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NewsArthur star Brand completes one-two as Hop stays top
Russell Brand dominates the North America charts as Hop stayed top on $21.7m for $68.2m after two weekends for Universal and Warner Bros’ new release of its Arthur remake opened in second on $12.6m for a rare one-two punch.
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NewsVincent Wants To Sea wins gold at German Lolas
Ralf Huettner’s Vincent Wants To Sea (Vincent Will Meer) picked up the Golden Lola for best feature film at this year’s German Film Awards in Berlin. Tom Tykwer’s Three (pictured) was the big favourite heading into the awards but missed out on best film and had to settle for three ...
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NewsAlta's Enrique Gonzalez Macho to head Spain’s Film Academy
Agustin and Pedro Almodovar return to the Academy after six-year absence.
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NewsRomanian film critic Alex Leo Serban dies at 51
The Romanian film community is in deep shock this weekend at the news that one of its most loved and highly respected film critics Alex Leo Şerban has died of cancer at the age of 51.
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NewsTrudie Styler plans The Harder They Come remake
Trudie Styler’s Xingu partners with Conquering Lion Pictures and Jamaican producer Justine Henzell.
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NewsOutplay stricks multi-territory deal for Jitters
Icelandic teen drama had international premiere at Sprockets.
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NewsEntertainment One buys Hopscotch in Australia for $21m
Hopscotch MD Troy Lum talks to Screen about the deal.
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CommentCyprus goes international
With SPF 50 in tow, I headed down to Cyprus this weekend for the ninth-annual Cyprus Film Days.
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NewsTributes pour in for US director Sidney Lumet
The 12 Angry Men director died on Saturday, aged 86.
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NewsRussian AR Films acquires 51% of A Company
Russian film company AR Films has acquired 51% of A Company, one of the biggest film licensing and distribution corporations in Central and Eastern Europe.
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NewsHigh Point climbs Wicker Tree
The London-based sales company has picked up international sales rights to Robin Hardy’s Wicker Man follow up.
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FeaturesAthens French Speaking Film Festival
The 12th event ran March 31-April 8 in Athens before moving on to Thessaloniki.
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NewsJohn Sachs appointed exec producer at Eclipse Films
The company has a number of feature and TV projects in development.
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CommentFarmer who took on Mugabe dies
Some sad news – Mike Campbell, the farmer who was the subject of excellent documentary Mugabe and The White African, died on April 6 at the age of 79.
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NewsEastern Promises writer Steve Knight to make directing debut with Hummingbird
Casting underway on thriller produced by Shine, New Regency, Paul Webster and Tracey Seaward.
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NewsBFI announces £2m fund to support UK specialised audience development
Temporary fund will provide financial support to “specialised” film sector for one year.
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NewsArts Alliance Media to roll out digital cinemas across Netherlands
AAM has signed a deal with Cinema Digitaal to expand across 500 screens.
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NewsNimbus plans English-language adaptations of The Pact, Worms of Carmine Street
One project is about a younger man’s stormy relationship with writer Karen Blixen (aka Isak Dinesen).
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NewsKeisha Castle-Hughes to star in Greener Grass
The Light & Dark Films production is an adaptation of Hagen Engler’s novel about post-Apartheid South Africa.