergman’s Intimate Grammar was awarded the Tokyo sakura grand prix and $50,000 at the closing ceremony of the 23rd Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF), which wrapped up on Sunday (October 31).
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NewsFilmmaker George Hickenlooper dies at age 47
Director was in Denver to present his latest film Casino Jack.
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NewsDoha's $400,000 in awards go to Hawi, Balls, First Grader and Grandma
The second Doha Tribeca Film Festival came to an end Saturday night with more than $400,000 given out in prizes.
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NewsFilmDistrict hires former SPWA executive Alperovich to head acquisitions
Another key executive has left the Sony fold to join Graham King’s expanding empire as it emerged today [29] that Adrian Alperovich has arrived at FilmDistrict as president of acquisitions and operations.
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Action thriller Bratva 3D footage to screen at AFM
Director and veteran stuntman Jesse V Johnson will next direct the 3D action thriller Bratva starring Dominique Vandenberg and Yekaterina Rednikova.
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NewsMGM creditors approve Spyglass option
Spyglass duo Roger Birnbaum and Gary Barber will run MGM following a vote by the studio’s creditors.
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NewsAll change at Columbia as Tolmach segues into producer role
Columbia Pictures co-head Matt Tolmach has launched a new production company and will move into a producer role on the Spider-Man reboot.
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Shootings begins on dance feature Love Tomorrow
The London based love story is written and directed by Christopher Payne.
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NewsSeren Yuce's Majority wins best film prize at Mumbai Film Festival
Oliver Stone and Manoj Kumar were presented with Lifetime Achievement Awards at the festival’s closing ceremony.
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NewsHot projects on Screenbase this week
Screen’s online production listings features newly added films including Bauernfrühstück - Der Film, Männerherzen..Und Die Ganz, Ganz Große Liebe from Germany, as well as Benvenuti al Nord and Solo from Italy and Spain respectively.