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eOne picks up Take Care 2b4t2a
eOne Films has acquired North American rights to the SXSW rom-com and plans a late 2014 theatrical release.
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RADiUS takes The Great Invisible 6b4y1t
The distributor has acquired US rights to Participant Media’s documentary about the impact of the Deepwater Horizon disaster on Gulf communities.
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RADiUS-TWC boards Creep 6q1jd
The New York-based distributor has partnered with the Duplass Brothers and Blumhouse Productions on a trilogy after the film’s recent debut at SXSW.
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SXSW announces audience winners 255l10
Shawn Christensen’s Before I Disappear has won (15) the 2014 SXSW narrative feature audience award, while Diana Whitten’s Vessel triumphed in the documentary section.
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Veronica Mars tops SXSW buzz chart 194v62
INFOGRAPHIC: Research reveals online activity around the festival, which also saw positive buzz for The Grand Budapest Hotel, Bad Neighbours and Frank.
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Two killed in SXSW car crash 7s69
UPDATE: Police have confirmed that two people - one from the Netherlands - died after a car drove into a crowd of pedestrians at the South By Southwest festival.
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Fort Tilden wins top SXSW award 1r6g1r
Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers’ comedy earned the narrative feature competition grand jury prize while Margaret Brown’s Deepwater Horizon disaster film The Great Invisible prevailed in the documentary section.
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eOne, El Rey cut deals on Dusk 6b2o6t
Robert Rodriguez’s new US-based cable network El Rey Network and eOne Television have struck a slew of digital deals on From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series, set to receive its broadcast premiere on Tuesday night (11).
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Snowden warns of government threat 3x2i5m
Google and the government were in the crosshairs as whistleblower Edward Snowden made a rare public appearance on Monday (10) to address the SXSW conference from exile in Russia – ironically using Google+ Hangouts.
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Lionsgate believes in Exists 6n68j
The studio has picked up North American rights at SXSW to Eduard Sanchez’s Bigfoot film, which International Film Trust handles for international sales.
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SPWA, Picturehouse, Starz Digital take SXSW trio 2e196m
UPDATE: Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) has acquired all international rights to Space Station 76, while in separate deals Picturehouse has acquired The Guest and Starz Digital Media has taken North American rights to To Be Takei ahead of their Austin screenings.
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Vimeo unveils $10m distribution fund 282q62
The video platform will promote a $10m investment at SXSW on the anniversary of its Vimeo On Demand platform.
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Visit takes SXSW entry Long Distance h1d1d
Visit Films will present the world premiere of Carlos Marques-Marcet’s first feature Long Distance (formerly 10,000KM) at SXSW.
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SXSW unveils conference line-up w6f73
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 director Marc Webb will deliver the fourth keynote address at SXSW on March 8 as organisers also announced the complete conference line-up.
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Shoreline visits The Infinite Man 60326u
EXCLUSIVE: Hugh Sullivan’s debut feature world premieres at next month’s SXSW.
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Magnet Releasing gets Stage Fright 5t1031
Jerome Sable’s horror musical will open in the US after its world premiere in the Midnighters section at SXSW.
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SXSW unveils Midnighters, shorts 3o5154
SXSW top brass have announced the Midnighters and short film line-ups, set to screen when the festival runs in Austin, Texas, from March 7-15.
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SXSW unveils 2014 line-up 2249c
Headliners strand includes first screenings of the Universal comedy Neighbors (pictured) starring Seth Rogen and Zac Efron and Australian time-travel thriller Predestination with Ethan Hawke.
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Chef to open SXSW e194x
The Austin event will host the world premiere of Jon Favreau’s film on March 7.
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SXSW announces daily keynotes 5r95j
Filmmakers Lena Dunham, Jason Blum and Casey Neistat will deliver daily keynote addresses at SXSW 2014.
