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NewsUTV signs three-year deal with Anurag Kashyap
India’s UTV Motion Pictures has entered into an exclusive three-year deal with filmmaker Anurag Kashyap (Dev D, Black Friday).
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NewsA Single Man, Parnassus among AFI FEST line-up
The US premiere of Tom Ford’s A Single Man starring Oscar contender Colin Firth and Julianne Moore will close the slimmed down 23rd AFI FEST on November 5.
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NewsJere Hausfater steps down as Essential CEO
Jere Hausfater has stepped down as CEO of Essential Entertainment less than three years after he founded the financing, production and sales company with chairman and Palo Alto businessman Jim Kohlberg.
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NewsHilary Swank to receive HFF Hollywood Actress Award
Two-time Academy Award winner Hilary Swank will be feted with the Hollywood Actress Award at the 13th Annual Hollywood Film Festival (HFF) and Hollywood Film Awards.
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NewsPhase 4, Submarine complete US theatrical deal on Order Of Chaos
Phase 4 Films has acquired US theatrical rights from Submarine Entertainment to Vince Vieluf’s thriller Order Of Chaos.
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NewsFilm industry should be more accessible, says Hope
Veteran independent film producer Ted Hope called for new film business models built on “access and transparency” in his keynote speech at the Power to the Pixel Cross-Media Forum, held in London today (October 14).
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NewsClooney and Murray strike positive note ahead of London Film Festival opening
George Clooney and Bill Murray struck a resolutely upbeat note about The Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival today (October 14).
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NewsThe 3rd Russian Film Festival to show 10 UK premieres
The 3rd edition of Academia Rossica’s Russian Film Festival will host 10 UK premieres including Russia’s Oscar entry Ward No.6.
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NewsAoyama’s Decadent Sisters takes top prize at PPP
The four-day Pusan Promotion Plan (PPP) wrapped on Wednesday night, with the Pusan Award going to Japanese director Shinji Aoyama’s Decadent Sisters.
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NewsAsian Film Market still quiet but busier than last year
The Asian Film Market closed its four-day run today (Oct 14) with an increase in participants and a general consensus that the market was quiet but still important for setting up deals and networking.
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Asian film commissions to jointly develop incentives system
Seven film commissions and government bodies pledged to work together to develop production incentives and other schemes to create a film-friendly environment in Asia, at the close of the second edition of Film Policy Plus (FPP) on Wednesday night.
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NewsLa Pivellina to be first Austrian title to open Viennale
Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel’s debut feature The Little One (La Pivellina), will become the first Austrian production in the Viennale’s 47-year history to open the festival, which runs October 22 to November 4.
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NewsProduction starts on Perfect Weekend's Whitney Brown
Production has begun in Atlanta, Georgia, on Perfect Weekend’s family comedy The Greening Of Whitney Brown.
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NewsAMC to handle distribution deal for education doc Ten9Eight
50 Eggs Productions has signed a direct distribution deal with AMC Entertainment Inc to handle Ten9eight: Shoot For The Moon during Global Entrepreneurship Week.
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NewsVitagraph and FilmBuff take US theatrical and VOD rights to financial doc Collapse
Vitagraph Films and FilmBuff have signed deals to handle the US theatrical and VOD release respectively of Chris Smith’s documentary Collapse.
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NewsDouble Edge scores raft of Korean deals at Pusan market
Taipei-based Double Edge Entertainment sealed a raft of deals during the Asian Film Market, including the sale of Hachiko, starring Richard Gere, and Smother, with Liv Tyler and Diane Keaton, to Korean distributor Cinaste.
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Cambodia, Japan film commissions come into focus
Recently-launched film commissions from two vastly different filmmaking cultures – Cambodia and Japan – were introduced at the BIFCOM locations showcase and Film Policy Plus (FPP) in Pusan this week.
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Piracy, financing and DIY distribution on AFM seminar agenda
The state of the independent business, foreign investment, pitching and DIY distribution are among subjects up for discussion at the AFM seminars.
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NewsLightning strikes sales deal on Mexican Oscar hopeful Backyard
Santa Monica-based Lightning Entertainment has picked up all international sales rights excluding Latin America to Carlos Carrera’s Mexican foreign language Oscar submission Backyard (El Traspatio).
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NewsAnna Kendrick named 2010 Palm Springs festival's rising star
Anna Kendrick will receive the 21st Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival’s (PSIFF) Rising Star Award in January for her performance in Up In The Air.