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NewsSundance: Magnolia takes US rights to Compliance, 2 Days
The deals continued to roll in on Saturday (28) as Magnolia acquired Craig Zobel’s thriller following their previous collaboration on Great Wall Of Sound.
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NewsBeasts, House I Live In triumph at Sundance
Benh Zeitlin’s fantasy drama Beasts Of The Southern Wild won the grand jury prize in the US dramatic competition while Charles Ferguson’s war on drugs film The House I Live in took corresponding documentary honours at the Sundance 2012 awards ceremony on Saturday night (28).
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NewsHazanavicius scoops DGA prize for The Artist
Michel Hazanavicius has won the DGA’s Outstanding Directorial Achievement In Feature Film award for The Artist, official cementing his status as the favourite to claim the Oscar.
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NewsSwedish film budget to earmark funding for non-theatrical films
New policies welcomed but experts say more funding is needed.
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NewsThe Resident director Jokinen moves onto Purge
Estonia-set drama is based on Finnish author’s award-winning novel.
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NewsHappy, Happy to represent Norway in Oscar race
Norwegian director Anne Sewitsky’s feature debut Happy, Happy (Sykt lykkelig) will be Norway’s candidate for the Foreign Language Oscar.
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NewsHungary submits Bela Tarr's The Turin Horse for Oscar race
Bela Tarr’s The Turin Horse will represent Hungary in the Foreign-Language Oscar race.
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CommentLet the smart season begin
Summer is for inane, mindless spectacle, but autumn and winter – as if the harsher weather demands it – bring on the thinking movies.
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FeaturesIFTA London reception
Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) held a reception at BAFTA in London’s Piccadilly on Aug 31 to celebrate the launch of IFTA London, which will provide a creative link between the UK and Irish industries.
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FeaturesWei Te-sheng, director of Warrior of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
The Taiwanese filmmaker talks about the unique financing and production process of his Venice competition film Warrior of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale, which is billed as the biggest-ever Taiwanese production.
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NewsJokinen starts shoot in Estonia for Purge
Film based on Finninsh bestselling novel by Sofi Oksanen.
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NewsFramestore's Iceland office doubles in size, completes first whole studio project
The Icelandic outpost of post-production/visual effects company Framestore has now doubled in size since its inception three years ago.
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NewsBlaze You Out starts shoot for producer Alicia Keyes Touche
Veronica Diaz-Carranza [pictured] and Melissa Cordero star.
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NewsAndrea Wong named president, international, Sony Pictures Entertainment
Wong also becomes resident of international production for Sony Pictures Television
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FeaturesAthens International Film Festival (Sept 14-25)
Winners and attendees at the 17th Athens International Film Festival
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NewsNorway launches fund to support production in developing countries
Argentine director Lucia Puenzo, whose XXY won the Critics’ Week prize in Cannes, is among the 250 filmmakers who have submitted projects to a new Norwegian film fund, the South Fund, which will support film production in developing countries.