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    Film Movement picks up US rights to Sorin's The Window

    2009-01-27T18:24:00Z

    Film Movement has picked up all US rights to Carlos Sorin's Argentine drama The Window (LA Ventana) and will release the drama theatrically in May.The Spanish-language film won the FIPRESCI Award at the Valladolid International Film Festival and was an official selection in Toronto last year.Antonio Larreta stars as a ...

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    The Hungry Ghosts

    2009-01-27T16:59:00Z

    Dir/scr: Michael Imperioli. US. 2009. 105mins.

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    E1 Entertainment to distribute Christal Films titles worldwide

    2009-01-27T00:33:00Z

    E1 Entertainment (formerly Entertainment One) has signed an exclusive long-term Canadian distribution and international sales agreement with Christal Films Productions for all the Montreal company's feature films worldwide. The deal covers all films produced by Christal founder Christian Larouche. Larouche's distribution company, Christal Films Distribution, declared bankruptcy in May of ...

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    Jim Amos promoted to president of Sony Pictures Releasing

    2009-01-27T00:28:00Z

    Jim Amos has been promoted to president of Sony Pictures Releasing to fill the slot vacated by Rory Bruer, who was recently promoted to president of worldwide distribution for Sony Pictures Worldwide Marketing & Distribution.Amos previously served as Sony Pictures' division manager and senior vice president of distribution for the ...

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    Ortenberg leaves Lionsgate to run theatrical arm of TWC

    2009-01-27T00:23:00Z

    The Weinstein Company has issued a bold statement of intent about the strength of its upcoming slate and commitment to theatrical releasing by hiring Lionsgate veteran Tom Ortenberg as president of theatrical films.Ortenberg served more than 12 years at Lionsgate, most recently as president of theatrical films, and will commence ...

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    Hardwicke, Hunt, Levine among Film Independent Directors panelists

    2009-01-26T04:48:00Z

    Directors Catherine Hardwicke, Courtney Hunt and Jonathan Levine will be among the panelists at Film Independent's ninth annual Directors Close-Up: Conversations On The Art Of Filmmaking series, set to run at The Landmark - West Los Angeles from February 4- March 11.Subjects under discussion will include music and sound design, ...

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    Slumdog takes ensemble cast honours at the SAG Awards

    2009-01-26T04:41:00Z

    Fox Searchlight's Slumdog Millionaire cemented its status as the Oscar favourite as it won the 15th annual SAG Awards' ensemble cast prize on Sunday night [January 25], while Sean Penn, Meryl Streep, Kate Winslet and Heath Ledger took the top individual acting honours.Penn's acclaimed performance in Focus Features' Milk as ...

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    Valkyrie leads international box office with $13.2m in 13 markets

    2009-01-26T04:27:00Z

    20th Century Fox continues to dominate the International box office in 2009 with another strong showing this weekend, lead by the much anticipated opening ofValkyrie.Tom Cruise sits atop the Hollywood overseas releases after the MGM/UA release Valkyrieplundered an estimated $13.2m through Fox International from 2,283 screens in 13 markets.The wartime ...

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    Sony leads domestic box office weekend with Paul Blart, Underworld 3

    2009-01-26T01:07:00Z

    Kevin James, the star of TV's King Of Queens and a familiar supporting player in comedy features, confirmed his place in the big league as his first lead role in Sony's Paul Blart: Mall Cop stayed top in its second weekend, grossing an estimated $21.5m for an impressive $64.8m after ...

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    Arthouse Films picks up worldwide on Doug Pray's Art & Copy

    2009-01-25T16:53:00Z

    Arthouse Films announced last night [January 24] that it had picked up worldwide rights to Doug Pray's Sundance documentary Art & Copy as the festival came to a close.David Koh and Lilly Bright negotiated the deal on behalf of Arthouse Films and Curiously Bright Entertainment with Josh Braun of Submarine ...

