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NewsSundance London to open with Redford, Burnett on stage
The inaugural music and film festival will open on Apr 26 with an on-stage conversation between Sundance Institute founder Robert Redford and T Bone Burnett, moderated by British author Nick Hornby.
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NewsPSIFF to honour The Artist director Michel Hazanavicius
The writer-director will collect the Sonny Bono Visionary Award during the Palm Springs International Film Festival’s (PSIFF) awards gala on Jan 7.
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NewsUPIP shakeup continues as Clare Wise leaves
EXCLUSIVE: Universal continues to pare back international production division as evp leaves company
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NewsCanada's Fantasia film festival launches international co-production market
Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival has announced details of a new international co-production and contents market that will launch at the 16th edition in July 2012.
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NewsMichelle Williams to receive PSIFF Desert Palm award
The actress is drawing awards buzz for her starring role as Marilyn Monroe in My Week With Marilyn and will collect the actress achievement award at the gala show in Palm Springs on Jan 7, 2012.
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IFC Midnight picks up US rights to The Corridor from XYZ Films
First-time director Evan Kelly’s sci-fi thriller has won several awards including both the Gold Audience Choice award for Best Canadian Film and AMD award for screenplay at Fantasia 2011.
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NewsNetMovies, Miramax sign streaming deal for Brazil
Brazil’s largest online film and TV series subscription service adds Miramax titles to streaming service
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NewsNYFCC to announce nominations via Twitter on new Nov 29 date
The move from the original date of Nov 28 means New York critics will be able to accommodate Sony’s The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, which begins its first screenings on Nov 28. Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close however will not screen in time for consideration.
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NewsNot Waving wins $60,000 post-production award at Wroclaw's first Gotham In Progress
American filmmakers screened 11 projects to European sales companies and distributors, at the first edition of the event running alongside Wroclaw’s American Film Festival.
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NewsBreaking Dawn eclipses North American box office on $140m
The Twilight express rolled back into town with the fifth biggest domestic opening weekend in history on an estimated $139.5m – a tremendous achievement that ranks one place behind New Moon on $142.8m.
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NewsAction comedy Outrun finds US, international buyers
Open Road will distribute Dax Shepard’s caper in the US in 2012 while a slew of deals have closed outside North America following a strong market launch at AFM by Exclusive Films International.
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NewsGeorge Clooney to receive PSIFF’s Chairman’s Award
The star of awards season contenders The Descendants and The Ides Of March will collect the annual honour at the Palm Springs International Film Festival awards gala on Jan 7.
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NewsDwayne Johnson learns Monster’s Hunt Survival Guide
The former wrestling star is attached to star in the comic book adaptation that Simon Kinberg will produce through his Genre Films label.
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J Martin Willhite joins Legendary Entertainment as general counsel
The partner is appointed to the new post and most recently served as partner at Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP.
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Provincetown Film Society secures grants for festival, Institute renovation
Massachusetts-based Provincetown Film Society has been awarded grants by MassDevelopment and The National Endowment For The Arts (NEA) to support the filmmaking community in Provincetown and Outer Cape.
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NewsFirst Run takes on US rights to Pink Ribbons Inc., Surviving Progress
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) has sold US distribution rights to First Run Features for two of its documentaries, both of which screened in Toronto and are now in competition this week at IDFA.
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NewsSanta Monica Loews keen to keep AFM in 2013 and beyond
As uncertainty reigns over the future location of North America’s biggest film market, the managing director of Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel said he wants the establishment to host the event after the contract expires late next year.
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NewsAnchor Bay picks up North American rights to Touchback
The distributor initially planned to make the announcement during AFM regarding Don Handfield’s inspirational drama starring Kurt Russell.
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NewsGary Frenkel appointed to senior role at Take Part
As svp of digital products and communities at Participant Media’s digital arm, Frenkel will oversee product development as well as “user experience and community formation and activation activities.”
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NewsAustralian short film event Tropfest comes to New York
Tropfest, which organisers claim to be the world’s largest short film festival after launching in a café in Sydney, Australia, almost 20 years ago, is expanding to the US and will touch down in New York next June.