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NewsWarner Bros boards remake rights to Sympathy For Mr Vengeance
Warner Bros has picked up English-language remake rights to CJ Entertainment’s South Korean hit Sympathy For Mr Vengeance.
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NewsLocal films drove 4.8% box office rise in South Korea, says CJ CGV
South Korea’s 2009 box office admissions rose by 4.8% year-on-year to 156,319,224 tickets, according to estimates by leading local exhibitor CJ CGV.
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NewsRotterdam reveals 15 contenders for 2010 Tiger awards
The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has announced the line-up for the VPRO Tiger Awards Competition. The festival’s 39th edition runs January 27 – February 7.
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NewsPolanski asks to be sentenced in absentia
Roman Polanski has asked a US judge to sentence him in absentia over the 32 year old sexual assault case that led the director to flee the US in 1978.
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CommentLessons from Avatar
Mega-blockbusters such as Avatar may be extreme rarities but it serves to remind the industry that while there are big problems yet to be solved; great entertainment and storytelling remain key winning over audiences.
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NewsMiklós Jancsó's So Much For Justice! to open 41st Hungarian Film Week
Sixteen new feature films will compete for the Golden Reel Award at the 41st Hungarian Film Week (Feburary 2–8) in Budapest.
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NewsAn Education leads BAFTA long list
An Education leads the pack of films long listed for the Orange British Academy Film Awards, with 17 categories including best film, best director (Lone Scherfig) and best actress for Carey Mulligan.
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NewsBAFTA unveils foreign language shortlist
Broken Embraces, Coco Before Chanel, Let The Right One In, A Prophet and The White Ribbon have been shortlisted for Orange BAFTA’s Film Not In The English Language Award
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FeaturesBest Director: The storytellers
Some of the movie world’s biggest names as well as relative newcomers and a fashion designer-turned-film-maker are among the chief contenders for this year’s best director awards. Mike Goodridge assesses the field
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NewsExhibition surge fuels 44% climb in 2009 China box office
The Chinese box office rose by 44% during 2009 to reach $910m (RMB6.2bn), its highest growth rate for six years.
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NewsBigelow, Cameron, Tarantino among DGA feature nominees
Kathryn Bigelow (pictured), James Cameron, Lee Daniels, Jason Reitman and Quentin Tarantino will vie for the Directors Guild Of America’s (DGA) top prize.
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NewsSundance Selects lines up VOD launch for festival trio
VOD platform Sundance Selects and the Sundance Film Festival are collaborating on the day-and-date VOD release of three festival films.
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Five finalists go through to AFM / People's Choice Awards pitch contest
The AFM has announced the five nominees for the first Favorite Film Pitch award in its joint initiative with the People’s Choice Awards.
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United Agents talent chief Duncan Millership moves to Mangement 360 in LA
UK talent agent Duncan Millership is relocating from London to Los Angeles to work for Management 360’s talent department.
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NewsAvatar heads into weekend as second biggest global release
Avatar enters its fourth weekend as the second highest grossing worldwide release in history on $1.131bn and should have little trouble retaining its box office crown as it sweeps past $800m overseas.
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NewsHong Kong box office rises by 6.5% in 2009
Hong Kong’s box office grew by around 6.5% to $151.93m (HK$1.18bn) in 2009, according to figures from Hong Kong Motion Picture Industry Association (MPIA).
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NewsAlta Films picks up Oskar Santos’ El Mal Ajeno for Spain
Leading distributor Alta Films has taken Spanish theatrical rights to Oskar Santos’ hotly anticipated feature debut El Mal Ajeno, produced by director Alejandro Amenabar (pictured).
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NewsThe Match Factory boards Epstein and Friedman's Howl
Cologne-based The Match Factory has picked up international sales for Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman’s Howl, which will be the narrative world premiere on the first night of the Sundance Film Festival.
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FeaturesAwards countdown: Profiles
ScreenDaily profiles Bright Star’s Abbie Cornish, The Hurt Locker’s Jeremy Renner and Scott Hicks, director of The Boys Are Back