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NewsCutie among Cinema Eye honourees
Cinema Eye Honors has announced its nominees for the 7th Annual Nonfiction Film Awards. Forty feature films and six shorts will vie for this year’s Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking.
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NewsKatselas, I-Bankers Direct line up Somewhat Dead
BAFTA-nominated producer Lisa Katselas is using a pioneering equity investment crowdfunding model to finance her next production, Somewhat Dead.
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NewsNoble Family debuts in US
Mexican social satire The Noble Family (Nosotros Los Nobles) has grossed approximately $200,000 through Cinelatino in its first weekend in the US.
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NewsAFM rocked by FFI closure
Market attendees woke up to the grim reality of Hollywood on Thursday after it emerged that Focus Features International (FFI) is to close at the end of December.
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FeaturesUmedia’s moment of Grace
The fast-growing production, financing and distribution company has rebranded its multiple operations under one name and is ramping up its production slate. Michael Rosser reports
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FeaturesContent Media: Crossover traffic
Content Media Corporation’s John Schmidt and Jamie Carmichael talk to Jeremy Kay about their multi-platform strategies, the importance of sequels and building lasting relationships
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FeaturesSet report: Wolf Totem
French director Jean-Jacques Annaud takes on one of China’s most beloved novels — while raising his own pack of wolves.
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FeaturesTerritory Focus: China
Browse Screen’s focus on China including features on distribution, setting up in the territory and the hottest new titles.
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FeaturesChina: a digital domain
Digital marketing has become critical in China’s increasingly competitive movie market, but it’s a battle in which local films currently hold an advantage.
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NewsByrne, Weaving, Otto line up for Australian omnibus
Rose Byrne, Hugo Weaving and Mirando Otto have joined the cast of Australian omnibus film The Turning, based on Tim Winton’s story collection.
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NewsOther Angle takes His Wife to AFM
French sales company will also premiere Omar Sy-starrer On The Other Side of the Tracks.
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NewsJoe Carnahan to direct Stretch for IM Global, Blumhouse
EXCLUSIVE: IM Global has come on board to finance the action title starring Patrick Wilson (pictured), one of several new titles to emerge on the opening day of the market.
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NewsHyde Park International kicks off talks on The Wonder
Karl Urban, Willow Shields from The Hunger Games franchise and Taiwan’s Leehom Wang will star in the upcoming 3D family adventure.
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The Global Media Group boards Chez Upshaw for AFM
The comedy stars Kevin Pollak and Ileana Douglas as a married couple who turn their ailing B&B into an assisted suicide business.
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Shirley MacLaine, Christopher Plummer to star in Elsa & Fred remake
Michael Radford will direct Shirley MacLaine and Christopher Plummer in the English language remake of the Spanish-Argentinean hit Elsa & Fred.
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NewsUS-China Summit talks co-production
US producers need more time to figure out China’s co-production rules, but opportunities remain, was the major message at the US-China Film Summit held at UCLA on Tuesday (Oct 30).
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SFFS unveils Kenneth Rainin finallists
Thirteen finalists have been announced in the eighth round of the Kenneth Rainin Foundation of the San Francisco Film Society.
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Mega-Vision reloads Young And Dangerous franchise
Hong Kong’s Mega-Vision Pictures (MVP) is producing a remake of the popular Young And Dangerous franchise, directed by hot up-and-coming director Daniel Chan.
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Yen to star in Emperor's Enter The Master
Hong Kong’s Emperor Motion Pictures (EMP) is currently scouting overseas locations for $22m martial arts blockbuster Enter The Master, which is scheduled to start shooting in January 2013.
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Universal salutes Saving General Yang
Hong Kong’s Pegasus Motion Pictures has signed a string of sales on Ronny Yu’s Saving General Yang, including a deal with Universal Pictures International Entertainment for the UK, Germany, Switzerland and Austria.