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Pusan Supersizes with 355 Films; "Good Morning President" to Open
Korea's giant 14th Pusan International Film Festival is set for its October event with a whopping 355 films hitting the screens on the island resort just off the southern city of Busan. The line up includes 143 world and international premieres of which 72 features will screen as world debuts.
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TIFF Title "Panic" Gets Picked Up
Stephane Aubier and Vincent Patar’s "A Town Called Panic," which will have its North American premiere in the Midnight Madness section of the Toronto International Film Festival, has been acquired by Zeitgeist Films. Based on the cult Belgian television series released, earlier this year the film wa...
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Strand Takes the "Train" in the U.S.
U.S. rights to Andre Techine's "The Girl on the Train" with Emilie Dequenne and Catherine Deneuve have been picked up by Strand Releasing. Dequenne stars as a young woman who claims that she was a victim of an anti semitic attack which creates a media news sensation. Deneuve stars as her mother and ...
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"Korkoro" Leads Montreal World Fest Winners
Algerian-French director Tony Gatlif's "Korkoro" (Freedom) won the top prize at the 33rd Montreal World Film Festival, which wrapped last night in Quebec. The film - about a gypsy family fighting for freedom under the Nazi rule in France - won the Grand Prix of the Americas, as well as the festival...
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IFC Has "Children" Ahead of Toronto
IFC Films has acquired the U.S. rights to Mia Hansen-Love's French drama "Father of My Children" ahead of its North American premiere at this week's Toronto International Film Festival. The film won the Jury Special Prize in the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this yea...
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TIFF Protesters Plan Press Conference For Fest's Opening Day
"No Celebration Under Occupation," the protest over the Toronto International Film Festival's spotlight on Tel Aviv, has announced a press conference to be held this Thursday September 10, the festival's opening day. The Toronto Star is reporting that the "tentative plan" is to hold a press conferen...
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Box Office: "Amreeka" Leads Slow Labor Day Weekend (UPDATED)
According to estimates provided by Rentrak earlier this afternoon, Cherien Dabis’s “Amreeka” led a quiet batch of reporting limited releases for the four-day Labor Day weekend. On four screens, the National Geographic Cinema release - which follows a Palestinian woman named and her teenage son Fad...
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48 Films In Running For European Film Awards
Heavy on Cannes '09 and with a little Oscars '08 thrown in the mix, Lars Von Trier's "Antichrist," Andrea Arnold's "Fish Tank," Michael Haneke's "The White Ribbon," Jacques Audiard's "A Prophet," and Pedro Almodovar's "Broken Embraces" will join Stephen Daldry's "The Reader," Danny Boyle's "Slumdog ...
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Summer Hot, Summer Cool: A Specialty Box Office Recap
With 2009's unusually late Labor Day weekend about to commence, it's safe to call this summer movie season a wrap. Reports have already found their way through the trades, proclaiming this Hollywood's highest-grossing summer ever. Which - without considering inflation of course - was very much the ...
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QuickShots | "Dog Year" debut, CRM deal, WWM & "El General," Oprah's "Capitalism" exclusive
"Curves" writer/producer debuts directorial effort "Dog Year"
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