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NewsMPower close deals on The Stoning of Soraya M.
US-based MPower International has sold The Stoning Of Soraya M. to Scanbox in Scandinavia, Nu Metro in South Africa and Independent Distributors in Israel.
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NewsSola continues on its journey with Turtle
Sola Media is continuing to do business on Turtle: The Incredible Journey and closed deals after the second screening for Greece (PAS Distribution) and Korea (Line Tree) and is about to sign on further for Middle East and South East Asia.
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Content Republic takes digital rights to Conspiracy Of Silence
Digital distribution company Content Republic has taken worldwide digital rights to Conspiracy Of Silence from Flick Features.
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NewsFilm Distribution closes deals on Happy Ever Afters at busy market
Films Distribution has reported a busy market concluding sales on Happy Ever Afters in Australia (Hopscotch) and Germany (Telepool) with US negotiations currently underway for the film, which stars Sally Hawkins.
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NewsChang and Woo unveil 3D fantasy epic Magic Bell
Terence Chang and John Woo’s Lion Rock Productions has unveiled details of upcoming 3D fantasy epic LegendOf The Magic Bell, to be directed by renowned Korean TV director Kim Jonghak.
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NewsHugh Hudson to adapt George Orwell's Homage To Catalonia
Director Hugh Hudson (Chariots Of Fire) is to direct Catalonia, an adaptation of George Orwell’s book Homage To Catalonia by Australian screenwriter Bob Ellis.
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NewsSingapore's MDA appoints Distribution Workshop to handle first IFF titles
Singapore’s Media Development Authority (MDA) has appointed Hong Kong-based Distribution Workshop as the international sales agent for the first batch of films produced under its International Film Fund (IFF).
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NewsQuebec producers unite to stimulate coproduction
Seven Quebec-based independent film producers are uniting to push the cause of Quebec as an international coproduction partner and lobby the Canada government to lower the barriers to potential foreign co-production partners.
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NewsRussian distributors hit US sellers with ultimatum
Russian distributors have issued a stark warning to US sales agents – renegotiate deals on films acquired before the economic crisis or else they will stop buying altogether.
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NewsE1 and DeaPlaneta beam up Astro Boy
E1 has taken UK and DeaPlaneta has acquired Spanish rights to Astro Boy following a work-in-progress screening and marketing presentation by Summit Entertainment and Imagi Studios here.
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NewsScorsese reveals World Cinema Foundation partnerships
Martin Scorsese, founder and chairman of the World Cinema Foundation (WCF), announced two key partnerships.
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NewsHanWay Films sells Black Death to 12 distributors
UK-based sales agent HanWay Films has already concluded pre-sales with 12 distributors for Christopher Smith’s medieval mystery thriller Black Death
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NewsNext Vikas Swarup adaptation underway
Six Suspects, the new film project based on the next novel by Slumdog Millionaire writer Vikas Swarup, is picking up speed.
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NewsMyriad buys worldwide rights to Serious Moonlight
Myriad Pictures has acquired all international rights from The Film Sales Company to Cheryl Hines’ dark romantic comedy Serious Moonlight following a marathon negotiating session that ran late into Wednesday night
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NewsD3 Vue join forces with NX
UK multiplex operator Vue Entertainment is to join forces with financier and producer CinemaNX (NX), to release at least three movies directly into Vue cinemas and other theatres across the UK, from the end of this year.
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NewsPeter Webber to direct Wuthering Heights
Peter Webber has signed on to direct the new big screen version of Wuthering Heights.
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NewsSalt tempts buyers with I Was Bono’s Doppelganger
Salt is tempting buyers with Nick Hamm’s I Was Bono’s Doppelganger starring Charlie Cox, Robert Sheehan, Romola Garai, Bill Nighy and Pete Postlethwaite.
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NewsAngelopoulos demands overhaul of Greek national film awards
Filmmaker Theo Angelopoulos is threatening to boycott the Greek national film awards claiming that the current jury system is corrupt and biased.
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NewsOdin’s Eye teams with Prime on joint sales venture
Australian sales agent Odin’s Eye Entertainment (OEE) has struck a deal with Korea’s Prime Entertainment for joint representation of a slate of 14 Korean titles.
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NewsMyriad goes to Main Street
Myriad Pictures has picked up international rights to drama Main Street starring Colin Firth, Ellen Burstyn, Orlando Bloom, Patricia Clarkson and Amber Tamblyn.