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NewsFilms Distribution takes on Berlin competition title War Witch
Paris sales company’s Berlin slate also includes Oscar nominees A Cat in Paris and Monsieur Lazhar.
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NewsK5 launches LA division with Kevin Frakes as CEO
PalmStar CEO heads new K5 division in LA which starts out with a $30m investment pot.
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NewsRoadside Attractions, Lionsgate hedge bets on Arbitrage
The distribution partners paid $2.5m for US rights to Nicholas Jarecki’s suspenseful drama starring Richard Gere following the world premiere on Saturday.
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NewsAcademy signs deal with electronic vote service Everyone Counts
The announcement comes at the end of an 18-month search for a service to work alongside the Academy’s ongoing accounting firm of record PwC, starting in 2013.
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NewsStephanie Allain named director of Los Angeles Film Festival
The veteran producer and Film Independent board member replaces Rebecca Yeldham, who stepped down recently for personal reasons.
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NewsWomen In Film announces grant winners at Sundance
Women In Film, Los hosted its sixth annual filmmakers panel discussion and brunch event in Sundance this week when it announced two grant recipients.
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NewsSundance announces Mahindra Global Filmmaking Award winners
The winners of the 2012 Sundance Institute | Mahindra Global Filmmaking Award designed to support emerging global filmmakers have been unveiled.
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NewsSamuel Goldwyn, SPWA team up on Robot And Frank
Park Pictures’ comedy-drama starring Frank Langella and Susan Sarandon was a Sundance favourite from the moment it screened in the Premieres section last Friday. Goldwyn and SPWA jointly acquired North American rights and will partner on the US release.
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Cinedigm acquires North American rights to UFC documentary
The digital exhibitor negotiated the deal for Like Water with Christine D ‘Souza and Kevin Iwashina of Preferred Content on behalf of the producer.
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Casting update: Hemsworth is Timeless, Sevigny joins Lovelace
The Hunger Games star will play the lead in Relativity Media’s romance to be directed by Phillip Noyce. Sunil Perkash and Relativity CEO Ryan Kavanaugh are producing and Relativity co-president Tucker Tooley serves as executive producer.
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NewsMargin Call Oscar nod tees up international box office
The financial crisis drama has already grossed $7.3m outside North America and a number of key upcoming territories received a fillip this week when writer-director JC Chandor earned a best original screenplay Academy Award nomination.
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NewsIFC Films buys North American rights to Liberal Arts
The deal was poised to close on Wednesday evening (25) for one of the most popular titles of the festival to date, a coming-of-age tale written and directed by Josh Radnor who also stars alongside Elizabeth Olsen.
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NewsBlack Pond directors reveal plans for second feature
EXCLUSIVE: Young British directors Tom Kingsley and Will Shape are the surprise nominees for this year’s BAFTA Outstanding British Debut Award for their low budget feature Black Pond starring Chris Langham.
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NewsFilms of Record to put life at Cern on YouTube
Films of Record is poised to start making content for the Cern YouTube channel, which will ultimately lead to a feature-length documentary similar in scale to Life In A Day.
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NewsBBC's Storyville benefits from DQF initiative
The BBC’s Delivering Quality First cost-cutting initiative has “smiled on” international film strand Storyville, opening up a regular late-night slot on BBC2.
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NewsDogwoof continues Sundance buys with Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present
Dogwoof’s earlier Sundance pickups for UK were Big Boys Gone Bananas!* and Putin’s Kiss
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NewsSundance Channel locks new Euro and Asia deals
Sundance Channel locks deals with Virgin in France, Veetime in Taiwan after busy 2011.