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NewsCelestial seeks new Chinese talents for Shaw Brothers remakes
New Directors Workshop will recruit newcomers to remake select Shaw Brothers classics.
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NewsLee Tamahori teams with Whale Rider novelist on next feature
The director of Saturday’s hotly anticipated Sundance premiere The Devil’s Double will adapt Bulibasha: King Of The Gypsies.
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NewsNominees respond to BAFTA nominations
In addition to the usual ‘delighted’ and ‘thrilled’ honorees, one British producer even declares his appreciation for a rival nominee.
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NewsIFP announces Power to the Pixel partnership
IFP have today announced a new partnership with UK-based cross-media organisation Power to the Pixel. Their first joint venture will be the launch of the first annual IFP/Power to the Pixel Cross-Media Forum on April 19.
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HBO, SPC, A&E Indiefilms move on Sundance trio
HBO has picked up all US rights to James Marsh’s Project Nim, while SPC has acquired North America and territories on Take Shelter and A&E Indiefilms took television rights to the Roger Corman documentary.
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Artificial Intelligence, Square One acquire Jerry Lewis remake rights
Artificial Intelligence and Social Capital Films have acquired remake rights to Jerry Lewis’ Paramount library.
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O-Scope takes worldwide rights to doc Dark Days
Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired worldwide rights to Marc Singer’s portrait of a homeless population living in the underground train tunnels of New York City in the 1990s.
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Piano In A Factory goes to Film Movement for North America
Film Movement has taken North American rights to The Piano In A Factory, the second feature film from Chinese film-maker Zhang Men.
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Film Sales Co boards five Sundance titles heading into Park City
The Film Sales Company has acquired distribution rights to five Sundance titles ahead of their world premieres in Park City.
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Freestyle sets Mar 25 limited launch for Skateland
Freestlye Releasing will open Anthony Burns’ feature directorial debut Skateland in New York and Los Angeles on Mar 25.
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Sundance Selects takes North America on Morris doc Tabloid
Sundance Selects has acquired North American rights to Errol Morris’ documentary Tabloid following its world premiere in Toronto last autumn.
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FCC signals go-ahead for Comcast-NBCU merger
The Federal Communications Commission has voted 4-1 in favour of the Comcast-NBC Universal merger.
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Silverman's Electus announces distribution arm
Ben Silverman’s multimedia entertainment company Electus has acquired Engine Entertainment and formed in-house global distribution arm Electus/Engine Distribution.
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NewsA Bigger Boat hires UK's Shankland to direct Dark Corners
British director Tom Shankland will direct horror project Dark Corners for Peter Block’s A Bigger Boat in association with GreeneStreet Films.
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NewsCan Andy Vajna fix Hungary's film crisis?
As the lauded producer takes charge of Hungary’s film commission, he needs to restore faith among filmmakers in Budapest.
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NewsShooting underway on Russell Owen's Welcome To The Majority
The film is being produced by Castle Valley Films.
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NewsFilm Collaborative, Recreation pact for We Were Here sales
The Film Collaborative’s Orly Ravid in partnership with Ariel Veneziano’s Recreation will handle international sales on David Weissman’s Sundance and Berlinale entry We Were Here.
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Asian Side of the Doc will welcome 350 participants in Seoul
As the next leg of the Sunny Side Global Network Tour, the second Asian Side of the Doc (ASD) coproduction market will be held in Seoul, Korea from March 7-10.
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NewsSpurlock to judge PUMA, Britdoc award
The $67,000 (50,000 euros) award for documentary film-makers is being launched at Sundance.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina joins European Audiovisual Observatory
The number of member countries within the Observatory is now 37.