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NewsItaly’s I Wonder scores doc haul including Gibney, Herzog titles
EXCLUSIVE: Italian distributor buys docs including Zero Days and Lo And Behold and a number of narrative dramas.
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NewsRidley Scott collaborator Julie Payne dies aged 64
Producer and managing director of Scott Free has died.
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NewsChina box office: Chinese films score 1-2-3
Cold War 2 top at Chinese box office between Jul 4 - 10; first time since early February that Chinese films score 1-2-3.
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NewsICO's women in cinema scheme to return
Women Leadership scheme aims to address gender imbalance in top cinema jobs
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NewsChina-controlled AMC to buy Odeon & UCI Cinemas for $1.2bn
Blockbuster deal makes AMC the world’s largest movie theatre operator.
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NewsScreen Australia fast-tracks female-led films
Screen Australia has committed AU$3m ($2.3m) towards fast-tracking 58 projects by female filmmakers, as part of a broader gender equality initiative.
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CommentFramestore CEO William Sargent looks to the future of film
Films will soon exist in formats we can’t yet even imagine. Fundamental change will help meet the challenge, writes Framestore CEO and co-founder Sir William Sargent.
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NewsJohn Zois to lead IM Global acquisitions
The executive becomes senior vice-president of acquisitions after most recently serving as director of worldwide acquisitions at EuropaCorp.
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NewsTelefilm Canada earmarks $1.4m for French trio
The film support body said on Tuesday it will support three French projects to the tune of $1.4m through its Canada Feature Film Fund.
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NewsLionsgate in Primal Media unscripted TV play
The studio is building its unscripted portfolio with the announcement that it has bought a stake in new production company Primal Media.
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NewsUS Briefs: Fork Films unveils ten grant recipients
New York-based Fork Films announced on Tuesday it will provide grant funding for ten projects in different stages of development centring on human rights and social justice topics.
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NewsLocarno reveals 2016 line-up
Jason Bourne, Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Endless Poetry, The Girl With All The Gifts (opener) among line-up; artistic director Carlo Chatrian’s contract extended until 2020.
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NewsLuxbox acquires Locarno Golden Leopard contender 'Marija'
EXCLUSIVE: Tale of Ukrainian woman’s struggle to build new life in Germany was produced by Pandora.
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NewsLondon post house Creativity Media appoints new business executive
EXCLUSIVE: Met Film Post and Slingshot Productions exec Cavan Ash joins post-production outfit.
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Reviews'Ben-Gurion, Epilogue': Jerusalem Review
Dir. Yariv Mozer. Israel/France/Germany. 2016. 55 mins
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NewsNBC Universal executive denied entry to Russia
NBC Universal’s chairman of filmed entertainment Jeff Shell was detained for several hours.
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NewsLiam Neeson action-thriller 'The Commuter' sets shoot and release dates
Director Jaume Collet-Serra’s action-thriller backed by Studiocanal begins production this month.
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NewsMongrel International to sell Locarno title 'Where Is Rocky II?'
EXCLUSIVE: Charlotte Mickie and her Toronto-based team have acquired international sales rights to The Ink Connection’s ‘fake fiction’ feature ahead of its European festival premiere in Switzerland.
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NewsRussia explains Jeff Shell ban
JULY 13 UPDATE: In a move that will exacerbate already tense diplomatic relations with Washington, the Russian foreign ministry reportedly said on Wednesday it deported the NBCUniversal film chief because he was placed on a ‘stop list’ in retaliation over alleged US sanctions against Russian officials.
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NewsLionsgate to revive 'Saw' franchise
The studio announced on Wednesday it had scheduled an untitled instalment for October 27, 2017, marking a return to the horror series last seen in 2010.