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ContentFilm blames Winchester for loss
UK-US producer, distributorand sales company ContentFilm has posted a pre-tax group loss of £15.2m for theyear ending March 31.The loss includes an £8mwrite down against the film library Content acquired when it took overpublicly-listed UK media group Winchester Entertainment. It marks a £4m rise onthe loss recorded for the year ...
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Arte drawn to five starry French features
Arte Cinema, thefilm division of the Strasburg-based Franco-German television channel Arte, isto co-produce five new films, starring among others Emmanuelle Devos, LambertWilson, Ludivine Sagnier, and Charlotte Gainsbourg.The movies weredecided upon by a selection committee on July 6, and are some of theapproximately 20 films chosen annually for funding by the ...
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Les Choristes selected to close Montreal Film Festival
French smash LesChoristes has beenselected to close the 28th Montreal World Film Festival, August 26 to September6. The post-war period film, which has drawn 6.7 million admissions over its16-week run at the French box office, will screen as part of the closing nightgala celebration.Directed byChristophe Barratier and written by Barratier ...
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Surging Korean industry powers into int'l chart
The strength of the South Korean market is well reflected in this week'sinternational box office chart.Representing five of the top 30 positions this week, South Koreanreleases playing well enough at home to make the international chart were ledby comedy sequel Hi, Dharma 2 at number ten.So far this year, the ...
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Bradley promoted at MGM International TV Distribution
Angela Bradleyhas been promoted to vice president of international pay-per-view and video ondemand at MGM International Television Distribution.Bradley willcontinue to oversee distribution for international pay-per-view andvideo-on-demand programming for stations and hotels.She joined MGM'stelevision operations in 1999 as director of international sales planning andlater served as director of international pay per ...
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Berlin Music Fair to target film licensing
Film licensing is one of thetarget areas for a new music trade fair to be held in Berlin in SeptemberThe event, held under the banner GlobalMusic Buyers Fair, will bring together some 40 independent labels with the aimof exploring fresh opportunities for themusic business. The agenda includes such areas as ...
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Atmosphere, Wild Bunch team for Romero zombie pic
Eighteen yearsafter Day Of The Dead,George A Romero is preparing a fourth instalment in his legendary zombie seriesthat will be co-financed by US production company Atmosphere Entertainment andWild Bunch.Land Of TheDead is due to startfilming this autumn and will be produced by Atmosphere chairman and chiefexecutive officer Mark Canton, president ...
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Anchor Bay engineers domestic theatrical release of Malevolence
Anchor BayEntertainment in association with Painted Zebra Releasing is to release StevanMena's award-winning horror title Malevolence in the US, beginning with a Long Islandbow in August.The picture,which won best feature at the New York City Horror Film Festival and best 35mmfeature at the Long Island International Film Festival, is the ...
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Italy 15July
WhileItaly has to wait until September 16 to see international blockbuster SpiderMan 2 soar into the local box office, it was Eagle Pictures' time travelmovie Timeline that opened on top last weekend, grossing $778,022 from258 screens for an average of $2,638 per screen.UIP's TheStepford Wives also opened well, with the ...
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Locarno names Swiss showcase titles
Filmsby veteran director Alain Tanner, documentary filmmaker Ulrike Koch andanimator Georges Schwizgebel are among the line-up for this year's"Appellations Suisse" showcase of new Swiss cinema to be presented atthe forthcoming Locarno International Film Festival (August 4-14).The complete line-up for the "Appellations Suisse"showcase, which is aimed primarily at international buyers and ...
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First Look restructures legal department
First Look Media isrestructuring its legal department following the promotion of Doug McClure togeneral counsel, business and legal affairs.Kian Ghaffari will continueto report to McClure as director of business and legal affairs under anexpanded brief that will feature a more active role in video acquisitions.James Fagen is joining thecompany as ...
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Horror summer for Korean cinema
South Korea'scinematic output over the next few months will be concentrated less on festivalofferings and more on potential box-office hits.With a string ofhorror titles and star vehicles lined up for mid to late summer, local cinemawill be looking for some commercial successes to tide it over until the autumn,which is ...
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Russia revs up race car drama
Leading Russianproduction outfit Top Line Productions, headed by Sergei Gribkov, is set to begin shooting this week on a newproject, car racing drama Eau Rouge (Krasnaya Voda).The film will be directed byyoung Russian director Dmitry Cherkasov with a script by playwright OlegAntonov. Shooting, which will last throughout the summer, will ...
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Six young directors chosen for Cannes Residence
TawfikAbu-Wael, the Palestinian director who made a splash in the Cannes Critics'Week section this year with Thirst (Atash) is one of six youngfilm-makers selected by the Cannes festival for its residential trainingprogramme, Cannes Residence.Selectedby a committee headed by director Marion Vernoux, the other five interns areCelia Galan Julve from Spain, ...
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IFP/LA announces details of August Screenwriters Lab
IFP/LA has named theparticipants in its 2004 Screenwriters Lab, which recently kicked off and runsinto August.The lab aims to helpindependent screenwriters improve their skills and develop unique voices aswriters and will feature The Dangerous Lives Of Altar Boys screenwriter Jeff Stockwell as lab instructor.Confirmed guest speakersinclude Patty Jenkins (Monster),Larry Karaszeswki ...
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AFMA is now IFTA to reflect global concerns
Following extensivereorganisation that has seen the American Film Market (AFM) move to a Novemberslot and link up with the AFI Fest, AFMA has switched its name to theIndependent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA).It is understood the changeresponded to a need for a name that more clearly identified independentproducer and distributor ...
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Domestic box office up 5% on first six months 2003
At the half-way point in thecalendar year, official figures released by Nielsen EDI show North American boxoffice to be tracking 5% ahead of the same period last year.Chief drivers areDreamworks' Shrek 2 on $418.5m,Newmarket's The Passion Of The Christ on $370.2m, Sony's Spider-Man 2 on $256.4m, and Warner Bros' Harry ...
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Works sells Italian pair to Oz's Palace
UK-based sales agency TheWorks has sold two Italian titles to Palace Pictures for Australia and NewZealand.The distributorpicked up Paolo Sorrentino's Cannes Competition film The Consequences OfLove and Matteo Garrone's psychological thriller Primo Amore, whichpremiered in Competition at this year's Berlin International Film Festival.Both films wereproduced by Fandango's Domenico Procacci, who ...
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Locarno goes on 'journey of exploration'
Locarno's festival directorIrene Bignardi promises 'a journey of exploration' for this year'sInternational Competition line-up with films from France to Vietnam, fromKazakhstan to Belgium and from South Africa to India.'We chose the titleswhich had most to say about the tumultuous upheaval of the world today - andthe most pertinent, impertinent and ...
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Locarno goes on 'journey of exploration'
Locarno's festival directorIrene Bignardi promises "a journey of exploration" for this year'sInternational Competition (Aug 4-14)line-up with films from France to Vietnam, fromKazakhstan to Belgium and from South Africa to India."We chose the titleswhich had most to say about the tumultuous upheaval of the world today - andthe most pertinent, impertinent ...