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Global Showbiz Briefs: Pulse, Fremantle Teams With HBO Nordic, ‘Denmark ’92′, Locarno Film Festival

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday September 4, 2012 @ 11:45pm PDTTags: HBO Nordic, Locarno Film Festival

Anna Sissons To Run New Distribution Division For Pulse
Production outfit Pulse is launching an in-house distribution arm with Anna Sissons appointed film distribution manager. The new division aims to create a dynamic distribution pipeline by exploiting social media and leveraging brand partnerships, as well as staging events around film releases. Sissons was formerly outreach coordinator at Dogwoof. Pulse CEO Thomas Benski calls this a “strategic move to take control of the promotion and distribution of the slate of fan and event-based projects that Pulse has been producing for the last few years. These films require a different type of release strategy and we feel more suited to fully leverage those audiences.” The first film to be released under the new banner will be Shut Up And Play The Hits. A full slate will be announced in the fall. The company has offices in New York, LA, Paris and London and is planning further international expansion.

Fremantle Is Launch Partner For HBO Nordic
FremantleMedia Enterprises will supply content to HBO Nordic, the paybox’s channel that launched last week. Among the titles to go out will be drama Hit And Miss starring Chloe Sevigny; Lisa Kudrow’s Web Therapy and two factual series from Morgan Spurlock, A Day In The Life, which looks into the lives of such personalities as Richard Branson and Will.i.Am and New Brittania, which dissects the eccentricities of British culture. READ MORE »

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Global Showbiz Briefs: Zurich Master Classes, Oliver Père To Arte France

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday August 27, 2012 @ 11:55pm PDTTags: Frank Darabont, Locarno Film Festival, Venice International Film Festival, Zurich Film Festival

Frank Darabont, Michael Shamberg, Pietro Scalia Set For Zurich Master Classes
The Zurich Film Festival today announced this year’s headliners for its Master Class series. Instructors will include writer-director Frank Darabont (The Green Mile, The Walking Dead); producer Michael … Read More »

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Locarno Fest Gives Golden Leopard To ‘Girl From Nowhere’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Saturday August 11, 2012 @ 6:39pm PDTTags: Locarno Film Festival

French director Jean-Claude Brisseau’s ultra-low-budget drama La Fille de Nulle Part (The Girl From Nowhere) earned the coveted Golden Leopard juried prize at the 65th annual Locarno Film Festival today in Switzerland. Brisseau shot the film, which has not yet found a distributor, in his Paris apartment for well under $100,000.

The special jury prize went to American Bob Byington’s Somebody Up There Likes Me, and Australian filmmaker Cate Shortland’s World War II drama Lore earned the public vote after its screening in the Piazza Grande. American Joel Potrykus won best first feature and best emerging director for his feature about a struggling comedian, Ape.

The full list of winners follows: Read More »

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French Director Leos Carax To Receive Locarno Film Festival’s Pardo D’Onore

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Thursday June 21, 2012 @ 1:48am PDTTags: Holy Motors, Leos Carax, Locarno Film Festival

After a 13-year absence, French helmer Leos Carax returned to the Cannes competition in May with his well-received Holy Motors. Indomina then acquired the film for the US. It stars Denis Lavant, Eva Mendes and Kylie Minogue. Now, … Read More »

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