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Film Festivals: Olivia Williams to rep 'Ghost Writer' -- Gilles Paquet-Brenner's "Sarah's Key," toplining Kristin Scott Thomas, will close the 58th San Sebastian Film Festival.
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Film Festivals: Offbeat and extreme pics seek non-arthouse auds -- How to succeed in the Japanese film biz means really trying ? something different.
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Film Festivals: Technology hasn't received full embrace -- Hollywood may be steadily producing 3D films, but in Japan, 2D domestic pics still dominate at the B.O.
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Film Festivals: Judges also include Seghatchian, Makhmalbaf -- Helmer Jane Campion will head an all-woman jury at the 12th Mumbai Film Festival, which unspools Oct. 21-28.
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Film Festivals: Director to open Deauville with director's cut of pic -- Terry Gilliam will open the 36th Deauville American Film Festival with his director's cut of "Brazil," as a plethora of celebs and industryites make the trek to the French resort.
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Film Festivals: 'Never Let Me Go,' 'Biutiful,' join Scorsese doc set at fest -- Mixing prestige with offbeat titles, the 37th Telluride Film Festival will offer its usual low-key glimpse at an eclectic array of potential awards contenders over Labor Day weekend.
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Film Festivals: Helmer tackles Japanese bestseller -- Fifteen years after winning the Golden Lion with "Cyclo," Vietnam-born helmer Tran Anh Hung is back on the Lido with "Norwegian Wood," his first literary adaptation.
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Film Festivals: Money comes for 'Somewhere' -- The legendary Chateau Marmont hotel in Los Angeles plays a big part in Sofia Coppola's father-daughter drama "Somewhere," which world preems on the Lido today.
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Film Festivals: Ben Ammar to build auds at home and abroad -- On the Lido with Julian Schnabel's "Miral," which it co-produced, Tarak Ben Ammar's Quinta Communications is getting set to raise the bar on the distribution of films with Arab storylines in the Middle East.
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Film Festivals: Filmmaker banned from travel but his short plays on the Lido -- Dissident Iranian director Jafar Panahi, who has been denied permission by authorities to travel to the Venice Film Festival, has not lost all faith in his future as a filmmaker in his country, he told Variety in a telephone interview from Tehran.
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Film Festivals: Lagesse taps into tyro talent in quest for indie growth -- An outspoken gatekeeper of arthouse cinema, Eric Lagesse, owner of Paris-based distribution and sales outfit Pyramide Distribution, backs up his tough talk with action.
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Film Festivals: Gallic pix and co-prods pepper the Lido -- French pics and co-productions pepper the selection at the Venice Film Festival.
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Film Festivals: Four Venice fest films shot in popular southern Italian region -- Three years after launching a truly innovative film commission, Apulia, the southeastern region on the heel of the Italian boot, is gaining prominence as a prime film and TV production spot.
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Film Festivals: Prod'n lures designed to go beyond a coin flip -- Apulia is taking a comprehensive approach to boosting cinema in the region, the idea being that a vibrant arts scene can contribute to its ambition of becoming a moviemaking hotspot.
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Film Festivals: Pics find fertile ground in area -- Bollywood blockbusters seem to be finding fertile ground in Apulia, where a clutch of promising Italo feature films and high-profile local telepics are also being shot.
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Film Festivals: Fest grows as meeting ground for buyers, sellers -- Stuart Ford's IM Global is treating the Toronto Film Festival like a full-scale film market this year, renting out the Presidential Suite atop the Hyatt Regency and launching new titles, including "Skyline 2."
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Film Festivals: Audacious opening set for tonight at Venice -- The 67th Venice Film Festival bows today with a return to auteur basics, kicking off with the world preem of Darren Aronofsky's psychological thriller "Black Swan."
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Film Festivals: Party plans for the TIFF Bell Lightbox opening unveiled -- Neither phantom bed bugs, nor last-minute tweaks or gossipy tweets will stop the Toronto Film Festival throwing the doors open to its new headquarters on Sept. 12.
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Film Festivals: Relativity chief to receive honor on Oct. 20 -- The Israel Film Festival will fete Relativity Media chief Ryan Kavanaugh with its film achievement honor at the fest's awards dinner on Oct. 20.
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Film Festivals: It drives sales of arthouse pics -- With Catherine Breillat's fairy-tale reboot "Sleeping Beauty" opening Venice's Horizons, France's Pyramide is back on the Lido.