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NewsThe Chernin Group’s CA Media acquires 49% stake in Endemol India
CA Media and Endemol aim to make Endemol India the leading content production company in the territory
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NewsCritics’ Week announces jury presidents
Bertrand Bonello and João Pedro Rodrigues to head juries
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CommentBattleship’s a Game Changer
Why did Universal Pictures International (UPI) roll out one of the major summer tentpoles in most of the world five weeks before the US opening?
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NewsRobert Redford launches Sundance London
Sundance founder says London event a chance to grow audiences for independent films at press conference on opening day
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NewsRooney Mara to star in Wildgaze Films' Brooklyn
Nick Hornby has adapted the film from the Colm Toibin bestseller set in 1950s Ireland and New York
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NewsArts Alliance Media pacts with Sony in Latin America, ACES Cines in Spain
Digital cinema provider Arts Alliance Media signs new agreements with Sony and ACES.
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Seattle to celebrate careers of Spacek, Friedkin
Sissy Spacek will receive the Outstanding Achievement In Acting award on Jun 7 at SIFF. Spacek is best known for her roles in Carrie and most recently The Help.
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NewsPhil Rymer joins London law firm Lewis Silkin
The film and TV lawyer was previously principal of his own firm Rymer Media Law.
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NewsAnnapurna enters sales game with Panorama venture
Megan Ellison has invested in the new LA-based production, financing and international sales entity which will arrive in Cannes with a slate that includes Kathryn Bigelow’s (pictured) Bin Laden project Zero Dark Thirty currently shooting, a new film from Spike Jones and Bennett Miller’s Foxcatcher.
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NewsUK box office 4% ahead year-on-year
FDA reports UK box-office currently running 4% ahead of 2011; passes £300m in year to date in record time.
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Creative Europe comes in for criticism at public hearing in Brussels
Experts express concern at European Commission’s proposed programme
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Christopher Nolan, Peter Berg in Produced By line-up
The PGA conference in Los Angeles is set to run from Jun 8-10 and will feature on-stage conversations with the filmmakers behind The Dark Knight and Battleship.
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NewsAndy Garcia, Vera Farmiga to star in Admissions
Garcia will also produce the rom-com through his CineSon Productions. Paradigm Motion Picture Finance Group arranged financing and represents domestic rights while Film Bridge International handles sales on the rest of the world.
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Chinese online video sites form buying alliance
China’s three major online video companies – Tencent Holdings, Sohu Video and Baidu-owned iQiyi.com – are to establish an alliance of “Video Content Cooperation” (VCC) to jointly purchase or negotiate content for their platforms.
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Christopher Nolan, Peter Berg in Produced By line-up
The PGA’s annual conference in Los Angeles is set to run from Jun 8-10 and will feature on-stage conversations with the filmmakers behind The Dark Knight and Battleship.
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NewsStruck By Lightning among five new titles on Lightning Entertainment slate
The Santa Monica-based company will introduce the Tribeca coming-of-age comedy written by and starring Glee’s Chris Colfer to buyers on the Croisette. Lightning negotiated the deal with ICM and Traction Media.
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Expanded Beijing Film Market wraps
The second Beijing Film Market (April 24-26) wrapped on Thursday after three days of increased participation and business, although delegates agreed that it remains a mostly domestic Chinese event.
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Dimension Films acquires US rights to Dark Skies
Scott Stewart wrote and will direct the supernatural thriller, his follow-up to Priest that is being produced by Jason Blum and Alliance Films, which is fully financing. IM Global will commence pre-sales in Cannes through its Octane division.
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Bye Bye Blondie to close Inside Out Toronto LBGT on May 27.
The The North American premiere follows two women who struggle to revive their relationship after years of separation and change.