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Wanda Films pick up Francois Ozon's Ricky for Spain
Leading Spanish distributor Wanda Films has picked up theatrical rights for Spain to Francois Ozon's comedy drama Ricky from Le Pacte, following its competition screening at Berlin. 'We believe the film has genuine commercial appeal,' Miguel Morales, head of acquisitions at Wanda Films, told ScreenDaily. Based on a short story ...
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33 Scenes From Life named Best Film at 11th Polish Film Awards
Malgorzata Szumowska's drama 33 Scenes From Life was named best film at the 11th Polish Film Awards in Warsaw and Jerzy Skolimowksi received the Eagle for best director for his work on Four Nights With Anna. In addition to best film, 33 Scenes From Life received the Audience Award as ...
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Max Manus main winner at Norwegian film awards
Norwegian directors Joachim Rønning and Espen Søndberg's Max Manus, cashed in on five out of its nine nominations for the Kanon Awards the Norwegian film industry's annual prizes. The World War II epic's wins included best producer, won by John M Jacobsen, Sveinung Golimo; Thomas Nordseth-Tiller's win for best script; ...
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John Cooper steps up as director of Sundance Film Festival
John Cooper has been named director of the Sundance Film Festival in a widely expected move that takes immediate effect in the wake of Geoff Gilmore's departure.The popular and highly respected Cooper joined Sundance Institute in 1989 and will serve as the festival's artistic director leading programming and strategic growth ...
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Cast assembles for UA's The Cabin In The Woods
Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison, Fran Kranz and Jesse Williams will join previously announced Oscar nominee Richard Jenkins and Bradley Whitford in UA's horror project The Cabin In The Woods.Drew Goddard is directing from a screenplay by Goddard and Joss Whedon, who is also producing. Details of the plot ...
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Spanish outfit Avalon Distribution picks up In The Loop for Spain
Spanish indie production and distribution outfit Avalon has picked up rights for Spain to Armando Iannucci's political comedy In The Loop from Protagonist Pictures. Based on the popular British TV comedy series The Thick Of It, Iannucci's In The Loop charts the progress of a fictional Secretary of State for ...
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Sprockets to host North American premiere of Letter For The King
Two Dutch child-oriented features will make their North American premiere at the upcoming Sprockets Toronto International Film Festival for Children. The festival unveiled its line-up of 29 features and 41 short films in an announcement today.Most prominent is Dutch filmmaker Pieter Verhoeff's period adventure Letter For The King, reportedly the ...
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Sass, Peterson hired in key postions at Werc Werk Works
Elizabeth Redleaf and Christine Kunewa Walker's production and finance company Werc Werk Works has appointed Geoff Sass chief marketing officer and Andrew Peterson (pictured) vice president of production.Sass will oversee strategic development of the Werc Werk Works brand as well as all marketing and advertising on all company projects, which ...
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Kirch in talks to buy majority stake in EM.TV
Germany's Kirch Group is in negotiations to acquire a majority stake in local family entertainment rights trader EM.TV & Merchandising, which earlier this year swallowed The Jim Henson Company and 50% of Formula One motor racing company SLEC.EM.TV's shares rebounded slightly on Tuesday to close at Euros21.50 on news ...
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Redford to receive honour from San Francisco Film Festival
The San Francisco Film Society will honour Sundance founder Robert Redford with the Peter J Owens Award at the 52nd San Francisco International Film Festival on April 30.The Owens Award, named after the longtime arts patron, philanthropist and Film Society board member, honours an actor whose work exemplifies 'brilliance, independence ...
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Hawaii Film Partners set to start shooting romantic adventure
Hawaii Film Partners will begin principal photography on March 16 in Hawaii on the romantic adventure You May Not Kiss The Bride.Set in Chicago and Tahiti, the picture stars Dave Annable, Mena Suvari, Katharine McPhee, Vinnie Jones, Tia Carrere and Ken Davitian.Annable plays a Chicago pet photographer who accidentally maims ...
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Anil Kapoor to receive tribute at Indian Film Festival Of Los Angeles
The 7th Annual Indian Film Festival Of Los Angeles will pay tribute to Bollywood star Anil Kapoor, now famous in the west for his role in Slumdog Millionaire. The festival will close with Megan Doneman's documentary Yes Madam, Sir.The festival will be held from April 21-26 at The ArcLight in ...
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Shetty, Yip join Marvel's new international advisory board
Marvel Entertainment has formed an international advisory board as it seeks to export the brand to key foreign markets in the wake of the global success of films like Iron Man.James F Halpin, a Marvel director since March 1995, will chair the board, while Marvel's president of worldwide consumer products ...
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Hong Kong's Celestial strikes Canadian licensing deal
Hong Kong-based Celestial Pictures has signed a licensing deal with Canada's Rogers Cable Communications under which select titles from its Shaw Brothers library will be available on Rogers' On Demand digital cable platform. Initially, over 20 titles of different genres - kung-fu, thriller, action and musical - will be offered ...
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Sutherland, Hurt, Stone to attend 33rd HKIFF
The Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) has announced that Kiefer Sutherland, William Hurt and Oliver Stone will be attending the33rd edition of the festival which kicks off later this month (March 22-April 13). Sutherland and DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg will be on hand to present Monsters Vs. Aliens ...
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Cattleya's Tozzi re-named head of Anica's producers section
Ricardo Tozzi has been unanimously re-named head of the producers section within Anica, the organization representing Italy's cinema and audiovisual industry. This will be the third time that the prominent Italian film producer has held the role. Accepting the post Tozzi urged the Italian industry to work together in confronting ...
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Sony Pictures Releasing Italia signs deal with indie Mediafilm
Sony Pictures Releasing Italia has signed a deal to add 13 titles acquired by independent company Mediafilm to its own line in 2009, with additional titles expected in 2010-2011. The first Mediafilm title to come under the agreement is the mystery-thriller Franklyn starring Eva Green and Ryan Phillippe. Franklyn is ...
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Tribeca adds world premieres by Steven Soderbergh, Cheryl Hines
The Tribeca Film Festival has unveiled the remainder of its 2009 programme with the out-of-competition selections for its Encounters, Spotlight, Showcase, Restored/Rediscovered and Midnight sections.In Encounters, 10 of the 11 narratives and documentaries are world premieres. Those include Cheryl Hines' directorial debut Serious Moonlight written by the late Adrienne Shelly ...
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Sarasota to open with Oren Moverman's The Messenger
The 11th-annual Regal Entertainment Group Sarasota Film Festival will kick off in the Florida city on March 27 with a screening of Oren Moverman's The Messenger. The military-themed drama, which won the Berlinale's Silver Bear for Screenwriting, stars Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Samantha Morton and Jena Malone. Foster, Harrelson and ...
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Nordisk Film & TV launches feature production unit
Norway's Nordisk Film & TV, owned by Copenhagen-based Nordisk Film, is establishing a feature film production division that aims to have an output of two titles a year that will travel across Scandinavian borders.The new outfit, to be headed by producer Rune Trondsen, will run parallel to Nordisk Film's other ...