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Cannes, France: "Audiences are, more than ever, dictating where, when and how they want their content.

Cannes, France: It used to be that the big studios financed movies from start to finish but Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc (MGM) has come to the party.

Tim Mostert, the creator of Speedy:, the animation one-minute series which started life as a cartoon strip in the national newspaper, the Daily Sun, has signed a deal with ReelTime.com at MIPTV for the full Inkpot Studios’ slate of programmes.

Reed MIDEM, the Paris-based organiser of international exhibitions, announced on Wednesday, 18 April, that the company was to launch AMAZIA, the first pan-Asian, business-to-business exhibition and conference devoted to the creation and distribution of international entertainment content across all delivery platforms.

In a celebration of natural history, eco-tourism and cultural filmmaking, the ROSCAR Celebratory Awards will be awarded to filmmakers at the Durban Wild Talk Africa Film Festival and Conference, which runs from 27-30 August 2007 at the ICC Durban.

Tri Continental Film Festival is committed to promoting a human rights culture through film.

Cannes, France: New distribution channels, mobile developments and broadband opportunities have been the big discussion issues at MIPTV over the past three years. Now environmental concerns are creating a debating storm under the Green theme launched by MIPTV this year.

Oscar-winner Renee Zellweger (Cold Mountain, Miss Potter, Bridget Jones’ Diary) will receive the Crystal Award for excellence in film at the Women in Film Awards in Beverly Hills in June.

On 23 April, South African film producer Anant Singh (Yesterday, Cry, The Beloved Country, Sarafina!) will be honoured at the 12th Annual Palm Beach International Film Festival (PBIFF) with the prestigious Career Achievement Award

On 24 March at a glittering ceremony held at the Beverly Hills Hilton hotel in Hollywood, independent South African filmmaker Bart Smithers walked away with the Brigitte Bardot award for Best Film or Television Production in the International category of the Genesis Awards.