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    GEM works for DVD, theatrical launch of Peterson films

    2007-12-11T15:26:00Z

    GEM Entertainment has taken UK and US rights to seven features from UK-based Global Films, EdgeImageBank, Norwood Pictures, and Mnemonics Pictures. Nick Peterson, also known as a musician under the name Virtual Alien, directed all of the films. Five that will be released on DVD are: Writing On The Wall, ...

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    Paul Hills starts post-production on Do Elephants Pray'

    2007-12-11T15:11:00Z

    Post-production has started on the $1m romantic drama Do Elephants Pray'PaulHills directs and produces. He previously worked on projects including 1996 feature Boston Kickout.The film, which was shot in the UK and France, was jointly financed by private investment and produced by Amaranth Film Partners/Elephant Features Ltd.Jonnie Hurn and Julie ...

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    Brussels Fund starts $1.17m lab for maverick film-makers

    2007-12-11T11:41:00Z

    In a move designed to ensure that maverick filmmakers do not slip through the net, Brussels-based VAF (The Flanders AudioVisual Fund) is setting up a new fund targeting new talent. The Filmlab, as the new scheme is called, will invest $1.17m (Euros 800,000) in supporting adventurous new film projects. This ...

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    Pfeiffer/Kutcher romance begins shooting in Vancouver

    2007-12-08T20:25:00Z

    Insight Film Studios has begun principal photography in Vancouver on the romance Personal Effects starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Ashton Kutcher.Voltage Pictures introduced the project to foreign buyers at AFM and has completed pre-sales in more than 25 territories.The story centres on a man who arrives in a small town seeking ...

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    Josh Lucas signs on for Morahan's $15m God's Spy

    2007-12-07T11:15:00Z

    Josh Lucas with lead the cast in God's Spy, alongside Jordi Molla, Giancarlo Giannini, and Peter O'Toole. Andy Morahan will direct the $15m UK-Canada co-production. Cardinal Pictures' Lovett Bickford will produce in association with Local Films' executive producer Kim Leggatt. Brian Phelan wrote the script, based on true events that ...

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    Dream, Nanking share top prize at Taipei projects market

    2007-12-07T08:42:00Z

    Clara Law and Yim Ho shared the top award at the 3rd Taipei Film & TV Project Promotion (TFTPP) held Dec 4-6, dividing the cash prize of $15,500. Ironically, runner-up Sherwood Hu walked away with $9,300. Law's $2m Like A Dream follows an American-born Chinese who travels from New York ...

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    KOFIC and KEIC move toward new film insurance plan

    2007-12-06T16:21:00Z

    The Korean Film Council (KOFIC) and the Korea Export Insurance Corporation (KEIC) today signed an memorandum of understanding (MOU) towards the creation of a Cultural Export Insurance specifically for films. The MOU was 'an agreement to work together to support the local film industry' - to explore ways to steadily ...

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    Sarajevo Festival launches fund for Talent Campus shorts

    2007-12-06T13:31:00Z

    The Sarajevo Film Festival is launching a new project, Sarajevo City Of Film, in partnership with the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Government. The initiative will see the festival create a fund that will give participants of the Sarajevo Talent Campus the chance to create low-budget short films inspired by ...

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    Northern Lights, Moxie launch new $500,000 production prize

    2007-12-06T11:57:00Z

    This year's Northern Lights Film Festival (NLFF) in Newcastle will serve as a platform for launching a new feature film production prize in the UK worth up to $500,000 (£250,000).The programme, dubbed The Big Pitch, is a new venture from micro studio Moxie Makers and will provide training and development ...

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    New Line takes film rights to Capella's Chemistry For Beginners

    2007-12-06T11:04:00Z

    New Line has optioned the rights to Anthony Capella's forthcoming novel Chemistry For Beginners, in what is described as a 'high five-figure deal.'The book is described as a zany romantic comedy in a much different vein than Capella's usual work.Ileen Maisel, senior VP of European production, brought the project to ...

