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NewsCinemaStreet lines up Kevin Grevioux directorial debut for inaugural slate
Dana Offenbach and Mark W Campbell have partnered up to launch the production company CinemaStreet.
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NewsCFC invites Lee Daniels to on-stage Black History Month event
The Canadian Film Centre (CFC) is hosting an on-stage conversation with Precious director Lee Daniels to celebrate Black History Month.
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NewsRough House acquires first high concept project
David Gordon Green, Jody Hill and Danny McBride’s Rough House Pictures has acquired its first project.
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NewsIFC strikes second Sundance deal in less than a week
IFC Films has taken its second film of Sundance following last weekend’s deal for The Killer Inside Me.
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NewsVoltage generates heavy interest in new EFM project
Voltage Pictures’ new EFM project has made a splash ahead of the start of the Berlin market next week.
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NewsDeon Taylor launches urban-focused genre label
Urban-focused production company Deon Taylor Enterprises (DTE) has launched a genre label.
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Searchlight appoints new evp of marketing
Fox Searchlight has found a replacement for its outgoing executive vice-president of marketing Stephanie Allen.
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NewsAvatar eyes eighth weekend of box office rule
Fox International’s Avatar will ease part the $1.5bn mark this weekend as executives expect an eighth consecutive weekend at the top.
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NewsAcademy names producer credits for Blind Side, Hurt Locker
Credits for The Blind Side and The Hurt Lockerconfirmed, Locker allowed four nominees.
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NewsGoldcrest takes worldwide sales on A Woman Goes To The Doctor
The financing, production and sales company will handle sales on Reinout Oreleman’s Dutch hit.
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NewsHandMade joint chiefs Patrick Meehan and David Ravden step down
UK company HandMade Plc reveals senior level departures and interim chief executive.
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NewsThe Work Media Group restructures to cut overheads
London-based sales and production company restructures to “improve efficency”.
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FeaturesThe European showcase
Among the box-fresh projects on offer to tempt international buyers at this year’s European Film Market (Feb 11-21) are projects directed by Steven Soderbergh, Tom Hanks and Francois Ozon, as well as interesting new titles set to star Orlando Bloom, Uma Thurman, Emily Blunt and Catherine Deneuve
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NewsLudivine Sagnier joins Tamahori’s The Devil’s Double as shoot begins
Principal photography on Lee Tamahori’s The Devil’s Double has begun in Malta.
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NewsFabrega, Suwichakornpong and Rubio scoop 2010 Tiger Awards
The International Film Festival Rotterdam reveals the winners of this year’s Tiger Awards for first and second time directors.
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NewsGerman funds support international co-productions with $20m
German funds pay out more than $20m in support fpr international co-productions, including David Cronenberg’s The Talking Cure.
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FeaturesRobust Sundance raises spirits
It is being hailed as the best Sundance in years by North American buyers and sellers, but what does it mean for the international market going into this month’s EFM in Berlin (Feb 11-21)? Jeremy Kay reports
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Kurtz to produce Peter Briggs' Panzer 88
Star Wars producer Gary Kurtz is teaming up with Hellboy writer Peter Briggs on supernatural war thiller.
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NewsWeinsteins finally conclude deal for Sundance hit The Tillman Story
The Weinstein Company has finally concluded negotiations and acquired Sundance documentary The TillmanStory.
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NewsBleiberg to introduce EFM buyers to Crystal Bear winner My Suicide
Bleiberg Entertainment has picked up international rights to writer-director David Lee Miller’s 2009 Crystal Bear winner My Suicide.
