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Maya Entertainment adds Ass Backwards to AFM line-up
The company will commence sales this week on the road movie starring Alicia Silverstone, Jon Cryer and Vincent D’Onofrio.
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Sundance unveils New Frontier projects for 2012 festival
The programme has moved to The Yard in Park City and will also exhibit at the Salt Lake Art Center for the second year. Both locations will be open to the public from Jan 20-28 and New Frontier will remain at the latter venue through May 19.
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Busan West Asian Film Festival to screen 11 features
Features from China, South Korea, Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam comprise the line-up as organisers of South Korea’s Busan International Film Festival’s spin-off prepare to get underway on Nov 11.
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Fabrication Films adds five to AFM slate
The LA-based company will seek to tempt buyers with a new slate that includes the world war II epic Lidice and horror tale 6 Degree Of Hell.
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NewsPenthouse North, Flight 7500 join Lionsgate sales slate
Lionsgate has beefed up its roster on the eve of AFM with several titles including thrillers Penthouse North starring Michelle Monaghan and Michael Keaton and Flight 7500 from The Grudge creator Takashi Shimizu.
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NewsRome's NCN prize goes to Yaqubi's Off Frame
Off Frame, a French-Palestinian project by Mohanad Yaqubi that depicts key moments in the Palestinian struggle for self-determination has won the Eurimages Co production development award for best project at the International Rome Film Festival’s New Cinema Network (NCN).
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FeaturesRon Howard
Ron Howard will drop in to the AFM this week to rally support among buyers for Rush, a rare foray into the independent space for the director of hits like The Da Vinci Code, A Beautiful Mind and Apollo 13.
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FeaturesThe £10m question
Will changes to the EIS scheme help lure wealthy individuals back into UK film financing?
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FeaturesTunisia gets ready for its close-up
The North African country has long been popular with international directors shooting on location, but since this year’s revolution the local industry is looking to expand.
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FeaturesIndian audiences catch indie fever
The local box-office success of a number of non-mainstream Indian films has prompted financiers to take note. Now the challenge is to win over distributors.
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FeaturesAsia Pacific hits the heights
How the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (Nov 24) are helping to raise the global recognition of films from the region.
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NewsFocus Features on mission with The Last Days On Mars
The sci fi feature about a mission to Mars is being directed by Ruairi Robsinson and produced by Qwerty Films; Focus will start sales at the AFM this week.
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The fee furore
Is a solution to the virtual print fee problem any nearer for Europe’s indie distributors? Melanie Goodfellow listens in on the heated debate at Europa Distribution’s annual conference in Lyon
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FeaturesCanada's one-stop shop
Montreal-based Mediabiz — now reorganised into production arm Mediamax and financial products division Mediabiz Capital — is making an aggressive play in the international film business. Mike Goodridge spoke to group CEO Karine Martin
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FeaturesThe one to watch
Fuelled by a multiplex boom, the UAE box office is much bigger than previously believed. But market peculiarities and demographic quirks mean not all films perform as elsewhere.
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NewsBusan West Asian Festival to be bookended by The Host 3D, AfterShock
North American premieres for Korean hit Leafie and Filipino drama Nino, Bong Joon-ho to attend
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Stray Cinema launches new interactive project
2006 open source film experiment, Stray Cinema, is starting a new project that allows the audience to create their own film out of unedited feature film footage.