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CommentArgo and The Master off to strong start in awards season
Jeremy Kay analyses how the awards race is shaping up after Venice, Telluride and Toronto.
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NewsParaNorman creeps into top spot at the UK box office
Universal’s animation holds impressively to topple The Sweeney; Entertainment’s Killing Them Softly opens strongly in second.
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NewsJuliette Binoche joins cast of Erik Poppe's A Thousand Times Good Night
Norwegian director’s drama, based on his own experiences as a war photographer, set to start shooting in October.
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NewsThe Hobbit journeys to 65th Royal Film Performance
First instalment of Peter Jackson’s Hobbit trilogy to have its Royal UK premiere on Dec 12.
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NewsFilmmaker Marcel Hanoun dies, aged 82
New Wave director, photographer and journalist emerged at the height of the movement with Une Simple Histoire.
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NewsFortissimo books more key sales for What Maisie Knew
Deals include Artificial Eye acquiring for UK, Pandastorm for Germany and Filmax for Spain.
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NewsEuropean audiovisual rights association denounce Spanish law in San Sebastian
New tax has ruptured European unity, according to Eurocinema, CopyEspaña, IBAU and Eurocopia.
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NewsGermany's DFFF extended by €180m to 2015
The European Commission greenlights second extension of Germany’s DFFF incentive scheme to 2015, Commissioner to present report on CCIs contribution to growth and jobs.
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NewsFill The Void sweeps Israeli Academy awards, goes forward in Oscar race
Other winners include God’s Neighbours and Ballad Of The Weeping Spring.
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CommentGreg Shapiro: 'My ultimate responsibility is to my director'
Oscar-winning producer held a masterclass in Zurich to talk about his career to date.
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NewsWeinsteins acquire US rights to The Butler
Lee Daniels’ all-star ensemble was an international sell-out in Cannes through IM Global and is already been spoken of as an awards contender for 2014.
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NewsFreestyle Releasing takes all domestic rights to Genius On Hold
Gregory Marquette’s documentary about telecoms inventor Walter L Shaw reveals how the scientist’s poor treatment at the hands of the major companies drive him to work for the Mob and led his son into a life of crime.
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NewsLionsgate-Summit merger expands IDC output deal
Summit and NuVision founder Pedro Rodriguez formed IDC to release films in Latin America and the deal will now cover content from Summit’s new owner Lionsgate.
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NewsGuadalajara, Miami festivals unveil partnership
Industry guests at either festival will get access to the Miami Encuentros entries and Guadalajara Construye entries.
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NewsOz crowd-funding platform starts to see results
Pozible, Australia’s first and largest crowd-funding platform, has helped filmmakers raise $1.37m (A$1.3m) since its May 2010 launch, while total pledges have quadrupled in the past year.
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NewsMumbai film festival unveils competition sections
The Mumbai Film Festival has unveiled the line-up for its competition sections for this year’s edition (Oct 18-25), including its new competition for Indian features, India Gold 2012.
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NewsKormákur to film Independent People
The Deep director will tackle Halldór Laxness’ novel about poor Icelandic farmers in the early 20th century.
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NewsEFA honours Dame Helen Mirren
Mirren to be an honorary guest at 25th European Film Awards Ceremony, to be held in Malta on Dec 1.