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NewsBaltic co-production market unveils new projects
Projects from Estonian film-maker Kadri Kousaar, Finland’s Petri Kotwica, Poland’s Bartosz Konopka and Uzbek producer-director Ella Vakkasova are among 12 projects selected for the Baltic Event Co-Production Market.
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NewsOz tax rebate delivers $83m but picture remains murky
Screen Australia chief executive Ruth Harley released new figures at the close of the Screen Producers Association of Australia (SPAA) conference which showed that the 40% producer offset has injected $83m (A$91m) into the budgets of 19 films in the past two years.
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NewsBrad Pitt steps into Dark Void for Plan B, Reliance BIG
Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment has acquired film rights to the upcoming Capcom video game Dark Void under Plan B’s creative partnership with Reliance BIG Entertainment.
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NewsHarden, Aghdashloo join Sherry Hormann's The No Game for The Match Factory
Marcia Gay Harden and Shohreh Aghdashloo have joined the contemporary romance The No Game, which is scheduled to commence shooting shortly in New York and Israel.
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NewsKiedaisch urges industry to embrace digital transition
CEO of European digital provider Arts Alliance Howard Kiedaisch has urged companies to innovate and embrace the digital transition, or face the risk of being left behind.
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NewsIndustry welcomes UKFC overhaul
The UK film industry has generally welcomed the news of the potential reorganisation of the UK Film Council, describing the major changes as “producer friendly”.
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NewsFFI boards select territories on Matthew Vaughn's Kick-Ass
Focus Features International (FFI) has picked up select international rights from Mandate International to Matthew Vaughn’s action comedy Kick-Ass.
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NewsHerzog to head Berlinale jury
Werner Herzog will head the jury at the upcoming 60th Berlin International Film Festival (February 11-21).
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NewsLAFF receives $30,000 Academy Foundation grant for International Spotlight
Film Independent has received a $30,000 grant for the 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival (LAFF) from the Academy Foundation of The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences.
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NewsDigital Economy Bill proposes legal mandate for Channel 4 film investment
The UK’s new Digital Economy Bill plans to place a legal commitment on broadcaster Channel 4 to invest in film.
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NewsWar Games opens International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
The 22nd International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), opens today (November 19 ) with the world premiere of War Games And The Man Who Stopped Them by Polish director Dariusz Jablonski.
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NewsSecond Women's Film & TV Showcase to start on Nov 29 in LA
The second annual Women’s International Film & Television Showcase (The WIFTS) will kick off in Los Angeles on Nov 29 with a screening of Brian Jamieson’s ToWhom It May Concern: Ka Shen’s Journey which will also serve to honour actress Nancy Kwan with a lifetime tribute award.
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NewsNo Greater Love wins Britspotting award, Janine Marmot announces projects
Michael Whyte’s documentary No Greater Love, has been awarded the Best Feature Film Audience Award at the 10th Britspotting Festival in Berlin.
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NewsAcademy announces 15-strong documentary shortlist
Fifteen documentaries have made it on to the Oscar shortlist and will go forward to the voting process for the 82nd Academy Awards from an initial pool of 89 eligible films, the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences announced today [18].
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NewsSony, CBS Films strike international distribution deal
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group (SPWAG) has signed a three-year marketing and distribution deal with CBS Films, under which Sony will handle international theatrical distribution of the inaugural CBS Films slate and service DVD releases.
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NewsLorenzo di Bonaventura boards Nicholas Flamel youth fantasy series
Lorenzo di Bonaventura and his Di Bonaventura Pictures have signed a deal with bestselling author Michael Scott to adapt Scott’s young adult six-part fantasy series The Secrets Of The Immortal Nicholas Flamel.
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NewsSundance announces 13 artists for New Frontier programme
Sundance Institute has announced 13 artists from six countries whose works will be presented as part of the 2010 edition of New Frontier at Sundance Film Festival.
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NewsOptimum boards new project from Kidulthood director
Optimum Releasing has acquired the UK rights to Kidulthood director Menhaj Huda’s horror film Comedown, which will begin shooting in London in March 2010.
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Sony promotes Marisa McGrath to svp national theatrical publicity
Marisa McGrath has been promoted to Sony’s senior vice-president of national theatrical publicity.
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NewsSamson & Delilah sweeps Australia’s IF Awards
Samson & Delilah, which dramatically illustrates what it can be like to be black, Australian, and living in the desert, took home six of the ten Inside Film Awards given out tonight to features.