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Village Roadshow Pictures refinances loan facility
Village Roadshow Pictures (VRP) has completed a restructure of its $900m film financing production facility, in a deal that makes it available through until September 30, 2010.
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NewsGowariker to direct Buddha biopic
Indian filmmaker Ashutosh Gowariker has signed up to direct Buddha, a big-budget English-language biopic, which is being financed by billionaire Bhupendra Kumar Modi.
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NewsJapan's Wise Policy closes its doors
Japanese foreign film distributor Wise Policy has closed its doors after filing for bankruptcy last month.
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NewsMatch Factory adds The Light to Cannes line-up
The Match Factory has added Kyrgyz filmmaker Aktan Arym Kubat’s next feature The Light to its sales line-up.
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NewsSwedish Film Institute backs three features with $1.5m
Fast Cash (Snabba Cash), the first part of Swedish lawyer-author Jens Lapidus’ best-selling Stockholm Noir trilogy, is on the way to the big screen.
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NewsJeonju marks 10th anniversary with record attendance
Jeonju International Film Festival, South Korea’s second biggest festival, celebrated its 10th anniversary edition with a record-breaking attendance and the launch of a new market.
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NewsGlawogger's Contact High to premiere at Cannes Market
Austrian director Michael Glawogger’s latest feature film Contact High will receive its market premiere through The Match Factory at Cannes this week.
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NewsDeneuve to receive Taormina Film Festival's Arte Award
Iconic French actress Catherine Deneuve will receive the Taormina Film Festival’s Arte Award during the 55th edition of the Sicilian festival.
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NewsFilmax takes Spanish rights to Magic Africa
Filmax, the Spanish producer/distributor, has picked up the Spanish distribution rights to distribute Jordi Llompart’s 3D film Magic Journey To Africa.
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NewsPrincipal photography of Invasion Of Privacy to start later this month
Invasion Of Privacy (aka The Resident), will start shooting later this month in New Mexico.London-based Exclusive Media Group is fully financing the project, which sees Antti J. Jokinen make his directorial debut. Exclusive Film Distribution will be handling international sales at Cannes.Hilary Swank and Jeffrey Dean Morgan will lead the ...
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NewsMultiVisionnaire finds Mr. Right
MultiVisionnaire Pictures has picked up Jacqui Morris’ Mr. Right ahead of Cannes.
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NewsUK’s HanWay tempts buyers with Thirteen Assassins
HanWay Films will be introducing buyers to Takashi Miike’s next film Thirteen Assassins at the Cannes film festival.
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NewsGus van Sant named as jury president of KunstFilmBiennale
US filmmaker Gus van Sant will serve as the president of the International Jury for this year’s KunstFilmBiennale.
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NewsGlen quits as CEO of animation producer Imagi
Imagi International Holdings, the Hong Kong and Los Angeles-based CG animation producer, has announced that Douglas E. Glen has resigned his position as CEO and executive director of the company.
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NewsMunich retrospective dedicated to British director Stephen Frears
The British director Stephen Frears will be honoured with a retrospective at this year’s Munich Filmfest, which will be held from 26 June - 4 July.
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NewsOne Man Village, Invisible City take top prizes at Hot Docs
Lebanese documentary The One Man Village won the Best International Feature Award and Hubert Davis’ Invisible City won the Best Canadian Feature prize as the Hot Docs Documentary Film Festival wrapped in Toronto over the weekend.
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NewsWild Bunch takes international rights on Ghobadi's Persian Cats
Wild Bunch will handle international sales on Bahman Ghobadi’s No One Knows About Persian Cats.
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NewsSweden’s Gotland Island bids to become film production centre
The Swedish island of Gotland – the home of the late Ingmar Bergman – has renewed its efforts to become a centre for film production in the city of Fårösund.
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NewsKatapult picks up Women In Trouble for Cannes
Paris-based sales company Katapult Film Sales has acquired international rights to the comedy Women In Trouble by writer-director Sebastian Gutierrez.The film, which stars Carla Gugino, Simon Baker and Josh Brolin, follows one day in the lives of ten seemingly disparate women, including a porn star, a psychiatrist and a bartender, ...
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NewsElle Driver adds Women Are Heroes to Cannes slate
Elle Driver, the Paris-based sales and acquisition outfit, has added a new project with the working title Women Are Heroes to its Cannes slate.