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Freestyle sets Mar 1 for Genius On Hold theatrical release
Gregory Marquette’s documentary chronicles the life of telecommunications inventor Walter L Shaw.
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Arclight to start sales in Berlin on Cavegirl The Movie
The film’s UK film producer Andy Bell of Metropolis Films announced the deal on Friday [Feb 1].
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NewsSky to launch Oscars channel
Sky is to launch a dedicated Oscars channel in the UK which will broadcast award-winning films and live coverage of the 85th Academy Awards.
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CommentSong For Marion comes home
It was something of a homecoming for Song for Marion writer/director Paul Andrew Williams and producer Ken Marshall as they brought the film back to County Durham, where it shot.
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NewsNick Taussig, Paul Van Carter set up UK production company
EXCLUSIVE: The pair, which had been at Revolver/Gunslinger, kick off Salon Pictures with slate including James Nunn LA-set thriller, Churchill project, teen thriller and bare-knuckle fighting biopic.
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NewsGoteborg’s Dragon Award goes to Before Snowfall
Other winners include Dog Flesh, Searching for Sugar Man, Northwest, A Hijacking, Wadjda, La Ravadeuse and Finnish Blood, Swedish Heart.
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NewsArgo wins first UK award
Ben Affleck thriller Argo has been voted film of the year by the UK’s regional critics.
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NewsBen Affleck wins Directors Guild top award
Argo’s tremendous late awards season surge continued apace on Saturday [2] as Ben Affleck won the DGA award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Films.
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NewsIM Global sinks teeth into Blood Sisters
Mark Waters will direct the first in an anticipated franchise based on the Vampire Academy young adult books [pictured]. Reliance and IM Global jointly finance the project and Stuart Ford and Jonathan Deckter will kick off sales in Berlin this week.
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NewsJohnny Depp to star in Black Mass for Cross Creek, Exclusive
The pedigree of Berlin-bound US sales titles continued to pick up as the casting development emerged over the weekend. Exclusive International will kick off sales at the EFM this week and Universal will distribute in the US.
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NewsDjango chained to top of int'l box office with $158.2m
Django Unchained held on to pole position outside North America thanks to an estimated $30.6m weekend haul from 65 markets through Sony Pictures Releasing International. The running total stands at $158.2m.
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NewsWarm Bodies tops US box office with $19.5m debut
A languid session at the North American box office presented Summit’s new arrival Warm Bodies with easy pickings.
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NewsComing Of Age wins best int'l film at Santa Barbara
Gerhard Ertl and Sabine Hiebler’s German drama took top honours at the 28th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival on Sunday night [Feb 3].
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ReviewsJourney To The West: Conquering The Demons
Dirs: Stephen Chow, Derek Kwok. China. 2013. 110mins
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NewsIncognito and Intuition team for Hitsville
Jack Selby and Scott Stone’s LA-based Incognito Pictures and Madrid’s Intuition Films have teamed up to produce the genre film Hitsville.
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NewsSC Films boards animation Wish
EXCLUSIVE: Simon Crowe’s SC Films takes international and joint North American rights to family feature from Prana Studios.
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NewsLes Misérables tops UK box office for fourth week
Universal’s musical crosses the £30m mark in its fourth weekend, retaining top spot in the process; Flight soars to a $2.2m (£1.4m) debut as the week’s highest new entry.
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FeaturesAustrian Film Awards 2013
The Austrian Film Awards were presented for the third year on Jan 23 in Vienna’s City Hall before an audience of over 1,000.
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Estonia's Jaak Kilmi and Kiur Aarma plan historical drama
Estonian filmmaker/producer duo Jaak Kilmi and Kiur Aarma are going back in time to the eve of the First World War for their next feature film project The Hoppers (Hüppajad) which won the Screen International Best Pitch Award at Tallinn’s Baltic Event in December.