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NewsLinde signs international output deals, confirms Reliance backing
David Linde has unveiled a network of international output deals with distributors including Entertainment One, Tele Munchen and Nordisk Film and confirmed that Reliance Entertainment will back his new production and financing venture.
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NewsMaya picks up Benavides Born
Maya Entertainment has acquired worldwide rights to All She Can, which premiered in this year’s Sundance dramatic competition under its original title Benavides Born.
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NewsScreen Media takes Jig for North America
Screen Media Films has acquired North American rights to Jig, director Sue Bourne’s documentary following nine dancers through the Irish Dancing World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.
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NewsMPI grabs Hammers for North America
MPI Media Group has acquired all North American rights to comedy-drama A Bag of Hammers. The company is planning an August theatrical release to be followed by VOD and DVD availability.
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Chiba to star in Lone Warrior
Japanese actor and martial artist Sonny Chiba is to star in Lone Warrior, a period adventure from US writer-director Cameron Fertitta.
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NewsColumbia takes Bigelow's Bin Laden project for US
Columbia Pictures has acquired US rights to Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal’s film about the black ops mission to capture or kill Osama bin Laden.
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UK films get US showcase
The UK Film Council is joining forces with the Film Society of Lincoln Center and digital distributor Emerging Pictures to present From Britain With Love, a showcase that will give six independent UK films screenings in ten cities across the US.
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NewsWinding Refn readies Bangkok shoot for Only God Forgives
From Best Director in Cannes to Thai western in Bangkok - Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn has his dance card full, to start with Only God Forgives, the first joint project of Wild Bunch and Gaumont.
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NewsFour world premieres at Dungog Film Festival
Four-day event opens with UK/Australian co-production Oranges And Sunshine
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FeaturesRebecca Daly
Irish director Rebecca Daly’s feature debut The Other Side Of Sleep played in Cannes’ Directors Fortnight. She talks to Screen about her inspirations, shooting in Ireland and sleepwalking.
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FeaturesWeekly International Box Office May 20 -22
Pirates of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides laid siege to the international market, grossing a record-breaking $222m over three days.
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News3D guru Schklair: Nearly every studio film is considering 3D
In a keynote speech at the Dimension 3 forum, Steve Schklair says big business lies in TV.
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NewsBrian Skeet to direct noir thriller Disorientated
UK film-maker Brian Skeet is to direct Disoriented, an Italian set neo-noir film starring D.B Sweeney [pictured], Dee Wallace and Michael Kearns.
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NewsUniversal in pact for Fox to distribute home entertainment product in Russia
Three-year deal kicks off in August.
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NewsTornasol Films to co-produce romantic comedy Con Quien Sueña Gabi?
Major Spanish producers Tornasol Films are set to co-produce a romantic comedy called Con Quien Sueña Gabi? alongside Carlos Santurio’s El Garaje Producciones with Jordi Arencon’s Apocalipsis Producciones as associate producers.
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NewsBabylon International launches second edition in Berlin
Mentors on the European-African training and development programme include John Akomfrah and Jean-Pierre Bekolo.
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NewsDogwoof bites on An African Election
UK outfit takes Merz’s US political doc about Ghana which premiered at Sundance
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CommentCarry On Star Wars
Barbara Windsor comes face to face with a group of stormtroopers as Elstree & Borehamwood gets the Hollywood treatment.