All articles by Elisabeth Knowles – Page 4

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    17th Dinard British Film Festival announces jury line-up

    2006-10-02T00:00:00Z

    The Festival du Film Britannique de Dinard (Oct 5-8) hasannounced its final jury line-up. Irish actress Bronagh Gallagher joins British actor/directorCharles Dance and actor Stephen Mangan to make up the UKcontingent of the 2006 Dinard British Film Festival jury. Other jury members are French actor Francois Berleand,actress Chantal Lauby, producer ...

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    Mexico and Belgium announce their Oscar entries

    2006-09-28T17:35:00Z

    Pan's Labyrinth has been announced as Mexico's entry into the Oscars' foreign-language film category.Directed by Guillermo DelToro, whose previous films include Hell Boy, Cronosand The Devil's Backbone, Pan's Labyrinth is a dark fairytale set in post-civil war Spain. In the movie, a young girl's fantasy world overlapswith real-life Fascist Spain.Pan's ...

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    NonStop Sales picks up Paid

    2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

    International sales agent NonStop Sales has picked up the English-language Dutch featurePaid. A gangster thriller in thefilm noir style, Paid is directed by first-time director Laurence Lamers and stars Tom Conti, MuriloBenicio, Corbin Bernsen andGuy Marchand.Paid is a Dutch production,produced by Slavenburg Films. The film will have itsmarket premiere at ...

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    Transmedia gets rights to Short Order

    2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

    New UK distributor Transmedia has announced theacquisition of the film Short Order,which will be released in early 2007 under the title Life Is A Buffet. The feature film was written by young Irishdirector Anthony Byrne and stars French actress Emma de Caunes, with VanessaRedgrave and John Hurt. The film takes ...

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    Raindance premieres films made on phones

    2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

    London-based festival Raindance hasbecome the first in the UKto screen movies made entirely on mobile phones. The festival, which runs at Cineworld Shaftesbury Avenuefrom until Oct 8, will be presenting the finalists in this year'sNokia Shorts competition, which had film-makers submit 15-second shorts shot ontheir handsets. The five finalists in ...

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    Odeon purchases two new cinema sites

    2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

    The UK'slargest cinema chain, Odeon, has announced that they will be opening two new cinemas. Anew site in Medway, Kentand the acquisition of the Vue cinema in Basingstoke,Hampshire, sees Odeon now owning a total of 110 cinemas and 843 screensnationwide.The Odeon cinema in Kentwill be a state-of-the-art nine-screen multiplex built ...

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    NZFC announces new short film manager

    2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

    The New Zealand FilmCommission has announced that Juliette Veber will take on their newly created role of Short FilmSales and Marketing Manager. Veber, whose post begins on Oct 2, has worked in thefilm industry for 10 years. She produced the feature film Toy Love, directed byHarry Sinclair, and associate produced ...