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NewsFilm critic Thierry Jobin named new director of Fribourg festival
Thierry Jobin, responsible for the film section of the Swiss daily newspaper Le Temps since 1998, has unanimously been appointed the director of the Fribourg International Film Festival (FIFF) which will celebrate its 25th anniversary from March 19-26.
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NewsMundruczo, Riklis projects selected for Berlinale Co-Production Market
New films by such award-winning directors as Lucia Puenzo, Eran Riklis, Uberto Pasolini and Kornel Mundruczo [pictured] are among 38 projects from 25 countries which have been selected for pitching to 450 potential co-production and financing partners at the eighth Berlinale Co-Production Market (Feb 13-15).
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FeaturesCol Spector
Honeymooner director Col Spector talks about non-loutish male characters, shooting on a tight budget and being part of New British Cinema Quarterly.
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NewsRapace to star for Scott in Alien companion piece Prometheus
Ridley Scott will direct Noomi Rapace in the sci-fi project Prometheus inspired by Alien that is set to open worldwide through Fox on March 9, 2012.
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IFC takes Brighton Rock for US
IFC Films has acquired US rights to Studio Canal’s gangster tale, which marks the directorial debut of Rowan Joffe.
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Westfeldt starts filming in New York on Friends With Kids
Jennifer Westfeldt and Jon Hamm’s Point West Pictures and Riza Aziz and Joey McFarland’s Red Granite Pictures have commenced principal photography in New York on Friends With Kids.
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NewsTheatrics launches new mass-participation online series
Sci-fi series Beckinfield will let aspiring actors create and play their own characters.
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NewsCuban open to selling Magnolia Pictures 'for the right price'
With Sundance about to kick off this week, Screendaily has learned that Mark Cuban has turned down multiple bids for the distributor and remains open to a possible sale.
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NewsSusannah York dies at age 72
Famed British actress Susannah York has died from advanced bone marrow cancer at the age of 72.
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NewsSPRI's Green Hornet delivers $16.1m sting overseas
Sony’s new action release was the international champion of a torpid weekend enlivened by a smattering of milestones as Disney’s Tangled soared past $200m, Fox’s Dawn Treader crossed $250m and HP7 became the second biggest overseas performer in the franchise.
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NewsGreen Hornet dominates US charts on $34m launch
Sony’s The Green Hornet soared to the top of the US charts over Martin Luther King holiday weekend on an estimated $34m, taking almost twice as much as Universal’s comedy debutant The Dilemmain second place.
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Whistleblower, Louder Than A Bomb win PSIFF audience honours
Larysa Kondracki’s The Whistleblower starring Rachel Weisz and Greg Jacobs and Jon Siskel’s Louder Than A Bomb have won the 22nd Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival’s (PSIFF) narrative and documentary audience awards.
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Social Network wins best film at Critics Choice Awards
The Social Network, Colin Firth and Natalie Portman and David Fincher were the key winners in the 16th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards [14].
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NewsGolden Globes 2011: The Social Network connects with HFPA
Sony’s Facebook drama emerged as the big winner at the 68th Golden Globes as it converted six nominations into four wins for dramatic picture, director, screenwriter and score.
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NewsLOLAs longlist out; German Film Academy joins forces with Berlinale
Berlinale competition films Pina and If Not Us, Who? and Sundance documentary The Green Wave on LOLA longlist, premiere of new Berlinale programme LOLA@Berlinale as collaboration between festival and German Film Academy
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NewsNancy K. Fishman launches distribution company
The first film on her slate will be Israeli director Eytan Fox’s Mary Lou.
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NewsBerlinale shorts section selects 25 films
Films by Spike Jonze and Park Chan-wook make the cut.
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NewsRotterdam to close with The King's Speech
Rotterdam will end this year’s festival on a crowdpleasing note, with awards contender The King’s Speech as the Closing Night Film.
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News47 Ronin preps for two months in Budapest
47 Ronin, an English-language swords-and-samurai thriller starring Keanu Reeves [pictured], is prepping for a two-month shoot in Hungary.