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LongTale International picks up international on Strathairn drama
LongTale International has acquired international rights to Eithor/Or Films' off-beat drama The Sensation of Sight starring David Strathairn.Aaron J Wiederspahn directed the story about a middle-aged English teacher's search for meaning amid the ache of despair.Jane Adams, Ann Cusak, Elisabeth Waterston, Joe Mazzello, and Scott Wilson round out the key ...
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Taraji Henson takes lead in No More Bloodshed
Taraji Henson, who recently starred in Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys, will star in the quirky thriller No More Bloodshed that is set to begin shooting in Los Angeles in March 2009.The film centres on a paroled hit man determined to change his life and reclaim the son he's ...
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New York Critics to announce annual awards on Dec 10
The New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC) will hold its annual vote on the year's best in film on December 10 and the awards ceremony will take place at Spotlight in New York City on January 5 2009.The group's outgoing chair and Entertainment Weekly critic Lisa Schwarzbaum also announced that ...
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Twilight's Rathbone joins cast of Clive Barker adaptation Dread
Twilight cast member Jackson Rathbone has joined the cast of UK-based Matador Pictures and LA-based Midnight Picture Show's Clive Barker adaptation Dread, which has begun five-week principal photography in the UK.Jere Hausfater's Essential Entertainment holds worldwide rights and will commence sales at AFM in Santa Monica next month on the ...
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Number One With A Bullet to open Hollywood Film Festival
The West Coast premiere of Jim Dziura's gun violence and hip-hop documentary Number One With A Bullet and the world premiere of Jeremy Benson's horror film Live Animals bookend the 12th Annual Hollywood Film Festival, scheduled for October 22-26.Among the line-up of 70 films are the centerpiece screenings of Fashion ...
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Forward Motion acquires worldwide rights to For My Father
Toronto-based Forward Motion has acquired worldwide rights to the Israeli thriller For My Father from Israel's Praxis Films and Spring Hill Entertainment and Germany's Relevant Film. The film screens in competition at the Hamptons International Film Festival this week.Dror Zahavi's film has toured the European festival circuit and earned seven ...
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Kimmel takes on sales for Paper Man with Daniels, Reynolds
Kimmel International will commence sales at AFM on the coming-of-age tale Paper Man starring Jeff Daniels, Ryan Reynolds, Emma Stone and Lisa Kudrow.Michele and Kieran Mulroney make their directorial debut on the film; they recently co-wrote the DC Comics' adaptation Justice League for Warner Bros.Paper Man chronicles the unlikely ...
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Padilha documentary Garapa gets world premiere in Sao Paulo
Jose Padilha's new film Garapa will have its world premiere at the 32nd Sao Paulo International Film Festival (Oct 16 - 30). After winning the Golden Bear at Berlin for Elite Squad, the Brazilian director returns to the documentary form by shooting with hand-held cameras in black and white. Padilha, ...
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UK's Odeon Cinemas buys two digital cinemas from IMAX
UK exhibitor Odeon Cinemas will acquire two digital projection systems from IMAX Corp. The systems will be installed at multiplexes at Greenwich and Wimbledon and are expected to be operational by December. The deal is the second European cinema announcement in two weeks for the giant-screen company; the other being ...
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Rossellini gets greenlight for Green Porno Part 2
Isabella Rossellini has been commissioned by The Sundance Channel to shoot a second batch of Green Porno, the short film series she conceived, wrote and co-directed. Originally commissioned by Sundance Channel, the Green Porno series premiered at the Sundance and Berlin festivals earlier this year.In the first series, Rossellini explored ...
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Dakota Fanning gets the year's Rising Star award at Palm Springs
Dakota Fanning will receive the 20th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival's (PSIFF) Rising Star Award at the festival's annual awards gala on January 6, 2009.Festival chairman Harold Matzner made the announcement in Beverly Hills last night [October 14] at a reception hosted by festival board member Stephen Breimer.'Dakota Fanning ...
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Inglourious Basterds starts shooting for TWC, Universal
Principal photography commenced last week on location in Germany on Quentin Tarantino's world war two adventure Inglourious Basterds - spelt that way as per the producers.The ensemble cast includes Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Daniel Bruhl, Til Schweiger, Melanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, Eli Roth, B J Novak, Julie Dreyfus and Cloris ...
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Colin Callender leaves HBO Films after 21 years at the company
Colin Callender is stepping down as president of HBO Films after 21 years at HBO and plans to launch his own company.The move had been expected since last year when Callender lost out in the race to lead HBO following Chris Albrecht's departure. The decision to take HBO Films out ...
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Lingusitics expert to give keynote address at AFCI Cineposium
Linguistics expert Richard D Lewis will give the keynote address 'When Cultures Collide' to kick off the 33rd annual AFCI Cineposium in November in Wellington, New Zealand.The Association Of Film Commissioners International (AFCI) Cineposium International Conference is held annually in a leading film production centre and the event is expected ...
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Last Chance Harvey gets world premiere at AFI FEST
Joel Hopkins's romance Last Chance Harvey will receive its world premiere on November 8 after joining the AFI FEST 2008 line-up as a late entry.Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson star in the London-set tale of an unhappy man whose fortunes change when he discovers an unlikely companion at his daughter's ...
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Isidore Mankofksy to receive ASC Presidents Award
Isidore Mankofsky will receive the American Society Of Cinematographers Presidents Award at the 23rd Annual American Society Of Cinematographers Outstanding Achievement Awards on February 15 2009 in Los Angeles.Mankofsky began his career making documentaries and shooting newsfilm at a television station in Reno, Nevada. He made more than 100 educational ...
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Hoffman, Brolin, Scott Thomas to be honoured at Hollywood Awards
In the latest round of honourees announced by the 12th Annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Awards, Dustin Hoffman will receive the career achievement award while Josh Brolin is named actor of the year and Kristin Scott Thomas is feted as actress of the year.Hoffman won two Oscars for Kramer ...
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Viacom's CEO Philippe Dauman urges content growth as MIPCOM opens
Despite the worldwide economic freefall, the annual MIPCOM TV market got underway on Monday expecting record attendance.Viacom president and CEO, Philippe Dauman, opened the event with a keynote speech on Monday evening during which he noted, 'We are the creators of escape; this may be the best time to be ...
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Regent takes US rights from Fortissimo to The Song Of Sparrows
Regent Releasing has acquired US rights from Fortissimo Films to Iranian foreign-language Oscar submission The Song Of Sparrows from Majid Majidi.Regent plans a limited release in spring 2009 on the contemporary drama, which premiered at Berlinale last winter and tells of a poor man whose personality changes when he acquires ...
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Colin Stanfield takes over as executive director of Nantucket festival
Independent producer and festival veteran Colin Stanfield is taking the reins at the Nantucket Film Festival after founder and current executive director Jill Burkhart announced she was relinquishing oversight of day-to-day operations to chair the festival's board of directors.Stanfield will commence work immediately in advance of the 14th edition that ...