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NewsVentana Sur attendance up 42%; FilmSharks sells Saving Private Perez to CIS
Ventana Sur came to a close on Monday (5) after four days of meetings, panels and conferences with a smattering of deals and the announcement of the winners of the Primer Corte competition of works in progress.
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NewsLay The Favorite, Bachelorette among Sundance Premieres
Joining Stephen Frears and Leslye Headland are narrative entries 2 Days In New York from Julie Delpy, Nicholas Jarecki’s financial thriller Arbitrage and Spike Lee’s Red Hook Summer. Documentary Premieres includes fresh work from Joe Berlinger, Stacy Peralta and Ice-T.
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NewsNostalgia for the Light picks up Best Feature at IDA awards
Nostalgia For The Light, Senna, Les Blank, Danfung Dennis among winners at Los Angeles event.
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NewsBreaking Dawn holds on to US box office crown with $17m
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 stayed top for the third consecutive weekend as the runningtotal for Summit’s tween delight climbed to $247.3m.
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Restless City, Amos among Bahamas winners
The winners of the eighth Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF) were unveiled on Sunday night (Dec 4) at the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island.
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Adrian Smith promoted to evp, general sales manager at Sony
Smith will oversee domestic sales of all of Sony Pictures’ films alongside Sony Pictures Releasing president Jim Amos, to whom he will report, and worldwide distribution chief Rory Bruer.
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NewsSales agents, producers mobilise for LatAm market Ventana Sur
Six Latin American films will compete for post-production and marketing funds in Primer Corte, one of several anticipated highlights when the third Ventana Sur market kicks off in Buenos Aires on Friday (Dec 2).
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NewsWingard, Swanberg among Sundance Midnight line-up
Sundance organisers announced on Dec 1 the out-of-competition sections Spotlight, Park City At Midnight, NEXT and New Frontier.
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Chapman University's Dodge to build Filmmakers’ Village
The Dodge College Of Film And Media Arts has unveiled details of its $100m live-learn project for film students.
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Drafthouse Films picks up Electric Boogaloo
The distribution arm of the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema will release Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story Of Cannon Films theatrically in late 2012.
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NewsFrancesc Morales now shooting Chilean thriller Apio Verde
Social drama meets horror in film that tackles controversial subject of abortion.
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NewsViola Davis to receive Santa Barbara honour
The star of The Help will collect the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Outstanding Performer Of The Year Award on Jan 27, 2012.
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NewsIFC Films takes US rights to The Samaritan
IFC Films has acquired US rights to David Weaver’s The Samaritan, starring Samuel L Jackson, Luke Kirby, Ruth Negga and Tom Wilkinson.
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NewsSundance unveils US, World Cinema competition sections
Todd Louiso’s Hello I Must Be Going, Lauren Greenfield’s The Queen Of Versaillies, Kieran Darcy-Smith’s Wish You Were Here [pictured] and Malik Bendjelloul’s Searching For Sugar Man will open the festival, representing the US Dramatic, US Documentary, World Cinema Dramatic and World Cinema Documentary competitions.
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NewsSony to distribute new Evil Dead outside of UK, France
Production is set for 2012; Fede Alvarez to direct.
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NewsCross Creek, Hammer to co-produce Boneshaker
Cross Creek to co-finance with Exclusive; John Hilary Shepherd adapting script.
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NewsDreamworks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg gets Pioneer of the Year honour
Award to be presented in April at CinemaCon.
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NewsVariance takes US theatrical rights to The Trouble With Bliss
Comedy starring Michael C Hall (pictured) was formerly titled East Fifth Blues.
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NewsHeather Graham To Receive Career Achievement Award At Bahamas
Boogie Nights star Heather Graham will be honoured with the career achievement award at the Bahamas International Film Festival this month in Nassau.
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NewsVaizey promotes inward investment in LA
On a whistlestop tour of Los Angeles, UK culture minister Ed Vaizey has been meeting with studio heads in a bid to encourage US films to shoot in the UK, in the light of the recent extension of the UK film tax relief.