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Brazilian culture promoter Inffinito launches digital platform
MediaFundMarket.comis billed as the first digital platform and marketplace to generate private and public production funding for shorts, features and documentaries by Brazilian filmmakers and will facilitate the acquisition and distribution of Brazilian product at the markets.
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FilmNation hires Paul Solet to direct The Faces
FilmNation Entertainment and Sonny Mallhi are producing the story of newlyweds who escape a brutal kidnapping and unwittingly fall into the clutches of a shadowy group that uses terror as a means of entertainment.
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Academy sets Sept 1 short doc deadline
To be eligible for consideration in the 84th Academy Awards, the documentaries must complete a seven-day commercial run in a theatre in either Los Angeles County or in the Borough of Manhattan in New York from Jan 1-Dec 31 2011.
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Quinto's Banshee Chapter finds cast ahead of New Mexico shoot
Ted Levine, Katia Winter and Michael McMillian will star in horror feature The Banshee Chapter, which Zachary Quinto is producing through his Before The Door Pictures alongside Sunchaser Entertainment and German producer Christian Arnold-Beutel.
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This week's hot projects on Screenbase
Principal photography started this week on UK productions The Wedding Video and The Power, as well as Italian sequel Immaturi - Il Viaggio
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Troll Hunter producer's next among buzz films at Haugesund festival
The Help, Oslo, August 31st among winners at last night’s Norwegian Internationall Film Festival awards ceremony
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M-Appeal picks up Venice Orizzonti title Verano
German sales agent M-Appeal picks up José Luis Torres Leiva’s drama
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YouTube agree sponsorship deal with NFTS
Google’s YouTube backs course, three-day NFTS showcase event and new Film Clinic.
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Rome to open with Luc Besson’s Aung San Suu Kyi biopic The Lady
Besson to present the premiere with stars Michelle Yeoh and David Thewlis.
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Bath Spa University launches filmmaking MA
UK university launches practical filmmaking course aimed at directors, producers, DOPs, editors
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SF Film Society executive director Graham Leggat dies at 51
Leggat, who died on Aug 25 following an 18-month battle with cancer, was a widely admired and beloved figure who transformed the Society.
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The Help weathers storm to rule North America on $14m
Domestic box office took a battering from Hurricane Irene as audiences on the storm-lashed East Coast hunkered down, allowing The Help to consolidate its grip and surge towards $100m as reports claimed box office dropped by more than 23% compared to the same session in 2010.
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Smurfs surge past $250m at international box office
In a tight weekend outside North America Sony Pictures Releasing International’s (SPRI) The Smurfs clung on to supremacy with an estimated $25.5m haul from 8,418 screens in 55 markets to propel the running total to a confirmed $256.9m.
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Juliette Lewis signs on to Blood Or Water
The LevelK/Synchronicity Films joint venture continues apace with the arrival of the US star on Justin Molotnikov’s upcoming feature.
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CMG, producer Chad A Verdi team up on Loosies
Ed Noeltner’s Beverly Hills–based sales company Cinema Management Group will commence talks with buyers in Toronto on Michael Corrente’s Manhattan-set romantic thriller which IFC will release in North America.
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Pedro Almodóvar named AFI FEST guest director
The feted filmmaker, whose latest work The Skin I Live In is likely to figure in the upcoming awards season, will present a screening of his 1986 film Law Of Desire and curate a sidebar of films that have inspired his work.
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DreamWorks Animation, Youku strike landmark Chinese deal
Leading Chinese internet television company Youku.com will make the Kung Fu Panda franchise films available across multiple devices in the first time DreamWorks Animation product is being offered online in China.
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Head Over Heels, The Cake among winners at Miami’s Brazilian Film Festival
The 15th annual Brazilian Film Festival held in Miami’s Art Deco Colony Theatre has come to an end. The festival ran from Aug 19-27 and included features and shorts vying for Crystal Lens Awards in a variety of categories.