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Russian exhibitor wins Euro backing for five multiplexes
Russian exhibitor, Rising Star Media, a joint venture between exhibition giant National Amusements and Soquel Ventures headed by American Paul Heth, has secured a $27.5m loan to build five new multiplexes in Russia.The seven year loan was provided by The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and Raiffenfeisenbank Zentralbank Osterreich. ...
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POLAND
Following last week's new entry Symmetry, which brought Polish films back into the box office chart after a two month hiatus, last weekend saw another local feature top the chart.Co-distributed by ITI Cinema and Interfilm, Ryszard Zatorski's feature film debut Nigdy W Zyciu! achieved over 230,000 admissions over the weekend ...
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Russia's exhibition sector set for rapid growth
The exhibition sector in Russia is set to grow once again this year driven by a box office that has been increasing by 80% a year over the past two or three years according to figures released by the Russian Ministry of Culture.While most of the action has been in ...
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The Return graced with Golden Eagles
Despite being snubbed by the Oscars, director Andrei Zvyagintsev's The Return swept to victory at the second edition of the Golden Eagles, one of Russia's two top film awards.At a ceremony held Saturday night at the Mosfilm Studios the country's National Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded the ...
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Polish box office falls as local films misfire
Polish box office and admissions slipped year-on-year during 2003.Yearly admissions fell 8.6% to 23.4m and box office 7.4% to $86.7m (ZLO319.7m) in 2003.The fall mirrors the worldwide box office decline and also follows a disappointing year for local titles, which saw only one major Polish release, Jerzy Hoffman's When The ...
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Eastern Europe production overview
For full Eastern European production listings click HEREMost production outfits in the East have hunkered down to complete post-production during the cold, dark winter months after the short and frantic shooting season of summer and autumn.In Russia 2003 was the best year for film production since 1991 with more ...
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Russian renaissance prompts increase in state support
The Russian film industry underwent a renaissance in 2003 according the Russian Ministry of Culture. After years of crisis the ministry announced that 60 state supported features, 400 documentaries and 30 animated films were produced last year. An additional 25 to 30 features were produced with wholly private ...
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Russia's Gorky Studios to be privatised
Russia's second largest film production facility, Gorky Studios in central Moscow, has taken the first step on the road to privatisation.The formerly state owned studios have been restructured as a joint-stock company with the state owning a blocking stake, 25% plus one of the shares, while the remaining shares will ...
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Tallinn takes off with 300-strong programme
The 7th annual Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (22 Nov-7 Dec) screened 300 films from 50 countries this year, making it the largest edition since its inception despite the ongoing struggle to finance the event. This year the festival also joined up with the second annual Baltic ...
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Polish broadcaster beefs up film spend
Polish public broadcaster TVP has vowed to increase its funding for the beleaguered Polish film industry amid signs that the crisis faced by producers over the last two years is beginning wane. TVP has been one of the major backers of Polish films throughout the 1990's, investing in nearly 90 ...
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Russia names Return as Oscar contender
As expected, the Venice Film Festival's recent Golden Lion winner The Return, directed by Andrei Zvyagintsev, has been selected as the Russian entry for the upcoming Oscars. The film, produced by Moscow based Ren Films, won worldwide critical acclaim in Venice and is considered a hot contender for a slot ...
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FERA launches Eastern European branch
The Federation of European Film Directors (FERA) has agreed to set up a regional office in Warsaw to serve the film industry in the new EU member countries of Central and Eastern Europe. The new office is to be headed by FERA Vice President, Janusz Kijowski who also heads the ...
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Polish industry stunned by festival upset
The 28th edition of the Polish Film Festival (Sept 16-20), held in the Baltic resort of Gdynia, turned into the most controversial event since the days when Polish filmmakers battled communist bureaucrats in the 1980's. Only this time the battle was artistic rather than political. In a decision that ...
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US exhibitor looks to cash in on Russian multiplex boom
Russia's largest multiplex opened this week (17 Sept) with a special gala screening of The Italian Job attended by its stars Mark Wahlberg and Charlize Theron as well as National Amusements top exec Shari Redstone. The new 11 screen, 7500 square metre KinoStar De Lux cinema seats 3100 people and ...
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Veteran Russian director shoots with terrorist biopic
One of Russia's most well known directors Karen Shakhnazarov is in production on a new film that takes the audience inside the mind of the world's earliest terrorist's.The Pale Horse, based on the life of Russian author and terrorist movement leader Boris Savinkov, is produced by Mosfilm Cinema Concern and ...
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Boomer explodes at Russian box office
While Renfilm's The Return has been racking up awards at Venice for its director Andrei Zvyagintsev, another Russian film has been making news at home. Boomer, directed by 27 year old Peter Buslov and produced by Moscow's Pygmalion Productions has taken more than $600,000 at the Russian box office since ...
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Russia bankrolls Moscow Heat
Russian body builder and actor Alexander Nevsky begins shooting a landmark production in Moscow this week.His new film, Moscow Heat, marks the first time a Russian production, backed by Russian money, has hired a predominantly American cast and crew and brought them to Moscow to make a film.Nevsky who has ...