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NewsPromenade, ACI to distribute 3D animated Ollie The Otter
Promenade Pictures and American Cinema International (ACI) have taken rights to Northern California-based CritterPix Studios’ first animated 3D project, Ollie The Otter.
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NewsGirl Who Played With Fire reports strong opening in Scandinavia
The Girl Who Played With Fire (Flickan Som Lekte Med Elden), the second film adaptation from Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy, opened strongly in Scandinavia reaching 474,000 admissions.
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NewsArgentina’s Pablo Trapero and Ricardo Darin team up for romantic drama
Argentinean director Pablo Trapero’s next project will be a romantic drama called Noir, with local superstar Ricardo Darin in the lead role.
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New York Film Critics Circle sets annual vote for December 14
New York Film Critics Circle chairman Armond White announced the group will hold its annual vote on December 14.
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NewsYun set to strike Home Run for Singapore
Former Raintree Pictures chief Daniel Yun is joining forces with Festive Films’ Low Yuen Ping and former Salon Films executive John Sim to launch a Singapore-based outfit, Home Run Pictures, with a focus on executive producing and international sales.
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NewsFocus Features International, 02 reunite on Brazilian conman thriller VIPs
Focus Features International and Brazilian production company 02 Filmes are collaborating on the thriller VIPs in their first joint venture since Adrift.
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NewsPrecious takes coveted audience award at Toronto
Lee Daniel’s Precious: Based On The Novel “Push” By Sapphire won the Cadillac People’s Choice Award as the 34th Toronto International Film Festival wrapped on the weekend.
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NewsAronofsky eyes Securitas heist thriller for XYZ, Time Inc Studios and Protozoa
XYZ Films and partner Time Inc Studios have joined Protozoa Pictures on a heist project about the 2006 Securitas robbery in the UK that Darren Aronofsky is eyeing to direct.
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NewsSPWAG acquires bulk of overseas rights to Hyde Park International's Machete
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group (SPWAG) has acquired most international rights from Ashok Amritraj’s Hyde Park International to Machete, written and co-directed by Robert Rodriguez.
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NewsSundance Selects takes North America on Toronto premiere The Art Of The Steal
Rainbow Media’s new theatrical and VOD label Sundance Selects has beaten out three other buyers to pick up North American rights from Submarine to Don Argott’s documentary The Art of The Steal.
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NewsSPC acquires Toronto pair Lebanon, Get Low
Sony Pictures Classics (SPC) has acquired two Toronto titles, taking all US rights to Samuel Maoz’ Golden Lion winner Lebanon and North American rights to Aaron Schneider’s Get Low.
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NewsSerbia reconsiders Oscar selection over English dialogue concerns
Serbia is reconsidering its decision to submit Darko Lungulov’s Here And There as its nominee for foreign-language Oscar over concerns about the level of English dialogue it contains.
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NewsBelgium picks Goeningen’s The Misfortunates for foreign-language Oscar
Felix van Groeningen’s The Misfortunates has been selected by Belgium as its submission for the foreign-language film Oscar.
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NewsProtagonist signs “manufacture on demand” deal
UK-based sales agent Protagonist Pictures has signed a pioneering “manufacture on demand” DVD deal with Amazon.com-subsidiary Createspace for the US.
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NewsDinard British Film Festival reveals line-up for 20th edition
The Dinard British Film Festival has announced the line-up for its 20th anniversary edition, which runs from 8-11 October.
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NewsSheffield Doc/Fest reveals early line-up highlights for 16th edition
Sheffield Doc/Fest has revealed a selection of early highlights for this year’s edition, including 16 world premieres.
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NewsPGA doubles number of best produced film nominees to ten
The Producers Guild Of America (PGA) has followed the Academy’s lead and announced that the number of film nominees in the 2010 Darryl F Zanuck Producer Of The Year Award will expand from five to ten.
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NewsKaohsiung fest removes controversial doc from line-up
In an attempt to minimise controversy, Taiwan’s Kaohsiung City Government has decided to separate the screening of documentary 10 Conditions Of Love from the upcoming Kaohsiung Film Festival in October.
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NewsCalifornia wine country to host premiere of Japanese Sideways
The world premiere of Fox International’s Japanese re-imagining of Alexander Payne’s Sideways will close the Napa Sonoma Wine Country Film Festival on September 27.
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NewsTaking Woodstock, Inglourious Basterds bookend Rio de Janeiro Film Festival
More than 300 films from more than 60 countries will screen over 15 days at the Rio de Janeiro Film Festival starting on September 24.