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German national, regional funds hand out over €9m to European productions
Cronenberg’s Method gets €0.5m from MFG Baden-Württemberg, while MDM awards Golubovic, Dresen.
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Finecut sells well on Cannes quartet
Poetry, Hahaha, Carancho, Bedevilled score multiple international sales after festival.
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TrustNordisk seals key territories on Bier, Von Trier titles
Japan, Korea sold on In A Better World, Melancholia lands in Germany, Italy.
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Golem picks up slew of Cannes award winners for Spain
Leading indie/arthouse distributor Golem has picked up Spanish rights to several Cannes award winners, including Aussie director Michael Rowe’s Camera D’Or winner Leap Year from Pyramide and Xavier Beauvois’ Grand Prix winner Of Gods And Men from Wild Bunch.
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This week's highlights on Screenbase
This week on Screenbase: new productions by Stephan Schesch and Ismaël Ferroukhi, as well as a joint project by Julien Lacombe and Pascal Sid.
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Film Education, FDA launch 10th year of Teaching Trailers
The programme encourages schools to analyse how UK distributors bring films to the market; 25,000 free DVDs are sent to schoosls.
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New chairs named at Personal Managers Association in UK
The Personal Managers’ Association (PMA) has appointed Michaelle Braidman (Michelle Braidman Associates) and John Grant (Conway Van Gelder Grant) will join Fiona Williams (Berlin Associates) as co-chairs of the PMA Council.
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MaagFilm comes on board as German producer for Wireless
Written by Shawn Parker, Wireless is a dystopian action-thriller with a political edge, scheduled to shoot in Brussels and Cologne.
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UK film football event raises $52,500 for charity
Provenance Films took the trophy in the final against Buffalo Films.
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Norwegian Film Institute backs 3D Magic Mountain sequel
The Norwegian Film Institute has allocated $4.5m (NOK 29m) for two features and four television series, including Arne Lindtner Næss’ 3D-production, Magic Mountain 2 (Blåfjell 2), and Ole Endresen’s King Curling(Kong Curling).
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IMAX plans systems in Shanghai, Beijing with Stellar Cinemas
The IMAX Corp. is working with China’s Stellar Investment Co. to install two digital IMAX systems into Stellar Cinemas multiplexes in Shanghai and Beijing.
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Paramount promotes Marc Evans to production president
Marc Evans has been promoted to president of production at Paramount Pictures after joining the studio in 2003.
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Strand falls deep in love with Purple Sea
Strand Releasing has acquired all US rights to Donatella Maiorca’s Purple Sea following a deal between co-president Jon Gerrans and Intra Movies’ Jef Nuyts.
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Mission puts faith in Cannes quartet
Cindy Bond and Chevonne O’Shaughnessy’s family and faith-based Mission Pictures International recently came on board to handle sales on a handful of titles in Cannes.
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Sex 2 dominates the overseas market with $45m haul
Warner Bros’ comedy sequel towered over the international arena and is on the cusp of $100m after a robust performance in the second weekend.
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Shrek's $25.3m leaves pretenders green with envy
Shrek Forever After continued to prosper in its third weekend, demonstrating that solid word of mouth will keep a popular film on the road to profit even if its opening weekend falls short of the exacting demands of box office watchers.
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NBR sets 2011 awards evening date
The National Board Of Review (NBR) has said it will hold next year’s annual awards on January 11 at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York.
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PGA appoints Mark Gordon, Hawk Koch co-presidents
The Producers Guild Of America (PGA) has announced its national board and delegate 2010 election results as Mark Gordon and Hawk Koch were elected co-presidents.