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NewsStudent Oscars reveals foreign film nominees
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has picked five contenders for this year’s Honorary Foreign Film award in the 36th Annual Student Academy Awards.
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NewsDepartures wins audience award at Far East festival
Departures, the Japanese foreign Oscar winner, has taken the audience award at the 11th Far East Film Festival in Italy.
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NewsMK2 picks up French rights to Fish Tank
MK2 has acquired French rights to Andrea Arnold’s Fish Tank from ContentFilm International.
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NewsShoreline bulks up Cannes slate
Los Angeles-based Shoreline Entertainment has bulked up its Cannes sales slate with the acquisition of worldwide rights to Pierre Laffargue’s French genre title Black.
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NewsCannes finalises jury line-up
The Cannes Film Festival has announced the final lists of jury members for the 62nd edition of the festival.
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NewsBrand New Life added to Cannes line-up
The Cannes Film Festival official selection has added Ounie Lecomte’s debut feature A Brand New Life to its Special Screenings category.
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NewsMedia 8 snares The Horseman
Media 8 Entertainment has acquired the worldwide rights to Steven Kastrissios’ revenge thriller, The Horseman.
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NewsWolverine dominates global box office
Fox International’s genre prequel X-Men Origins: Wolverine kicked off the 2009 summer blockbuster season with a suitably dominant display, grossing an estimated $73m from 9,234 screens in 101 markets.
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NewsGhosted appears in Germany, UK has The End in sight
ScreenDaily rounds up the local and independent releases in key markets.
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NewsGerman director Marc Forster wins Social Cinema Award
German director Marc Forster will be awarded the Social Cinema Award 2009 at this year’s Ischia Global Fest, which runs July 12-19.
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NewsThierry Potok steps down from Germany's VIP fund
Thierry Potok, the head of private German media fund VIP Medienfonds, is returning to producing after almost a year in the role.
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NewsCanadian filmmaker wins top prize at Nyon
Canadian filmmaker Richard Brouillette’s study of neo-liberalism and democracy Encirclement won the Grand Prix at Nyon’s Visions du Reel documentary festival, which closed on April 30.
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NewsFinnish Film Foundation hands out $1.7m
The Finnish Film Foundation has supported four features, including two international co-productions, with $1.7m (€1.34m).
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NewsFox's Wolverine sinks its claws into global box office
The summer season arrives this weekend with 20th Century Fox’s global release of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, which has one week to establish itself before PPI/Paramount launches Star Trek across the world the following weekend.
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NewsFrance reintroduces internet piracy bill
The anti-piracy Creation and Internet Law was reintroduced in the French Parliament yesterday (April 29) following its rejection earlier this month.
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NewsVolkswagen drops Berlinale sponsorship
Volkswagen is scrapping its seven year sponsorship of the Berlinale, ahead of the festival’s 60th anniversary next year.
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NewsFanny Ardant's debut film added to Cannes line-up
The Cannes Film Festival has added a special out of competition screening for the directorial debut by legendary French actress Fanny Ardant.
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NewsIceland boost funding incentive to 20%
Iceland has increased its production incentive scheme from 14% to 20% to encourage the film and TV industries to shoot in the country.
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NewsStudioCanal appoints key staff at Optimum and Kinowelt
StudioCanal has made a series of senior appointment at its affiliates Optimum Releasing and Kinowelt.
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NewsIwana Chronis joins Hubert Bals Fund
The International Film Festival Rotterdam has appointed Iwana Chronis as manager of the Hubert Bals Fund (HBF), which supports filmmakers in developing countries.