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Goldcrest Independent picks up international on Portugal's Amalia
Goldcrest Independent has acquired international rights to VC Filmes' Amalia, a biopic about the celebrated Fado singer Amalia Rodrigues that it claims is the largest Portuguese production to date.Senior vice president of sales Pierre Weisbein will introduce the film at AFM next week. Carlos Coelho Da Silva directed from a ...
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34 films from 24 EU countries to screen at AFI's European Showcase
AFI has unveiled the complete line-up for the 2008 edition of its AFI European Union Film Showcase, to run at the AFI Silver Theatre in Silver Spring, Maryland, from November 6-25.Thirty-four films from 24 EU countries, including 11 official foreign language Oscar submissions, will screen. The films are: Eldorado from ...
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High School 3 beats off Saw V in blockbusting US box office weekend
Hollywood served a timely reminder that film-going appears to be recession-proof as two mighty brands powered the box office to its biggest weekend of the last ten weeks.The top 12 films climbed 40% against the same period last weekend after grossing approximately $120m and were led by Disney Channel's phenomenally ...
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Wild Bunch sells Javier Fesser's Camino to several territories
Spanish director Javier Fesser's controversial, but popular religious family drama Camino has been sold by Wild Bunch to several territories, including Latin America and India.Currently on general release in Spain through Alta Films, the film has been picked up by SPI for Poland, Quality Films for Latin America, Alliance for ...
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J Andrew Greenblatt and Eric Bresler join Philadelphia Film Society
J Andrew Greenblatt has been appointed executive director and Eric Bresler has been named managing director of the Philadelphia Film Society, which presents the Philadelphia Film Festival and the Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival.Greenblatt is the managing partner in OG Consulting and president of Film 101 Productions and ...
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US remake of Norwegian Troubled Water optioned by Basil Iwanyk
Norwegian director Erik Poppe's Troubled Water (De Usynlige) has been optioned by Hollywood producer Basil Iwanyk of Thunder Road (Clash of the Titans), for an American version. According to Scandinavian distributor Scanbox Entertainment, Iwanyk will develop the project with US-Icelandic producer Joni Sighvatsson and his Palomar Pictures.Sighvatsson is also backing ...
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Elizabeth Radshaw named director of Toronto Documentary Forum
The Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival has named Elizabeth Radshaw as the new director of its allied market, the Toronto Documentary Forum (TDF). Founding TDF director Michaelle McLean stepped down in June after nine years to become director of the Canwest-Hot Docs Completion Fund.Radshaw was most recently head of ...
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Church abuse drama Doubt will open AFI FEST
An unfinished version of Miramax's church abuse drama Doubt will now screen as the AFI FEST 2008 opening night film on October 30 after Paramount pulled The Soloist on Wednesday [October 22). Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams and Viola Davis star in John Patrick Shanley's 1960s-set story ...
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TrustNordisk takes on US remake Love at First Hiccup
TrustNordisk will handle international distribution of Love at First Hiccup, the US remake of Danish box-office franchise success, Anya & Victor. Danish sales agency, TrustNordisk, will handle international distribution of Love at First Hiccup, an American $2.4 million re-make of Danish romantic comedy Anya & Victor.'A world in crisis needs ...
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New York Women In Film & Television honours Linney and Sedgwick
Laura Linney and Kyra Sedgwick will be among the honourees at the New York Women In Film & Television's (NYWIFT) 28th annual Muse Awards on December 9.Linney earned an Academy Award nomination this year for The Savages and won an Emmy for the HBO miniseries John Adams. She has wrapped ...
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Joe Dante ready to enter the 3D Hole
Joe Dante will commence shooting the 3D supernatural thriller The Hole starring Teri Polo, Chris Massoglia and Haley Bennett for Bold Films and Benderspink in Vancouver on December 2. Bold Films International will commence pre-sales at AFM next month on the story of two brothers and their neighbour who ...
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Magnolia claims YouTube success with Wayne Wang's Princess
Magnolia Pictures' The Princess Of Nebraska from Wayne Wang drew more than 165,000 hits in its first two days following its launch on YouTube on October 18. The free release was launched on YouTube's Screening Room, a new channel dedicated to premium film content, and explores the bonds of ...
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Strong European representation under EFP's AFM umbrella
28 European sales agents and production companies from 13 countries have registered at European Film Promotion's (EFP) umbrella office in Santa Monica's Loews Hotel for the forthcoming AFM.The companies working out of the European Film Promotion office will include: the UK production houses Zephyr Films, Foundation Films and Reach Up ...
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Canada's Telefilm anoints Gross, Martinelli, Vince for slate development
Telefilm Canada has selected three Canadian production companies for its Slate Development Pilot Program (SDPP): Gabriella Martinelli's Capri Films, Paul Gross' Whizbang Films and Robert Vince's Keystone Pictures.Financed under the Canadian Feature Film Fund (CFFF), the slate development pilot program was established last year to match Canadian producers with Canadian ...
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Laurence Fishburne to be honoured at Bahamas festival
Laurence Fishburne will receive the Bahamas International Film Festival's (BIFF) Career Achievement Award in Nassau in December 7. Festival patron Sean Connery will present the honour, which was set up to recognise film-makers whose work has had a 'major impact and has advanced the frontiers of cinematic artistry around ...
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Tulpan takes top prize at Montreal's FNC
Sergei Dvortsevoy's Un Certain Regard-winner Tulpan took the top prize as Montreal's 37th Festival du Nouveau Cinema wrapped over the weekend. The debut feature, a Kazakstan-Germany coproduction, has been gathering laurels since its Cannes debut.Meanwhile the festival's jury, composed of Charlotte Laurier, Robert Levesque and Michel Savoy, was impressed with ...
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Troubled Water wins Hamptons' Golden Starfish
Erik Poppe's Norwegian-Swedish film Troubled Water won the 16th Annual Hamptons International Film Festival's Golden Starfish Best Narrative Feature and an awards package of more than $185,000 of in-kind production services. Megumi Sasaki's US entry Herb And Dorothy took the documentary award and a $5,000 cash prize while special ...
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Captain Abu Raed wins Heartland's grand prize
Amin Matalqa's Jordanian foreign-language Oscar submission Captain Abu Raed won the 17th Heartland Film Festival's grand prize at the weekend for best dramatic feature and a $100,000 prize. Click here for review. The annual Crystal Heart Awards Gala anointed Abigail Disney and Gini Reticker's Pray The Devil Back To ...
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North American box office soars with Max Payne
The US economy may be in dire straits but Hollywood remains recession-proof as the North American box office climbed for the fourth consecutive weekend against the same period last year after Fox's videogame adaptation Max Payne starring Mark Wahlberg opened top on an estimated $18m. Fox Searchlight's Civil Rights ...
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67 countries submit titles for foreign language film Oscar
A record 67 countries, including first-time entrant Jordan have submitted films for consideration in the foreign language film category for the 81st Academy Awards.Nominations will be announced on January 22, 2009 and the Oscar will be presented on February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Centre.Click ...