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NewsSundance: Dirty Wars finds home at Sundance Selects
Sales representative Submarine and distributor Sundance Selects have concluded negotiations for a North American deal on Richard Rowley’s documentary, their second piece of business together in two days following Saturday’s deal for The Summit.
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NewsHorror tale Mama opens top in US on $28.1m
Oscar nominee Jessica Chastain stars in the top two releases in North America after Mama debuted at number one and Zero Dark Thirty slipped one place to number two. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s first starring role in almost a decade, The Last Stand, flopped in tenth place.
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NewsSundance: Talks intensify on Don Jon, Look Of Love
Don Jon’s Addiction’s North American sales representatives CAA and WME have been spending Sunday hearing marketing pitches from around seven suitors as the asking price is understood to have reached $4-5m.
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NewsSundance: Women In Film awards $30,000 in grants
The organisation announced the awards at its seventh annual Sundance Filmmakers Panel discussion and brunch on Sunday.
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NewsSundance: Elle Driver takes int’l rights to Twenty Feet
Elle Driver/Wild Bunch negotiated the deal for the opening night film with busy Submarine in the run-up to the EFM in Berlin next month. Separately, HBO Documentary Films has snapped up US television rights to Pussy Riot - A Punk Prayer.
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NewsSundance: IFC finds Love, A24 gets Spectacular
UPDATED JAN 21: IFC’s North American deal for The Look Of Love closed on Sunday evening following a negotiation with StudioCanal. Meanwhile A24 confirmed it had acquired North American rights to The Spectacular Now for what was believed to cost $1.5m after Screendaily was the first to report on Sunday ...
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NewsChina box office round-up 2012: China becomes world's second biggest market
China’s box office grew by 30% to reach $2.74bn (RMB17.07bn), according to the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT), making it the second biggest box office territory in the world.
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NewsHong Kong's box office grows by 12%
Although now dwarfed by the mainland China market, Hong Kong’s box office continues to grow; reaching $200.7m (HK$1.56bn) in 2012, a 12% increase on $177.8m (HK$1.38bn) the previous year.
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NewsLes Misérables holds high note at UK box office
Sony’s Django Unchained failed to take down Universal’s musical epic, which recorded a second straight week at number one.
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CommentSundance rocks
Sundance is always a great occasion to catch live music but few gigs will match the sheer logistical ambition and star-power of Sound City Players, who played to a sold-out Park City Live on Friday [18].
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NewsChannel 4 subscribes to Lovefilm VoD service
Channel 4 has signed a digital content distribution deal with Lovefilm that will see a raft of shows including Peep Show and Father Ted added to the VoD service.
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NewsGermany’s Commerzbank doubles film finance to $400m
Commerzbank, the second biggest bank in Germany, is planning to double its commitment to the financing of film and TV production for the next four years.
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NewsRodar y Rodar unveils biggest ever slate
An English remake of The Orphanage and Julia’s Eyes are in the pipeline as well as new films by Oriol Paulo and Santiago Amodeo.
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NewsK5 takes on Sundance picks Mother of George and Narco Cultura
K5 continues close ties with producers Parts & Labor.
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NewsBankside appoints Howson, Salas joins Focus
EXCLUSIVE: Patrick Howson, formerly of Kudos and Shine, joins London sales team after Antonio Salas’ departure.
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NewsBFI launches revamped £4m Distribution Fund
New-look fund introduces new application criteria and strands.