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Jack Ledwith to receive 2012 CinemaCon Passepartout Award
The svp of international distribution for Universal Pictures will receive the honour at the annual exhibition convention in Las Vegas on Apr 23.
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NewsIndia’s Trigno to remake The Infidel in Hindi
India’s Trigno Media has acquired rights to develop a Hindi version of UK comedy The Infidel, which was a hit at the UK box office in 2010.
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Image takes all US rights to SXSW thriller The Tall Man
Jessica Biel stars as a nurse whose son is snatched by a figure of local folklore who has abducted children from the town of Cold Rock for years.
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NewsGimme The Loot, Beware Of Mr Baker win at SXSW
The festival announced the winners of the narrative and documentary jury prizes on Tuesday evening (13).
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NewsFinecut calls into Love 911
South Korean sales company Finecut has picked up the upcoming romance Love 911 ahead of Hong Kong Filmart.
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NewsNorthern Film & Media, Film4, Skillset launch development programme
The 12 week intensive programme will be headed up by Ivana Mackinnon, Kate Leys and Jo McClellan.
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NewsOscar-winning French director Pierre Schoendoerffer dies
Legendary war cameraman, filmmaker and writer won an Oscar in 1968 for his documentary The Anderson Platoon, following American soldiers in Vietnam.
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News3D Storytelling conference sets speakers including Sky’s John Cassy, director Julian Napier, Vision 3’s Chris Parks
Programme details have been confirmed for the 3D Storytelling conference at London’s Ravensbourne on March 22 and 23.
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NewsUK Pay-TV movie probe to include Lovefilm and Netflix
The Competition Commission has extended its investigation into movies on pay-TV as a result of the launch of VoD providers Lovefilm, Netflix and Sky’s forthcoming standalone service.
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NewsEU's MEDIA Mundus backs 35 projects with €5m
The new Berlinale Filmmakers-in-Residence Programme, Europa Cinemas International, and EFP’s third edition of Producers Lab Toronto are among 35 projects supported with a total of € 5m by the European Union’s MEDIA Mundus programme for 2012.
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NewsKlitschko documentary sold to Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures has picked up global rights to Sebastian Dehnhardt’s documentary Klitschko about the boxing brothers Vitaly and Vladimir.
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NewsLFS, Skillset launch industry programme for UK producers
Skillset-backed Fast Forward: the Whole Story tutors include Colin Vaines, Rebecca O’Brien.
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NewsM-Net launches VOD African Film Library
The service promises to offer the world’s largest online collection of African film content.
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CommentA first look at the world of Harry Potter
The Warner Bros Studio Tour London — The Making Of Harry Potter started a week of press previews today, in advance of its opening to the public on March 31, and Screen dutifully went along to Leavesden Studios to check it out.
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NewsEC launches public consultation on rules for state film support schemes
The European Commission publishes 12-page draft Cinema Communication which “intends to create a level playing field between member states and to encourage cross-border productions.”
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NewsAcademy sets 85th awards ceremony for Feb 24, 2013
The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences has decided not to implement a drastic date change as previously mooted.
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NewsChloë Moretz, Rupert Grint join The Drummer
The youngsters will star alongside Aaron Eckhart and Vera Farmiga in the biopic based on the last six years of the life of Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson.
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NewsBobby Paunescu, Jared Underwood among Solar Pictures co-founders
The financier and filmmaker Bobby Paunescu and former Comerica Entertainment senior executive Jared Underwood have partnered on the feature production venture with producer Kearie Peak and business affairs and acquisitions expert Christopher Taylor.
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Oscilloscope Laboratories takes US rights to Samsara
The third feature from Mark Magidson and Ron Fricke premiered in Toronto last autumn and will open theatrically this summer.
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NewsMarna Grantham, Gloria Lee join Miramax int’l sales team
With MIP and Cannes approaching, Miramax has appointed Grantham svp of domestic and Latin America and Lee director of digital sales.