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NewsLightning strikes sales deal on Mexican Oscar hopeful Backyard
Santa Monica-based Lightning Entertainment has picked up all international sales rights excluding Latin America to Carlos Carrera’s Mexican foreign language Oscar submission Backyard (El Traspatio).
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NewsJere Hausfater steps down as Essential CEO
Jere Hausfater has stepped down as CEO of Essential Entertainment less than three years after he founded the financing, production and sales company with chairman and Palo Alto businessman Jim Kohlberg.
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Cambodia, Japan film commissions come into focus
Recently-launched film commissions from two vastly different filmmaking cultures – Cambodia and Japan – were introduced at the BIFCOM locations showcase and Film Policy Plus (FPP) in Pusan this week.
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NewsDouble Edge scores raft of Korean deals at Pusan market
Taipei-based Double Edge Entertainment sealed a raft of deals during the Asian Film Market, including the sale of Hachiko, starring Richard Gere, and Smother, with Liv Tyler and Diane Keaton, to Korean distributor Cinaste.
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NewsVitagraph and FilmBuff take US theatrical and VOD rights to financial doc Collapse
Vitagraph Films and FilmBuff have signed deals to handle the US theatrical and VOD release respectively of Chris Smith’s documentary Collapse.
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NewsAMC to handle distribution deal for education doc Ten9Eight
50 Eggs Productions has signed a direct distribution deal with AMC Entertainment Inc to handle Ten9eight: Shoot For The Moon during Global Entrepreneurship Week.
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NewsProduction starts on Perfect Weekend's Whitney Brown
Production has begun in Atlanta, Georgia, on Perfect Weekend’s family comedy The Greening Of Whitney Brown.
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NewsLa Pivellina to be first Austrian title to open Viennale
Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel’s debut feature The Little One (La Pivellina), will become the first Austrian production in the Viennale’s 47-year history to open the festival, which runs October 22 to November 4.
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NewsIsraeli distributor pledges Loach profits to support local film
Ken Loach’s Israeli distributor, Lev Cinema and Films, has pledged to use the local profits from Looking For Eric and his next film, Route Irish, to promote Israeli cinema following the director’s recent protests against the state’s action in Gaza.
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Asian film commissions to jointly develop incentives system
Seven film commissions and government bodies pledged to work together to develop production incentives and other schemes to create a film-friendly environment in Asia, at the close of the second edition of Film Policy Plus (FPP) on Wednesday night.
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NewsAsian Film Market still quiet but busier than last year
The Asian Film Market closed its four-day run today (Oct 14) with an increase in participants and a general consensus that the market was quiet but still important for setting up deals and networking.
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NewsAoyama’s Decadent Sisters takes top prize at PPP
The four-day Pusan Promotion Plan (PPP) wrapped on Wednesday night, with the Pusan Award going to Japanese director Shinji Aoyama’s Decadent Sisters.
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FeaturesThe Eagle has landed
Duncan Kenworthy is one of the UK’s biggest producers, with three Richard Curtis blockbusters to his name - but he hasn’t produced a film since 2003.Matt Mueller caught up with him on the Hungarian location shoot of his long-cherished film, The Eagle Of The Ninth.
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NewsHilary Swank to receive HFF Hollywood Actress Award
Two-time Academy Award winner Hilary Swank will be feted with the Hollywood Actress Award at the 13th Annual Hollywood Film Festival (HFF) and Hollywood Film Awards.
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NewsA Single Man, Parnassus among AFI FEST line-up
The US premiere of Tom Ford’s A Single Man starring Oscar contender Colin Firth and Julianne Moore will close the slimmed down 23rd AFI FEST on November 5.
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NewsPhase 4, Submarine complete US theatrical deal on Order Of Chaos
Phase 4 Films has acquired US theatrical rights from Submarine Entertainment to Vince Vieluf’s thriller Order Of Chaos.
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Piracy, financing and DIY distribution on AFM seminar agenda
The state of the independent business, foreign investment, pitching and DIY distribution are among subjects up for discussion at the AFM seminars.
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NewsUTV signs three-year deal with Anurag Kashyap
India’s UTV Motion Pictures has entered into an exclusive three-year deal with filmmaker Anurag Kashyap (Dev D, Black Friday).