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NewsGlenn McQuaid plans further projects related to I Sell The Dead
Writer/director Glenn McQuaid says he plans to follow his festival hit I Sell The Dead with another project exploring the same graverobbing characters.
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NewsMaribel Verdu picks up Spain’s National Cinema Award
Actress Maribel Verdu has won Spain’s prestigious National Cinema Award, which is selected by the Ministry of Culture and comes with prize money of $42,000 (€30,000).
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NewsWarners Bros and 3 Italia launch on-demand mobile movie service
Warner Bros Home Video and mobile phone operator 3 Italia have launched an on-demand film service for 3’s videophone customers.
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NewsUniversal's PictureBox VOD service to launch on Virgin Media
Universal Pictures and Virgin Media have announced that on-demand film service PictureBox will launch on Virgin’s TV platform in July.
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NewsVertigo School Project announces winners
London-based Vertigo Films and The National Film and Television School have named the three winning filmmakers for their Vertigo School Project (VSP).
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NewsEuropaCorp fined for Taxi 2 death
Luc Besson’s EuropaCorp has been fined $141,219 (€100,000) for the death of cameraman Alain Dutartre, who was crushed by a car during the filming of Taxi 2 in 1999.
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NewsSteven O'Dell promoted to SVP of International Distribution at Sony
Steven O’Dell has been named Senior Vice President, International Distribution for Sony Pictures Releasing International.
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NewsRebranded Here Films takes on I Killed My Mother
Here Media has officially launched Here Films, the new acquisition and distribution division that incorporates the former Regent Releasing. The outfit has acquired three high-profile titles.
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NewsPalm Springs ShortFest winners include The Dinner, Jonathan's Home
The Palm Springs International ShortFest wrapped its 15th edition Sunday night with the the Best of Festival Award going to The Dinner (Vacsora) by Hungary’s Karchi Perlmann.
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Newsm-appeal takes on comedy Small Crime ahead of Karlovy Vary
Berlin-based sales company m-appeal has added Christos Georgiou’s comedy Small Crime to its sales slate.
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NewsDogwoof picks up We Live In Public
London-based distributor Dogwoof has picked up documentary We Live In Public from UK sales company Celsius Entertainment.
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NewsEvangelion rules the Japanese box office
Animated sci-fi feature Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance opened strongly at the Japanese box office at the weekend, earning $5.37m (Y512m) on 355,000 admissions.
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NewsProtagonist to handle international sales of Le Donk
UK sales company Protagonist Pictures will be handling international sales on Shane Meadows’ improvised comedy Le Donk And Scor-Zay-Zee.
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NewsIl Divo snaps up top award at Silver Ribbons
Paolo Sorrentino’s political drama Il Divo took the top prize at Italy’s Silver Ribbons (Nastri D’Argento) awards, announced this weekend.
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NewsEntertainment finance venture launches global tax scheme
Winchester Capital Management Partners has launched a global government incentive and tax financing initiative which will provide innovative tax structures for those working in the entertainment industry.
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NewsMetrodome beefs up home entertainment slate with 7 new titles
Metrodome beefs up home entertainment slate with 7 new titles
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NewsDuncan Jones’ Moon takes top prize at Edinburgh
Duncan Jones’ debut feature Moon has scooped the Michael Powell Award for the Best New British Feature at this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival.
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NewsWah Do Dem, Those Who Remain get Target awards at LAFF
The Los Angeles Film Festival wrapped its 15th edition Sunday, with the Target Filmmaker Award going to Sam Fleischner & Ben Chace’s Wah Do Dem (What They Do).
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NewsTransformers 2 becomes second-biggest five-day domestic opener
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen blasted its way into the North American marketplace this weekend, taking an estimated $112m over three days and $201.2m since it opened on Wednesday (June 24).
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NewsOscars moves testimonial awards to earlier dinner; changes Song rules
If there were worries that the increased 10 Best Picture Nominees were going to make the Oscars telecast even longer, the Academy has taken at least one step to keep the telecast less bloated.