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NewsThe Solution to sell Blackbird
The Solution Entertainment Group has added the Cate Blanchett thriller Blackbird to its Toronto slate and will introduce to buyers in Toronto.
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Newsde Matteo joins Dark Places
Drea de Matteo has joined Charlize Theron on the Louisiana shoot of crime mystery Dark Places for co-financier, co-producer and international sales agent Exclusive Media.
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NewsAcademy to honour Jolie
The board of governors of the Academy Of Motion Pictures Arts And Sciences has named Angelina Jolie recipient of this year’s Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award and will present honourary awards to Angela Lansbury, Piero Tosi and Steve Martin.
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NewsPattinson, DeHaan join Life
EXCLUSIVE: Robert Pattinson will star as Magnum photographer Dennis Stock and Dane DeHaan will play James Dean in Anton Corbijn’s Life. FilmNation handles international sales and will introduce the script to buyers in Toronto.
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NewsArnold takes NYFF residency
Andrea Arnold has been named the 2013 Filmmaker in Residence during the New York Film Festival.
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NewsDean Devlin launches sales division
Electric Entertainment’s Dean Devlin, who co-founded Voltage Pictures with Nicolas Chartier, has launched an international film and television sales division.
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NewsBAFTA LA to honour Cumberbatch
Benedict Cumberbatch, the star of Thursday night’s [5] Toronto opener The Fifth Estate, will receive BAFTA LA’s Britannia Award for British Artist Of The Year in Los Angeles on Nov 9.
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NewsExchange to sell Made In America
CEO Brian O’Shea and his team will handle international sales on Ron Howard’s film about Jay-Z’s two-day music festival that is set to premiere in Toronto on Saturday [7].
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SFFS teams up with Diab
The San Francisco Film Society has announced Egyptian filmmaker Mohamed Diab as its selection for the Fall 2013 Artist In Residence programme.
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NewsNYFF to host Godard tribute
The New York Film Festival will kick off a three-week Jean-Luc Godard retrospective on Oct 9.
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NewsSalinger added to TIFF line-up
Toronto International Film Festival organisers have scheduled a special screening of Shane Salerno’s documentary Salinger.
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NewsVilleneuve signs Alcon deal
Denis Villeneuve and Alcon, riding high on rave reviews out of Telluride for the French-Canadian auteur’s English-language debut Prisoners, have signed a two-year overall deal.
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NewsFSC takes Burt’s Buzz to TIFF
EXCLUSIVE: The Film Sales Company president Andrew Herwitz has acquired international rights to Jody Shapiro’s documentary ahead of its world premiere in Toronto.
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NewsnWave buys Galapagos 3D
nWave Pictures acquires distribution rights to Galapagos 3D for February 2014 release.
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NewsBrown earns MGM marketing stripes
Michael Brown has been promoted to evp of worldwide marketing at MGM.
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NewsAFI FEST lines up Banks, Foxcatcher
The Los Angeles event will open on Nov 7 with the North American premiere of John Lee Hancock’s Saving Mr Banks - one day before the world premiere of Bennett Miller’s Foxcatcher.
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NewsCinedigm promotes Vincent Scordino
Scordino to oversee distribution and acquisitions at LA-based distributor.
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NewsMagnolia promotes buyer duo
Heading into Toronto, Magnolia Pictures has promoted Peter Van Steemburg to vp of acquisitions and John Von Thaden to director of acquisitions.