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Sarajevo set to joinEuropean film fund network
The Film Foundation Sarajevo could become one of the members of Cine Regio, the European network of regional film funds, by the beginning of October. Speaking exclusively to ScreenDaily during Sarajevo's CineLink market, Cine Regio's general secretary Charlotte Appelgren said that meetings had been held with representatives of the Sarajevo ...
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Fremaux gets new general manager title at Cannes
Cannes artistic director Thierry Fremaux has been named general manager of the festival, organizers announced Monday. The appointment was made by the Cannes board of directors on July 19 based on a proposal by Cannes president Gilles Jacob.Fremaux officially took up his new functions on August 9, while continuing to ...
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Kinowelt unveils production slate
Neue Kinowelt Filmproduktion (NKF), the recently founded production arm of Germany's Kinowelt Group, has unveiled an ambitious slate of projects.They include new German language features by Esther Gronenborn, Til Schweiger, Michael Schorr and Hendrik Handloegten spanning all genres from arthouse to the mainstream.According to Kinowelt's Bertil le Claire, NKF aims ...
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The Living and the Dead (Zivi I Mirtvi)
Dir: Kristijan Milic. Bosnia-Herzegovina/Croatia, 2007. 90 mins.The winner of theGrand Prixat The 54th Pula Film Festival,garnering seven awards in total (including best picture and director), The Living and the Dead is a striking examination of war-fever, unadulterated and Balkan-style. Kristijan Milic's debut film will strike a familiar chordwith its own ...
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Lucky Red acquires Italian rights to TWC titles 1408 and Halloween.
Italian distributor Lucky Red has announced the acquisition of two high-profile genre titles from The Weinstein Company. Those titles are 1408 by Mikael Hafstrom starring John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson as well as Halloween by Rob Zombie. The deals constitute the first between Lucky Red and The ...
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Duska selected as Dutch foreign language film Oscar submission
Jos Stelling’s dark comedy Duska has been selected as the Netherlands’ best foreign language submission for the 2008 Academy Awards.The film is the first Eyeworks Egmond Film and Television production since the merger with the Eyeworks Group and centres on a lost film critic, a beautiful cinema cashier, and a ...
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Bavaria picks up international rights to $20m Mann adaptation
Bavaria Film International has picked up international distribution rights for Heinrich Breloer's lavish adaptation of Thomas Mann's Nobel Prize-winning novel Buddenbrooks which is currently shooting on location in the historical Hanseatic city of Luebeck. The $20m (Euros 15m) production by Bavaria Film and Colonia Media Filmproduktion of Die Buddenbrooks ...
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Dotzert to oversee Senator's German-language projects
Senator Entertainment has appointed Dirk Dotzert tooversee the coordination of German language projects being offered tothe group's theatrical distribution and production arms.Dotzert, who had previously worked as a freelance consultant, will workclosely with Anatol Nitschke of Senator Film Verleih and ChristophMueller of Senator Film Produktion on the initial assessment andmonitoring ...
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Odyssey takes on sales for $65m Nutcracker: The True Story
UK-based sales company Odyssey Entertainment has struck a deal to handle international sales and distribution of Anderi Konchalovksy's Nutcracker: The True Story (working title).The $65m film is set in 1920s Vienna and adapts the classic story that inspired Tchaikovsky's ballet. Konchalovsky and Chris Solimine wrote the screenplay, and the film ...
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Reprise enjoys triple win at Norwegian film awards
Norwegian director Joachim Trier's feature debut, Reprise, became a triple winner of the Amanda awards, the Norwegian national film prizes.The honours were handed out at a TV2-televised ceremony from Haugesund's Festiviteten Concert Hall, preceding the opening of the 35th Norwegian International Film Festival. Reprise cashed in on four nominations, ...
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French box office celebrates summer bonanza
The French box office in July saw a staggering 57.8% increase in ticket sales over the same month last year. The total box office for 2007 thus far, however, is down 2.5% compared to the same period in 2006. While July was not the best month of this year, ...
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Venice adds selections including Gitai's Disengagement
Marco Mueller has added several new titles to the line up of the 64th edition of the Venice Film Festival completing his official selection, theBiennale announced Friday.The new films include Israeli director Amos Gitai's Disengagement,which stars French actress Juliette Binoche.Tipped as a story of family sentiments set amidst Israel's pull ...
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Der Baader Meinhof Komplexawarded $3.6m from German fund
Producer-distributor Constantin Film has been allocated $3.6m(Euros 2.7m) - the fourth largest amount so far this year - from the German (Federal Film Fund (DFFF) for its production of Uli Edel's Der Baader Meinhof Komplex which began shooting in Berlin last week. The support, which is only exceeded by the ...
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Gavron, Morgenthaler projects selected for San Sebastian's Zabaltegi
The San Sebastian International Film Festival has selected 16 films for its Zabaltegi-New Directors section this year. As first or second films, these projects will compete for the Euros 90,000 Altadis-New Directors Award, and first and second films in the official selection can also compete.Highlights include Mania Akbari's 10+4 from ...
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Zentropa plans feature about Danish terrorist group
Zentropa is planning a feature film to tell the story of the Blekinge Street Gang, the Danish terrorist group which will also be the subject of two TV projects.Since last year Zentropa has been preparing Blekinge Street, anoriginal story based on the real-life events 20 years ago scripted byLars Kjeldgaard ...
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Tykwer action thriller gets $5.3m from German fund
Tom Tykwer's action thriller The International has been awarded Euros 4m by the German Federal Film Fund (DFFF).It isthe third largest amount allocated by the incentive programme after the Wachowski brothers' Speed Racer (£12m) and Bryan Singer's Valkyrie ($6.4m). The 'German spend' incentive scheme has now paid out almost two-thirds ...
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16 films feature at Nordic Co-Production Forum
16 new Scandinavian and German feature film projects, with budgetsbetween $1.2 and $9m (Euros 0.9m-7m), will be presented at the second NordicCo-Production Forum, which takes place between Aug 22-23 as part of theNew Nordic Films market during the Norwegian International FilmFestival in Haugesund. Total production volume exceeds $68m (Euros 50m.)Last ...
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Beneath The Rooftops of Paris (Sous Les Toits De Paris)
Dir: Hiner Saleem. France, 2007. 100minsThis study of old age and solitude finds exiled Kurdish director Hiner Saleem divesting himself of the mischievous drive and wicked sense of humour which permeated such earlier efforts as Vodka Lemon and Kilometre Zero. Launched in a light, warm and humanistic vein which keeps ...
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The Match Factory picks up German tragicomedy
The Match Factory has picked up international distribution for Neele Leana Vollmar's second feature Friedliche Zeiten (literal translation: Peaceful Times) which has begun shooting in Munich and surroundings. The tragicomedy, based on Birgit Vanderbeke's 1996 novel of the same name, is being produced by Vollmar and Caroline Daube's joint production ...
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Amralla named artistic director at Dubai festival
Dubai International Film Festival has promoted Masoud Amralla Al Ali, previously head of Arab programming, to the position of artistic director. He will work alongside festival chairman Abdulhamid Juma and managing director Shivani Pandya, and be supported by Simon Field, who oversees international programming. Other members of the programming team ...