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Film News: Company nabs U.S. rights to S. Korean Cannes winner — Kino International has acquired U.S. distribution rights to the South Korean Cannes winner “Poetry.”

Film News: Italian distrib picks up rights to Cannes documentary — Cinecitta Luce has bought Italian distribution rights to “The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu”

Film News: Titles played in Cannes’ UCR, Fortnight — IFC Films has picked up U.S. distribution rights to two titles at Cannes: Xavier Dolan’s “Heartbeats” and Antoine Blossier’s feature directorial debut “Prey.”

Film News: Spanish genre pics are hotly anticipated — Top Spanish indie distrib Aurum has inked film distribution rights to two of Spain’s most awaited genre movies of the year: Eduardo Chapero-Jackson’s futuristic fantasy “Verbo” and Eugenio Mira’s period thriller “Agnosia.”

Film News: Distrib nabs Naomi Watts-Sean Penn starrer — Summit Entertainment has picked up North American distribution rights to “Fair Game.”

Film News: Minimajor nabs U.S. distrib rights to crime thriller —
Lionsgate has picked up U.S. distribution rights to Katherine Heigl crime thriller “One for the Money.”

Film News: Studio nabs distribution rights to crime thriller — Lionsgate has picked U.S. distribution rights to Katherine Heigl crime-thriller “One for the Money,” from Lakeshore Entertainment and Sidney Kimmel Entertainment.

Film News: Neo-Western starring Ryan Kwanten preemed in Berlin — Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group has picked up all U.S. distribution rights to the neo-Western thriller “Red Hill, which premiered at the 2010 Berlin Film Festival.

Film News: London-set pic stars Banderas, Hopkins, Watts — Sony Pictures Classics has snagged the North American distribution rights to Woody Allen’s drama “You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger” and set a fall release.

Film News: Horror pic produced by Eli Roth, StudioCanal, Strike — Lionsgate has grabbed U.S. distribution rights to “The Last Exorcism,” a verite-style horror pic produced by Strike Entertainment, StudioCanal and genre maven Eli Roth.