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NewsWestEnd picks up thriller Bethlehem ahead of EFM
EXCLUSIVE: WestEnd picks up debut about a complex relationship between an Israeli secret services agent and a Palestinian teenager.
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NewsGhost Protocol retains top spot over chilly int’l weekend
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol held firm in the face of sub-zero temperatures across much of Europe to reign supreme internationally for the second week running.
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NewsJinga adds horror Rites of Spring to EFM slate
US horror already sold to IFC for US and Mongrel for Canada.
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NewsSkillset to help small creative businesses take on first apprentice
The UK government is offering small creative businesses the chance to benefit from £1500 incentive payments in exchange for taking on an apprentice.
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NewsFinecut acquires Hong Sang-soo's Another Country
The South Korean sales company will be screening a promo reel at the upcoming European Film Market.
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NewsShine Pictures appoints Marina Brackenbury as head of development
She will be tasked with overseeing and expanding Shine’s development slate.
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NewsHarvest, Sun Redrock launch $800m fund to invest in Asian and Western companies and films
Harvest Alternative Investment Group (a subsidiary of Harvest Fund Management) and Bruno Wu’s Sun Redrock Investment Group have formed the new Harvest Seven Stars Media Fund, which will raise an initial $800m in capital.
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NewsNew Toronto-based sales and distribution company launches
108 Media’s first acquisition is the Korean hit animation Leafie: A Hen Into The Wild.
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NewsRussian producers head to Berlin with new projects from Seidler and Lungin, Bondarchuk and Bekmambetov
EXCLUSIVE: The King’s Speech writer David Seidler working on adaptation of Alexander Pushkin’s Queen of Spades with Pavel Lungin attached to direct.
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NewsJames Cameron praises filmmakers killed in Australian helicopter crash
Andrew Wight [pictured], the producer of Sanctum and many adventure documentaries, and Mike deGruy, a specialist underwater cinematographer, died in a helicopter crash in Australia on Saturday.
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NewsLe Pacte to unveil Atiq Rahimi’s The Patience Stone at Berlin
Afghan writer Atiq Rahimi returns behind the camera for first time in eight years after his award-winning Earth and Ashes.
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NewsTF1 adds Aya of Yop City adaptation, Ducoboo sequel to Berlin slate
Internationally acclaimed, Ivory Coast-set graphic novel Aya of Yop City to be brought to big screen by producers of The Rabbi’s Cat.
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NewsGoodwin joins UK production company Western Edge; busy slate includes golf, Dumas projects
EXCLUSIVE: Third Star production company lines up adaptation of Dumas novella The Corsican Brothers.
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FeaturesMonsoon Shootout
Amit Kumar, director of award-winning short The Bypass, talks about his debut feature Monsoon Shootout, produced by the UK’s Trevor Ingman.
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NewsChronicle flies into top spot at UK box office
Fox’s sci-fi takes the reins from War Horse, which drops to 4th, over a snow-affected weekend in the UK; StudioCanal has DVD hit with Tinker Tailor.
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NewsK5 boards Groundswell’s Very Good Girls starring Dakota Fanning, Elizabeth Olsen
EXCLUSIVE: K5 boards Naomi Foner directorial debut starring Dakota Fanning and Elizabeth Olsen [pictured].
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NewsPeccadillo to release North Sea Texas in UK
Peccadillo Pictures is to handle UK and Ireland distribution of Bavo Defurne’s directorial debut North Sea Texas, about two teenage boys who fall in love.
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NewsDana Harrison joins Paradise FX Europe as sales director
Harrison will be running the company’s London and Berlin offices.