Jonathan English’s Ironclad has completed its casting and has now begun principal photography on location and at Dragon International Film Studios.

Six films have been nominated for best film at this year’s Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards, rather than the usual four, in acknowledgement of the large number of high-quality films in circulation.

On the eve of the AFM, ContentFilm International has taken worldwide sales rights to action thriller The Fallout to be directed by Xavier Gens (Hitman). The film is due is due to start principal photography in Feb 2010 in Eastern Europe.

Andrea Arnold’s Fish Tank dominated the nominations for the 12th British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs), which were announced today (October 26).

ContentFilm International has boarded international rights excluding the UK, Portugal and the Middle East to Philip Ridley’s Heartless following hit screenings at Sitges in Spain and Frightfest in London.

IFC Films has acquired US rights to Andrea Arnold’s second feature Fish Tank following its world premiere in Cannes where it shared the special jury prize.

ContentFilm International has acquired worldwide sales rights to Jason Lehel’s Gaia, which will have its world premiere in Toronto’s Visions section.

Tobey Maguire to star in 'Details' Indie begins shooting in Seattle this August

The jury prize was shared between two films, Andrea Arnold’s Fish Tank and Park Chan Wook’s Thirst. Arnold is now two-for-two having won the jury prize for her first film, Red Road in 2006.

Anna Maxwell Martin was tonight named best actress for her role in Channel 4 drama Poppy Shakespeare, in a ceremony which saw the broadcaster take home eight gongs.

Cannes announces 20 film competition line-up

CANNES: The worldwide sales rights for Living Goddess, which spotlights the Himalayan kingdom of Nepal, are now being represented by ContentFilm International.

A gritty father-son road movie, Last Ride goes down some of the bumpiest, least-travelled roads in Australia. With Hugo Weaving on top form as the aggressive, unpredictable father, and impressive 10-year old newcomer Tom Russell as his at-risk son, Last Ride delivers considerable dramatic tension amidst some amazing locations.

Going out in Australia on July 2, it should also gain traction in the international theatrical marketplace with the right marketing support: commercially, this treads a line between 2006's Little Fish ($3.2m internationally, of which $2.7m came from Australia) or another taut tale set off Australia's beaten track, 2003's Japanese Story ($4m internationally, $2.8m of that at home).

Slumdog Millionaire swept through the 81st Annual Academy Awards last night [February 22], taking eight Oscars including best picture, director for Danny Boyle, screenplay for Simon Beaufoy, cinematography for Anthony Dod Mantle, editor for Chris Dickens and score and song for AR Rahman. Departures won best foreign film.

'Waltz With Bashir,' 'Class' were favored to win.

Japan's "Departures" won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in one of the few surprises at Sunday's Academy Awards.

2009, Berlinale best script Silver Bear also went to a debut feature -- "The Messenger," starring Woody Harrelson, written by director Oren Moverman and Alessandro Camon.

All winners including; THE MESSENGER picks up Silver Bear Best Screenplay for Oren Moverman and Alessandro Camon.

ContentFilm International has acquired worldwide sales rights to Mythic International Entertainment's Ironclad which stars James Purefoy and Paul Giamatti.

ContentFilm International acquires rights to 20 doc titles from director Nick Broomfield including KURT AND COURTNEY

Benjamin Button tops Oscar nominations Paramount/Warner Bros co-venture The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button led the pack at the 81st annual Academy Award nominations announcement this morning in Los Angeles with 13 nominations including best picture, best director and best actor for Brad Pitt. Only two films in Oscar history – All About Eve in 1950 and Titanic in 1997 – have been nominated 14 times.

Yojiro Takita's Japanese Oscar foreign language entry Departures, which has made it on to the Academy's shortlist of best foreign language films, won the audience award for best narrative feature while Eric Bricker's US film Visual Acoustics: The Modernism Of Julius Shulman won corresponding documentary honours.

Entertainment website Jaman.com has begun its international expansion plan by launching its first localised site in the UK.