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NewsPalm Springs to honour Brad Pitt with Desert Palm Award
The star of Moneyball, nominated today for a SAG lead actor award, will collect the acting honour at the Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) awards ceremony on Jan 7.
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Anchor Bay takes US rights to Seeking Justice
The distributor plans a Mar 16 theatrical launch for Roger Donaldson’s thriller, previously called The Hungry Rabbit Jumps, which also stars January Jones and Guy Pearce.
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NewsAcademy’s Science And Technology Council swells the ranks
The Science And Technology Council of the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences has added four members to its 2011-2012 roster, bringing total membership to 24.
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NewsSlamdance announces narrative, doc programmes
The 18th Annual Slamdance Film Festival will showcase 18 competition films in all, culled from close to 5,000 submissions.
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NewsSAG unveils nominations for 18th annual awards
The Help dominates the individual categories where the shock omissions are Gary Oldman for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Shailene Woodley for The Descendants.
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NewsSundance Institute adds two to From The Collection
Julie Dash’s 1991 drama Daughters Of The Dust and Ben Stiller’s 1994 comedy Reality Bites will play during the festival in the preservation programme.
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NewsCanadian Cal Christiansen animates David Hare’s Wall
Multimedia treatment for David Hare’s play Wall looking at Israeli separation barrier and its impact on both Israelis and Palestinians.
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Kevin VanHook to adapt Specific Impulse for Rainmaker
Comic book creator and filmmaker Kevin VanHook will write the screenplay based on the first novel in the sci-fi trilogy by former NASA pilot Charles Justiz.
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Sony Pictures extends first-look deal with Escape Artists
The non-exclusive arrangement with Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal and Steve Tisch’s company will run for another three years.
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NewsYoung Adult to receive PSIFF Vanguard Award
The Palm Springs International Film Festival’s (PSIFF) annual honour comes in recognition of the “outstanding creative ensemble” on Jason Reitman’s dark comedy.
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NewsNine-strong roster announced for Sundance Film Festival USA
The Sundance Institute has unveiled the line-up for the touring programme of films, now in its third year, that will take place on Jan 26 during the festival proper.
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NewsPGA to honour Angelina Jolie’s directorial debut
In The Land Of Blood And Honey will receive the PGA’s 2012 Stanley Kramer Award at the annual awards ceremony on Jan 21.
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NewsMartin Scorsese to receive SBIFF’s American Riviera Award
Riding high on critical acclaim for Hugo, the master filmmaker will attend the Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) on Jan 30.
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IFC Films acquires US rights to The Moth Diaries
Mary Harron directed Alliance Films and Ed Pressman’s gothic tale and adapted the screenplay from Rachel Klein’s novel.
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NewsMickey Liddell launches LD Distribution
Liddell’s new company adds another buyer to the ranks as the industry prepares for Sundance. Former Paramount Clasics co-head and experienced distribution and marketing consultant David Dinerstein is installed as head of the new company which will release Toronto pick-up Killer Joe starring Matthew McConaughey.
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NewsSean Faris joins Cypress Moon’s Bonnie and Clyde remake
Faris will play Clyde Barrow in The Story Of Bonnie And Clyde opposite True Blood’s Lindsay Pulsipher in the role of Bonnie Parker.
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NewsDescendants, Malick, Fassbender thrill LAFCA
The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) announced an eclectic selection in its best of 2011 vote on Sunday (Dec 11), highlighting international favourites A Separation, Poetry and City Of Life And Death.
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NewsAFI unveils ten most outstanding films of 2011
The selection is: Bridesmaids, The Descendants (pictured), The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, The Help, Hugo, J. Edgar, Midnight In Paris, Moneyball, The Tree Of Life and War Horse.
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NewsMiami unveils 10 entries in Ibero-American contest
The films will compete for $45,000 in prizes money at the 29th annual event, set to run from Mar 2–11.
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NewsKino Lorber takes North America on Putin’s Kiss
Lise Birk Pedersen directed the Monday Production documentary which premiered in the IDFA Feature Documentary competition and is bound for Sundance in January.