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NewsAvatar leads Visual Effects Society nominations roster
Avatar has earned 11 nominations from the Visual Effects Society (VES) and Coraline four ahead of the 8th Annual VES Awards on February 28.
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NewsFilm Department targets Jeff Morris' International Assassin screenplay
The Film Department has acquired Jeff Morris’ action-comedy screenplay True Memoirs Of An International Assassin.
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NewsIFC Films acquires US rights to Gaspar Noe's Enter The Void
IFC Films has acquired US rights to Gaspar Noe’s Enter The Void ahead of its US premiere at Sundance in the Spotlight section.
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NewsRonald Harwood to write MLK biopic for DreamWorks
Ronald Harwood will write the screenplay for DreamWorks’ Martin Luther King Jr biopic that Steven Spielberg, Suzanne de Passe and Madison Jones are producing.
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NewsApparition lines up Nash Edgerton's noir The Square for April
Apparition has acquired all North American rights to The Square, the first feature film from Australian stuntman-turned-director Nash Edgerton.
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NewsSummit, Jonathan Levine team up on Warm Bodies
Summit Entertainment has acquired feature rights to Warm Bodies and hired Jonathan Levine (pictured) to write and direct the project.
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NewsOther Angle takes international sales on Raed Andoni's Fix Me
France’s Other Angle has acquired Sundance competitor Fix Me for international sales.
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NewsFox to co-finance Na Hong-jin's The Murderer
Fox International Productions will co-finance Showbox Mediaplex’s The Murderer, to be directed by Na Hong-jin.
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NewsFortissimo picks up Tamra Davis' Jean-Micheal Basquiat doc
Fortissimo Films has acquired sale worldwide rights, excluding North America, to documentary Jean-Micheal Basquiat: The Radiant Child, directed by Tamra Davis.
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NewsBerlinale's International Forum unveils 19 world premieres for 40th edition
New films by Angela Schanelec (pictured), Nicolas Wadimoff, Arvin Chen and Thomas Arslan are among 19 world premieres in the 40th edition of the Berlinale’s International Forum.
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NewsSony reveals second German project after Friendship! success
Sony Pictures Releasing is forging ahead with preparations for its second local production after the strong opening of Markus Goller’s comedy Friendship!.
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NewsUK cinema admissions reach highest level for seven years
UK cinema admissions are at their highest level since 2002, according to figures released by the UK Film Council today (January 19).
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NewsQuanan Wang's Apart Together to open 60th Berlinale
The world premiere of Quanan Wang’s Apart Together (Tuan Yuan) will open the Berlinale’s 60th edition on February 11, while Yoji Yamada’s About Her Brother (Otouto) (pictured) will close the festival on February 20.
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Brussels Film Festival appoints Ivan Corbisier as director
Ivan Corbisier has been appointed as the new director of the Brussels Film Festival.
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NewsJapanese music drama Bandage rocks crowded box office
Takeshi Kobayashi’s indie rock and roll drama Bandage opened in fourth place this weekend despite tough competition at the Japanese box office.
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NewsAvatar adds $129m overseas and sets sail for history
In its fifth weekend Avatar stayed on course to sink Titanic’s 12-year international and global box office records as it added an estimated $128.9m through Fox International to raise the tally to $1.2bn.
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NewsMicrofinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus among Sundance panelist roster
Sundance has unveiled its roster of panels and special events, which this year will feature a number of philanthropists, activists and artists who support the festival’s goal of using art to effect social change.
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NewsAbramowitz, Eftekhar launch distribution and marketing venture Area23a
Independent marketing and distribution consultant Richard Abramowitz and Ocule Films founder Kirt Eftekhar have launched the bi-coastal distributor Area23a.
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NewsEconomic recovery spurs Brazil's 33% box office hike in 2009
Brazil’s box office registered a 33.3% rise during 2009, with ticket sales getting close to R$1bn mark for the first time.
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NewsThe Imperialists Are Still Alive! among Film Sales Company Sundance slate
Film Sales Company president Andrew Herwitz has lined up his initial Sundance slate, with a roster that includes worldwide rights to Zeina Durra’s The Imperialists Are Still Alive!