All articles by Wendy Mitchell – Page 132
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NewsToronto's IFF selects 41 features including Terence Davies' Dickinson biopic
Other projects for the OMDC International Financing Forum include Gemma Arterton thriller, Cliff Curtis’ directorial debut, Maude Lewis biopic to star Rachel McAdams and dozens more.
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NewsUtrecht to host Focus on Turkish Cinema
Utrecht will host a Focus on Turkish Cinema event Sept 27-Oct 1 as a joint initiative of Istanbul Film Festival – Meetings on the Bridge and Netherlands Film Festival – Holland Film Meeting.
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FeaturesMira Nair talks The Reluctant Fundamentalist
The filmmaker tells Screen about the pressure of opening Venice, wanting to tell a story of contemporary Pakistan and America, and preparing Riz Ahmed (and his beard).
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NewsWong Kar Wai to head Berlinale 2013 jury
Director Wong Kar Wai will serve as jury president of the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival.
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NewsDocumentary Unstoppables to continue filming at London Paralympic Games
The team behind the documentary Unstoppables, about the Spanish Paralympic cycling team aka the Pirates Team, will be filming at London’s 2012 Paralympic Games, which kick off this week.For full production credits visitUnstoppablesDani Jariod directs the project, which started shooting more than two years ago.The story focuses on the preparation, ...
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NewsSan Sebastian to give special award to Oliver Stone
The 60th edition of the San Sebastian Film Festival will give a special award to Oliver Stone in tribute to his career.
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NewsLars von Trier starts 11-week shoot for Nymphomaniac
Cast includes Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgard, Stacy Martin, Shia Labeouf and Jamie Bell. Sex scenes will be with body doubles and visual effects, production notes.
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NewsBier, Cavani, Nair join Venice Days' Women's Tales project
Susanne Bier, Liliana Cavani and Mira Nair are joining in Venice Days’ new Women’s Tales showcase.The three-day event (Aug 30-Sept 1) is to support women filmmakers. The programme will include screening of four short films by Zoe Cassavetes, Lucrecia Martel, Giada Colagrande and Massy Tadjedin.Q&A sessions with those filmmakes will ...
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NewsUniversal strikes home ent deal for FrightFest selection American Mary
Universal Pictures International Entertainment, Universal’s home entertainment division, has struck an all-rights deal for American Mary for a number of territories including the UK and Germany.
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NewsFilm4.0's Scene Stealers winners led by The Brothers Lynch, Luke Aherne
New competition from Film 4’s digital arm includes £5,000 development grant.
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NewsCircus Road take on omnibus Tbilisi, My City
Glen Reynolds and Zac Reeder’s Circus Road Films has boarded international sales for David Agiashvili’s Tbilisi, My City.
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NewsZadan and Meron to produce 85th Oscars
Film, TV and theatre producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron will produce the 85th Academy Awards for the first time.
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NewsMark Gooder joins The Weinstein Company as president of acquisitions
Dan Guando and Negeen Yazdi are promoted at TWC.
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NewsHammer launches YouTube channel
Production company Hammer, the company behind The Woman In Black and Let Me In, has launched a dedicated YouTube channel to promote the company’s new films as well as restored classics from the lauded Hammer library to stream online.
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NewsFilm Movement acquires North American rights to Clandestine Childhood
Film Movement has acquired North American rights to Clandestine Childhood (Infancia Clandestina), the debut feature from Argentina’s Benjamin Avila.
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NewsSenator in talks to take over Relativity's sales operations
Berlin-based Senator Entertainment is in negotiations with Los Angeles-based Relativity Media for Senator to take over Relativity’s foreign sales operations.
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NewsWill Clarke's Altitude to co-produce spoof The Hooligan Factory
EXCLUSIVE: Nick Nevern [pictured] to write and direct the summer 2013 release.
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NewsKim and Jim slate includes Rosenbaum's directorial debut
Old Days will mark the feature writing-directing debut of actor Michael Rosenbaum.
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NewsIndican takes on 'Vicente Fernandez'
Indican Pictures has acquired North American rights to Ernest Borgnine’s final film, The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernández.
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NewsMagnet takes worldwide rights to Coscarelli's John Dies At The End
The Wagner/Cuban Company’s Magnet Releasing, the genre arm of Magnolia Pictures, has acquired worldwide rights to John Dies At The End.