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FeaturesDimitris Bavellas, Runaway Day
Greek director Dimitris Bavellas’ feature debut Runaway Day screened in the competition of the Sarajevo Film Festival.
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FeaturesRitesh Batra, The Lunchbox
The director of Cannes hit and Sarajevo closing film The Lunchbox talks about corralling a host of international producers, embracing the chaos of Mumbai and new scripts.
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NewsOctane fired up for Haunted 2
A Haunted House 2 is scheduled to kick off production on Monday [26] through IM Global’s Octane genre division. Open Road will distribute in the US on Mar 2014.
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NewsNu Image eyes TIFF sales
The Los Angeles-based sales agent will arrive in Toronto looking to round out international sales on six titles in post including action title Automata and thriller Before I Go To Sleep starring Nicole Kidman.
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NewsHaddad, Ashton to lead English talent centres
Creative England and the BFI have appointed Celine Haddad and Paul Ashton to lead the new Talent Centres in Sheffield and Brighton.
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FeaturesSarajevo 2013 closing day
Images from the closing day and awards ceremony of the 2013 Sarajevo Film Festival
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NewsJurassic Park storms China
UPDATED AUG 26: Universal Pictures International’s Jurassic Park 3D grossed a confirmed $28.9m from 3,373 theatres in 11 territories, fuelled by a $28m launch in China. Despicable Me 2 crossed $800m worldwide.
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NewsButler stays top in US on $17m
Lee Daniel’s The Butler held on to top spot at a lacklustre box office weekend that marked the penultimate session of blockbuster season.
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NewsFilmTrack gets $20m backing
The cloud-based content, contract and rights management service has closed a $20m equity investment from Insight Venture Partners, the private investors who backed Twitter and Tumblr.
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NewsMidnight Sun wraps shoot
Roger Spottiswoode directs the story about a young boy who attempts to reunite a polar bear cub with its mother in the Canadian wilderness. eOne holds Canadian rights and Hyde park International handles sales outside North America.
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NewsMoviecity backs Encuentros
EXCLUSIVE: Latin American pay-TV network Moviecity has signed on as presenting sponsor of the 11th edition of Miami International Film Festival (MIFF)’s post-production development programme.
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NewsWicker Man Final Cut to open in US
Reissue distributor Rialto Pictures has announced it will release a long-unseen and complete version of 1970s horror film, The Wicker Man: The Final Cut on Sept 27 in New York City.
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NewsJessica Alba gets Lethal
EXCLUSIVE: Jessica Alba will join Hailee Steinfeld and Samuel L Jackson in RKO Pictures’ action film Barely Lethal. Highland Film Group handles international sales and will continue talks with buyers in Toronto next month.
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NewsDallas Buyers Club, Diana to open Nov 1
Two films expected to makes waves this awards season have been scheduled for US release on Nov 1.
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NewsElysium tops UK box office
Sony’s sci-fi debuts at number one with $4.8m (£3.13m), including previews; Warner Bros’ We’re The Millers grosses $2.9m (£1.85m) over the four-day weekend to chart second.