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NewsVilleneuve's Incendies takes Vancouver's top award
Quebec took home the cash prizes at the 29th Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) as Denis Villeneuve’s Incendies won the Best Canadian Feature Film award and a $20,000 cash prize as the 16-day festival ended.
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NewsJackasses oust Facebook founder with $50m launch
A group of clowns usurped a genius Harvard drop-out as Paramount’s Jackass 3-D soared to number one in its opening weekend thanks to an estimated $50m haul that set a new opening record for October..
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Hamdan, Kharsa split Shasha grant at close of Circle Conference
Dima Hamdan’s The Kidnap and Kasem Kharsa’s Shelter were chosen as the recipients of this year’s Shasha Grant at the close of Abu Dhabi’s Circle Conference (Oct 13-15).
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NewsMetrodome acquires Rabbit Hole for UK, Ireland
Metrodome has taken UK and Irish rights to John Cameron Mitchell’s Rabbit Hole, starring Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart.
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NewsJaume Collet Serra sets up LA-based Ombra Films
Barcelona born director Jaume Collet Serra who has made a name for himself in the US is setting up a new production company in LA called Ombra Films, which will tie relations between Hollywood and Spain.
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Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale takes top prizes at Sitges
Finnish director Jalmari Helander’s horror/thriller Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale has picked up the best film and director prizes in the main official competition at Sitges genre film festival today (Saturday), sweeping aside strong competition from local and Asian titles.
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UK film industry to talk about environmental sustainability at Monday event
The UK Film Council, BAFTA and the BFI London Film Festival are hosting an environmental trade fair and discussion on Monday.
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Live webcast for Gotham nominations
The nominations announcement for the Gotham Independent Film Awards is to be webcast live on Monday [18], with critic Elvis Mitchell hosting.
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NewsHobbit gets greenlight for February start
The Hobbit films have reportedly been given the greenlight for a February start, even though the labour dispute surrounding the two-part $400m project has not yet been resolved.
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Hope, Solondz commence New York shoot on Dark Horse
Shooting commenced this week [11] in New York State on Todd Solondz’s ensemble drama Dark Horse, which occasional collaborator Ted Hope is producing through his new Double Hope Films.
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Mandeville partners with Warner Bros on Collared
Mandeville Films partners David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman have closed a deal with Warner Bros for a pitch with screenwriter Bill Birch to write the action film Collared.
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Lange, Neill board Screen Gems, Spyglass romance The Vow
Jessica Lange and Sam Neill have joined the cast of Screen Gems and Spyglass Entertainment’s romance TheVow.
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MIFF unveils programming team for 2011
The Miami International Film Festival (MIFF) has unveiled its new programming team ahead of the 2011 edition in March.
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Pinewood, Kick-Ass, Nowhere Boy among winners at Conch Awards
The UK audio industry was celebrated at the fifth UK Screen Sound Awards (aka Conch Awards) in Soho on Wednesday night.
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NewsTrustNordisk strikes Beyond deals including NFP in Germany
TrustNordisk has just closed a slew of deals on Pernilla August’s Beyond, starring Noomi Rapace of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo fame.
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Swedish Film Institute grants funding to 13 films
The Swedish Film Institute has granted $4m (SEK 26,290,000) in production funding for 13 films.
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Swedish fairy tale wins Power to The Pixel Pitch Award
Sweden’s Helene Granqvist of Good World and Hanna Sköld of Tangram Film won the Pixel Pitch Award at the Power to the Pixel Cross-Media Forum for their project Granny’s Dancing on the Table.
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NewsYou Don't Like the Truth to serve as evidence in resuming Guantanamo trial
Film will also compete at IDFA.
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Hot projects on Screenbase this week
Among the array of new films on Screenbase are French-Belgian-Spanish co-production Les Chants De Mandrin, UK film Resistance, Italy’s Se Sei Così, Ti Dico Sì, as well as Germany’s Die Vermissten
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Bait 3D starts shooting in Australia
Arclight Films’ 3D shark-action commenced principal photography this week at the Village Roadshow Studios on the Gold Coast in Australia.