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    Slumdog takes PGA Award, inches closer to Oscar glory

    2009-01-25T06:30:00Z

    Slumdog Millionaire produced by Christian Colson maintained its remarkable awards season momentum by taking the Darryl F Zanuck Producer of the Year Award for a theatrical feature in the 2009 Producers Guild Of America awards on Saturday night [January 24].Wall-E won the award for animated feature of the year and ...

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    Sundance sensation Push wins both jury and audience prizes

    2009-01-25T04:00:00Z

    Push: Based On The Novel By Sapphire, Lee Daniels' universally acclaimed redemptive tale starring Gabourey Sidibe as a troubled young girl in Harlem, has won the 2009 Sundance US Dramatic Competition Grand Jury Prize and the audience award. Heading into Saturday night's awards ceremony [January 24] a number of buyers ...

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    GK Films sets Knightley, Farrell for London Boulevard

    2009-01-25T01:18:00Z

    Keira Knightley and Colin Farrell have boarded GK Films' crime drama London Boulevard, set to begin shooting in and around London in early summer.William Monahan, who won the 2007 adapted screenwriting Oscar for The Departed that also earned GK Films chief Graham King the best picture award, wrote the screenplay ...

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    A Quiet Little Marriage wins narrative jury award at Slamdance

    2009-01-25T01:14:00Z

    Mo Perkins' A Quiet Little Marriage won the grand jury award for best narrative feature and the grand jury award for best documentary feature went to Strongman by Zachary Levy as the 15th annual Slamdance Film Festival came to a close at the weekend.Best narrative short went to Kazik Radwanski's ...

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    David Mackenzie's Spread sold to Anchor Bay in $3.5m deal

    2009-01-24T05:02:00Z

    Anchor Bay has paid in the region of $3.5m for US and Australian rights to Spread, David Mackenzie's LA hustler tale starring Ashton Kutcher.The distributor, which is ramping up its theatrical operations, closed the deal with CAA and Endeavor Independent late on Friday afternoon [January 23] following several days of ...

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    Nominees react to their Oscar nods from Mumbai to Hollywood

    2009-01-23T05:04:00Z

    Nominees were celebrating from Los Angeles to Mumbai to London on Thursday as news of the Academy Awards nominations flashed around the world. Speaking from the Indian premiere of Slumdog Millionaire in Mumbai, producer Christian Colson said local celebrations over the ten nominations earned by the film - which was ...

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    Williams, Cattrall, Wilkinson, Belushi join Polanski's The Ghost

    2009-01-23T02:46:00Z

    Roman Polanski will commence shooting his French-German-UK contemporary thriller The Ghost starring Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan and new cast members Olivia Williams, Kim Cattrall, Tom Wilkinson and Jim Belushi in Berlin on February 4.Filming will take place mainly in Studio Babelsberg as well as additional locations in Berlin. Summit International ...

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    Valkyrie gets big international launch through Fox in eight territories

    2009-01-23T01:21:00Z

    Seven Pounds ruled the roost last weekend as the Sony Pictures Releasing International drama edged past $40m with a $19m haul.Providing strong competition to the Will Smith movie this weekend will be Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International's Bedtime Stories, which has reached $70m. The family release launches this weekend ...

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    Lerman, Hadzihalilovic among Sundance/NHK award winners

    2009-01-23T01:02:00Z

    Sundance Institute and NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) have announced the four winners of the 2009 Sundance/NHK International Filmmakers Awards.The winners were selected from 12 finalists chosen from the regions of Europe, Latin America, the US and Japan by members of an international jury.Winners will be honoured at the Sundance awards ...

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    Paramount unveils direct-to-cinema digital support plan

    2009-01-23T00:57:00Z

    As Hollywood continues to thrash out industry-wide digital cinema strategy and requirements, Paramount Pictures has gone ahead and unveiled a direct-to-cinema support plan.The initiative works in tandem with previously announced agreements with Digital Cinema Implementation Partners, Cinedigm (formerly Access IT), Kodak and Sony, but allows theatre owners to seek financing ...