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Father, Son & Holy Cow
Bogdan has recently lost his wife. Full of grief, he retreats to his mother’s farm. When one of his cows begins to act strangely, Bogdan believes that his missed love has come back.
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Lena's Liebe (aka Der Flur)
An arthouse film about German history as three people travel in a red Volvo from Poland to Germany
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NewsSpain has Dead Birds, Birdwatchers in the UK
ScreenDaily takes a look at the local and independent openings in key markets this week.
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Schwarzer Strand (Black Beach)
A young couple in love must escape their lives as addicts in order to survive. Their plans to start afresh in New Zealand are threatened when fate tears the lovers apart.
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Cindy Liebt Mich Nicht
Adaptation of Jochen-Martin Gutsch and Juan Moreno’s novel of the same name about two men in love with the same elusive woman.
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Der Albaner
Migration drama seen from the perspective of an illegal immigrant who loses everything at home in Albania because he has looked for his luck abroad.
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Le Pedaleur De Charme
Docufiction about the rise and fall of the Zurich racing cyclist Hugo Koblet who the first international star Switzerland had after the Second World War.
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FeaturesAcademy Awards: foreign language entries
ScreenDaily brings you the complete Oscars Foreign Language Film selection list.
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NewsEgoyan denounces TIFF Tel Aviv protest
Film-maker Atom Egoyan has weighed in on the Toronto International Film Festival’s (TIFF) Tel Aviv sidebar dispute claiming the protestors have failed to substantiate their charge that the Israeli government interfered with TIFF’s programming.
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Swedish Film Institute appoints Suzanne Glansborg as film commissioner
Suzanne Glansborg, the former head of acquisitions with Canal Plus, has been appointed as film commissioner at the Swedish Film Institute.
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NewsJames Schamus and Simon Beaufoy join Scriptwriters fest line-up
Focus Features chief executive James Schamus and Oscar-winning screenwriter Simon Beaufoy have joined the line-up of the Screenwriters’ Festival (SWF), which runs October 26 – 29 in Cheltenham.
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NewsFilmNation's overseas buyers keep up with The Joneses
Glen Basner’s FilmNation has virtually sold out international territories on The Joneses, Derrick Borte’s social satire that received its world premiere in Toronto.
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NewsDick Cook steps down as Disney chairman
In a shock announcement buried late on Friday evening [18], Dick Cook said he was stepping down as chairman of Disney, effective immediately.
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NewsPrecious takes coveted audience award at Toronto
Lee Daniel’s Precious: Based On The Novel “Push” By Sapphire won the Cadillac People’s Choice Award as the 34th Toronto International Film Festival wrapped on the weekend.
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NewsSony basks in sunny $30.1m launch for Meatballs
Sony’s 3D family film Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs eclipsed the competition in a weekend that also saw Inglourious Basterds become Quentin Tarantino’s biggest domestic hit.
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NewsRezende's Salve Geral gets Brazilian nod for Oscars
Brazil has named Sergio Rezende’s true life drama Salve Geral as the country’s entry for the foreign language Oscar.
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NewsSwitzerland submits Meier's Home to Academy
Ursula Meier’s feature debut Home has been selected by Switzerland to be entered for the Academy Award in the Best Foreign Language Film category.
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NewsUp flies high overseas for Disney as $200m beckons
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International (WDSMPI) celebrated a return to the top of the overseas charts as Up led the way on an estimated $13.7m.
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NewsCinereach names 12 latest grant recipients
Cinereach, the non-profit dedicated to supporting film-makers, has awarded grants totalling $250,000 to 12 films from a pool of 636 submissions.
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NewsMira Nair to speak at IFP Independent Film Week
Mira Nair, The September Issue director RJ Cutler and Away We Go producer and Big Beach Films co-founder Peter Saraf will address the IFP Independent Film Week conference in New York this week.