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  • News

    Starz sells animation studio Film Roman

    2010-10-12T12:01:00Z

    Starz Media, the pay TV operation that recently sold its Overture Films unit, is selling its animation studio Film Roman to a group of investors lead by former Film Roman president Scott D Greenberg.

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    Elite Squad 2 has powerhouse opening in Brazil

    2010-10-12T12:19:00Z

    Elite Squad 2 (Tropa de Elite 2) sold 1.29 million tickets in Brazil in its first weekend, ranking as the fifth biggest opening of the last ten years in the country.

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    New Zealand Film Commission backs new feature from Samoa

    2010-10-12T12:50:00Z

    Writer/director Tauti Tusi Tamasese’s The Orator, billed as a story about a small man with a big heart who must find the strength to speak up for those that he loves, starts six weeks of principal photography on Oct 27.

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    Mao's Last Dancer and Animal Kingdom lead pack for IF Awards

    2010-10-12T13:06:00Z

    Mao’s Last Dancer, Tomorrow, When The War Began, Animal Kingdom and Beneath Hill 60 are competing for the title of best feature in the 2010 Inside Film (IF) Awards.

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    Vitagraph takes North American rights to Oscar hopeful Even The Rain

    2010-10-12T13:03:00Z

    LA-based distributor Vitagraph Films has acquired Spanish Oscar submission Even The Rain (Tambien La Lluvia) from Wild Bunch.

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    Wall Street profits at the UK box office

    2010-10-12T13:23:00Z

    It was all change at the UK box office over the the Oct 08-10 weekend as Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps entered in top spot, grossing $2.5m (£1.8m) from 444 screens and the week’s best screen average of $6,358 (£4,019).

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    Media Asia picks up world rights to Kidnapper

    2010-10-12T13:56:00Z

    Hong Kong producer-distributor will also introduce $6m action thriller Wind Blast at the upcoming AFM.

  • News

    IDFA adds environmental doc category

    2010-10-12T14:16:00Z

    International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (Nov 17-28) has added a new programme for Green Screen Documentary.

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    Reviews

    Black Venus

    2010-10-12T20:19:00Z

    Dir/scr: Abdellatif Kechiche. France. 2010. 159mins

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    Reviews

    Chico And Rita

    2010-10-12T20:09:00Z

    Dirs: Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal, Tono Errando. Spain-UK. 2010. 93mins

  • News

    Cinesite books work for X-Men First Class

    2010-10-12T15:17:00Z

    London-based visual effects company Cinesite has been awarded a major contract for work on Fox’s X-Men First Class.

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    Asian filmmakers fly with film festival funds

    2010-10-12T16:38:00Z

    Funds launched by international film festivals are becoming an important financing tool for filmmakers in Asia, with many films at the on-going Pusan fest backed by funds such as Hubert Bals and the World Cinema Fund (WCF).

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    Features

    Dinard British Film Festival

    2010-10-12T18:51:00Z

    Dinard British Film Festival (Oct 6-10). Festival winners from left to right: directors Victoria Mather and Bernard Rose, producers Stephen Woolley and Elizabeth Karlsen, festival director Sylvie Mallet and directors Jamie Thraves and Stuart Hazelldine. 

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    Lionsgate makes new MGM merger proposal

    2010-10-12T18:56:00Z

    Lionsgate has reportedly made a new proposal to merge with MGM. And in a surprise twist, Carl Icahn, the activist investor involved in a long-running struggle with Lionsgate management, is backing the move.

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    Focus makes Africa First awards

    2010-10-12T20:13:00Z

    Focus Features’ Africa First program for short films, an initiative for emerging filmmakers of African nationality and residence, has named the winners of this year’s five $10,000 awards.

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    FilmDistrict names distribution, marketing teams

    2010-10-12T22:56:00Z

    FilmDistrict, Graham King and Peter Schlessel’s new acquisition, distribution and production company, has unveiled the executive team that will work with theatrical distribution president Bob Berney.

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    Hamburg signs first look deal with DreamWorks

    2010-10-12T23:10:00Z

    DreamWorks Studios has signed a first look deal with writer, director and producer John Hamburg.

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    Film Independent names Project: Involve participants

    2010-10-12T23:46:00Z

    Film Independent has selected 33 filmmakers for its annual diversity mentorship program, Project:Involve. The program is dedicated to fostering the careers of filmmakers from communities traditionally under represented in the industry.

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    CAC elects Marks president/chairman

    2010-10-12T00:30:00Z

    The Cinema Advertising Council (CAC) has elected Cliff Marks president and chairman and Loren Venturi-Miller executive director.

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    Bee quits international sales post at Huayi Brothers

    2010-10-13T03:36:00Z

    Felice Bee has quit has her position as director of international sales and co-productions at Beijing-based Huayi Brothers Media, effective October 15.