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The Dirties, My Name Is Faith among Slamdance winners
The festival organisers announced their winners on Friday [25].
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NewsKentaro Hagiwara wins 2013 Sundance/NHK honours
The alumnus of the inaugural Screenwriters Workshop in Tokyo received his award at a private ceremony at Sundance.
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NewsSundance: RADiUS-TWC buys again, O-Scope weighs in
RADiUS-TWC has secured its fifth film of the festival, taking North American and French rights to Zachary Heinzerling’s Cutie And The Boxer. Meanwhile Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired North American rights to Andrew Dosunmu’s Mother Of George.
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NewsSundance: Fruitvale, Blood Brother score double honours
Ryan Coogler’s US Dramatic Competition entry Fruitvale nand Steve Hoover’s US Documentary Competition film Blood Brother both scooped their respective grand jury and audience awards at the Sundance Film Festival awards ceremony on Saturday [26].
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NewsArgo triumphs at 2013 Producers Guild Awards
Ben Affleck, George Clooney and Grant Heslov’s true-life thriller earned a timely boost one month before the Academy Awards by winning the Zanuck Award For Outstanding Producer Of Theatrical Motion Pictures on Saturday night [26] in Beverly Hills.
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NewsAcademy determines individual nominees for Amour
The producers branch executive committee named producers Margaret Menegoz, Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka and Michael Katz on Friday [25].
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NewsDisney confirms JJ Abrams to direct Star Wars
The studio ended speculation about who will helm Episode VII with a formal announcement on Friday [25].
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NewsDjango stays top on $43m international weekend
UPDATE JAN 28: Sony Pictures Releasing International reported that Quentin Tarantino’s global hit has reached $111.6m outside North America and $257.8m worldwide. Meanwhile Skyfall has produced a mighty $34.4m opening week in China.
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NewsHansel & Gretel slay competition with $19m US debut
Paramount’s action vehicle for Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton led a slow session at the box office in which the top 12 fell around 25% against the previous weekend and 10% against the same session in 2012.
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NewsLes Misérables records hat-trick at the UK box office
Universal’s musical grosses $6.3m (£4m) on its third weekend to retain top spot; Fox’s Lincoln records best debut of newcomers at $2.8m (£1.7m).
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NewsApichatpong, Kawase among filmmakers selected for HAF
The Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF) has unveiled the list of 25 projects selected for its 11th edition (March 18-20), including new projects from Thailand’s Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Japan’s Naomi Kawase.
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NewsCascade backs Seidler, Unwin’s The Lady Who Went Too Far
Fledgling UK-based film and TV finance company gives development backing to drama about ‘the female Lawrence of Arabia’, which reunites two of the team behind The King’s Speech.
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NewsMusic Box in tune with Roger Michell’s Le Weekend
Embankment Films closes US deal for drama starring Jim Broadbent, Lindsay Duncan and Jeff Goldblum.
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NewsHigh Point secures Anna Friel, Romola Garai comedy Having You
EXCLUSIVE: Carey Fitzgerald’s High Point Media Group has taken world rights to bittersweet comedy.
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NewsAustralian box office up on 2011; down on 2010
The people of Australia spent $1,173.2m (A$1,125.5m) on cinema tickets in 2012, a 2.8% increase on the previous year but about $7.6m (A$7.3m) less than they spent in a record-breaking 2010.