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NewsPSIFF unveils Awards Buzz, Modern Masters, Scandi sidebar
Forty-two of the 71 foreign language Oscar submissions will compete for FIPRESCI awards and Palm Springs International Film Festival director Darryl Macdonald and artistic director Helen du Toit announced the inaugural Nordic Light strand.
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Gravitas Ventures, Variance Films find End Of Love
The companies will partner on the widely admired Sundance 2012 drama by Mark Webber.
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NewsHelen Mirren to receive PSIFF International Star Award
The Oscar earned a SAG lead actress nomination earlier on Wednesday (12) for her performance as Alma Reville in Hitchcock. She will collect her honour on Jan 5 in Palm Springs.
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NewsDaniel Battsek named president of Cohen Media Group
The experienced British executive has resurfaced after most recently serving as president of National Geographic Films.
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NewsScreen Actors Guild unveils 19th Annual Awards nods
Denzel Washington and John Hawkes are among the male lead performers while Helen Mirren, Marion Cotillard and Naomi Watts feature in the female lead category.
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Marshall Lewy options rights to The Impostor’s Daughter
The director of California Solo will adapt Laurie Sandell’s Eisner Award-nominated graphic novel through his company Zambry Films and plans to direct.
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NewsDavid Kornblum to receive CinemaCon Passepartout Award
The knowledgeable and popular Disney executive will collect the honour at CinemaCon’s International Day Luncheon on Apr 15 in Las Vegas.
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NewsLincoln, Les Miserables dominate Critics’ Choice nods
DreamWorks’ Abraham Lincoln saga earned a record 13 nominations on Tuesday [11] followed by Universal’s Les Miserables on 11 and The Weinstein Company’s Silver Linings Playbook on 10.
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SFFS, Kenneth Rainin award grants to six filmmakers
The San Francisco Film Society and the Kenneth Rainin Foundation have announced the six recipients of grants totalling $300,000 to fund the next stage of their production.
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FeaturesTripling up on talent
XYZ Films’ Nate Bolotin, Nick Spicer and Aram Tertzakian talk about their busy company,which is building on the global success of The Raid [pictured]. Jeremy Kay reports
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Ric Roman Waugh to direct Relativity's Tipping Point
Waugh will also rewrite the sci-fi thriller based on an original screenplay by Todd Stein.
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Summit Entertainment acquires rights to Breed
Chase Novak aka Scott Spencer wrote the novel and Summit has hired Burr Steers to write and direct the horror thriller. David Heyman and Jeffrey Clifford of Heyday Films will produce.
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Academy announces 104-strong score longlist
Officials will make available a ‘reminder list’ of original score submissions along with a nominations ballot to all members of the music branch.
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NewsAmy Adams to receive Santa Barbara Vanguard honour
The star of The Master will collect the 28th Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Cinema Vanguard Award on Jan 31.
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Tribeca Film, Focus World take Greetings From Tim Buckley
The partners have acquired US rights to Dan Algrant’s film, which chronicles two generations of musicians – Tim and Jeff Buckley. Separately, The Cinema Guild has taken select rights to An Oversimplification Of Her Beauty.
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NewsAmerican Film Institute unveils 10 best films of 2012
Life Of Pi, Argo and Beasts Of The Southern Wild are among the Institute’s honours roster, while The Master, Flight and The Hobbit fail to make the cut.
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NewsSundance Institute sets touring film roster
Festival top brass have selected the 10 entries and arthouse venues that comprise the Sundance Film Festival USA.
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Glenn Close, Nick Nolte join Always On My Mind
The Golden Globe-winning pair have signed on to Occupant Entertainment’s music-driven drama.
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NewsBradley Cooper to receive Desert Palm Achievement
The star of Silver Linings Playbook will collect his honour at the 24th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) gala on Jan 5.