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NewsElias Axume to head international distribution at Maya
Axume is promoted from evp, capping a swift rise since he joined in August 2010. The company also announced that Jack Campbell has arrived from Spotlight Pictures to serve as vp of distribution.
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NewsMagnolia promotes Dori Begley and Matt Cowan, opens LA office
Following the departure this week of Tom Quinn and Jason Janego to the Weinsteins’ new digital distribution venture, Begley is promoted from vp to svp of acquisitions and Cowal rises from vp to svp of marketing and publicity.
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NewsEastwood's J Edgar to open AFI Fest on Nov 3
Clint Eastwood throws his hat into the awards race with the anticipated biopic starring Leonard DiCaprio as the enigmatic godfather of the FBI J Edgar Hoover.
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NewsGreenberg Fund backs projects written by Boxen, Morton/Fogliato, McGowan
On the eve of the Toronto International Film Festival, Astral’s Harold Greenberg Fund English-Language Program has announced its latest funding round through its Equity Investment Program.
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NewsContent to handle international sales on The Day
Doug Aarniokoski’s post-apocalyptic thriller is set to premiere in Toronto’s Midnight Madness strand on Sept 15 and stars Shawn Ashmore, Ashley Bell and Michael Eklund.
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NewsIndomina Group acquires Venice premiere Life Without Principle
Johnnie To’s latest film premiered in Venice on Wednesday (7) and tells of three characters in dire financial straits whose paths overlap when a bag containing $5m in stolen cash falls into their laps.
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NewsBenedict Carver joins eOne as svp of filmed entertainment
Carver reports to Entertainment One Television president of dramatic programming Noreen Halpern and svp of worldwide acquisitions Lara Thompson.
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NewsSierra / Affinity boards int’l sales on Europa
Nick Meyer and his team will commence talks in Toronto this week on the space adventure to star Daniel Wu, Sharlto Copley, Anamaria Marinca and Michael Nyquist from Scandinavian smash The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.
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NewsDomestic summer season generated record $4.4bn
Figures issued by the National Association Of Theatre Owners (NATO) on Wednesday showed an estimated 1% admissions rise over 2010.
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NewsMichael Douglas to receive Santa Barbara honour
The Oscar winning star of Wall Street will collect the 2011 Kirk Douglas Award For Excellence In Film honour on Oct 13.
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Extremal teams up with Gary Pearl on financial product
Co-founder Aleck Grishkevich and Arthur De Vany have partnered with the former William Morris agent and producer Pearl and entertainment attorney Schuyler Moore.
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City Of Men director Paulo Morelli launches Story Touch
According to its makers, the software will allow users to see the whole script on one page and provides analysis to the entire creative crew.
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Film Movement acquires North America on French thriller Free Men
The second world war saga screens in Toronto and stars Tahar Rahim from A Prophet as a Muslim Algerian immigrant in Vichy France who joins the Resistance to save hundreds of Jews.
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BAFTA LA To honour Warren Beatty in November
The Academy Award winner will collect the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence In Film on Nov 30 in Beverly Hills.
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NewsNick Broomfield’s Sarah Palin doc to get US release through Freestyle
Sarah Palin – You Betcha! will open in theatres in New York and Los Angeles on Sept 30 following its world premiere in Toronto on Sept 11.
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NewsEaling Metro acquire London set sports feature Fast Girls
Studio Canal has picked up UK distribution rights to the feature which is being produced by Damian Jones and is co-written by Noel Clarke.
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FeaturesToronto 2011: Nick Broomfield
British documentary film-maker Nick Broomfield talks to Jeremy Kay about the challenges of making Sarah Palin - You Betcha! which world premieres in Toronto.