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NewsScreen's Nigel Daly awarded OBE
Daly, who is also chairman of BAFTA LA, is honoured for services to film and TV industry.
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News22 Jump Street leads US chart
Sony’s sequel launches with second biggest R-rated comedy debut at $60m; Fox’s How to Train Your Dragon 2 flies in with $50m.
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ReviewsWhat We Do In The Shadows
Dir/scr: Taika Waititi, Jermaine Clement. New Zealand. 2014. 85mins
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NewsStudioCanal takes Hard Day for UK
South Korea’s Showbox/Mediaplex has sold Cannes Directors’ Fortnight thriller A Hard Day to 30 territories led by the UK (StudioCanal) and Japan (New Select).
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NewsBuyers circle Aïnouz’s Sharks at Paris Copro Village
English-language thriller set on French Riviera in the 1950s due to shoot July 2015.
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NewsOriental DreamWorks unveils slate
Oriental DreamWorks has struck development deals with Chinese producers including Dreams of the Dragon Pictures, as it moves towards producing more live action and China-originated content.
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CommentAmma Asante gives NFTS masterclass
Belle director Amma Asante is not one to be pigeon-holed.
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NewsCurzon acquires eight Cannes titles
EXCLUSIVE: Titles include Clouds of Sils Maria, starring Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart and Chloe Grace Moretz, and Damian Szifron’s Wild Tales.
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NewsLes Films d’Ici 2, Weydemann pact on Middle of the River
Film revolving around Native American community, directed by Damian John Harper, to shoot early 2015.
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NewsCinedigm names key promotions, hires
Cinedigm has promoted two key employees and hired three managers as it continues to bolster its digital credentials.
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NewsCinelicious Pics officially launches
Film restoration expert Paul Korver and former American Cinematheque head of programming Dennis Bartok have thrown their hat into the distribution arena with Cinelicious Pics.
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NewsTeresa Palmer to join Point Break
Teresa Palmer is in negotiations to join Alcon Entertainment’s re-creation of the 1991 action-thriller. Lionsgate International handles international sales. Separately, Emilia Clarke from Game Of Thrones will star in Voice From The Stone.
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NewsBowe Bergdahl projects in race to screen
Two very different projects centring on the US soldier at the centre of the recent POW swap with the Taliban are headed to the screen, according to reports in the Hollywood trade press.
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NewsDisney sets key release dates
The studio has announced the slots for a pair of high profile Steven Spielberg projects.
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NewsGodzilla crushes $37m China debut
China box office: Godzilla had an impressive opening at the China box office last weekend, grossing $37m and pushing Edge Of Tomorrow to second place.
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NewsFantasia unveils Off-Frontières projects
Line-up includes new features by Dario Argento, Jacob Tierney and Fantasia alumni Rob Grant and Kerry Prior.
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CommentJailed Mahnaz Mohammadi films moving interview
Filmmaker and women’s rights activist talks on camera the day before her prison sentence.
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