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    Godley brings on Alan Almond for Treetops Glisten

    2007-10-08T12:00:00Z

    Kevin Godley's thriller Where The Treetops Glisten has brought on board Alan Almond as director of photography. The $5m UK/South Africa co-production is now assembling its cast. Pre-production will start Jan 14, 2008 with a shoot ryunning Feb 18-March 21 in Cape Town. Post-production will be done in the UK, ...

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    PUSAN: Five film commissions join AFCNet ranks

    2007-10-07T09:25:00Z

    With Asian nations vying for the lucrative international location shooting business, five Asian film commissioners are making their debut as new members of AFCNet at BIFCOM, the locations showcase held concurrently with Pusan 's Asian Film Market. Australia 's Gold Coast City Council, Philippines Film Development Council, Thailand Film Office, ...

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    PUSAN: Thailand's Mono Film dials up Missed Calls

    2007-10-07T09:20:00Z

    After scoring a hit with romantic drama Me Myself which was subsequently bought for a Korean remake, up-and-coming Thai production house Mono Film is attending Pusan's Asian Film Market with new romantic drama Missed Calls. Directed by Piti Chaturaphat, the picture is about three young people who are compelled to ...

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    PUSAN: Irving, Baek to star in Fire Circle's Hanji Box

    2007-10-07T09:11:00Z

    US actress Amy Irving is to star in the first US-Korea co-production to shoot in Seoul with funding and support from the Seoul Film Commission (SFC). Fire Circle Films announced the project at Pusan, in preparation for a round of co-production meetings they are planning for the market. Based on ...

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    THINKFilm teams with Half Nelson producers on Blue Valentine

    2007-10-06T06:00:00Z

    THINKFilm is reuniting with its Half Nelson partners Silverwood Films and Hunting Lane Films on the drama Blue Valentine, which marks the first time THINKFilm will fully finance a feature.Filming is set to begin in February with Silverwood's Lynette Howell and Hunting Lane's Jamie Patricof and Alex Orlovsky serving as ...

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    Radha Mitchell joins cast of Mimi Leder's The Code

    2007-10-06T02:59:00Z

    Radha Mitchell has joined Morgan Freeman and Antonio Banderas on Nu Image/Millennium Films, Revelations Entertainment and Equity Pictures' drama The Code.Mimi Leder will begin filming in mid-October in New York and subsequently at Nu Image's Nu Boyana Film Centre in Sofia, Bulgaria.Boaz Davidson, Lori McCreary, Danny Lerner, Les Weldon and ...

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    Pinewood Media adds collection account management to offerings

    2007-10-05T15:10:00Z

    UK-based financial services company Pinewood Media, which provides global foreign exchange, currency transfer, international payments and risk management to the film, TV and new media industries, has recently launched a new collection account manangement (CAM) service. The service lets Pinewood Media (which is not tied to Pinewood Studios) to allocate ...

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    Cinecitta rebounds from fire, books in Spike Lee and U-900

    2007-10-05T13:46:00Z

    Cinecitta Studios is back in business after a blaze last August partly damaged an area of the studio's back lot, the studio announced today.The August 9th fire was extinguished without any residual damage to the studios buildings or archives - but not before the 'Roman suburbs' set from the BBC/HBO ...

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    Telefilm renews $2m theatrical documentary fund

    2007-10-05T10:51:00Z

    Telefilm Canada has announced the renewal of the Theatrical Documentary Pilot Program. Designed to assist the production and post-production of feature-length documentaries intended for Canadian theatrical release, the $1.875m initiative is co-financed by the National Film Board of Canada and the Rogers Group of Funds, a foundation underwritten by Canada's ...

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    PUSAN: Busan City breaks ground on $35m post facility

    2007-10-05T09:54:00Z

    Marking the second day of the Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF), Busan Metropolitan City has broken ground for the Busan Post-Production Facility - to be built in the Centum City complex in Haeundae. The facility will house a film lab and studios for digital intermediate, editing, computer graphics, sound recording ...

