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NewsAfrica’s Realness Institute, Netflix name 12 participants for 2023 episodic, development schemes (exclusive)
Participants come from Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, Botswana, and Zimbabwe.
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NewsBlue Finch Films acquires UK sci-fi horror ’Hostile Dimensions’ (exclusive)
The film was been selected for the Frontières Buyers Showcase in Cannes.
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News‘McQueen’ producer Misfits hires Passion Pictures’ Lizzie Gillett
Gillett has been appointed to the newly-created role of head of documentary at Misfits.
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News‘Abang Adik’ first Malaysian film to win top prize at Udine’s Far East Film Festival
Social drama directed by Jin Ong picked up three prizes.
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NewsFilms Boutique takes on sales for Everardo González’s young sicario doc ’A Wolfpack Called Ernesto’ (exclusive)
Documentary world premiered this weekend at Hot Docs in Toronto.
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NewsNordisk strikes first-look deal with Sweden’s Scandinavian Content Group (exclusive)
The companies recently worked together on the horror film Feed, a local box-office hit.
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NewsUS writers guild calls strike, picketing to begin on Tuesday
First writers strike to go ahead since 2007-08.
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NewsGKids acquires Japanese smash ‘The First Slam Dunk’
Manga adaptation grossed more than $98m in home country, won Japan Academy Prize for best animation of the year.
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NewsAcademy overhauls campaign promotion rules in response to controversies
Body unveils biggest overhaul of campign promotional regulations since their inception in 1994.
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NewsRocket Science to launch Cannes sales on ‘Cliffhanger’ reboot starring Sylvester Stallone
Ric Roman Waugh to direct, Neal H. Moritz’s Original Film among producers.
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News‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ joins $1bn club; Chinese titles crash global box office top 10
After just 26 days of play, Super Mario Bros. has become the fifth film of the pandemic era to achieve $1bn global box office.
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NewsVietnam projects among Purin Pictures fund spring 2023 recipients
The debut feature of Duong Dieu Linh and a documentary from Quang Nong Nhat selected.
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NewsWriters strike looms over Hollywood on eve of contract expiry
WGA basic agreement expires at 11.59pm PT on Monday. Directors, actors prepare to commence separate talks.
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NewsAngela Sarafyan, Shohreh Aghdashloo to star in The Coven Cannes sales title ‘She’s Not Gone’ (exclusive)
Micky Levy, to direct psychological horror.
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NewsUTA talking to buyers on ‘Castro’s Daughter’, Carlos José Alvarez to score (exclusive)
Mankind Entertainment feature starring Ana Villafane, James Franco is in post.
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News‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ crossing $1bn at global box office
Still no official word of a sequel.
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NewsVisions du Réel awards top prize to ‘While The Green Grass Grows’
The Swiss documentary festival runs April 21-April 30.
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NewsAnais Demoustier to lead Cannes 2023 Camera d’Or jury
Raphael Personnaz, Nathalie Durand also on jury.
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NewsConstantin Film and Warner Bros Germany crowned FFA’s ‘Industry Tigers’ for 2022
They received the most automatic funding from the FFA for German films at the German box office.