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NewsJessica Chastain, Howard Shore to receive PSIFF honours
The Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) has announced its final two honours of the current awards season.
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Breakaway Media on board world sales of Dolphin Boy
Mark Austin’s Breakaway Media and Pamela Rosenberg’s Hemisphere Productions in association with First Hand Films are handling worldwide sales on the documentary, which will screen at the Palm Springs International Film Festival in January.
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NewsGhost Protocol leads US holiday weekend on $27m
The fourth entry in Paramount’s Mission: Impossible action franchise climbed two places after expanding wide just before the holiday weekend and added an estimated $26.5m for $58.9m.
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NewsStephen Daldry to receive Palm Springs director honour
Daldry, whose latest film Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close opens in the US on Dec 25, will collect the Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) Director Of The Year Award on Jan 7.
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NewsNat Geo Films segues into joint venture with Hyde Park
UPDATE: Daniel Battsek has transitioned to a consultancy role and will advise a new partnership between Hyde Park / ImageNation and National Geographic Features Group.
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NewsSPC acquires Nero Fiddled for North America, UK
Sony Pictures Classics to release Rome-set Woody Allen comedy in summer 2012
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NewsSlamdance unveils special screenings, shorts
The roster of narrative special screenings comprises the national holiday anthology Holiday Road, Pema Tseden’s Tibetan-set Chinese drama Old Dog and Bryn Higgins’ UK psycho-love story Unconditional.
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FilmFunds expands portfolio with Duran Duboi US acquisition
LA-based market research and production service FilmFunds has acquired the California-based company which owns a visual effects and conversion business.
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MIFF unveils Lexus Ibero-American Opera Prima Award
Six films from Spain, Portugal or Latin America will compete for the inaugural $5,000 award.
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NewsLovelace cast bulks up with Azaria, Cannavale, Patrick
Hank Azaria, Bobby Cannavale, Chris Noth and Robert Patrick have joined Amanda Seyfried (pictured) and Peter Sarsgaard as production on the Millennium Films production got underway in Los Angeles today (20).
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NewsNic Crawley to head international marketing at Paramount
Crawley most recently served as svp of international marketing for Walt Disney Studios and commences work immediately.
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NewsThirty-nine songs vie for Academy attention
On Jan 5 2012 voting members of the music branch in Los Angeles will view clips featuring each song, in random order, prior to determining the nominees by an averaged point system of voting.
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NewsSundance adds four to January selection
Philip Dorling and Ron Nyswaner’s Predisposed joins the Premieres section, while Spotlight welcomes Joachim Trier’s Oslo, August 31st and Paolo Sorrentino’s This Must Be The Place and the late Park City At Midnight entry is Don Coscarelli’s John Dies At The End.
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NewsThe Film Sales Company embraces Back To Your Arms
Andrew Herwitz has acquired worldwide sales rights to Lithuania’s official Oscar submission.
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NewsPSIFF launches Arab Cinema programme
The 2012 Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) announced on Monday (19) a new programme highlighting Arab Cinema as well as films selected to compete for the FIPRESCI Award, New Voices/New Visions Award and John Schlesinger Awards.
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NewsFocus Features unveils early 2012 digital slate
President Andrew Karpen has announced the films selected for the first quarter of next year that will go out through Focus World, the digital platform that launched earlier this year to champion international filmmakers.
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Frank Rodriguez rejoins Searchlight in key sales role
As evp assistant general sales manager, Rodriguez will report to evp of distribution Sheila DeLoach.
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Produced By Conference to take place June 8-10 in LA
The event is supported by the Producers Guild Of America (PGA) and returns with a new presenting sponsor in the form of the International CES produced by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and will take place on the Sony lot in Culver City.
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Tribeca Film Institute announces $150,000 in grants
The Institute has selected 10 emerging filmmakers to receive a total of $150,000 in grants towards their projects after receiving 630 submissions from more than 40 countries.
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NewsHolmes tops US on $40m, MI:4 scores big limited bow
Guy Ritchie’s second episode in the adventures of the high-kicking Victorian sleuth arrived in first place on an estimated $40m according to Warner Bros.