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NewsTrans Atlantic Partners selects participants from Canada, Europe, US
Participants include UK’s Neil Thompson [pictured], Canada’s David Cormican, Germany’s Marco Gilles and US-based Susan Lewis.
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NewsRoger Corman to head up Tokyo jury
The veteran producer and director was jury head of the festival’s Young Cinema Competition in 1994.
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NewsEric Christenson to head sales at Hyde Park International
The industry veteran becomes the third president of chairman and CEO Ashok Amritraj’s sales company within nine months.
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NewsParamount makes preemptive play for The Diviners
Libba Bray’s upcoming novel will follow a band of young New Yorkers with mysterious powers who become embroiled in an epic battle after a series of occult slayings.
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Sony Pictures Animation, Hasbro, Happy Madison climb aboard Tonka
The project will be the latest collaboration between Sony and Hasbro following the previously announced Risk and Candy Land, the latter also with Happy Madison.
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NewsRADiUS-TWC hires Liza Burnett Fefferman, Heath Shapiro
Fefferman joins the fledgling multi-platform distribution venture as evp of publicity and Shapiro arrives as vp of marketing and distribution.
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Director Olivier Megaton lines up Land Of The Living
Stone Village subsidiary Scott Pictures will fully finance the abduction thriller from Emjag Productions, Stone Village, Battleplan Productions, Film 360 and Dro Entertainment.
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International Documentary Conference to explore audience engagement
The AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs Documentary Festival’s International Documentary Conference will feature more than 50 panels and workshops and one-on-one sessions with key industry decision makers from Jun 19-23.
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Gus Van Sant earns Palm Springs International ShortFest honour
The filmmaker will collect the ShortFest Spirit Of Short Film Award as part of a directing masterclass on Jun 23.
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NewsTop marks for Hannah Fidell’s A Teacher at US in Progress
Debut feature wins Champs-Elysées Film Festival’s US in Progress initiative aimed at connecting US indie fare with European buyers.
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Gucci Tribeca Doc Fund to award $150,000 in grants
The body will provide finishing funds to eight international filmmakers with features that highlight social issues from around the world.
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Geoff Dyer named Telluride 2012 guest director
The British novellist will help curate the programme for the 39th Telluride Film Festival, set to run in Colorado from Aug 31-Sept 3.
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NewsSeattle Golden Space Needle Awards for Invader, Any Day Now
Nicolas Provost triumphed at the 38th International Seattle Film Festival as he was named best new director for Belgian entry The Invader.
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NewsParamount tops US charts as Madagascar 3 debuts on $60m
Fresh from its out-of-competition berth in Cannes, DreamWorks Animation’s family release led a mighty session as it opened top through Paramount to vanquish a spirited $50m debut by Fox’s R-rated Prometheus.
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HFPA re-elects Aida Takla O'Reilly as president
The Egypt-born journalist will lead the Hollywood Foreign Press Organisation for the 2012-13 term following the annual general meeting on Jun 8.
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NewsUNIC branches out, pushes CineEurope changes
On the eve of CineEurope, Screen talks to UNIC CEO Jan Runge about this year’s conference and the challenges facing the exhibition sector.
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Palm Springs reveals shorts line-up
Films featuring Judi Dench, Stellan Skarsgard, Michael Fassbender, Helena Bonham Carter and Lily Tomlin are among the 323 shorts selected from more than 3,000 entries for this year’s Palm Springs International ShortFest & Film Market (June 19-25).
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LA festival announces jurors
The Los Angeles Film Festival has named the jurors for its 2012 edition, which runs June 14-24.
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Silver signs distribution deal with Universal
Universal Pictures has signed a five-year North American distribution deal with producer Joel Silver.
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AMPAS appoints new tech head
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has promoted Megan Clarke to the newly created post of managing director, information technology.