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NewsNewsweek critic David Ansen named LAFF artistic director
Newsweek film critic David Ansen is joining Film Independent as artistic director of the 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival.
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NewsThis Is It stays ahead of the pack overseas as $29m raises tally to $128.6m
This Is It continued to dominate the overseas market as a further $29m from 8,800 screens in 110 markets through Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI) raised the running total to $128.6m after two weekends.
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NewsWBITD promotes sales executives Roni Patel, Rita Akkari
Warner Bros International Television Distribution (WBITD) has promoted Roni Patel to vice president, sales – Scandinavia, Benelux and Middle East, and Rita Akkari to director, sales – Central and Eastern Europe.
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NewsLionsgate reports second quarter year-on-year revenues hike
Bolstered by strong gains in its television production business, new revenue from TV Guide Network and TV Guide.com and reduced theatrical marketing costs, Lionsgate reported revenues of $393.7m and net income of $31.7m for the fiscal 2010 second quarter ended September 30.
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NewsChildren Of God, Precious to bookend sixth Bahamas Int'l Film Festival
Bahamian film-maker Kareem Mortimer’s drama Children Of God and Lee Daniels’ critical darling Precious bookend the sixth annual Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF).
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NewsVivendi Entertainment names Yolanda Macias evp business development and acquisitions
Vivendi Entertainment has promoted Yolanda Macias to executive vice-president of business development and acquisitions.
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NewsCinema Epoch to open Skirt Day in theatres in spring 2010
Cinema Epoch has acquired US rights to Jean-Paul Lilienfeld’s drama Skirt Day (La Journee De La Jupe) starring Isabelle Adjani.
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NewsStrand takes US rights to My Year Without Sex
Strand Releasing has acquired all US rights to Sarah Watt’s Australian film My Year Without Sex from The Works International at AFM.
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NewsPIFF, Chapman University team for Pusan West
Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) has formed a partnership with Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts to launch a filmmaker showcase to bring a selection of Korean films and filmmakers from PIFF to the US.
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NewsSoul Kitchen and Wild Grass to bookend 50th Thessaloniki film festival
Fatih Akin’s Soul Kitchen and Alain Resnais’ Wild Grass (Les Herbes Folles) will bookend the 50th International Thessaloniki Film Festival, which opens on November 13.
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NewsVideocracy scoops first special jury prize at Sheffield Doc/Fest
Erik Gandini’s Videocracy has won the inaugural special jury award at the Sheffield International Documentary Festival.
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NewsORPS and Yatzy win top children’s films prizes at the Nordic Film Days
Atle Knudsen’s ORPS - The Movie and Katja Eyde Jacobsen’s Yatzy won top prizes at the 51st Nordic Film Days in Lübeck, which wrapped up on November 8.
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NewsNeoClassics boards worldwide rights to The Over The Hill Band
Canada-based NeoClassics Films has acquired worldwide rights to Geoffrey Enthoven’s Belgian comedy drama The Over The Hill Band.
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NewsIn The Loop sweeps the board at Scottish Baftas
Armando Iannucci’s political satire In The Loop was the big winner at the Scottish Baftas last night (November 8) picking up awards for best director, best writing and best actor.
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NewsDadi seals Asian deals on $23m biopic Confucius
China’s Dadi Entertainment has wrapped up a string of Asian deals on its $23m biopic Confucius, including sales to Korea’s J.L. International, Thailand’s Sahamongkol and Singapore’s Cathay Keris Films.
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NewsLakeshore hires Brazil's Heitor Dhalia for spy tale April 23
Lakeshore Entertainment has signed Brazilian director Heitor Dhalia to direct the spy thriller April 23.
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NewsOptimism creeps back into AFM as market enters home stretch
After a brutal 12 months in the independent film business, a mood of cautious optimism is infusing business as AFM 2009 enters the home stretch.
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NewsBeaver, Red sell out for Summit International
Summit International has virtually sold out on two of its marquee titles here, Jodie Foster’s drama The Beaver starring Mel Gibson and the DC Comics adaptation Red.
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NewsBondarchuk lines up Winter Queen, Stalingrad epic
Fedor Bondarchuk, director of Russian blockbuster Inhabited Island, is making his English language debut on Seven Arts Pictures’ Winter Queen and will follow that with a $30m epic about the battle of Stalingrad which will likely be shot in both Russian and English versions.
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NewsWild Bunch takes Edge, Victoria from GK for Germany
Wild Bunch Germany, the new German distribution arm of the French film group, has signed a two-picture deal with Graham King’s GK Films, taking rights in Germany to Martin Campbell’s Edge Of Darkness starring Mel Gibson and Jean-Marc Vallee’s The Young Victoria with Emily Blunt.