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NewsIcelandic cinema admissions rise by 7%
Cinema admissions in Iceland rose by 7% to 1.7m during 2009, with total box office receipts up 12% to $12m (ISK1.5bn).
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NewsHeartland Truly Moving Pictures selects 2009 top ten
The non-profit Heartland Truly Moving Pictures has announced its top ten ‘Moving Pictures’ of 2009 chosen from the 22 films that were bestowed with the Heartland Truly Moving Picture Award in 2009.
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NewsJose Gonzalez, Brotherhood among Nordic Film Prize nominees
Fredrik Egerstand and Mikel Cee Karlsson’s The Extraordinary Life of Jose Gonzalez, Nicolo Donator’s Brotherhood (pictured) and Sara Johnsen’s Upperdog are among the eight contender for this year’s Nordic Film Prize.
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NewsKevin Spacey joins Chinese black comedy Inseparable
Kevin Spacey has signed up to star in Chinese-American director Dayyan Eng’s black comedy, Inseparable.
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NewsWild Bunch seals raft of deals for Medem’s Room In Rome
Wild Bunch has sold Julio Medem’s $4.5m romantic drama Room In Rome to several territories across Europe, Asia and Latin America.
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NewsProbst aims to be flexible in run up to EFM
Flexibility has been the key to preparing the 2010 edition of the European Film Market (EFM), according to market director Beki Probst.
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NewsVisit Films boards Sundance Islamic punk tale The Taqwacores
Visit Films has acquired worldwide rights to Eyad Zahra’s Islamic punk film The Taqwacores ahead of its world premiere at Sundance.
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NewsLegendary hires Stephen Norrington to direct The Lost Patrol
Blade director Stephen Norrington has signed on to write and direct Legendary Pictures’ supernatural action thriller The Lost Patrol.
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NewsOren Aviv latest casualty of Rich Ross purge at Disney
The Rich Ross reshuffle continues at Disney as it emerged today that Oren Aviv has resigned as president of Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Production.
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NewsJodie Whittaker joins cast of thriller Harmony
Jodie Whittaker has joined the cast of psychological thriller Harmony (previously known as The Veil Of Maya), which starts shooting in London on January 18.
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NewsLetters To Father Jacob scores nine Jussi nominations
Klaus Haro’s Letters To Father Jacob (Postia Pappi Jaakobille) has scored nine nominations, including best film and best direction, for Finland’s Jussi Awards 2009.
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NewsLA critics name Mulholland Dr. Film Of The Decade
The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) has anointed David Lynch’s Mulholland Dr. Film Of The Decade.
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NewsMagnet picks up worldwide rights to Down Terrace
Magnet Releasing has taken worldwide rights to Ben Wheatley’s feature directorial debut Down Terrace ahead of its Slamdance slot.
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NewsIdo Abram leaves Binger Filmlab to join new Dutch film body
Ido Abram, the director for training and development centre Binger Filmlab, is leaving to join Eye, the new national film agency for the Netherlands.
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NewsSidus to launch sales for Busan omnibus at Berlin
Korea-based Sidus FNH will launch sales for the Pusan International Film Festival’s omnibus Busan Project (working title) at next month’s European Film Market in Berlin.
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NewsMoviemed reveals six projects for inaugural project market
Six projects have been selected to take part in MovieMed, a two-day event which aims to bring together the film and tourism industries (January 18 -19).
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NewsBAFTA reveals nominees for the Orange Rising Star Award
Carey Mulligan, Tahar Rahim, Kristen Stewart, Jesse Eisenberg and Nicholas Hoult have been named as the five nominees for the 2010 BAFTA Orange Rising Star Award.
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NewsAlla Verlotsky's Seagull commemorates tenth anniversary
Seagull Films, the sales and distribution consultancy and leading distributor of Russian arthouse films in North America, is marking its tenth anniversary with a series of special events.
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NewsNZFC promotes James Thompson to marketing chief
James Thompson has been promoted to head of sales and marketing at New Zealand Film, the sales division of the NZ Film Commission, effective immediately. He was previously business affairs executive in the same division.
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NewsBerlin unveils first wave of Panorama, Forum titles
Documentaries are set to put in a strong showing at the Berlinale’s Panorama section this year as selectors announce that half of the 50-title programme has now been confirmed. A third of the final line-up will be made up of documentaries.