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NewsImpossible sinks Titanic record in Spain
Tsunami drama has also started strongly in France and Thailand, where the film is set.
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NewsHot projects on Screenbase
Ed Speleers and Will Poulter will star in Plastic, while Scott Free Productions has plans to adapt The Fishing Fleet.
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NewsQuartet co-producer DCM boards Buck's second children's film
DCM, the Berlin-based German co-producer of Dustin Hoffman’s directorial debut Quartet, is to produce Detlev Buck’s second children’s film after his 2007 adaptation of Cornelia Funke’s Hands Off Mississippi.
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NewsFoxtel tightens grasp on Australia's pay TV movie market
Australia’s Movie Network Channels (MNC) has lost its battle to survive and, while there is a lot of uncertainty around the impact, it is going to mean lower prices being paid in Australia for both studio and independent films.
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NewsRamsay and Colman receive WFTV awards
Director Lynne Ramsay and actress Olivia Colman were among those honoured at the Sky Women in Film and Television Awards 2012.
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CommentVivienne Westwood declares new Barbican Cinemas "open"
Dame Vivienne Westwood officially opened London’s new Barbican Cinemas 2&3 - the first addition to the venue since the Barbican opened in 1982.
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NewsFrance set to boost film tax incentives
Ceiling on Tax Rebate for International Production (TRIP) could rise $12.9 m (€10m) from $5.1m (€4m).
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NewsWide Management sells Zabana! to Cinecitta Luce
Cinecittà Luce has acquired Italian rights to Algerian Saïd Ould-Khelifa’s Zabana!, a contender in Dubai’s Muhr Arab feature competition, from French sales company Wide Management.
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NewsFront Row hunts down Bloodsport, Reykjavik
Front Row Entertainment, the Dubai-based distributor that is among the world’s most prolific pre-buyers of independent films, has added several more titles to its brimming release slate.
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CommentWomen's work -- in the spotlight
There was plenty of festive spirit on display at Friday’s Sky Women in Film and TV Awards at London’s Park Lane Hilton.
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NewsBerberian Sound Studio, Broken, The Imposter lead winners at BIFAs
UPDATE: Berberian Sound Studio scooped the biggest haul of trophies at the 15th British Independent Film Awards but was beaten to the Best Film prize by Rufus Norris’ drama Broken.
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NewsFirst Afghan web TV channel launches
Kabul and Dubai-based producer Hamida Aman has launched Afghanistan’s first web TV channel Globox.tv, tapping into the country’s burgeoning social media culture.
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Euromed spearheads launch of MENA distributors network
A consortium of around 20 distributors from across the Middle East has launched a new regional network, provisionally called MEDIS.
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NewsSkyfall becomes biggest-ever global release for Sony
Sony, MGM and Eon’s James Bond smash added $20.3m internationally to reach $656.6m and a number one North American haul of $11m for $261.6m to overtake Sony’s previous best of $890m set by Spider-Man 3.
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NewsGuardians edges out Twilight to rule international on $26m
DreamWorks Animation’s Rise Of The Guardians dominated a tight international session as the family release reached an estimated $90.5m in its fourth weekend through Paramount Pictures International (PPI).
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NewsJames Bond produces $11m to dominate North America
In a slow session Skyfall leapfrogged The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 to reclaim its earlier number one spot and reach $261.6m after five weekends.
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NewsAlejandro González Iñárritu to tackle comedy
The Mexican auteur behind such intense work as Babel and Biutiful has lined up a dramatic change of direction and plans to direct Birdman from a screenplay he co-wrote with Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, and Armando Bo.
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NewsLos Angeles critics honour Amour, The Master
The Los Angeles Film Critics Association has named (9) Michael Haneke’s meditation on mortality, Amour, the 2012 film of the year. Best picture runner-up The Master is a major presence, earning four awards including best director for Paul Thomas Anderson.
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Baby, How’d We Ever Get This Way begins shooting
EXCLUSIVE: Principal photography is underway in Toronto on Scythia Films and Phenomenal Films’ Baby, How’d We Ever Get This Way.