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NewsBFI launches revamped £4m Distribution Fund
New-look fund introduces new application criteria and strands.
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NewsWar Witch, A Royal Affair join SBIFF line-up
Programming chiefs at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival have added 15 films to the roster, the festival announced on Monday [21].
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NewsSundance: Outfest names Kristin Pepe director of programming
Monday morning’s [21] announcement came out of the annual Outfest Queer Brunch, when it was revealed that Pepe would replace Kim Yutani, who has been named artistic director.
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NewsSundance: Mundial bulks up EFM slate with Dayani Crystal
The joint sales venture between IM Global and Canana has made its first international rights acquisition on the eve of Berlin.
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NewsSundance: Relativity takes Don Jon, TWC picks Fruitvale
UPDATED: The traditional Monday landslide kicked in as Relativity paid around $4m and made a $25m p&a commitment for US rights to Don Jon’s Addiction, while The Weinstein Company stumped up between $2-3m for North American and English-speaking distribution rights and international sales rights to Fruitvale.
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NewsGravitas Ventures snaps up Slamdance trio
The VoD distributor has acquired rights to Steven Feinartz’s documentary The Bitter Buddha, Michael Urie’s comedy He’s Way More Famous Than You and Peter Baxter’s Shrovetide Football documentary Wild In The Streets.
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NewsSundance: Madman takes Australia, New Zealand for The Summit
Submarine Entertainment announced the deal on Monday afternoon [21], several days after the North American deal closed with Sundance Selects.
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NewsSundance: SPWA goes to Austenland, RADiUS gets Concussion
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions made the announcement on Monday afternoon [21] and said that SPC will distribute the comedy in North America. Meanwhile RADiUS-TWC confirmed it had picked up North American rights to Concussion.
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NewsSundance: gender study reveals five causes of imbalance
Women comprised 29.8% of film-makers from all Sundance Film Festival Entries between the years 2002 and 2012, Sundance Institute executive director Keri Putnam and Women In Film Los Angeles president Cathy Schulman announced on Monday [21].
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NewsHobby and Hubbell launch Tangerine Entertainment
Production company will partner with other organisations to promote film work by women.
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NewsEat Sleep Die and Call Girl sweep Sweden's Guldbagge awards
Directors Gabriela Pichler and Mikael Marcimain took the lion’s share of the Guldbagge – Sweden’s national film prize – when the Swedish Film Institute presented the awards last night (Jan 21) at a televised gala in Stockholm’s Cirkus.
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NewsSky switches on mobile downloads
Sky is beefing up its IPTV service Sky Go to allow subscribers to download shows from Sky 1 and Sky Atlantic to view offline without internet access.
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NewsConsumer spending on film up $1.3bn in 2012
Growth in 2012 generated by Asia-Pacific region but North Americans remains by far the biggest spenders on films at about $80 per capita per year, according to a new report from IHS Screen Digest.
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NewsWallonia Brussels commission backs 45 new projects
Among the projects supported are 17 feature films and 17 documentaries; total funding amounts to $4.5m (€3.4m).
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NewsBiennale College select Memphis, Year of June, Yuri Esposito
Three projects were selected from the 15 previously selected projects from around the world.
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NewsScreen Yorkshire unveils new development schemes
Screen Yorkshire is set to launch two new development schemes that will place up to 30 trainees on major film and TV productions in the region.