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Doc on Israeli-Palestinian conflict wins Beverly Hills festival
Sufyan Omeish and Abdallah Omeish's Occupation 101 won the Golden Palm Award for best film in all categories at the 7th Annual International Beverly Hills Film Festival (BHFF), which wrapped at the weekend.The documentary charts the roots of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the US Administration's role and also won the ...
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Berger & Yerxa sign two-year first-look deal with WIP
Warner Independent Pictures (WiP) has signed a two-year first look deal with Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa's Bona Fide Productions.Berger and Yerxa are preparing an adaptation of The Abstinence Teacher for the studio, with Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris set to direct in their follow-up to Little Miss Sunshine.Tom Perrotta, ...
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Johnny Slade leads winners at 10th Sonoma Valley Festival
Larry Blamire's crime caper Johnny Slade's Greatest Hits took top honours for best feature at the 10th Annual Sonoma Valley Film Festival, which came to a close at the weekend after five days of film, wine, panels and galas.Cristina Khuly's Shoot Down, which chronicles a little known political firestorm surrounding ...
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O'Brien, McDowell, Singh get honoured at Palm Beach
Margaret O'Brien, Malcolm McDowell, South African producer Anant Singh and actress Q'Orianka Kilcher will receive honorary awards at the 12th Annual Palm Beach International Film Festival (PBIFF), which runs from Apr 19-26.Former child star O'Brien will collect the Legend In Film Award and will appear at a screening of Meet ...
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Villa Muse studio concept announced in Austin, Texas
Texas state and industry leaders have unveiled the $1.5bn Villa Muse mixed-use development that will break ground in East Austin, at the heart of which will be a $125m, 200-acre studio.The Villa Muse Studios will serve the film, television and video game industries, and will be surrounded by architecturally diverse ...
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Mandate seals Helm, Garavente for first-look deal
Mandate Pictures has signed a first-look deal with Zach Helm and producing partner Jim Garavente following the parties' collaboration on Stranger Than Fiction and the upcoming Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium.Mandate will fully finance the new venture - called gang of two - and will look to produce films written by ...
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French Film and literature forum gives adaptation award to Duypeyron
The sixth-annual Monaco Film & Literary Forum gave its prize for the book best suited to a cinematic adaptation going to Francois Dupeyron for Le Grand Soir. The prize for the best completed adaptation was given to Claude Berri's recent release Ensemble C'est Tout, from the book of the same ...
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AFCNet takes on Bowling, Lake as advisors
Warner Brothers' Bill Bowling and Warner Roadshow Studios' Michael Lake have joined the Asian Film Commissions Network (AFCNet) as advisors. Worldwide Location Executive at Warner Bros Pictures, Bowling has been locations manager for 50 Hollywood films, including Independence Day, Saving Private Ryan and Enemy Of The State. President of Warner ...
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Reprise scores another win at Istanbul Film Festival
Young Norwegian director Joachim Trier adds to the prizes for his debut picture Reprise, which won the Golden Tulip for best feature film in the international competition at the 26th Istanbul Film Festival. The jury also added a special prize for Tom Di Cillo's colourful foray into the fringes of ...
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Spanish market regulator clears Villalonga
Spanish stock market regulator CNMV has, as expected, dropped all charges against former Telefonica chief Juan Villalonga of insider trading.In an official statement, the CNMV said there were no facts or circumstances to justify any sanction for the illegal use of insider information. Telefonica shares lost 3.67 points on the ...
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Films Distribution takes on Lamorisse's Crin Blanc and Ballon Rouge
France 's Films Distribution has acquired world rights to Albert Lamorisse's Crin Blanc and its heralded companion piece Ballon Rouge. The first film won the short film grand prize in 1952 at Cannes and was followed by Ballon Rouge which won the short film Palme d'Or in 1956 and the ...
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Canadian film-maker plans June shoot for Welsh's Ecstasy
Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy will be brought to the big screen by Toronto-based director Rob Heydon, making his feature directorial debut after work in commercials and music videos. The budget will be $8.4m (£4.2m). The cast assembled includes Erica Durance, Billy Boyd and Richard E Grant. Heydon adapted the script with ...
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Danish WWII thriller Flame & Citron wrapping Prague shoot
Production on Danish WWII thriller Flame & Citron is scheduled to wrap Saturday in Prague before moving on to Germany and Denmark, producer Lars Bredo Rahbek told ScreenDaily.com. Director Ole Christian Madsen (En Kærlighedshistorie) started filming March 19 in Prague, using a retro-fitted warehouse as a studio. Other studio spaces ...
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Fischer Christensen follows A Soap With Everyone's Dancing
Producer Meta Louise Foldager has raised $3.26m (Euros 2.4m) in financing for Pernille Fischer Christensen's Everybody's Dancing (Drenge og piger danser). The film is Fischer Christensen's follow-up to debut A Soap (En Soap), which won the 2006 Berlinale's Silver Bear and Best Debut awards as well as best film at ...
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Chinese officials deny that quotas encourage piracy
Chinese trade officials have rejected a complaint by the US to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) that import restrictions on foreign movies, music and books are an obstacle to the country's crackdown on rampant piracy. Wang Ziqiang, spokesperson for National Copyright Administration, said yesterday that the accusation that market access ...
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Chinese officials deny that quotas encourage piracy
Chinese trade officials have rejected a complaint by the US to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) that import restrictions on foreign movies, music and books are an obstacle to the country's crackdown on rampant piracy. Wang Ziqiang, spokesperson for National Copyright Administration, said yesterday that the accusation that market access ...
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Shanghai film festival unveils anti-piracy project
The Shanghai International Film Festival has launched an anti-piracy short film project for its upcoming tenth edition (June 16-24). The first in a series of ten anti-piracy-themed short films will be directed by Feng Xiaogang and will premiere at SIFF's opening ceremony on June 16. At a press conference held ...
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The Works takes on sales for Oudney's romantic comedy French Film
Ahead of the Cannes Film Festival, London-based The Works International has come on board for romantic comedy French Film.Shorts and commercials director Jackie Oudney makes her feature directorial debut with the bittersweet story starring Hugh Bonneville, Anne-Marie Duff, Douglas Henshall, Victoria Hamilton and Eric Cantona. Producers are Arvind Ethan David ...
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Tony Leung Chiu-wai to replace Chow in Red Cliff
Tony Leung Chiu-wai will replace Chow Yun-fat in the role of Zhou Yu in John Woo's Red Cliff, producer Terence Chang and the film's investor Chengtian Entertainment confirmed this evening. Leung was previously attached to the project in the role of Zhuge Liang, but quit in March due to scheduling ...
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Valderrama, Fishburne head cast of Days Of Wrath
Production started in Los Angeles this week on the crime drama Days Of Wrath starring Wilmer Valderrama, Amber Valletta, and Laurence Fishburne.Celia Fox is directing the Foxy Films production from a screenplay she co-wrote with Michael Markee and Mitchell Kapner based on a true story.Valderrama plays a Latino mobster who ...