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NewsRomanian National Film Center awards $6.5m to new wave of features
The Romanian National Film Center (CNC) has announced roughly $6.5m in funding for new projects, including $3.5m in funding for new features from established directors.
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NewsToronto 2010 full lineups announced: Contemporary World Cinema and Discovery
Films added include world premieres by Debs Gardner-Paterson, Justin Chadwick, Kim Tae-Yong, Koen Mortier, Max Winkler, Justin Lerer, Zhang Meng, Shawn Ku.
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Rashaad Green wraps filming on Gun Hill Road
Filming has wrapped in The Bronx, New York, on Rashaad Ernesto Green’s debut feature Gun Hill Road, which was selected for this year’s Tribeca All Access Programme.
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The Remakes Market to launch in LA in November
Paris-based The Media Faculty and Los Angeles-based Basic Lead are launching The Remakes Market, an inaugural event dedicated to adaptation rights of European films, books, and television properties.
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NewsTokyo Project Gathering's 28 selections include Ryuichi Hiroki, Pen-ek Ratanaruang
The sixth Tokyo Project Gathering (TPG) has selected an increased 28 projects this year.
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Freestyle picks up US rights to I Want Your Money
Freestyle Releasing will handle the US theatrical release on RG Entertainment’s politically charged documentary I Want Your Money.
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NewsDimension Films greenlights Piranha 3D sequel
Dimension Films chief Bob Weinstein has greenlit a sequel to Piranha 3D three days after the horror film opened in the top ten on $10.1m.
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NewsDevelopment Director leaves Nordisk after only three weeks
Lars Grarup, whose new job as Development Director for Nordisk Film was announced on Aug 1, has already announced plans to leave the company.
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NewsPaul Verhoeven, San Fu Maltha reunite for The Hidden Force
Story will be set in year 1900 in Java in Dutch East Indies.
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NewsFinland's Markus Selin lines up six more Vares thrillers
At least two of the features, which will be shot back to back, will be theatrical releases.
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Arts Alliance Media signs big digital deal with Australian exhibitor Hoyts
Arts Alliance Media (AAM) has signed a deal to equip 400 Hoyts cinemas with its Theatre Management System, across the entire Hoyts circuit in Australia and New Zealand.
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NewsViennale devotes special programmes to Rohmer, Lubtchansky, Denis Cote
The Viennale has unveiled some highlights from its 2010 programme (the festival runs Oct 21-Nov 3).
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Richard Lester gives box of mementos and stills to BFI Archive
Veteran director Richard Lester - best known for making Beatles films A Hard Day’s Night and Help! - has donated a 60-box collection of his scripts, correspondence and stills to the BFI National Archive.
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NewsSugarman starts Wales shoot for punk comedy Vinyl
Shooting has begun in North Wales on Vinyl, a punk rock comedy starring Brit actors Phil Daniels, Keith Allen and Perry Benson.
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NewsLevelK comes on board for Say Nothing starring Joel Edgerton
Denmark’s LevelK has acquired international sales rights to Australian drama/mystery Say Nothing.
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NewsGerman writer/director Christoph Schlingensief dies at 49
Christoph Schlingensief, the “enfant terrible“ of the German theatre and film scene, has lost his battle against lung cancer at the age of 49 on Aug 21.
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UK veteran James Lee proposes creation of Government-backed film distributor
Ex-UK Film Council Board member and former Chairman of Scottish Screen James Lee has called for the creation of a State-backed “British National Distribution Company.”
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Japan offers financial support to visiting productions to boost tourism
The Japan Tourism Agency (JTA) has announced plans to offer financial and logistical support to selected foreign film and TV productions in an effort to boost overseas visitors to the territory.
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NewsExpendables holds on to pole position with $17m
The Expendables held on to its number one berth over a quiet weekend that brought plenty of new blood but nothing to threaten Sylvester Stallone and his cohorts.