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    Painted Skin starts shooting with Chan as director

    2007-12-06T10:02:00Z

    Gordon Chan has replaced Wilson Yip and Andy Chin as director on the $15m mythical thriller Painted Skin, which has started shooting in Beijing. Donnie Yen, Zhou Xun and Vicky Zhao Wei head the cast of the film which also stars Chen Kun, Sun Li and Singapore star Qi Yuwu ...

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    Kiarostami, Panahi and Puiu among CineMart 2008 selections

    2007-12-05T21:46:00Z

    CineMart, the co-production market of the International Film Festival Rotterdam, has selected 39 projects for its 2008 edition, out of a record 550 entries. CineMart, celebrating its 25th anniversary, runs Jan 27-31, 2008 and comes with prize money of Euros 25,000.The selections are low- and medium-budget features including new projects ...

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    Irish budget gives 18% increase to Irish Film Board

    2007-12-05T17:23:00Z

    In this afternoon's Budget for 2008 Brian Cowen, Irish Minister for Finance, gave a generous 18% increase to the Irish Film Board and renewed Section 481 Film Relief until 2012.During the course of his budget speech the minister said, 'I am renewing Section 481 Film Relief until 2012 on the ...

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    Daldry's The Reader gets funding boost from Filmstiftung NRW

    2007-12-05T17:13:00Z

    International co-productions by Dito Tsintsadze, Ben Verbong, Joergen Bergmark, and Stephen Daldry are among 14 projects awarded over $8m (Euros 5.5m) by the Duesseldorf-based regional fund Filmstiftung NRW this week. The largest sum - $2.2m (Euros 1.5m) - went to Daldry's adaptation of Bernhard Schlink's bestselling novel The Reader, which ...

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    Baltic Event gives best project award to Temptation of Saint Tony

    2007-12-05T15:12:00Z

    The third annual Baltic Event co-production market announced four awards in Tallinn. The Temptation of Saint Tony, a local Estonian project, received $5,864 (Euros 4,000) for best project presented in the market. The black comedy is directed by Veiko Ounpuu and produced by Katrin Kissa, the same team behind the ...

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    Korea's Doosabu pacts with Polygon Entertainment

    2007-12-05T08:39:00Z

    Korea's Doosabu Film has announced a deal for two effects-laden films with US-based Polygon Entertainment, headed by former ILM computer graphics supervisor Hans Uhlig. Uhlig's credits include The Perfect Storm and The Day After Tomorrow. The Korean company, which produced gangster comedy My Boss, My Hero and dramedy Sex Is ...

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    Eros starts shoot for Sujoy Ghosh's Aladin

    2007-12-04T14:42:00Z

    Eros International has started shooting Sujoy Ghosh's Aladin, a modern day retelling of the Arabian Nights story with a Bollywood twist. Eros makes its first move into visual effects through its new venture EyeQube Studios on the project. Eros is producing Aladin in association with Sujoy Ghosh's company Boundscript. Amitabh ...

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    Unknown starRappoport takes lead in new Serebrennikov feature

    2007-12-04T14:24:00Z

    Russian-born actress Ksenia Rappoport, who was nominated for European Actress 2007 at last weekend's European Film Awards for her performance in Giuseppe Tornatore's The Unknown, has taken the lead in Kirill Serebrennikov's new feature Yuriev Den which has now begun shooting on location in the Russian town of Yuriev near ...

  • Reviews

    El Greco

    2007-12-04T11:01:00Z

    Dir. Yannis Smaragdis. Greece / Spain / Hungary, 2007. 107minsHaving picked up the Greek cinema State Award on top of the Audience Award at Thessaloniki, this is undisputedly this year's favourite Greek film, racking over 600,000 admissions and still going strong. An historical pageant adapted from a fictional biography by ...

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    Gaumont starts shoot for Splice starring Adrien Brody

    2007-12-04T10:36:00Z

    Vincenzo Natali has started principal photography on Splice, which Gaumont is co-producing with Canada's Copperheart Entertainment. The film is set to shoot until February 29 in Toronto, with a 2009 release planned.Splicestars Adrien Brody, Sarah Polley and Delphine Chaneac.Natali, who found cult success with Cube and also directed a vignette ...