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FeaturesAFI Fest 2013’s welcome returns
AFI Fest director Jacqueline Lyanga talks to Jeremy Kay about a strong 2013 line-up, links to the AFM, and why directors such as Steve McQueen and Asghar Farhadi return to the festival.
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NewsUni denies Relativity-Focus reports
EXCLUSIVE: Relativity Media made enquiries last month to buy Focus Features after the corporate shake-up at Universal was announced, according to several well placed sources.
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NewsCymbeline sells wide for IFT
EXCLUSIVE: International Film Trust (IFT) announced at AFM it has closed key sales on Cymbeline including Koch Media for the UK and KSM for Germany.
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NewsBanshee Chapter sells at AFM
EXCLUSIVE: Richard Guardian’s international sales company Guardian Entertainment has announced at AFM a slew of further sales on Before The Door’s horror-thriller The Banshee Chapter.
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News7 & 7 falls for Shirin
EXCLUSIVE: UK sales outfit 7 & 7 Producers’ Sales Service has boarded sales on US romantic comedy Shirin in Love, written and directed by Ramin Niami.
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NewsMonuments Men heading to Berlin
George Clooney’s war adventure to receive its international premiere at the 64th Berlinale.
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NewsStar Wars VII gets date
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures have announced the release date for the next instalment in the iconic franchise.
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NewsSPC finds Third Person
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired US, German and Scandinavian rights from CAA and Paradigm to Paul Haggis’ Third Person.
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NewsReclaim hot seller for Arclight
Arclight has closed sales on its thriller Reclaim starring John Cusack, Ryan Phillippe, Rachel Lefevre, Jacki Weaver and Luis Guzman.
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NewsNas joins Continental's Dust
Continental Media’s AFM documentary Shake The Dust has received a fillip with news that hip-hop star Nas is on board as executive producer and will provide original music.
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NewsTribeca Film takes Starred Up
Tribeca Film has acquired North American rights for a 2014 release on David Mackenzie’s prison drama Starred Up. Independent represents international sales at the AFM.
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NewsIFP unveils Gotham audience nominees
The Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP) has announced the five nominees for the 4th annual Gotham Independent Film Audience Award.
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NewsMyriad adds Frontera to AFM slate
Myriad Pictures has come on to handle international sales on Ocean Blue Entertainment’s Frontera starring Ed Harris, Eva Longoria and Michael Peña.
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NewsAcademy selects 10 animated shorts
The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences has announced that 10 animated short films will advance in the voting process for the 86th Academy Awards.
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NewsSchlessel unveils Focus hires
Incoming Focus CEO Peter Schlessel has announced several senior hires ahead of the January 2014 launch of the reconfigured company.
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Premiere boards Silent Mountain
Premiere Entertainment Group is handling worldwide sales at AFM for the Austria-Italy romance.
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NewsIf You See Her casts up
Alex Kingston, Peter Firth and Tom Cullen have joined Paragraph Pictures’ If You See Her.
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NewsSierra/Affinity takes FFI genre duo
Sierra/Affinity has come on to handle international sales on Somnia and Oculus in the wake of the announcement that Focus Features International (FFI) will close.
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Vision boards 10 Things
Vision Films has come on to handle worldwide rights to 10 Things I Hate About Life starring Evan Rachel Wood and Thomas McDonell.
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NewsVertical lines up Abu Ghraib
Vertical Entertainment announced at AFM it has acquired North American rights to the military thriller Boys Of Abu Ghraib. Electric Entertainment handles international sales.