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FeaturesBetting on the box office?
This week, a US Commission will vote on whether a film’s projected box office takings should be traded on a futures exchange. Jeremy Kay looks at the implications.
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NewsCannes Competition line-up unveiled
Screen brings you the 2010 Cannes Competition line-up, which includes Mike Leigh’s Another Year and Mathieu Amalric’s Tournee.
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NewsCemetery Junction in the UK, Spain welcomes The Maid
ScreenDaily’s weekly round-up of the local and independent openings in key European markets this week.
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NewsCannes unveils 18 films in Un Certain Regard section
The 2010 Cannes Un Certain Regard line-up features Hideo Nakata’s Chatroom and Jean-Luc Godard’s Film Socialism.
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NewsBeckinsale, Del Toro to join Tim Burton on Cannes jury
Actress Giovanna Mezzogiorno and writer-director Emmanuel Carrere also confirmed.
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NewsCannes Competition critical reaction
Safe selection of established auteurs; Love for Brits over Americans
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Gaultier, Reno, Birkin topline the 11th Athens Francophone Film Festival
The French haute couture icon Jean-Paul Gaultier is the patron of the 11th Francophone Film Festival, which kicks off in Athens today [15].
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NewsAlta Films take Spanish rights to Allen's Stranger
Alta Films has picked up theatrical rights for Spain to Woody Allen’s new drama You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger from Imagina ahead of its presence at Cannes in as an out of competition screening.
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Direct response unit
The UK Film Council’s latest three-year plan, launched on April 1, is designed to meet the needs of an industry facing mounting market challenges. Chief executive officer John Woodward explains strategy to Mike Goodridge
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David Rose to receive BFI Fellowship
The former Film Four commissioner will be presented with his award by Tess Ross
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GMX platform signs up a further 40 companies at MIPTV
B2B video marketplace Global Media Exchange (GMX), part of the Ascent Media Group, has signed up a further 40 new companies for its service here at MIPTV in Cannes.
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Planet Green takes on 14, including The Garden, Collapse
US cable channel Planet Green has picked up 14 series, specials and feature films for its 2010 slate.
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NewsRTL strikes Dutch TV deal with E1 Entertainment Benelux
E1 Entertainment Benelux and RTL Netherlands have struck a multi-year film deal. The RTL channels get the Dutch TV rights to films such as Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past, 17 Again, Fame and Disaster Movie.
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IMAX to open first Croatian site in December 2010
IMAX has struck a deal with Blitz-Cinestar to build a new stand-alone IMAX theatre as part of the new Cinestar Arena Commercial 10-screen multiplex in Zagreb, Croatia.
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NewsDVD sales in UK up 31% in first quarter of 2010
The British Video Association says the first quarter of 2010 was strong for the UK home entertainment market, up 31% compared to last year.
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NewsDark Horse Comics, Hammer Films form graphic novel alliance
Dark Horse Comics and Exclusive Media Group’s Hammer Films are partnering on a series of co-branded original graphic novels and comic books.
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NewsHBO takes TV rights to Gibney's My Trip To Al Qaeda
HBO Documentary Films has acquired domestic television rights to the prolific Oscar winning documentary film-maker Alex Gibney’s My Trip To Al Qaeda.
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NewsMy Name Is Khan joins IFFLA line-up
Fox International’s director’s cut of My Name Is Khan has been added to the line-up at the 8th annual Indian Film Festival Of Los Angeles (IFFLA), which runs from April 20-25.
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NewsTribeca Film Institute announces Sloan grant recipients
The Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) has announced the films that will receive financial and creative support from the TFI Sloan Filmmaker Fund provided by the Alfred P Sloan Foundation.
