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Venice Days to open with d'Alo's Pinocchio
Venice Days has announced that the opening film for 2012 will be Pinocchio directed by Enzo d’Alo and scripted by Umberto Marino.For full production details visitPinocchioThe new film is said to be as faithful to Carlo Collodi’s original text as possible, and it features illustrations by Lorenzo Mattotti and music ...
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NewsUK creative industries have 'soup kitchen mentality,' says Lord Puttnam
Lord Puttnam had some home truths for the UK creative industries last week during a speech about entrepreneurship. Should the film industry be concerned?
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NewsNew Horizons awards go to Thursday Till Sunday, Donoma, Punk Syndrome
Festival presents 469 films over 11 days; Fipresci prize goes to Neighbouring Sounds by Brazil’s Kleber Mendonca. Polish-Indian co-production talks becomes reality.
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NewsDanny Boyle's Olympics opening ceremony draws 27m viewers in UK
Danny Boyle’s near-universally acclaimed opening ceremony scored the biggest UK TV ratings in 14 years; James Bond, Chariots Of Fire, The Queen feature in opening ceremony.
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NewsMemento racks up sales on Craig Zobel’s Compliance
EXCLUSIVE: PictureWorks takes India and AT Entertainment, Japan ahead of controversial picture’s international premiereat the Locarno Film Festival.
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NewsNew films by Bayona, Trueba, Castellitto in San Sebastian line-up
The Spanish titles to screen at this year’s San Sebastian Film Festival were unveiled today, with the rest of the official selection yet to be announced.
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NewsVenice’s Alberto Barbera: “We are prepared to take risks on young filmmakers who deserve a chance to be better-known”
Venice artistic director says Horrizonti day-and-date online initiative could extend to other sections in future, clarifies that Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master is not in selection.
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NewsSundance Channel adds deals in Thailand, China, Belgium, France
AMC/Sundance Channel Global has signed new distribution deals for Sundance Channel in Asia and expanded on demand offerings in Europe.
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NewsHot projects on Screenbase
Christian Slater stars in horror sci-fi Stranded and Vinnie Jones takes on the lead role in comedy Flight Redirected.
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NewsVenice Classics section to welcome Cimino with restored Heaven's Gate
The forthcoming Venice Film Festival will celebrate its 80th anniversary* with a new Venezia Classici (Venice Classics) section.American director Michael Cimino will attend the screening of the Criterion restored version of his 1980 film Heaven’s Gate [pictured]. The film was presented in Venice in 1982 in its original premiere length.*It ...
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NewsInward investment surges in UK as number of domestic productions and spend fall
Film creates an annual £1.5bn trade surplus for UK, according to BFI, but as inward investment rises number of domestic productions, and spend of those productions, fall.
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NewsGerman co-financier of Traffic and Gangs Of New York making first foray into local production
EXCLUSIVE: Splendid Medien, the Cologne-based co-financier of such US mainstream films as Traffic and Gangs Of New York, is set to make its first foray into local German production this autumn.
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NewsHaneke actress Susanne Lothar dies at 51
German actress Susanne Lothar, who appeared in four films by Michael Haneke, has died at the age of 51.
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NewsDurban FilmMart wraps with development, production grants and festival invites
Best Feature Film Project goes to Jambula Tree; some projects on their way to IDFA, Rotterdam.
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NewsVenice line-up unveiled with 50 world premieres including new Malick, Bier, Gitai, Oliveira films
UPDATED: The Venice Film Festival has unveiled the line-up for its 69th edition, including 50 world premieres such as To The Wonder [pictured] by Terrence Malick, Spring Breakers by Harmony Korine, and Pieta by Kim Ki-duk.
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NewsMEDIA backs new films from Greenaway, Folman, and Loznitsa; Libya now eligible for European funding
New films from Peter Greenaway (Goltzius & The Pelican Company), Ari Folman (The Congress) and Sergei Loznitsa (In The Fog, pictured) are among 38 titles awarded a total of over €1.36m by the European Commission’s MEDIA i2i Audiovisual Programme.
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NewsNichols' Mud to open Deauville Festival of American Film
Guests of honour include director William Friedkin, who will give masterclass, and prolific Hollywood producer Paula Wagner.
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NewsArbitrage to open San Sebastian Film Festival
Susan Sarandon and Richard Gere will attend the opening night gala screening.
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NewsVenice Days selections include Hiam Abbass' Inheritance
Venice Days has unveiled the line-up for its ninth edition (Aug 30-Sept 8).