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NewsFour Lions roars in UK, Enter The Void in France
ScreenDaily’s weekly round-up of the local and independent openings in key European markets this week.
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First gay award planned for Cannes
Similar to Berlin’s Teddy Award, an independent group is establishing the Queer Palm.
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NewsRelativity Media, digital ace Keyur Patel set up Mumbai entertainment hub
Relativity Media is setting up a Mumbai-based entertainment production, finance and distribution company with Keyur Patel of Fuse Capital.
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CommentA Spoonful Of Sugar
The Cannes Film Festival’s annual cocktail of art and glamour looks decidedly art-heavy this year and could use an injection of razzle dazzle, Mike Goodridge writes.
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New features by Ismailova and Vakkasova among Open Doors Central Asia selection
Locarno Film Festival’s co-production event Open Doors Factory selects 12 projects from 114 applications.
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FeaturesPaul Fraser, director of My Brothers
Shane Meadows’ longtime screenwriter Paul Fraser talks to Jeremy Kay about his feature directorial debut on My Brothers.
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FeaturesInternational Box Office: Boom Times
The global box office experienced an impressive 28% spike for the first quarter from the comparable period in 2009. International proved to be the driving force in terms of growth, helped in part by 3D screen expansion. Len Klady analyses the numbers and reveals studio market share.
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Cinema Guild acquires US rights to SXSW doc winner Marwencol
The Cinema Guild has picked up US rights to Jeff Malmberg’s SXSW grand jury best documentary winner Marwencol.
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Little Film Company adds Coming & Going to Cannes slate
The Little Film Company has taken international rights to Edoardo Ponti’s irreverent comedy Coming & Going and will commence sales in Cannes.
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NewsFriedenson relocates to Paris as StudioCanal evp international marketing
Shyama Friedenson has been appointed executive vice-president of international marketing at StudioCanal.
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Bertino to direct This Man for Ghost House Pictures
The Strangers director Bryan Bertino will direct This Man for Ghost House Pictures based on his original screenplay.
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Myriad jumps aboard Elektra Luxx for Cannes
Myriad Pictures will commence international sales in Cannes on Elektra Luxx, Sebastian Gutierrez’s comedy follow-up to Women In Trouble.
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Fantastic Films readies Cannes slate with Back2Hell in 3D
Roxane Barbat and Fred deWysocki’s Los Angeles-based Fantastic Films International (FFI) has unveiled the cast on the 3D live-action adventure Back2Hell.
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53rd San Francisco International Film Festival bestows prizes
Lixin Fan’s Last Train Home claimed the Golden Gate Award for investigative documentary feature as the 53rd San Francisco International Film Festival came to a close last night [5].
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New York and Hungarian producers clash heads over Magic Boys
A New York-based producer is seeking injunctions in the US and Europe to block the release of a contested $3m animated feature that he claims a business associate made behind his back.
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NewsWild Bunch heads to Cannes with 9 official selection films
Cannes slate includes Beauvois’ Of Gods and Men and Mikhalkov’s Burnt By The Sun 2.
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NewsElle Driver announces three new titles ahead of Cannes
The French sales house also has five films in official selection, including The Silent House and Adrienn Pal.
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FeaturesGeorgina Lowe, producer
The producer of Mike Leigh’s Cannes competition title Another Year talks to Geoffrey Macnab about her long collaboration with the British director.
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FeaturesScreen's Global Top 10 - April 30-May 02
Screen International’s top 10 films worldwide this weekend.
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CommentProducer recoupment: not the whole solution
Tom Harvey, CEO of UK regional screen agency Northern Film & Media, welcomes some aspects of PACT’s proposals but argues that funding for film should be spread across the industry (including for cast and crews), not just for producers.