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NewsMunich retrospective dedicated to British director Stephen Frears
The British director Stephen Frears will be honoured with a retrospective at this year’s Munich Filmfest, which will be held from 26 June - 4 July.
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BFI sets out plans following $2.7m LFF cash boost
The BFI has set out its plans for The Times London Film Festival, following a $2.7 million cash injection from the UKFC.Speaking earlier today at an event to formally announce the funding, Sandra Hebron, the festival director, outlined the BFI’s plans to raise the profile of the festival on an ...
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NewsSpurlock footage available to view at Cannes
Celsius will introduce Freakonomics to buyers at Cannes and will be showing footage from Morgan Spurlock’s contribution to the five segment film.
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NewsThe Boat That Rocked docks in France, Little Ashes fires up Spain and UK
ScreenDaily takes a look at the local and independent openings in key markets this week
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NewsHanway Films adds We Want Sex and Mugabe to Cannes slate
Hanway Films has added We Want Sex and Mugabe And The White African to its list of Cannes titles.
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Content picks up The Details
ContentFilm International has picked up international sales rights to The Details.Written and directed by Jacob Estes, The Details stars James McAvoy, Elizabeth Banks, Laura Linney and Anna Friel. Content will be introducing the film to buyers at Cannes next week.The Details tells the story of a couple whose domestic strife ...
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NewsAV Pictures boards Freight
AV Pictures has taken on international sales of Stuart St. Paul’s Freight, which is currently in post production.
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NewsEIFF to host 23 world premieres
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) will host 23 world premieres, including Max Meyer’s Adam which will bring the 63rd edition to a close.
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NewsIndependent takes Exam
British sales and production outfit Independent has boarded Stuart Hazeldine’s Exam.
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NewsFocus Features starts sales on Adrift
Focus Features International start sales in Cannes on Heitor Dhalia’s Brazilian sexual awakening tale Adrift, which screens in Un Certain Regard.
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NewsMK2 picks up French rights to Fish Tank
MK2 has acquired French rights to Andrea Arnold’s Fish Tank from ContentFilm International.
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NewsMagnolia acquires The Eclipse
Magnolia Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to Conor McPherson’s The Eclipse.
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NewsEverybody Dies But Me wins East End festival prize
Valeriya Gai Germanika won the award for Best International First Feature at London’s East End Film Festival.
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NewsWolverine dominates global box office
Fox International’s genre prequel X-Men Origins: Wolverine kicked off the 2009 summer blockbuster season with a suitably dominant display, grossing an estimated $73m from 9,234 screens in 101 markets.
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NewsUK director Mike Newell eyes The Lone Ranger
British director Mike Newell is understood be in talks with Walt Disney Pictures to direct The Lone Ranger.
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NewsGhosted appears in Germany, UK has The End in sight
ScreenDaily rounds up the local and independent releases in key markets.
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NewsFox's Wolverine sinks its claws into global box office
The summer season arrives this weekend with 20th Century Fox’s global release of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, which has one week to establish itself before PPI/Paramount launches Star Trek across the world the following weekend.
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NewsStudioCanal appoints key staff at Optimum and Kinowelt
StudioCanal has made a series of senior appointment at its affiliates Optimum Releasing and Kinowelt.
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Taiwan enacts controversial "three strikes" copyright law
Taiwan’s legislature has passed an amendment to the Copyright Act to authorise a controversial”three strikes and you’re out” policy for online intellectual property violations.
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Revolver releases first UK DVD with digital copy
Revolver Entertainment is the first UK distributor to provide digital files on its DVD releases.