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NewsImitation Game triumphs at Hamptons
The Imitation Game and Iris received audience narrative and documentary honours at the 22th annual Hamptons International Film Festival.
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NewsAFCI votes on board members
The Association Of Film Commissioners International (AFCI) has elected its board of directors for 2015.
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NewsParagon Releasing picks up Electric Slide
The distributor has acquired all North American rights from Myriad Pictures to the crime drama starring Jim Sturgess and Isabel Lucas. Separately, Kino Lorber has acquired The Wanted 18 and Starz will release Every Secret Thing.
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NewsShoreline to sell Legendary Spies episodic
EXCLUSIVE: As feature film sales agents continue to adapt to the evolving landscape, CEO Morris Ruskin has launched a television division in the run-up to MIPCOM.
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NewsBorn To Dance begins New Zealand shoot
Production has begun in Auckland on the dance feature that Beverly Hills-based Cinema Management Group (CMG) will introduce to world buyers at the AFM.
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NewsOur Brand Is Crisis begins shoot
David Gordon Green has commenced production on the documentary adaptation starring Sandra Bullock and Billy Bob Thornton. Separately, Lionsgate has begun shooting on The Choice.
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NewsAFI FEST to premiere The Gambler
Paramount Pictures’ Mark Wahlberg crime thriller will receive its world premiere on November 10.
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News108 Media gets The Boy From Geita
EXCLUSIVE: The Toronto-based distributor has acquired worldwide rights to the Sepia Films documentary.
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NewsStacy Martin joins Childhood of a Leader
EXCLUSIVE: Nymphomaniac actress to co-star with Robert Pattinson, Tim Roth and Berenice Bejo.
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NewsMiramax, Revolution in TV, digital sales pact
Revolution Studios has appointed Miramax to manage global television and digital distribution licensing for all its titles including the recently acquired Morgan Creek international film library.
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NewsGone Girl stays atop US on $27m
Fox/New Regency’s David Fincher mystery starring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike is becoming a box office force as word of mouth kept it at number one for the second weekend in a row.
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NewsColangelo takes Tangerine Juice Award
Sara Colangelo receives Tangerine Juice Award at the Hamptons International Film Festival.
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NewsVoltage, Compadre partner on Good Kids
Fledgling content creator Compadre has teamed up with Nicolas Chartier’s Voltage Pictures to co-finance the coming-of-age comedy.
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NewsCrackle to make Joe Dirt 2
The Sony Pictures Television-owned content creator will begin production in Louisiana in mid-November on what it claims will be the first made-for-digital sequel to a major feature.
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NewsRelativity, 3C Media forge ties
Relativity Media will co-produce up four local-language productions a year as part of a strategic partnership with format rights and content provider 3C Media.
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NewsJinga lures buyers to The Canal
On the eve of the US release, the UK genre specialist Jinga Films has licensed Ivan Kavanagh’s psychological horror to a number of territories including a deal with Kaleidoscope for the UK and Ireland.
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NewsLionsgate duo to head worldwide home ent
Lionsgate has promoted Jim Packer and Ron Schwartz to jointly head worldwide home entertainment operations. Separately, Robert Simonds has hired two more senior executives to his nascent studio.
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NewsPremiere to sell Christian Mingle
EXCLUSIVE: The LA-based sales company has added the faith-based rom-com to its roster heading into MIPCOM.
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NewsNew Regency, Walden Media ready Santa Is Real
Stephen Chbosky of The Perks Of Being A Wallflower fame is set to direct from a screenplay that Larry Stuckey will write.
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NewsThe Exchange gets Celebrated
EXCLUSIVE: CEO Brian O’Shea has launched a television division in the run-up to MIPCOM.