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Searching for Grace: Tribeca Film & Focus World Pact on ‘Greetings from Tim Buckley’
Blame a 2012 Toronto Int. Film Fest edition that was simply too stuffed to the gills to present the film at a better venue (it played thrice – a pair of screenings at the
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Strand Moves Reygadas Into the Light; Cannes Preemed ‘Post Tenebras Lux’ Finally Finds Distribution
Along with fellow countryman’s Michel Franco’s After Lucia, Post Tenebras Lux was until now, the criminally orphaned/unsold item from 2012′s Cannes Film Festival. It picked up jeers from most film critics (here was our
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Columbia Pictures Join Team “Foxcatcher”; Make it 2 for 2 with Bennett Miller
Columbia Pictures are making an early bid towards possible 2013 Oscar talk by grabbing the distrib rights to the Bennett Miller directed, Foxcatcher. The studio will co-finance along with Annapurna Pictures – the current champion
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Health Nut: Kino Lorber Grabs Levon Helm Docu
Music video accidental docu-helmer Jacob Hatley will get to see his debut film, Ain’t In It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm make the leap from the film fest circuit into theaters
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When a Man Loves a Women: Breaking Glass Break in 2013 with ‘Laurence Anyways’
While his second film (Heartbeats via IFC) found an easier pathway to a fruitful distribution, despite acclaim and film festival prestige, it appears to have been quite the task to find a distributor willing
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Magnet Places Johannes Roberts’ Horror Flick in ‘Storage’
In minor AFM acquisition announcement, Magnet Releasing has picked up North American rights to what appears to be early calender filler (Dec.6th on VOD early theatrical release in January) in horror-meister Brit helmer Johannes Roberts’
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Sony Pictures Classics Just Can’t Hide It; Almodovar’s “I’m So Excited” Makes it 8 Between Label & Helmer
In a no-brainer deal, SPC have grabbed all North American rights to Pedro Almodóvar’s next project which begins lensing next month. Curiously the pic known as “Los Amantes Pasajeros” with early/translated titles of “The
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Lightning Strikes Twice; Tribeca Film Picks Up Tribeca Film Fest Preemed “Struck By Lightning”
It appears that Tribeca Film does indeed have a ferocious appetite these days especially for films that played at the recent edition of the Tribeca Film Fest. Today’s catch Struck By Lightning - is Brian
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Tribeca Films Escape with Nguyen’s “War Witch”; Label Grabs Own Fest Winner
After it claimed a pair of prizes (Best Actress in a Narrative Feature Film Award and World Narrative Competition Award) at the Tribeca Film Festival, Kim Nguyen’s War Witch (Rebelle) will not have traveled
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IFC Can’t Shake the Disease; Grab Cannes Preemed “Antiviral”
The Un Certain Regard selected “Antiviral” has been picked up by Sundance Selects/IFC Films with Arianna Bocco having probably put in a low bid offer for Brandon Cronenbreg’s directing debut – a film that
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Brainstorm Media Moves in with Solondz’s Dark Horse
With no interest from the IFCs, SPCs and the Magnolia Pictures of the business, Ted Hope has turned inwards to distribute Todd Solondz’s Dark Horse. Open to new platforms, ventures and theatrical possibilities, Hope is
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Tribeca Film Get Custody on “For Ellen”
A good four months since its back to back Sundance and Berlin Film Festival premieres, So Yong Kim has finally secured a U.S theatrical/VOD release with the Tribeca Film label for her third outing, For
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Hook Line and Sinker; Variance Teams with Spike Lee for “Red Hook Summer”
A full four months after it premiered in Park City to mostly thumbs down type reviews, Deadline reports that Spike Lee will be joining forces with indie distributor Variance Films on the August 10th
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IFC Tags Grand Jury Prize Winner ‘Gimme the Loot’
Hot off the heels of a huge SXSW premiere and with a Grand Jury Prize win to boot, Adam Leon’s feature debut has been picked up by the folks at IFC and keeping with
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Two Shades of Blue; Music Box Makes Post Sundance-Berlin Pick-Up of ‘Keep the Lights On’
Contempo Queer cinema is alive and well. After showings at Sundance and in Berlin, Ira Sachs’ Keep the Lights On is following along in the footsteps of Weekend and Pariah towards a theatrical release
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Anchor Bay Handcuff Austin Chick’s SXSW Preemed Girls Against Boys
After dipping into romantic drama terrain with his debut film XX/XY and examining the dot-com bubble bursting a decade later in August, Austin Chick’s Thelma and Louise take Manhattan like thriller has found a
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"Ron and I wanted to make a film that looked at what it means to be an outsider and we wanted to explore what it takes to reach out to someone whose life is very removed from your own."
