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NewsSheffield Doc/Fest board of trustees apologises to programming team
“We apologise to the signatories for not communicating better.”
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NewsLauren Dark leaves Film4 to partner with Vanessa Kirby’s production company at Netflix
Netflix has signed a first look deal with Vanessa Kirby’s production company, Aluna Entertainment.
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NewsDisney+ bolsters commitment to European production
“There’s never been a more exciting time to be in European production,” said Jan Koeppen.
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NewsFront Row takes MENA rights for documentary ‘ENOUGH! Lebanon’s Darkest Hour’
The film is directed by Australian filmmaker Daizy Gedeon.
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NewsWarnerMedia to begin European roll-out of HBO Max in Nordics, Spain this autumn
Service’s European launch had been expected to take place in 2022.
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NewsEndeavor Content acquires stake in new production company Nordic Drama Queens
Stockholm- and Copenhagen-based company launches this autumn.
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News‘Free Guy’ passes £11m atop UK-Ireland box office; ‘The Nest’ makes decent start
‘Candyman’ starts in second place for Universal.
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NewsFilms Boutique acquires TIFF-bound human-trafficking doc ‘The Devil’s Drivers’ (exclusive)
The film is the story of two cousins who smuggle undoocumented workers through the Middle East.
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NewsFormer Rocket Science exec becomes CEO of Iceland’s Zik Zak (exclusive)
Erlingsdóttir previously oversaw legal and business affairs for the London-based sales, production and finance company Rocket Science.
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NewsDisney to shut down Hotstar in US in 2022, expand bundle
Cricket moves to ESPN+, select Bollywood content to Hulu.
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NewsBille August to direct Karen Blixen adaptation ‘Ehrengard’ for Netflix
The set designer will be Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II.
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NewsPrano Bailey-Bond wins Screen FrightFest Genre Rising Star 2021
Bailey-Bond wins the award for feature debut ’Censor’.
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News‘Oxygen’ wins rebooted Sam Spiegel International Film Lab award
Respected Jerusalem project lab is up and running again after two-year hiatus
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NewsRussian LGBTQIA+ drama ‘Red Rainbow’ scoops top project prize at Series Mania
Eight-part drama was among 15 projects pitched in Series Mania’s Co-Pro Pitching Sessions.
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NewsPicture Tree boards Oliver Hirschbiegel, Albert Oehlen collaboration ‘The Painter’ (exclusive)
Oehlen is one of the world’s top-selling artists globally.
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NewsElle Driver to launch sales on TIFF vampire dark comedy ‘Kicking Blood’ (exclusive)
LevelFILM to distribute in Canada.
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NewsHong Kong film festival streamlines industry initiatives under HKIFF Industry umbrella
New umbrella will oversee HAF, HAF Goes to Cannes, HAF Film Lab, HKIFF Collection and the facilitation of co-productions.
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NewsJennifer Yu to head cast of AMM Global’s ‘Forensic Psychologist’
Psychological crime series, co-produced by AMM Global and Phoenix Waters Productions, starts shooting in Hong Kong next month.
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NewsHighland boards romance ‘One True Loves’ starring Phillipa Soo, Simu Liu, Luke Bracey (exclusive)
The Avenue to distribute in US; Highland to launch international sales at TIFF.
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NewsQuiver shooting TIFF sales title ‘Out Of The Blue’ with Neil LaBute, Diane Kruger
BondIt Media Capital’s Matthew Helderman, Luke Taylor, and Tyler Gould among executive producers.