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NewsCelestial seals iTunes deal; Pollack departs
Hong Kong’s Celestial Pictures has become one of the first local studios to make films available on Apple’s iTunes Store.
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NewsMichael Cimino to receive filmmaker award in Venice
Restored version of Cimino’s Heaven’s Gate will screen after the ceremony.
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NewsCaroline Link to bring Heidi to big screen
German director Caroline Link, who won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2003 for Nowhere In Africa (Nirgendwo in Afrika), is now attached as director for a new film version of the children’s classic Heidi.
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NewsMEDIA chief Silver has 'very positive meeting' in Locarno about Swiss membership of Creative Europe
The MEDIA Programme’s unit head Aviva Silver reports having had a “very positive meeting” in Locarno this week with the Swiss Federal Office of Culture (BAK) about membership of the Creative Europe framework programme.Speaking exclusively to Screen during the festival’s Industry Days, Silver said that she had met with Jean-Frédéric ...
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NewsBourne Legacy leads US box office on $40.3m for Universal
Universal’s fourth entry in the Jason Bourne franchise debuted solidly despite the absence of Matt Damon. Strong enough to depose The Dark Knight Rises, the film’s less familiar lead meant it could not however top the opening weekends of its two immediate predecessors in the franchise.
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NewsDKR rules international BO with $34.2m haul
Warner Bros Pictures International reported that Christopher Nolan’s Batman epic stayed top for the fourth consecutive weekend as the running total climbed to $445.3m. The worldwide tally stands at $835.4m.
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NewsTed carries on dancing at the UK box office
Universal’s comedy defies good weather and Olympics fever to retain top spot; Step Up Revolution debuts softly in third with $1m (£650,000).
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NewsLars von Trier backs user-generated film project
Director sets rules for Copenhagen Art Festival project to reinterpret six famous art works, including controversial monument by Nazi architect Albert Speer.
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Wang Xiaoshuai, Lav Diaz among Busan’s APM selections
Busan’s Asian Project Market (APM) has announced 30 selections for this year, including projects from Wang Xiaoshuai, Lav Diaz, Min Kyu-dong, Royston Tan, and Jeon Soo-il.
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NewsHBO strikes distribution deal with Blinkbox
Boardwalk Empire, Game Of Thrones and Treme to be available to own in UK via VOD for first time.
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NewsTahar Rahim, Lea Seydoux start shoot for Zlotowski
Elle Driver handling international sales on the story of forbidden love.
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NewsLevinson, Kurosawa, Sarmiento among San Sebastian’s Zabaltegi programme
Latest films from Barry Levinson, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Valeria Sarmiento and Rosa von Praunheim in Zabaltegi Specials.
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NewsWorld premiere of Life Of Pi to open NYFF
Ang Lee’s eagerly awaited 3D adaptation of the celebrated Yann Martel novel will kick off the 50th anniversary event on Sept 28.
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NewsTitanic 3D to receive theatrical release in Myanmar
Titanic 3D will become the first US studio film to receive a theatrical release in Myanmar in decades, following a licensing deal between Twentieth Century Fox and Myanmar’s Mingalar Company