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NewsAustralian short film event Tropfest comes to New York
Tropfest, which organisers claim to be the world’s largest short film festival after launching in a café in Sydney, Australia, almost 20 years ago, is expanding to the US and will touch down in New York next June.
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NewsRed Dog snaps up top honours at Australia’s IF Awards
Red Dog was the big winner at the annual IF Awards, held on Wednesday (16) at Luna Park in damp Sydney.
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NewsRicky Gervais returns to host 2012 Golden Globes
The irreverent British comedian will return to the podium for the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards following his much publicised, controversial turn as show host earlier this year.
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NewsSanta Monica Loews keen to keep AFM in 2013 and beyond
As uncertainty reigns over the future location of North America’s biggest film market, the managing director of Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel said he wants the establishment to host the event after the contract expires late next year.
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NewsLee Byung-hun to star in Choo Chang-min's Masquerade
Shooting is due to begin on the $8m costume drama for South Korean studio CJ E&M.
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CommentWriter's block
Attending the premiere of your first feature is almost as terrifying as skiing off a cliff, according to screenplay writer Chris Grezo, who co-wrote the script for new British comedy How To Stop Being A Loser starring Richard E Grant.
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NewsLoveFilm, Warner Bros ink UK pact, studio heralds 'second pay TV window'
LoveFilm hits back at soon-to-launch Netflix with multi-year, multi-layer deal with studio, all of Warner Bros available streaming content to be exclusively available on LoveFilm from December.
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NewsHalaw wins APSA NETPAC development prize
Filipino first time feature director Sheron R. Dayoc picked up the $5,000 prize on the eve of the Asia Pacific Screen Awards.
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NewsNo More Shall We Part team plans Spanish shoot for Carino
After their success on short film No More Shall We Part,Scottish director Shaun Hughes and Iceland-born cinematographer Hakon Palsson plan to reunite on Cariño, which is now in pre-production for a likely May shoot.
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NewsKids transmedia project High Five gets second edition
The High Five Cross-Media Content for Kids initiative will get a second edition running November 2012 to March 2013.
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NewsScreen opens entries for third Marketing & Distribution Awards
Event to be held Oct 4 at The Grange St Paul’s Hotel in London; submissions due June 15.
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CommentPrison love
Director Maïwenn’s Cannes Jury Prize winner Polisse may have missed out on the top prizes at the French Césars last month but consolation came from an expected quarter over the weekend.
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NewsFrench film world descends on Paris book fair
Some 200 producers sign up for professional rights market run by Society of French Language Publishers (SCELF) during the Paris Salon du Livre.
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NewsPathe boards Long Walk to Freedom
Pathe International has come on board for the Nelson Mandela biopic, described as “the largest South African production ever mounted.”
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NewsEmil Elmer joins FFI as svp international sales
The executive will be based in London and reports to co-president of Focus Features International Alison Thompson in the run-up to a prestigious Cannes for the company.
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NewsOscilloscope acquires North America on Bunohan
Easternlight Films represents international sales on Dain Said’s Malaysian action title Bunohan: Return To Murder.
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NewsBruno Wu, Justin Lin form Perfect Storm Entertainment
Ambitious Wu’s Seven Stars Film Studios has created a joint venture with Lin to create a feature slate in the first of three multi-million dollar collaborations with leading filmmakers that Seven Stars expects to unveil in the coming weeks.
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Deals round-up: Well Go, Tribeca Film bulk up slates
Well Go USA has acquired all North American rights from Huayi Brothers Media to Tai Chi O, the first in a planned trilogy of films from Detective Dee And The Mystery Of Phantom Flame producer Chen Kuofu.
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Kenneth Branagh to receive San Francisco Film Society honour
The British talent will collect the Founder’s Directing Award at the 55th San Francisco International Film Festival which runs from Apr 19-May 3.