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ShortsHD announces Stars In Shorts screening programme
Seven celebrity-packed films featuring Keira Knightly, Colin Firth and Judi Dench will screen starting on Sept 28.
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NewsPaladin, 108 Media strike broad distribution partnership
Mark Urman’s New York distributor and the Toronto-based sales and distribution company will team up on North American distribution and will attend Toronto as an all-rights buyer.
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NewsExpendables 2 generates $14m to retain US box office crown
A soporific session at the penultimate summer box office weekend saw Lionsgate’s all-star action romp climb to $52.3m, while the Conservative doc 2016 Obama’s America surged into the top ten in its seventh weekend in release.
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Gravitas Ventures, Red Bull Media House partner on sports roster
The arrangement gives the VoD distributor access to a range of sports documentary programming for North America.
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Lincoln Center unveils NYFF Convergence, Midnight Movies
NYFF Convergence will take place from Sept 29-30 during the 50th New York Film Festival when audiences will get the chance to attend panels, workshops and “immersive experiences.”
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NewsIFC Midnight acquires US rights to Berberian Sound Studio
Peter Strickland’s psychological horror film will screen in Toronto and played previously in Locarno and Edinburgh.
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NewsSPC takes US rights to The Company You Keep
The buy takes Robert Redford’s thriller off the table ahead of its world premiere out of competition in Venice and subsequent Toronto screening.
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Magnet answers Nature Calls for North America
Magnet Releasing has picked up North American rights to Nature Calls starring Patton Oswalt, Johnny Knoxville, Rob Riggle, Patrice O’Neal, Maura Tierney and Darrell Hammond.
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NewsWhistler premieres to include Mad Ship, Blood Pressure
Whistler’s full programme to be announced Nov 1.
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NewsRiver Road dips toes into the wilds of Fordlandia
Bill Pohlad has hired Ben Coccio, screenwriter of upcoming Toronto world premiere The Place Beyond The Pines, to adapt the story about Henry Ford’s ill-fated Brazilian utopia project.
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NewsFocus Features throws Promised Land into awards race
Insiders had spoken of a fifth film that would join Anna Karenina, Hyde Park On Hudson, Moonrise Kingdom and ParaNorman on the company’s slate and on Thursday Focus revealed it will be the latest film from Gus Van Sant.
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Sony Pictures, Scott Sanders team up on stage partnership
The studio has signed a five-year deal with Scott Sanders Theatrical Productions (SSTP) to develop and produce stage versions of Sony films.
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NewsMark Gooder joins The Weinstein Company as president of acquisitions
Dan Guando and Negeen Yazdi are promoted at TWC.
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NewsTribeca New Media Fund grantees include Lance Weiler
A total of $400,000 was given to six projects.
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NewsFilm Movement acquires North American rights to Clandestine Childhood
Film Movement has acquired North American rights to Clandestine Childhood (Infancia Clandestina), the debut feature from Argentina’s Benjamin Avila.
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NewsMarVista acquires three young adult features
The company has picked up telefilms Pop Star, I Kissed A Vampire and Circle Of Lies for global distribution.
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Deals round-up: IFC Midnight falls for Maniac, O-Scope courts Disaster
Franck Khalfoun’s thriller is a remake of William Lustig’s 1980 slasher film of the same title and is based on a screenplay by Alex Aja and Gregory Levasseur about a repressed mannequin store owner with homicidal urges.
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Poverty Row names Mary Pickford biopic The First
Julie Pacino and Jennifer DeLia’s production company began official discussions in Cannes on the project based on Eileen Whitfield’s biography Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood.
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NewsSenator in talks to take over Relativity's sales operations
Berlin-based Senator Entertainment is in negotiations with Los Angeles-based Relativity Media for Senator to take over Relativity’s foreign sales operations.
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NewsGlobal boost for Left Bank in £40m SPT deal
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) plans to turn Left Bank Pictures into a global scripted powerhouse; SPT will be first in line to sell the indie’s future feature films.