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NewsCity Island wins Heineken Audience Award
Raymond De Felitta’s comedy City Island, starring Andy Garcia and Julianna Margulies, has won the eighth annual Tribeca Film Festival Heineken Audience Award.De Felitta will receive a cah prize of $25,000 for his film, which received its world premiere during the festival and tells of a Bronx family riddled with ...
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NewsKristofferson joins Hickory Nation
Kris Kristofferson, Jesse James and Brian White have joined the cast of Velveteen Films’ hit-and-run drama Hickory Nation.They join Molly Sims and Aimee Teegarden, who have already signed up to the project. The films explore the aftermath of an accident in a small costal community, which ...
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NewsMedia 8 snares The Horseman
Media 8 Entertainment has acquired the worldwide rights to Steven Kastrissios’ revenge thriller, The Horseman.
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NewsIFC buys US right for I Hate Valentines Day
IFC Films has acquired US rights to Nia Vardalos’ feature directorial debut I Hate Valentine’s Day, a New York-set romantic comedy in which she is reunited with her My Big Fat Greek Wedding co-star John Corbett.Judah Friedlander, Rachel Dratch and Zoe Kazan, who just won the best actress award at ...
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NewsWolverine storms US box office
The summer season arrived with a bang over the weekend as Fox’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine roared to the top of the charts on an estimated $87m three-day gross.
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NewsWerner Herzog honoured by 50th Thessaloniki festival
A tribute to the legendary German director Werner Herzog will be the centerpiece of this year’s Thessaloniki International Film Festival.
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NewsWolverine dominates global box office
Fox International’s genre prequel X-Men Origins: Wolverine kicked off the 2009 summer blockbuster season with a suitably dominant display, grossing an estimated $73m from 9,234 screens in 101 markets.
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NewsFirst Ticino Film Prize to be presented at Locarno
The Swiss canton of Ticino is presenting its Film Prize (Premio Cinema Ticino) during this year’s Locarno Film Festival (August 5-15).
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NewsUK director Mike Newell eyes The Lone Ranger
British director Mike Newell is understood be in talks with Walt Disney Pictures to direct The Lone Ranger.
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NewsGhosted appears in Germany, UK has The End in sight
ScreenDaily rounds up the local and independent releases in key markets.
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NewsGerman director Marc Forster wins Social Cinema Award
German director Marc Forster will be awarded the Social Cinema Award 2009 at this year’s Ischia Global Fest, which runs July 12-19.
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NewsVue to expand with two London’s multiplexes
Cinema chain Vue is expanding its portfolio with new cinemas at new shopping centres, Westfield London and Westfield Stratford City.
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NewsThierry Potok steps down from Germany's VIP fund
Thierry Potok, the head of private German media fund VIP Medienfonds, is returning to producing after almost a year in the role.
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NewsCanadian filmmaker wins top prize at Nyon
Canadian filmmaker Richard Brouillette’s study of neo-liberalism and democracy Encirclement won the Grand Prix at Nyon’s Visions du Reel documentary festival, which closed on April 30.
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NewsFinnish Film Foundation hands out $1.7m
The Finnish Film Foundation has supported four features, including two international co-productions, with $1.7m (€1.34m).
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NewsRevolver merges marketing across departments
Revolver has appointed Tom Clark as head of marketing across theatrical and home entertainment.
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NewsTribeca awards About Elly and Racing Dreams
The eighth-annual Tribeca Film Festival presented its best narrative feature prize to Asghar FarhadI’s Iranian drama About Elly (Darbareye Elly).
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Tenth edition of the IIFAs to be held in Macau in June
The organisers of the International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFAs) have announced that the tenth edition of the awards will be held June 11-13 in Macau.Nominees for best film include blockbusters Ghajini, Jodhaa Akbar, Race and Dostana, along with less traditional films such as Rock On, about a group of ...
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NewsSony acquisitions division has taste for Blood: The Last Vampire
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group (SPWAG) has picked up all North American rights to East Wing Holdings Corp and SAJ’s Blood: The Last Vampire.
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NEHST Studios boards supernatural thriller The Pale Horsemen
Larry Meistrich’s production, financing and distribution company NEHST Studios has acquired film rights to Sandrunner Entertainment’s supernatural thriller The Pale Horsemen