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News2012 Slamdance honours Bindlestiffs, Pine Hill
The jurors and audiences at the 18th annual event in Park City have spoken.“What a great way to end Slamdance’s 18th festival - by celebrating the films our excellent jurors and incredible audiences have awarded these emerging filmmakers,” Slamdance co-founder and festival director Peter Baxter said. “This year’s narrative and ...
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Outsider Pictures acquires US rights to Juan Of The Dead
The zombie satire will screen at the Miami International Film Festival which runs from Mar 2-11.
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NewsMimi Steinbauer launches Radiant on eve of Berlinale
The international sales veteran who most recently served at Hyde Park International has resurfaced with her new company, Radiant Films International. Lullaby and I Am are the first two titles confirmed for the EFM.
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Visual Effects Society elects officers for 2012
Jeffrey A Okun was re-elected as board chair for a fourth one-year term at the Visual Effects Society’s (VES) board meeting on Jan 18. Okun is also the head of visual effects for Prana Studios.
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NewsEben Davidson adds acquisitions duties at Paramount
Paramount Pictures’ Eben Davidson will add acquisitions to his current duties as he takes on the post of VP Acquisitions and Production.
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NewsSundance Channel locks new Euro and Asia deals
Sundance Channel locks deals with Virgin in France, Veetime in Taiwan after busy 2011.
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NewsIFC Films buys North American rights to Liberal Arts
The deal was poised to close on Wednesday evening (25) for one of the most popular titles of the festival to date, a coming-of-age tale written and directed by Josh Radnor who also stars alongside Elizabeth Olsen.
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NewsSamuel Goldwyn, SPWA team up on Robot And Frank
Park Pictures’ comedy-drama starring Frank Langella and Susan Sarandon was a Sundance favourite from the moment it screened in the Premieres section last Friday. Goldwyn and SPWA jointly acquired North American rights and will partner on the US release.
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NewsStephanie Allain named director of Los Angeles Film Festival
The veteran producer and Film Independent board member replaces Rebecca Yeldham, who stepped down recently for personal reasons.
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NewsRoadside Attractions, Lionsgate hedge bets on Arbitrage
The distribution partners paid $2.5m for US rights to Nicholas Jarecki’s suspenseful drama starring Richard Gere following the world premiere on Saturday.
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NewsK5 launches LA division with Kevin Frakes as CEO
PalmStar CEO heads new K5 division in LA which starts out with a $30m investment pot.
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NewsHugo leads Oscar nominations, followed closely by The Artist
Surprise nominations include Extremely Loud for Best Picture; JC Chandor’s Margin Call for Best Original Screenplay; and A Cat In Paris for Animated Film.
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Cinedigm acquires North American rights to UFC documentary
The digital exhibitor negotiated the deal for Like Water with Christine D ‘Souza and Kevin Iwashina of Preferred Content on behalf of the producer.
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NewsF. Javier Gutiérrez attached to direct Relativity's The Crow
Jesse Wigutow will write the script for the reboot of the 1994 film.
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NewsSPC takes Celeste, Focus signs on for Good Time
Tuesday morning (24) brought two further deals as Classics acquired all North American, Latin American and Eastern European rights to Celeste And Jesse Forever after it emerged that Focus had paid in the region of $2m for worldwide rights to For A Good Time, Call…
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NewsPercentage of women directors in Hollywood declining
Women account for just 5% of directors working in Hollywood, according to a new report conducted by the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film.
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FeaturesLaura Bickford and Nicholas Jarecki, Arbitrage
Producer Laura Bickford and writer-director Nicholas Jarecki talk to Jeremy Kay about making $15m suspense drama Arbitrage, starring Richard Gere, which is generating buzz at Sundance.
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Ron Burkle buys "significant" stake in Relativity Media
Burkle’s investment company Yucaipa Companies has purchased Elliott Management’s ownership share of Relativity in what a press release described as “a significant equity stake.”
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NewsKevin Smith’s SModcast signs output deal with Phase 4
A year after Kevin Smith effectively stood on stage at the Eccles Theatre in Park City and told distributors he did not need them, his company has made a pact with a distributor.
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Incognito Pictures launches, signs output deal with TWC
The production entity headed by ex-PayPal executive and financier Jack Selby is backed by $50m in financing and initial plans are to produce five or six films a year budgeted at $10m and below.