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Blessed Benefit wins Abu Dhabi Film Commission's 2011 Shasha Grant
Writer-producer Mahmoud Al Massad reveives a grant totalling $100,000 in addition to development support from the film commission.
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NewsAustralian short film event Tropfest comes to New York
Tropfest, which organisers claim to be the world’s largest short film festival after launching in a café in Sydney, Australia, almost 20 years ago, is expanding to the US and will touch down in New York next June.
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NewsRed Dog snaps up top honours at Australia’s IF Awards
Red Dog was the big winner at the annual IF Awards, held on Wednesday (16) at Luna Park in damp Sydney.
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NewsRicky Gervais returns to host 2012 Golden Globes
The irreverent British comedian will return to the podium for the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards following his much publicised, controversial turn as show host earlier this year.
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NewsSanta Monica Loews keen to keep AFM in 2013 and beyond
As uncertainty reigns over the future location of North America’s biggest film market, the managing director of Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel said he wants the establishment to host the event after the contract expires late next year.
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NewsLee Byung-hun to star in Choo Chang-min's Masquerade
Shooting is due to begin on the $8m costume drama for South Korean studio CJ E&M.
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CommentWriter's block
Attending the premiere of your first feature is almost as terrifying as skiing off a cliff, according to screenplay writer Chris Grezo, who co-wrote the script for new British comedy How To Stop Being A Loser starring Richard E Grant.
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NewsLoveFilm, Warner Bros ink UK pact, studio heralds 'second pay TV window'
LoveFilm hits back at soon-to-launch Netflix with multi-year, multi-layer deal with studio, all of Warner Bros available streaming content to be exclusively available on LoveFilm from December.
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NewsHalaw wins APSA NETPAC development prize
Filipino first time feature director Sheron R. Dayoc picked up the $5,000 prize on the eve of the Asia Pacific Screen Awards.
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NewsFinch & Partners boosts brand, celebrity partnership division
Recent partnerships include Kevin Spacey working with Jameson on short film competition.
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Paul Massey Named VP Sound Director for Sony Pictures
Six-time Oscar nominee and three-time BAFTA winner Paul Massey will handle theatrical re-recording as the new vp sound director for Sony Pictures Post Production Facilities.
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Capri, Hollywood Fest to honour The Artist, Bejo, Fassbender
The festival, set to run in Italy from Dec 27-Jan 2, has named The Artist film of the year and will present the award to writer-director Michel Hazanavicius on Dec 30.
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NewsPSIFF to honour Gary Oldman with International Star Award
Currently courting awards attention with his acclaimed performance as spy hunter George Smiley in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Oldman will collect the honour at the Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) gala on Jan 7.
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Anchor Bay picks up North American rights to Maximum Conviction
Steven Seagal and Steve Austin star in the action film about a former Special Forces operative and his friend charged with protecting two mysterious female prisoners from a mercenary team.
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Zeitgeist Films acquires US rights to Sundance-bound Payback
Jennifer Baichwal’s will screen in the World Cinema Documentary Competition and is based on Margaret Atwood’s bestselling book, Payback: Debt And The Shadow Side Of Wealth.
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NewsGhost Protocol storms int’l box office on $69m launch
Tom Cruise returned with a vengeance as Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol grossed a confirmed $69.4m and pushed Paramount Pictures International (PPI) to the brink of $3bn in ticket sales for the year-to-date.
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NewsHolmes tops US on $40m, MI:4 scores big limited bow
Guy Ritchie’s second episode in the adventures of the high-kicking Victorian sleuth arrived in first place on an estimated $40m according to Warner Bros.
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NewsDarling Companion to open SBIFF
The world premiere of Lawrence Kasdan’s film stars Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline and Richard Jenkins and will kick off the Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) in Jan 26.
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