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NewsAmsterdam's Eye plans opening festival including Scorsese, Terminator II, Kauwboy
Amsterdam’s new EYE film museum, which opens to the public on April 5, will kick off with a festival week (April 5-11) including screenings, live music, dance, talks, a children’s day and more.
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NewsOslo August 31st set to break box-office record for a Norwegian film in France
Joachim Trier’s dark tale following recovering drug addict clocks up 30,000 admissions in first weekend with 2,150 entries per screen in Paris.
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NewsEd Palluth promoted to evp, global distribution AMC/Sundance Channel
Palluth takes on most senior distribution role for company’s international business.
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Image takes North American rights to Freak Dance
The satire about performers who strive to master a notorious dance move in order to win a contest features Amy Poehler and Tim Meadows.
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Frankenweenie to get IMAX treatment for October release
Tim Burton’s stop-motion animated film will be remastered into the IMAX format ahead of the worldwide day-and-date release through Disney on Oct 5.
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NewsCinedigm, New Video to jointly release The Invisible War
The partners have acquired North American rights to Kirby Dick’s winner of the Sundance US Documentary Audience Award earlier in the year.
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NewsSPC gets Smashed, IFC Midnight falls for Grabbers
Two late Sundance deals have closed, with SPC taking worldwide rights to Smashed and IFC Midnight acquiring North and Latin America on Grabbers.
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NewsSundance Channel launches in Romania, expands in other Euro markets
AMC Networks’ Sundance Channel is making its debut in Romania; expands service in Hungary and Belgium.
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NewsWBPI continues international Journey while Fox makes War
Warner Bros Pictures International’s family adventure sequel has grossed more than $160m and top brass will rely on a strong German launch plus solid holdover business to climb towards $175m.
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NewsArts Alliance, Barco start 100m Euro digital cinema leasing plan
Target is conversion of 2,000 screens across Europe.
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NewsAscot Elite secures seven titles at EFM, Splendid Film picks up nine
New films by Brian de Palma and Joseph Gordon-Levitt are among seven new acquisitions made by Zurich-based Ascot Elite Entertainment Group at lastmonth’s European Film Market (EFM), while Cologne’s Splendid Film has picked up nine titles for exploitation in German-speaking Europe and the Benelux.
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NewsTele Munchen Group pacts with NICE FLX for Centenarian
Adaptation of bestselling novel to shoot later this year.
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The Oregonian among ten Sundance films headed to Netflix
The streaming package has been assembled under the auspices of the Sundance Institute’s Artist Services self-distribution initiative and comprises films that have screened in Park City stretching back to 1995.
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Radius-TWC takes US rights to Only God Forgives
Nicolas Winding Refn is currently in production in Thailand on the crime thriller with his Drive star Ryan Gosling. Wild Bunch and Gaumont are producing together for the first time.
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NewsFeelgood strikes distribution deal with Village Roadshow in Greece
Exclusive DVD and Blu-ray deals include Midnight in Paris [pictured] and Happy Feet 2.
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NewsSony Pictures Classics acquires world on West Of Memphis
The miscarriage of justice documentary premiered in Sundance in January and is produced by Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh.
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NewsAdopt Films takes US rights to Berlin hit Tabu
Portuguese director Miguel Gomes’s romantic tale impressed critics in Berlin where it won the FIPRESCI award and the Alfred Bauer Prize for its innovative approach to storytelling.
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Creative Coalition, Alcon strike marketing alliance
Under its Spotlight Initiative the arts and entertainment charity will integrate issue agendas into promotional campaigns for Alcon’s slate including the upcoming Speedboys.
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Target Entertainment goes into administration
International distributor Target Entertainment has gone into administration just 18 months after being bought by Metrodome.
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NewsSoda EFM pick-ups include Woody Allen doc
Soda’s busy EFM included acquisitions of American Masters series doc WoodyAllen: A Documentary from HanWay Films and Eames: The Architect and the Painter from Films Transit.