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Beijing Screenings to showcase 60 Chinese films to international buyers
The 14th Beijing Screenings will be held from Sept 7-10 tin Beijing with up-and-coming filmmaker Kong Lingchen’s City Monkey being the opening film of the 4-day film market, the event’s organizer China Film Group and China Film Promotion International announced.
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m-appeal picks up The Christening; Media Luna New Films Silence is Golden
Berlin-based sales company m-appeal has added Polish filmmaker Marcin Wrona’s second feature film The Christening to its lineup ahead of its international premiere in Toronto’s Vanguard sidebar next week.
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Summit hires Jesse Wigutow to write Osterman Weekend thriller
Jesse Wigutow has signed on to rewrite Summit Entertainment’s action thriller The Osterman Weekendbased on Robert Ludlum’s novel.
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Warner Bros to release CG animation Ramayana in India
Warner Bros has picked up Indian rights to locally-produced CG animated feature Ramayana The Epic and plans to release it across the country on October 15.
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NewsPusan plans special programme on Kurdish cinema
Also, festival reveals Tsai Ming Liang will be honoured as Asian Filmmaker of the Year.
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NewsSarah’s Key to close San Sebastian; Fipresci selects The Ghost Writer as film of year
San Sebastian has announced that French director Gilles Paquet Brenner’s film Sarah’s Key will close the festival.
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Vicky Jewson plans gritty action thriller as second feature
UK director Vicky Jewson is due to go into pre-production in October on her second feature, a gritty action thriller called Born Of War.
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This week’s hot projects on Screenbase
French feature Switch, UK production Hunky Dory and Italian Metafisica Per Le Scimmie were newly added to Screenbase.
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NewsFilms Boutique picks up international distribution for Special Treatment
Berlin-based sales agent Films Boutique has taken on international distribution for writer-director Jeanne Labrune’s Special Treatment (Sans Queue Ni Tete) which will have its world premiere as a Special Presentation at this month’s Toronto International Film Festival.
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NewsInception set to cross $400m overseas in busy weekend
Warner Bros Pictures International’s Inception will ease past $400m over the next three days and should remain in the mix despite losing its overseas crown last weekend.
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NewsTirza named Dutch foreign language Oscar submission
Rudolf van den Berg’s drama has been selected as the Netherlands’ official Academy Awards submission for best foreign language film.
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NewsTelluride premieres include The Way Back, Never Let Me Go
Peter Weir’s The Way Back, Mark Romanek’s Never Let Me Go and Tom Hooper’s The King’s Speech are among the line-up announced by the 37th Telluride Film Festival running from September 3-6.
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Lionsgate prepares For Colored Girls for awards run
Lionsgate has slotted Tyler Perry’s drama For Colored Girls into the 2010 release calendar in preparation for an awards run.
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Das to direct, Guadagnino to produce slavery thriller Trafficking
Indian actress Nandita Das will direct the modern slavery thriller Trafficking, with the director of I Am Love on board to produce.
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Pixar general manager Jim Morris to receive VES Founders Award
Pixar Animation Studios general manager and executive vice-president of production and former VES chair Jim Morris will receive the 2010 VES Founders Award.
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NewsFineCut has sales spree including two deals for Japan
South Korean sales company FineCut has sold a raft of films including two to Japan - Korean War film 71 – Into The Fire, which sold to Kadokawa Pictures and Cannes Critics’ Week title Bedevilled, which sold to King Records.
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NewsTokyo fest unveils first four titles of competition
The Tokyo International Film Festival (Oct 23-31) has unveiled the first four titles of its Sakura Grand Prix competition.
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Berwick festival to host UK premieres of Karaoke, The Wish Tree
The Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival kicks off its sixth year on Sept 15 with The Keystone Cut Ups, a specially commissioned live performance and video work by artists People Like Us and Ergo Phizmiz.
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9th Annual IFFLA sets April 2011 dates
The 9th Annual Indian Film Festival Of Los Angeles (IFFLA) will take place in Hollywood from April 12-17, 2011.