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Stefan Faldbakken to direct new Varg Veum featurePro
Norwegian director Stefan Faldbakken will direct the first feature in a new $14.2m (NOK 94m) film andtelevision package based on the best selling Varg Veum novels by Gunnar Staalesen.
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NewsSam Mendes' Away We Go to open Edinburgh Film Festival
Sam Mendes’ Away We Go will premiere at the Opening Gala of this year’s Edinburgh InternationalFilm Festival (EIFF).
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Simon Channing Williams loses his battle with cancer
UK producer Simon Channing Williams has lost his long-term battle with cancer. He died at his homein Cornwall on Saturday (April 11) aged 63.
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London still attracting productions despite economic gloom
London will play host to the same number of productions as last year despite fears the recessionwould affect film shoots in the capital, according to Film London.
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Indian cinemas go dark as producer stand-off continues
Programming has virtually dried up at Indian multiplexes due to the on-going stand-off betweenexhibitors and the United Producers Forum which started on April 4.
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Pan-Asian auteurs line up for Chengdu omnibus
Beijing-based Zonbo Media is preparing a three-part film set in the earthquake-stricken city ofChengdu in Western China, to be directed by Korea’s Hur Jin-ho, Hong Kong’s Fruit Chan and Chineserock singer and filmmaker Cui Jian.
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John Woo's Red Cliff II storms Japanese box office
John Woo’s Red Cliff II scaled to the top of the Japanese box office this past weekend, with earnings of$8.66m (Y869m) over the three-day period (April 10-12).
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Eurocinema VOD service to carry Image content
VOD channel Eurocinema has signed a deal to carry content from Image Entertainment, the North American distributor with a library of roughly 3,500 exclusive DVD titles.
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Zeitgeist to handle epic journey doc The Horse Boy in North America
Zeitgeist Films has acquired all North American theatrical and home entertainment rights to Michel Orion Scott’s Sundance premiere Over The Hills And Far Away and changed the title to The Horse Boy.
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IndiePix, Lucky Hat Entertainment sign six-film production deal
New York-based online distributor IndiePix has signed a six-film production deal with Lucky Hat Entertainment in Los Angeles that covers two films set to premiere at Tribeca later this month – P-Star Rising and Entre Nos.
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Regent/Here take North American rights to Eichmann
Regent Releasing and Here Media have acquired North American rights from UK-based E-Motion to Robert Young’s drama Eichmannstarring Thomas Kretschmann, Troy Garity and Franka Potente.
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David Shear promoted to head of theatrical distribution at Revolver
David Shear of Revolver Entertainment has been promoted to the role of head of theatrical distribution. He was previously sales director at Revolver, where he has worked for the past two years.
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Medienboard fund supports international productions
New films by Roman Polanski, Christopher Smith, Danis Tanovic and Agnieszka Holland are among 36projects awarded more than $5.9m (Euro 4.5m) by Germany’s second largest regional film fund,Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg.
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Italian film industry rallies as cost of earthquake $15.8bn
The Italian film industry has announced a second round of fund raising initiatives to help to victims oflast week’s earthquake.
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Universal's Your Highness to begin shooting in Northern Ireland
Universal’s medieval fantasy Your Highness is to begin pre-production in Northern Ireland and is dueto start shooting in July.
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Rumours continue to swirl around Relativity-Lionsgate deal
Ryan Kavanaugh’s Relativity Media and Lionsgate declined to comment last night on ongoing rumours about an impending North American distribution deal.
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Tributes pour in for Simon Channing Williams
Mike Leigh has led the tributes to British film producer Simon Channing Williams, who died of canceron April 11 at his home in Cornwall, England.
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Spanish minister of culture looks to boost film funding
Angeles Gonzalez-Sinde, the new Spanish minister for culture, is seeking to help local film companiessecure loans through a deal with Aval Audiovisual SCR (Reciprocal Guarantee Society).
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EFP selects candidates for Producers On The Move in Cannes
European Film Promotion (EFP), the Hamburg-based promotional organisation, has selected 23aspiring European producers for the 10th edition of its Producers On The Move networking initiative,which will be held during the Cannes Film Festival next month.
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Smuggler, Ascension acquire 2008 Mann Booker winner White Tiger
Newly minted New York, Los Angeles and London-based Smuggler Films in association with Ascension Entertainment has acquired film rights to Aravind Adiga’s bestselling 2008 Mann Booker Prize winner White Tiger.