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NewsParamount takes US rights to red-hot Oren Peli's Area 51
Paramount Pictures has reunited with Paranormal Activity (pictured) director Oren Peli, paying high seven figures for US rights to the in-demand film-maker’s alien thriller follow-up Area 51.
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NewsLast Train Home takes top prize at IDFA
Lixin Fan’s Last Train Home carried off the main prize at the 22nd International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), which closed on Saturday (November 28).
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NewsSpain launches film download site in fresh bid to tackle piracy
Spain is ramping up its efforts to combat piracy with the launch next year of a new film download site that will offer major US titles and local films.
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Features
The Mortician
The Mortician is a dramatic psychological thriller set in the nightmare ghetto of a decaying metropolis. It is the story of one man’s struggle through the violence and corruption of a dying city.
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NewsGerard Butler to be Glasgow's first film ambassador
Actor Gerard Butler has been appointed as the Glasgow Film Office’s first Film Ambassador. The Scottish born star of The Ugly Truth and Law Abiding Citizen will serve an initial two-year term.
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NewsLondon critics name Coppola's Apocalypse Now best film of past 30 years
The London Critics’ Circle (LFCC) has named Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now as the best film of the past 30 years.
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NewsGreg Silverman promoted to new development and production role at Warner Bros
Greg Silverman has been promoted to the newly created position of executive vice-president of creative development and production at Warner Bros.
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NewsHurt Locker, The Maid among IFP New York Gotham winners
IFP New York handed out the first prizes in the 2009/10 awards season last night [November 30] as Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker and Robert Kenner’s Food, Inc were named best feature and documentary at the 19th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards in New York.
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NewsUKFC appoints Film Tree to develop advertiser-funding for film
The UK Film Council (UKFC) has appointed partnership agency Film Tree to develop advertiser-funded opportunities in film production.
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NewsNine, Avatar bookend 6th Dubai Film Festival
Rob Marshall’s musical feature Nine, starring Daniel Day Lewis (pictured), will open the 6th Dubai International Film Festival on December 9.
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NewsThe Little One scoops best film at Gijon Film Festival
Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel’s The Little One (La Pivellina) (pictured) won the best feature film award at the Gijon International Film Festival in Spain, which closed on Saturday (November 28).
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Features
Bonded by Blood
Charts the rise of three career criminals as they become the most prolific dealers and feared criminals in the south of England.
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NewsThe Match Factory takes on international sales for Tom Tykwer's Three
The Match Factory will handle international sales for Tom Tykwer’s latest feature film, Three (Drei) which completed principal photography in Berlin last week.
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NewsThe Last Station, Precious lead Indie Spirit nominations
The Last Station and Precious lead FIND’s 25th Indie Spirit Award nominations with five apiece following the announcement in Los Angeles earlier today [December 1].
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NewsApollo Cinemas to convert 40 screens to 3D
Apollo Cinemas, the UK’s largest independent chain, has announced it is converting its 13-strong chain to 3D over the next year through a partnership with RealD.
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NewsPolanski release delayed as Swiss authorities await bail money
Director Roman Polanski (pictured) will not be released on bail before the end of this week, according to the Swiss justice ministry.
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NewsPalm Springs to honour Helen Mirren with career award
Helen Mirren will receive the 21stPalm Springs International Film Festival’s Career Achievement Award on January 5.
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NewsVideo game hot-shot Keith Arem to direct Frost Road
Keith Arem, director of the video game Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 that achieved $550m in sales in its first five days earlier in the month, will make his feature directorial debut on the action thriller Frost Road.
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NewsSandra Bullock to receive Santa Barbara American Riviera Award
Hot off her second $100m-plus film of the year, Sandra Bullock will receive the 25th Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s American Riviera Award on February 5.