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Film Festivals: Attendance, acquisitions cause coin confusion -- On the second day of Cannes, the money side of the movie biz was sending mixed messages.

Exclusives: Thesp joins Nate Corddry in 'True West' -- Bradley Cooper, Jayne Atkinson and Judith Light are among the actors who have signed on to appear in the 2009 mainstage season at the Williamstown Theater Festival.

TV News: Banff TV fest fetes studio topper -- Lionsgate topper Jon Feltheimer has been tapped to receive the outstanding achievement award at the upcoming Banff World Television Festival.

Andrea Arnold's Palme d'Or contender is a powerful film of betrayed love in a bleak landscape, powered by fizzing performances from Michael Fassbender and newcomer Katie JarvisIn the claustrophobic flats which incubate family dysfunction and rage, and the wild beautiful spaces thereabouts, where the urban sprawls out into the country, film-maker Andrea Arnold finds a powerful story of betrayed love. One of three British movies in competition at Cannes this year, Fish Tank is a powerfully acted drama, beautifully photographed by cinematographer Robbie Ryan, who intersperses bleak interiors with sudden, gasp-inducing landscapes like something by Turner. Arnold takes elements of tough social-realist drama which are, if not cliches exactly, then certainly familiar - but makes them live again and steers the movie away from miserabilism, driven by a heartfelt central performance.Mia, played by newcomer Katie Jarvis, is a lary 15-year-old who lives with single mum Joanne, played by Kierston W

A film co-scripted by U.S.-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi premiered at the Cannes Film festival Thursday, and her partner -- the film's director, Bahman Ghobadi -- flew from Tehran to the French Riviera for the red-carpet premiere.

Film Festivals: Film unit unveils slew of deals, projects -- Reliance is upping its Hollywood connections in every way, from its impending alliance with DreamWorks to a slew of projects emanating from its development deals with some of Hollywood's biggest names.

The Cannes Film Festival entrusted its opening to a Pixar film, and the animation studio did not disappoint.

India's Reliance BIG Entertainment has approved more than 20 movie projects developed through the 'silos' it unveiled this time last year with an array of top Hollywood talent.

International News: Pic is first ever Russian remake of an Asian film -- The first ever Russian remake of an Asian film -- Anders Banke's 'Newsmakers,' based on Johnnie To's 'Breaking News' -- has notched up a slate of international sales following the film's world premiere last month at New York's Tribeca film festival.

IFC announced its second buy of the festival Thursday, saying it had picked up the three-in-one uber-feature 'Red Riding Trilogy,' which is being sold in the Cannes market.