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    July 10 New York platform for Yoo-Hoo, Mrs Goldberg

    2009-04-24T10:30:00Z

    International Film Circuit in association with The Ciesla Foundation will release Aviva Kempner’s documentary Yoo-Hoo, Mrs Goldberg on July 10 at New York City’s Lincoln Plaza Cinema.

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    American World Pictures entranced by Magic Man

    2009-04-24T10:21:00Z

    Los Angeles-based American World Pictures will introduce buyers in Cannes to the thrillerMagic Man starring Billy Zane, Armand Assante and newcomer Estelle Raskin.

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    IFC picks up US rights to supernatural thriller The Skeptic

    2009-04-24T10:17:00Z

    FC Films has acquired US rights to Tennyson Bardwell’s supernatural thriller The Skeptic and will release through its IFC In Theaters VOD platform on April 29.

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    Summit launches four at Cannes including new Pattinson romance

    2009-04-24T10:12:00Z

    Summit Entertainment is presenting four new titles to buyers at Cannes this year including two new Summit productions - a romantic drama starring Twilightsensation Robert Pattinson and a generational love story set in Italy starring Amanda Seyfried.

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    2009 BAFTA Winners

    2009-04-24T10:09:00Z

    Screen brings you the 2009 winners if the Orange British Academy Film Awards.

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    Potter star Jason Isaacs joins the cast of Skeletons

    2009-04-24T10:07:00Z

    Jason Isaacs, who plays Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter films, has joined the cast of Skeletons,which is currently shooting in Derbyshire. He joins cast members Ed Gaughan, Andrew Buckley andPaprika Steen.

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    Focus and Universal Pictures strike deal with UFA Cinema

    2009-04-24T10:05:00Z

    Focus Features International (FFI) and Universal Pictures International (UPI) have formed a distributionand co-financing partnership with German film production and distribution operationUFA Cinema(UFA).

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    Domenico Procacci announces film on 2001 G8 violence

    2009-04-24T09:59:00Z

    Domenico Procacci, the founder of independent production company Fandango, has announced anew project called Diaz. It will be based on the police raids at Diaz School during the anti-globalisation protests at the G8 summit in Genoa 2001.

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    2009 BAFTA Nominees

    2009-04-24T09:59:00Z

    Screen brings you the 2009 Orange British Academy Film Awards nominees.

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    Cannes: Critics' Week line-up

    2009-04-24T09:52:00Z

    Screen brings you the 2009 Critics’ Week.

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    Coco sashays into France as Germany embraces Comrade Couture

    2009-04-24T09:47:00Z

    France:Coco Before Chanel opened on April 22 for 67,713 admissions in its first day, about 30,000 less than Zac Efron vehicle 17 Again. The film is playing on 424 screens and has received strong reviews from most of the mainstream press. In the picture, Audrey Tautou stars as the eponymous ...

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    Liv Ullman to star in Bergman sequel

    2009-04-24T09:43:00Z

    Norwegian director-actress Liv Ullmann, the muse of filmmaker Ingmar Bergman, will star in Swedishdirector’s Stig Bjorkman’s Scenes From An Artistry (Scener Ur Ett Konstnärskap), the sequel to ImagesFrom The Playground (Bilder Från Lekstugan).

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    UK Shadow Culture Minister promises piracy crackdown

    2009-04-24T09:38:00Z

    Jeremy Hunt, Conservative Shadow Secretary for Culture, has promised to introduce legislation totackle piracy if the Tories are elected next year.

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    Distant Horizon picks up Butcher for North America

    2009-04-23T18:25:00Z

    Upstart Korean production and distribution company INew Entertainment has sold Kim Jin-Won’shorror feature debut The Butcher to Distant Horizon for North American distribution.

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    Summit hires David Slade to direct third Twilight film

    2009-04-23T18:22:00Z

    David Slade has been hired to direct The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, the third in Summit Entertainment’s Twilight series based on the novels by Stephenie Meyer.

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    Bleiberg takes international rights to The Vicious Kind

    2009-04-23T18:18:00Z

    Bleiberg Entertainment has acquired international rights to Lee Toland Krieger’s romantic thriller The Vicious Kindand will launch the film at the Cannes market.

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    SnagFilms signs deals with five new partners

    2009-04-23T18:12:00Z

    SnagFilms has entered into Founders’ Alliances with Hot Docs in Toronto, Outfest in Los Angeles and North Carolina’s Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.The has also entered deals with the film competitions group CINE and the International Documentary Association.SnagFilms will carry channels on its website for each festival and organisation, providing ...

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    Hot Docs extends screenings after strong advance sales

    2009-04-23T17:38:00Z

    Hot Docs Toronto Documentary Film Festival is reporting strong advance box office sales on a number of titles and has scheduled extra screenings for the final day of the festival, which runs from April 30 to May 10.

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    London Film Festival set for cash windfall

    2009-04-23T17:34:00Z

    The UK Film Council (UKFC)’s Festival Fund is poised to inject $2.7m (£1.88m) of extra funding into theThe Times BFI London Film Festival. A decision on the new money is expected in the next two weeks.

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    Cannes: Un Certain Regard line-up

    2009-04-23T17:33:00Z

    Screen brings you the 2009 Un Certain Regard nominations