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Evokative picks up South Korea’s Daytime Drinking for Canada
Montreal-based Evokative Films has picked up Canadian rights to Noh Young-seok’s Daytime Drinking. The deal was negotiated with Eleven Arts, which had North American rights, and sales agent Finecut.
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Icon takes UK rights to Sundance hit Black Dynamite
David Jourdan’s T&C Pictures International and Icon have struck a deal for UK rights to Scott Sanders’ Sundance hit Black Dynamite.
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Lionsgate signs debt refinancing deal to stall takeover
Lionsgate, the independent Hollywood film and TV studio, has stalled investor Carl Icahn’s takeoverbid by agreeing a $66.6m refinancing deal with two of its largest bondholders.
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Cineplex expands 3D systems in Canada
Canada’s Cineplex Entertainment has announced plans to install RealD 3D technnology in more thanhalf of its cinemas by the end of May.
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Cinetic launches international arm under Shebnem Askin-Schreger
New York-based consulting and sales outfit Cinetic Media is launching Cinetic International, a new unit which will offer clients a range of services including foreign sales, consulting, financing and packaging capabilities.
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New York-based consulting and sales outfit Cinetic Media is launching Cinetic International, a new unit which will offer clients a range of services including foreign sales, consulting, financing and packaging capabilities.
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South East European Film Festival in LA kicks off April 30
The fourth South East European Film Festival kicks off on April 30 at the Goethe Institute in Los Angeles with a screening of Behind The Glassfollowed by the documentaryDivorce Albanian Style.
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Hollywood is a 'cornerstone in America's creative economy' says MPAA
Hollywoodis a “cornerstone in America’s creative economy”, according to Dan Glickman, chairmanand chief executive of the Motion Picture Association of America.
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Sky Sitney appointed as artistic director of Silverdocs Festival
The AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs Festival has appointed Sky Sitney as artistic director. She willtake over the role immediately.
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Star Trek reviews boldly praise Abrams' remake
JJ Abrams’ $150m Star Trek has received glowing praise from early reviews following its UK premierein London last night (April 20). Critics claim it will revitalise the franchise.
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Don McKellar wins Writers Guild of Canada prize for Blindness
Screenwriter and actor Don McKellar won the Canadian Screenwriting Award for Blindnessas the Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) celebrated the best of writing in Canadian film and television.
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NewsImage acquires US rights to British crime thriller The Crew
Image Entertainment has acquired all US rights from UK-based Foundation Films to the British crime thriller The Crewstarring Scot Williams and Stephen Graham.
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Fox confirms the end of Fox Atomic as stand-alone label
Fox Filmed Entertainment confirmed today [April 20] that it has shut down its genre label Fox Atomic as a stand-alone production division as it disclosed further details about the closure.
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Delphis picks up world sales on Norwegian hit Orps The Movie
Montreal-based international sales outfit Delphis Films has picked up world sales rights for Atle Knudsen’s Norwegian family hit Orps The Movie in advance of its international market debut at Cannes.
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Vitagraph acquires US rights to The Baader-Meinhof Complex
Vitagraph Films has acquired all US rights from Constantin Film to Uli Edel’s German foreign language Oscar nominee The Baader-Meinhof Complex.
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NewsGreeneStreet secures four-year credit facility through CIT Group
New York-based GreeneStreet Films has arranged a four-year secured revolving credit facility with bank holding company CIT Group Inc.
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GFI announces winter grant recipients
The Global Film Initiative has chosen seven film-makers from a pool of 66 candidates from 33 countries to receive production funding during the winter 2009 granting cycle.
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17 Again dethrones Hannah Montana in North American tween battle
Zac Efron beat out his fellow tween idol Miley Cyrus to reign supreme as Warner Bros’ comedy 17 Againlaunched at number one with an estimated $24.1m opening weekend that gave Efron his second number one debut after High School Musical 3: Senior Year last October.
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NewsFast & Furious is overseas champ again and cruises towards $150m
Universal/UPI’sFast & Furious maintained pole position at the international box office as an estimated $36m weekend haul confirmed it as the biggest international and worldwide film in the action series on $145m and $281m, respectively.
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NewsFilm In Serbia launches at California's Locations Trade Show
A consortium of more than 20 Serbian production companies backed by the USAID Serbia Competitiveness Project announced the conception of Film In Serbia at the Locations Trade Show in Santa Monica over the weekend.