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    PUSAN: Huayi Brothers to produce $20m D-Project

    2007-10-05T09:48:00Z

    Chinese producer-distributor Huayi Brothers will be commencing sales on a $20m suspense thriller, to be directed by Hong Kong 's Tsui Hark, at Pusan 's Asian Film Market next week. The project, which has the working title D-Project, is based on the real-life Tang Dynasty magistrate Di Renjie (aka Judge ...

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    Warner Bros in Spain to develop and co-produce El Deseo films

    2007-10-04T13:17:00Z

    Pedro and Agustin Almodovar's El Deseo has further strengthened its partnership with Warner Bros International in Spain by agreeing to develop and co-produce film projects with the studio, including El Patio De Mi Carcel, currently shooting in Madrid.Warner Bros already distribute El Deseo's films in Spain.'Since we are particularly close ...

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    Kormakur follows Jar City with Ivanov film and theatre project

    2007-10-04T13:12:00Z

    Icelandic director Baltasar Kormakur plans to follow up his recent thriller Jar City, the country's Oscar submission and a local box-office hit, with an innovative cinema/theatre project based on Chekhov's classic Ivanov. Last summer, Kormakur shot a film based on the work (not a filmed play but a feature on ...

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    Hong Kong's HAF projects market open for submissions

    2007-10-04T12:22:00Z

    The Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF) has made its first call for project submissions, which it will accept until November 15. The sixth edition of the financing and co-production market is scheduled to take place March 17-19, 2008, concurrently with the four-day contents market Filmart. Organised by the Hong ...

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    Feng to tackle China's nouveau riche in The Nobles

    2007-10-04T08:49:00Z

    Chinese director Feng Xiaogang, whose Assembly opens the Pusan International Film Festival tonight (Oct 4), is planning to shoot a $5m satirical comedy The Nobles about China's 'nouveau riche'. Beijing-based Huayi Brothers is producing the film, set to star Ge You, while state-owned China Film Group will also invest in ...

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    Sundance, Time Warner establish writing 'advancement' fund

    2007-10-03T23:57:00Z

    Sundance Institute and Time Warner have established the Time Warner Storytelling Advancement Fund to support up to 20 Fellows each year with their writing projects.Selected Fellows will each receive a grant to further projects that embody timely and innovative narratives. The inaugural Fellows are film-maker Patricia Benoit for her project ...

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    Ascot Elite picks up three new titles including The Reader

    2007-10-03T13:02:00Z

    Swiss independent distributor Ascot Elite has picked up three new titles including Stephen Daldry's Bernhard Schlink adaptation The Reader, which began shooting in Berlin and Goerlitz this week with Nicole Kidman, David Kross and Ralph Fiennes. Senator Entertainment will be releasing The Reader theatrically in Germany and Austria. The other ...

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    Aardman plans Wallace and Gromit short for BBC TV

    2007-10-03T12:35:00Z

    Aardman's famed Wallace and Gromit characters, last seen on the big screen in 2005 feature Curse Of The Were-Rabbit, are returning to a 30-minute format for TV. Trouble At' Mill will be shown on BBC 1. The short is in pre-production now and will start shooting in January 2008 to ...

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    Czech Culture Ministry drops tax incentives from film law proposal

    2007-10-03T12:24:00Z

    Hopes for a comprehensive Czech film law which would benefit runaway productions as well as local films are fading, but there remains a chance that both foreign and local producers will see improved conditions in the middle distance. As Screendaily.com reported in July, Czech filmmakers and politicians have long been ...

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    Hong Kong's FDC unveils details of film fund

    2007-10-03T03:56:00Z

    Hong Kong's Film Development Council, established by the government earlier this year to support the ailing local film industry, has unveiled details of its Film Development Fund (FDF), which aims to provide financial support for small-to-medium budget film productions. The $38m (HK$300m) fund, which is now inviting applications, will fund ...