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Hot Docs ’13: KinoSmith picks up “Blackfish,” “The Manor”
FILMDistributor KinoSmith has picked up Canadian rights to feature documentaries Blackfish (pictured) and The Manor, both of which will screen at Hot Docs in Toronto over the next 11 days.
CNN, Cinedigm take U.S. rights for “Our Nixon”
FILM / TVCNN Films and Cinedigm have acquired the U.S. television and theatrical rights for director Penny Lane’s all-archival feature doc Our Nixon (pictured).
“Senna” director Kapadia prepping Amy Winehouse doc
FILMSenna director Asif Kapadia is producing a documentary on the life of late Grammy-winning singer Amy Winehouse (pictured), which Focus Features International will sell internationally.
Tribeca ’13: “Gore Vidal” director seeks finishing funding
FILM / PEOPLE NEWSNicholas Wrathall (pictured), director of Gore Vidal: the United States of Amnesia, has launched a Kickstarter campaign seeking finishing funds for his buzzy Tribeca hit, telling a crowd in New York he still has archive footage to clear.
Wild Talk Africa calls for pitches
FILM / TVThe upcoming Wild Talk Africa Wildlife Film Festival and Conference, which takes place in Durban in July, is searching for natural history documentary and formats pitches for its pitching sessions.
Still Hot after 20 years
FILMAs North America’s biggest documentary festival celebrates its 20th anniversary, the team behind Hot Docs – which kicks off tomorrow in Toronto – talks to realscreen about the Canadian event’s growth and the secrets of its success.
Tribeca ’13: Goldberg eyes 10-part black history series
FILM / PEOPLE NEWS / TVOscar-winning actor Whoopi Goldberg (pictured) told an audience in New York she is aiming to produce a 10-part doc series about the history of black entertainment from the 1800s to present day for her next non-fiction project.
Tribeca ’13: Catapult Film Fund names six grantees
FILMFounded in 2010, the fund provides development grants to American documentary filmmakers at the early stages, when funding is difficult to secure.
Tribeca ’13: Women take center stage
FILM / PEOPLE NEWSDuring a lively session at the Tribeca Film Festival, a panel of female filmmakers advised colleagues that when it comes to tackling certain subjects, it can pay to “embrace being a woman in a man’s world.”
Rob Stewart’s “Revolution” plants trees for promotion
FILMShaw Media and NBCUniversal Canada joined the marketing for the Canadian documentary that saw a young sapling planted for every ticket sold on the opening weekend.
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Upfronts ’13: TNT, TBS developing “Cop Swap,” “Cheeseheads” -
CMT resurrects Orange County Choppers team -
Reelz to air ‘lost’ season of Steven Seagal series -
HGTV reveals “Love It or List It Too,” “Auction Agent” -
ID, C5 to coproduce Cleveland kidnappings doc -
PBS doc “The Ghost Army” examines the ‘art of war’
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Realscreen Summit 2013 - Gurney Productions\' Deirdre Gurney and Authentic Entertainment\'s Lauren Lexton