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Rio Market to present projects, screenings, packed topical agenda
Notables scheduled to attend include Fox International co-president Tomas Jegeus, Oscar winning Argentinean producer Vanessa Ragone and Brazilian Film Commission presidente Steve Solot.
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NewsHuman Centipede II gets 18 certificate in UK after cuts
After four months of wrangling with the BBFC, controversial sequel passes board.
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Netflix strikes first UK content deal
Netflix has signed one of its first UK content deals, buying the UK original of Being Human and the US remake.
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NewsMIP deals: Parade’s End sells to Australia, ZDF makes a Killing
BBC-HBO drama sells to Australia, while The Killing saw wide sales
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NewsJoe Patrick: “Miramax on demand is a viable business opportunity”
Miramax’s new man in London, Joe Patrick, discusses digital strategy.
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NewsYmagis signs VPF deal with majority of Spanish distributors
European digital cinema deployment company Ymagis announced that it has now signed non-exclusive agreements with the majority of Spanish distributors.
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Image Entertainment acquires Bernie Mac tribute doc
Image has acquired North American home entertainment and digital rights to I Ain’t Scared Of You: A Tribute To Bernie Mac chronicling the life and career of the comedian and featuring previously unseen performance footage.
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NewsMIPCOM keynotes: Lang, Reilly, Sarandos stress risk and innovation as keys to success
Miramax CEO Mike Lang, Fox Broadcasting Company’s president of entertainment Kevin Reilly and Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos have been talking innovation amid fragmentation at this year’s MIPCOM.
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As Lion King reaches $80m, Disney plans quartet of 3D re-releases
Encouraged by the box office performance of The Lion King (In 3D) the studio announced on Tuesday it would give the same treatment to Beauty And The Beast, Finding Nemo, Monsters, Inc and The Little Mermaid.
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European court rules in favour of UK woman who used Greek TV decoder card
There could be implications for the TV and film industries from today’s European Court of Justice’s ruling that said a UK pub landlord didn’t breach UK copyright laws because she used a set top box decoder card to access TV content from Greece.
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NewsLabaki’s Where Do We Go Now? breaks new ground in Lebanon
Comedy-drama about religious tension posts biggest box office ever for an Arabic-language film.
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NewsRutger Hauer joins cast of big budget miniseries The Flight of the Storks
Other cast members include Harry Treadaway, Perdita Weeks and Clemens Schick. English-language production is due to start shooting this month, stopping off in South Africa, Turkish city of Istanbul and Europe.
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NewsFrance launches winter solstice celebration of short films on Dec 21
National Cinema Centre (CNC) hopes its Le Jour Le Plus Court initiative will encourage thousands of screenings of short films on the shortest day of the year in the northern hemisphere.
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Slater Brothers acquires domestic rights to My Uncle Rafael
Slater Brothers Entertainment has secures North American rights to My Uncle Rafael following its success at the Arpa International Film Festival, the annual LA event celebrating the Armenian diaspora.
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MIP deals: Prime Suspect, The Firm among early sellers, Lionsgate inks Latin American TV partnership
US TV updates on Lynda La Plante’s crime series and John Grisham’s novel are selling well at MIPCOM.
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NewsGaga names new board members, to accelerate acquisitions and distribution
Japanese producer-distributor Gaga Corporation has announced several corporate promotions in a move to build on the the company’s recent successes in its acquisitions and distribution business.
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NewsOtto leaves Sony to join Ascot Elite's German operations
Daniel Otto has been appointed as the Head of Acquisitions; Sales and Co-Productions at Swiss Ascot Elite Entertainment Group’s Munich-based German theatrical operation Ascot Elite Filmverleih.
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NewsMIP deals: BBC4 takes 'the next Killing'
BBC4 has locked up two new Scandinavian crime dramas, one from the creator of Wallander
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NewsMIP deals: Disney secures Missing sales, Netflix bags more original content
Disney and Netflix announce significant deals on first morning of TV market.