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NewsSheffield Doc/Fest kicks off with Joan Rivers
The documentary marks the start of the 17th edition of the festival and its final outing in its current timeslot.
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FeaturesAnd we're off
The big early-autumn festivals marked the beginning of the long journey to awards glory. Kicking off Screen’s Awards Countdown, Jeremy Kay picks over some of the stand-out titles
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FeaturesIan Power and Macdara Kelleher
Director Ian Power and producer Macdara Kelleher (Fastnet Films) talk to Andreas Wiseman about their feature The Runway, which had its international premiere at the Rome Film Festival last week.
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NewsMegan Gallagher joins Roger Gual's Tasting Menu as script consultant
Gallagher, who previously worked at Focus and Lightstorm, joins Roger Gual’s comedy set at the famous El Bulli restaurant
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FeaturesWorld Exclusive
Nigel Sinclair and Guy East talk to Mike Goodridge about building Exclusive Media Group, now in its third year of operations, into a diversified global operation for the digital age
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NewsRuby/BBC's Sex Education leads Brit List of hot screenplays
The 35 scripts on this year’s list also include Saul Dibb’s adaptation of Suite Francaise and screenplays by Paul Andrew Williams, Jack Thorne and John Hodge.
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NewsWestEnd dance with Jessica Biel's Devil
In another high-profile acquisition, London-based WestEnd Films will handle international rights on The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, which stars Zach Braff, Jessica Biel and Chloe Moretz and boasts a score and music supervision by Justin Timberlake.
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NewsWild Bunch comes on board for Cassavetes' Yellow, with new backing
Private equity partner rescues film from financial woes; shooting to start in December.
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NewsCelluloid dances with Honore's star-studded musical
Catherine Deneuve, Chiara Mastroianni, Ludivine Seigner, Louis Garrel, Milos Forman and Paul Schneider star in Les Bien-Aimés.
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NewseOne takes global rights to thriller The Hunter
Willem Dafoe, Frances O’Connor and Sam Neill star in Porchlight’s psychological thriller.
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NewsWarner takes UK rights to ContentFilm's Ironclad
Warner Bros. UK has taken all UK rights to the medieval action thriller Ironclad from ContentFilm International.
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UK signs new coproduction treaties with Israel, Palestine
UK Foreign Secretary William Hague has this week signed two bilateral film coproduction treaties - one with Israel and one with the occupiedPalestinian territories.
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NewsWorks strikes Japanese deal with Paramount for Countdown To Zero
London-based The Works International has sold Japanese distribution rights for Lucy Walker’s Countdown To Zero to Paramount Pictures.
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NewsIFTA gets financial boost for US film export, to launch Filmart Pavilion
The Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA) has been awarded $248,000 to boost the export of US films, starting with an American Pavilion at Hong Kong Filmart in 2011.
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NewsFox starts shoot for Colombian thriller Bunker
Fox International Productions has started principal photography on Bunker (working title) in Bogota, Colombia.
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Coach 14 gets new investment from Olive's Arshad
French sales outfit Coach14 is teaming with investor Farhad Arshad to back acquisitions of new titles.
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NewsIFC Midnight strikes deal for thriller Choose
Psychological thriller Choose (handled internationally by Simon Crowe’s SC Films) has been snapped up for the US by IFC Midnight.
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NewsCJ's Man From Nowhere travels to US
Korea’s CJ Entertainment has sold US rights to The Man From Nowhere to Well Go USA.
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NewsSamuel Goldwyn takes US rights to The Whistleblower
Samuel Goldwyn Films has picked up all US rights to the Rachel Weisz thriller The Whistleblower following its recent world premiere in Toronto.
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Eckhart takes CIA role in Essential Entertainment thriller
Aaron Eckhart is in talks to star in action thriller The Expatriate which Essential Entertainment is introducing to buyers here.