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NewsE1 Entertainment to handle North American DVD for Here and Regent
E1 Entertainment has signed to become the exclusive North American DVD distributor of all Here Films and Regent Releasing titles until August 2012.
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NewsWild Bunch pulls Chanel from Zurich after Polanski arrest
French sales company Wild Bunch has pulled Jan Kounen’s Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky out of the Zurich Film Festival in protest against Roman Polanski’s arrest en route to the festival last Saturday (September 26).
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NewsBen Chaplin joins cast of Peggy Glanville-Hicks biopic Owl Song
Ben Chaplin will play the young Yehudi Menuhin in Owl Song, the story of Australian composer Peggy Glanville-Hicks which is being produced by MusicArt Dance Films in Australia.
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NewsSamuel Goldwyn Foundation unveils screenwriting finallists
Samuel Goldwyn Foundation president Samuel Goldwyn Jr has announced the five finallists for this year’s writing awards competition.
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NewsAntoine Fuqua in talks to board Prisoners for Alcon, Warner Bros
Antoine Fuqua is in final negotiations to direct Warner Bros-based Alcon Entertainment’s kidnapping thriller Prisoners based on a screenplay by newcomer Aaron Guzikowski.
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NewsMagnolia takes North America on Matthew Broderick comedy Wonderful World
Magnolia Pictures has acquired North American rights to Ambush Entertainment’s dark comedy Wonderful World starring Matthew Broderick.
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NewsLeading film-makers join calls for Polanski's release
Pedro Almodovar, Walter Salles, Bertrand Tavernier and Fatih Akin are among the film-makers that have joined Harvey Weinstein in signing the petition calling for the release of Roman Polanski.
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NewsTroma president Lloyd Kaufman reelected IFTA chairman
Troma Entertainment president Lloyd Kaufman has been reelected chairman of Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA), IFTA president and CEO Jean Prewitt has announced.
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NewsJeremy Thomas to deliver keynote address at FIND's Filmmaker Forum
Oscar winning producer Jeremy Thomas will be the keynote speaker at Film Independent’s fifth-annual Filmmaker Forum in Los Angeles from October 9-11.
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NewsTom Ortenberg departs Weinsteins after eight months
Tom Ortenberg is stepping down as president of theatrical film at The Weinstein Company (TWC) after barely eight months in the role.
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Weinsteins to lay off around 30 staff, bringing employee level to 90
The Weinstein Company is laying off approximately 30 people in line with the recommendations of its restructuring consultants Miller Buckfire.
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NewsRobert De Niro to receive BAFTA/LA's Britannia Award
Robert De Niro will receive BAFTA/LA’s most prestigious film award the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award For Excellence In Film at the 2009 BAFTA/LA Britannia Awards in Los Angeles.
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NewsLionsgate unites with Stephen Gaghan on action thriller
Lionsgate has taken worldwide rights to an untitled action thriller that Stephen Gaghan will direct and produce.
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NewsSummit hires Justin Lin to direct and Neal Moritz to produce Highlander
Summit Entertainment has hired Fast & Furious director Justin Lin and producer Neal H Moritz to the reimagining of Highlander.
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NewsCaviar lines up first English-language feature Missoura
Belgium, LA and Amsterdam-based production company Caviar Films, whose My Queen Karo recently received its world premiere in Toronto, has lined up its first English-language feature Missoura.
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NewsDolan's I Killed My Mother named Canada's 2010 Oscar submission
Xavier Dolan’s I Killed My Mother (J’ai Tue Ma Mere) has been selected as Canada’s submission for the best foreign language film at the 82nd Academy Awards in March 2010.
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NewsIFP and UK's Shooting People enter one year partnership
Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP) has entered into an exclusive year-long partnership with UK-based film-maker support group Shooting People that provides complementary membership to each other’s organisations.
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NewsSundance Selects takes North America on Toronto premiere The Art Of The Steal
Rainbow Media’s new theatrical and VOD label Sundance Selects has beaten out three other buyers to pick up North American rights from Submarine to Don Argott’s documentary The Art of The Steal.
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NewsEgoyan denounces TIFF Tel Aviv protest
Film-maker Atom Egoyan has weighed in on the Toronto International Film Festival’s (TIFF) Tel Aviv sidebar dispute claiming the protestors have failed to substantiate their charge that the Israeli government interfered with TIFF’s programming.
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NewsSPWAG takes US and most overseas rights to Defendor
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group (SPWAG) has acquired all US and most international rights to Darius Films’ Defendor starring Woody Harrelson following its world premiere in Toronto last weekend.