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Academy sets October 1 deadline for foreign language submissions
The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences has set an October 1 deadline for submissions in the foreign language film and the live action short film and animated short film categories.
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NewsBrazil picks Lula for Oscar race
While Fabio Barreto remains unconscious after a car accident, his Lula, the Son of Brazil has been chosen to represent the country in the Foreign Language Oscar race.
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Bonnie And Clyde director Arthur Penn dies at 88
Arthur Penn, whose startling work on Bonnie And Clyde ushered US cinema into a new age of awareness, died from heart failure at his Manhattan home on Tuesday [28], one day after his 88th birthday.
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Israel Film Festival in LA to honour Dreyfuss, Landau
Richard Dreyfuss and Jon Landau will be honoured at the Israel Film Festival when it kicks off in Los Angeles next month.
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ATO Pictures swoops on US rights for comedy Terri
ATO Pictures has acquired US rights to the upcoming coming-of-age comedy Terri starring John C Reilly and newcomer Jacob Wysocki.
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Don Carmody shoots hockey drama Breakaway starring Rob Lowe
Don Carmody, producer of the international box office hit Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D, is one of five producers on the cross-cultural hockey drama Breakaway starring Rob Lowe, which has begun principal photography in Toronto.
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Latido takes sales rights to Ventura Pons’ A Thousand Fools
Juan Torres joins Latido’s international sales team.
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NewsItaly selects The First Beautiful Thing for Oscar race
Paolo Virzi’s bittersweet comedy The First Beautiful Thing (La Prima Cosa Bella) has been selected as Italy’s candidate to the foreign Oscar.
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NewsContentFilm takes on Welsh films Separado!, A Bit of Tom Jones?
ContentFilm International has acquired international rights to two new films, documentary Separado! and comedy A Bit of Tom Jones?, ahead of MIPCOM.
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NewsWild Bunch to release Jack Cardiff doc in France and Germany
Craig McCall’s feature documentary is being sold internationally by High Point Films.
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NewsDanny Boyle to receive BFI Fellowship award at LFF
His closing night film 127 Hours will also be one of 11 features competing for the London Film Festival’s Best Film Award; Patricia Clarkson to head up the jury.
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NewsArtificial Eye buys 11 including Essential Killing, Silent Souls, Route Irish
Artificial Eye has been on a buying spree. The voracious UK distributor has announced 11 high profile acquisitions including a number of award winners from the recent Cannes, Venice and Toronto Film Festivals.
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NewsLucas to give Star Wars franchise the 3D treatment
George Lucas is going ahead with his plan to retrofit all six Star Wars films in 3D and has earmarked a 2012 launch.
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NewsThis Is That closes New York offices, will continue in spirit
The New York independent film scene is losing a familiar name but not the people behind it as Ted Hope, Anne Carey and Diana Victor call it a day on their production company This Is That.
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Voltage expects surge of interest on thriller Escapee
Production has started on the psychological thriller Escapee from Hollywood Media Bridge and Tall Tales Entertainment in association with Voltage Pictures and Nantucket Productions.
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NewsHollywood Film Awards to fete Bening, Duvall
Annette Bening and Robert Duvall will receive the Hollywood Film Festival’s best actress and actor awards at the gala night in Beverly Hills on October 25.
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NewsIndomina takes North America on Griff The Invisible
Fledgling distributor Indomina Releasing continues to build its slate and has acquired all North American rights from Fortissimo to Griff The Invisible.
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NewsLongtime Tarantino editor Sally Menke found dead
Sally Menke, the friend and collaborator of Quentin Tarantino who edited all his films, was found dead on a hiking trail in Los Angeles early on Tuesday morning [27]. She was 56.
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Film Sales Company takes worldwide rights to Mooz-lum
The Film Sales Company president Andrew Herwitz has acquired worldwide sales rights to Qasim Basir’s feature directorial debut Mooz-lum.
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NewsMontreal Nouveau Cinema to present more than 295 'eclectic' films
Festival to open with Daniel Grou-Podz’s 10½.