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NewsResnais, Pialat in COLCOA honour
The City Of Lights, City Of Angels film festival announced on Wednesday [27] preliminary programming for its upcoming 17th edition.
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NewsnWave buys Penguins 3D
nWave Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to Atlantic Productions’ Penguins 3D (working title) written and narrated by David Attenborough.
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NewsCinedigm takes on Absence
Cinedigm has acquired worldwide rights to Absence, while in a separate deal Oscilloscope Laboratories will distribute About Sunny in North America.
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NewsCBS plots Kings release
The distributor announced on Wednesday [27] it will release Sundance acquisition The Kings Of Summer (formerly Toy’s House) on Jun 14.
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NewsSolar, Hardy eye Samarkand
Tom Hardy has teamed up with LA-based Solar Pictures to play an SAS veteran returning from the Middle East who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder as he tries to reintegrate into society.
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Art Directors Guild launches apprenticeship
The art directors council of the Art Directors Guild will issue a wide call for the first intake to colleges, universities and recent graduates on Mar 4.
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NewsSundance, TED launch prize
The Sundance Institute and TED, host of the multi-disciplinary conference and online lecture series, are collaborating for the first time to offer a $125,000 prize for a short documentary project about the work of Sugata Mitra, winner of the annual TED Prize.
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NewsDrafthouse courts Death
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema’s distribution arm Drafthouse Films has acquired North American rights to Jeff Howlett and Mark Covino’s SXSW-bound documentary A Band Called Death.
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NewsFull Frame gets Academy boost
The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival said on Monday night [25] that it has been named a qualifying festival in the documentary short subject Oscar category.
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NewsPaul Schrader: Film undergoing ‘total systemic change’
The writer/director talks about The Canyons and the current ‘crisis of form’ in filmmaking.
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NewsArgo wins best picture Oscar
Argo took the best picture award in an Oscar ceremony that spread its prizes around, with Life of Pi taking four statuettes, Argo three and four other films two apiece.
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NewsQuvenzhané Wallis is Annie
Sony Pictures said the youngest Oscar nominee in history will star in its upcoming version of Annie, a timely announcement in the hours leading up to the Academy Awards on Sunday [24].
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NewsIdentity Thief reclaims US title
Oscar weekend is never heavy-hitter and so it proved to be this year as Snitch opened in second place through Summit, allowed Universal’s Identity Thief to climb back to number one in its third weekend on an estimated $14.1m.
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NewsSpirits honour Silver Linings Playbook
Silver Linings Playbook ruled the roost at Saturday’s [23] Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, winning best feature, director, screenwriter and lead actress. Amour was named best foreign film.
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NewsBlue Caprice to open ND/NF
Alexandre Moors’ Sundance hit Blue Caprice and Penny Lane’s Our Nixon bookend the 42nd edition of New Directors/New Films in New York, set to run from Mar 20-31.
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NewsAndy Goddard to direct Blunderer
Sierra Pictures is financing the Patricia Highsmith adaptation and produces alongside Ted Hope and Killer Films’ Christine Vachon [pictured, right]. Goddard directed the two-hour season finale of Downton Abbey. Sierra/Affinity handles international sales.
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NewsTWC buys Mandela biopic
The Weinstein Company has fortified its awards war chest by taking North American, Australian and New Zealand rights to Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom starring Idris Elba [pictured]. Pathe will release in the UK and France and handles international sales.
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Darclight finds Entity
Darclight Films has acquired international rights to the horror thriller Entity and closed a US deal with Brainstorm Media and Fangoria.
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NewsRoadside, SPWA take In A World
Roadside has acquired US rights and SPWA picked up international to Lake Bell’s Sundance world premiere and feature directorial debut.
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NewsFirst Time Fest fetes Aronofsky
The First Time Fest is set to debut in Gramercy Park in New York City on Mar 1 and continue until Mar 4.