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NewsO-Scope to feast on Banquet
Oscilloscope has taken world rights to Wayne Wang’s documentary Soul Of A Banquet following a work-in-progress benefit screening in 2013 at the San Francisco Film Society.
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NewsDistribution: Stray Dogs finds a home
The Cinema Guild has acquired US rights from Urban Distribution International to Tsai Ming Liang’s Venice grand jury prize-winner Stray Dogs
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NewsPowley to star in Diary
Caviar and Cold Iron Pictures will finance and produce the coming-of-age feature The Diary Of A Teenage Girl starring Bel Powley, Kristen Wiig and Alexander Skarsgard.
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NewsSlamdance to honour Nolan
The Slamdance Film Festival hierarchy announced that Christopher Nolan will receive the inaugural Slamdance Founder’s Award.
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FeaturesAndrea Pallaoro, Medeas
Jeremy Kay catches up with the director of the tense family drama, which on January 11 was named winner of the New Voices/New Visions award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.
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NewsFilm Independent unveils Spirit grants
The organisation’s top brass announced on January 11 the recipients of the three Spirit Awards filmmaker grants at the annual Spirit Awards Nominee Brunch in Los Angeles.
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NewsFrozen ices rivals on $28m
UPDATE JAN 13: Golden Globe winner Frozen brought in an estimated $27.8m through 50 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International territories as the running total climbed to $394.6m and the worldwide tally soared to $712.3m.
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NewsLone Survivor secures US pinnacle
Peter Berg’s war film starring Mark Wahlberg and Taylor Kitsch climbed 37 places to number one after expanding in its second weekend through Universal and grossing an excellent $39m.
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NewsGlobes: Slave, Hustle best films
The Oscar battle-lines have been drawn. 12 Years A Slave scooped best dramatic film at the 71st Golden Globe Awards in its only win while American Hustle triumphed in three categories including best comedy or musical.
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NewsGolden Globes 2014: Winners
Full list of winners for the 2014 Golden Globes Awards as voted for by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
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NewsBFI launches US distribution fund
Pilot P&A fund to launch at Sundance to help UK films break into North America.
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CommentStallone talks Shakespeare and Schwarzenegger
Sylvester Stallone made his London West End debut at the weekend as he strode the boards at the city’s illustrious London Palladium.
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News12 Years a Slave tops UK box office
eOne’s awards contender posts excellent $4.1m (£2.5m) debut from 207 sites to dethrone American Hustle.
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NewsAdrien Brody, Sam Neill join Backtrack
EXCLUSIVE: Production underway on thriller sold by Bankside, distributed by Madman.
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NewsWhite Queen sequel gathers pace
US cable network Starz is moving forward with The White Princess, the sequel to its BBC co-production The White Queen, and has begun working with writer Emma Frost on new scripts.
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NewsBBFC unveils new horror guidelines
Horror films to be more closely scrutinised under new certification guidelines.
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NewsEd Vaizey to probe diversity stats
Ed Vaizey, minister for UK Culture, Communications and Creative Industries is calling on senior figures in TV, film and arts to explain the lack of diversity in their industries at a ministerial roundtable next week.