All articles by Malcolm Skene
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Americans in Paris boost inward production
Film production in the Ile De France, whichincludes Paris, was up last year, figures have revealed.Statistics released by the National Film Centre show that on any one dayin 2005, 10 film or TV productions were being shot on the region's boulevards,parks or studios, amounting to 3,363 shoot days.Feature films accounted ...
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Paris court overturns L'Ex Femme, Warners ruling
The Paris court of appealshas overturned a ruling that prevented the film L'Ex Femme de Ma Viefrom benefiting from French subsidies.France's National CinemaCentre (CNC), responsible for granting subsidies to French and European films,appealed the decision on the film last year. Recent controversy hasfocused on Jean-Pierre Jeunet's A Very Long Engagement, ...
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Hungarian District triumphs at Annecy
TheDistrict,directed by Hungarian Aron Gauder, has taken the highest honours for afeature-length film at this year's festival of animation at Annecy in France(June 6-11). The film looks at rivalHungarian and Gypsy clans against the backdrop of the ghetto in Budapest. Thetop award for a short film went to The Mysterious ...
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Paris Cinema launches festival programme
Plans for the city's third Paris Cinema festival (June29-July 12) were unveiled today by Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe and ConstantinCosta-Gavras, who will be presiding over the event.Thisyear's festival, which was created by city hall after Delanoe becamedissatisfied with the now rival event, the Paris Film Festival, boasts no lessthan 400 ...
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Diller ends Vivendi feud with $3.4bn deal
Barry Diller'sIAC/InterActive Corp. has agreed to sell its stake in Vivendi UniversalEntertainment (VUE) for $3.4 billion. The deal will see Diller handover his 5.4% stake in VUE to NBC Universal -a stake which has long been a bone of contention between Vivendi and Diller andwhich had threatened to derail Vivendi's ...