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Norway's Bawke wins top prize at Palm Springs ShortFest
Hisham Zaman's Norwegian entry Bawke won the 2006 Palm Springs InternationalFestival of Short Films & Short Film Market (ShortFest)'s Best of FestivalAward on Aug 29. In other jury awards, The Best Live Action Under 15 Minutes prizewent to Sophie Barthes' US festival favourite Happiness, while Jens Assur's Swedish picture TheLast ...
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Korean-US co-production Never Forever wraps in NYC
New York-based Vox3 Films co-founder Andrew Fierberg and LeeJoon-Dong of Now Films have completed principal photography on Gina Kim'sromance Never Forever.Set in New York City, the US-Korean co-production follows theaffair between a Korean immigrant and a frustrated Caucasian housewife. Vera Farmiga, Korean star Ha Jung-Woo, and David McInnis head thecast ...
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THINKFilm takes on Kasdan's The TV Set
THINKFilm has acquired all North American rights to Jake Kasdan'scomedy The TV Set andplans a spring 2007 release.The picture, which premiered at Tribeca this year, centres on thetrials and tribulations of the idealistic writer of a TV pilot. David Duchovny,Sigourney Weaver, Ioan Gruffudd, Justine Bateman and Judy Greer star.Kasdan produced ...
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ASC sets annual awards for Feb 18, 2007
The 21st Annual American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Awardsfor Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography will take place on Feb 18 2007 inLos Angeles.'Our members established this annual celebration in 1986 forthe purpose of recognising and inspiring the pursuit of excellence in the artand craft of cinematography,' ASC chairman of the ASC's ...
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Goldwyn, Roadside to handle US on Amazing Grace
Samuel Goldwyn Films and Roadside Attractions will jointlydistribute the Toronto International Film Festival's closing night film AmazingGrace in the US.The Bristol Bay Productions' feature is directed by Michael Aptedand stars Ioan Gruffudd as the anti-slavery champion William Wilberforce.The cast includes Romola Garai, Rufus Sewell, BenedictCumberbatch, Youssou N'Dour, Ciaran Hinds, Michael ...
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Appleton leaves W&A for LA law firm Sheppard Mullin
Former Writers and Artists Agency general counsel Dina Appletonhas joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton's entertainment media and communicationspractice group.Appleton has extensive experience in entertainment transactions includingfilm and television development, production, financing and distribution.She is a co-author of Hollywood Dealmaking: Negotiating Talent Agreementsand teaches an annual entertainment deal making class ...
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Weinsteins buy into independent US TV channel Ovation
The Weinstein Company (TWC) has take it s first step into cable televisionas part of a consortium of private investors that has bought the independentcable channel Ovation, The Arts Network.Television executives Ken Solomon will oversee the network's relaunchas chairman, alongside chief executive officer Charles Segars, chief operatingofficer Ron Garfield, and ...
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IFM to handle world DVD and TV sales on 16 vintage Australian titles
IFMhas signed an exclusive distribution deal with Australian DVD distributorUmbrella Entertainment for a package of 16 Australian pictures from the 1970sand 80s.Theagreement is for worldwide representation excluding Australia and New Zealandfor DVD and TV.Titlesinclude the Bruce Beresford classics The Getting of Wisdom and Puberty Blues,The Picture Show Man starring RodTaylor ...
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AFI FEST schedules programme to celebrate 20th anniversary, predecessor Filmex
The Los Angeles AFI FEST islining up a series of events commemorating the 20th anniversary ofAFI FEST and 15 years of its predecessor Filmex.The commemorative programmeTake The Journey will run during the upcoming AFI FEST from Nov 1-12 at theArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood.Events include a screeningof Sacred Monsters presented byPeter ...
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First And Goal named as first private backer for Cruise/Wagner
Less than one week afterViacom chief Sumner Redstone banished Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner from theParamount kingdom, the pair has struck a development deal with an investmentfirm headed by Washington Redskins owners Daniel Snyder.The deal with First AndGoal, which is also headed by Dwight Schar, chairman of the homebuildingconglomerate NVR, ...
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Mulroney joins Shues in Picturehouse drama Gracie
DermotMulroney has joined Elisabeth Shue, Carly Schroeder and Andrew Shue on the castof Gracie, which begins shooting in NewJersey this week.Shue'spartner Davis Guggenheim is directing the drama based on a tragedy thataffected the Shue family and inspired a teenage girl to fight for the right forgirls to play competitive football.AndrewShue, ...
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Outfest, UCLA to restore Parting Glances, Word Is Out
Outfest and the UCLA Film& Television Archive have announced the first two pictures to be restoredas part of their film preservation partnership unveiled last year.The pictures are BillSherwood's 1986 AIDS drama Parting Glances starring Steve Buscemi and Word Is Out: Stories Of Some Of Our Lives, a documentary about gay ...
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Haas-directed Iraq thriller has world premiere at Hamptons
Theworld premiere of Philip Haas' Iraq-set thriller The Situation will open the 14th Annual Hamptons International FilmFestival, which runs from Oct 18-22.TheSituation centres on an Americanjournalist covering the conflict in Iraq whose life becomes endangered aftershe gets personally involved in a story. Connie Nielsen and Damian Lewis star.ShadowDistribution will release ...
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$2.6m donated to 9/11 charities from opening gross of World Trade Center
FourSeptember 11 charities will receive $2.6m as a portion of the first five days'gross of Paramount's drama World Trade Center.Aspreviously reported, 50% of the donation will go to the World Trade CenterMemorial Foundation, which was set up to fund construction of two reflectingpools located on the site of the Twin ...
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US football drama Invincible leads domestic box office
Buena Vista's true life American football drama Invincible trampled the competition at the weekendas it opened top with an estimated $17m in ticket sales.Mark Wahlberg stars as Vince Papale, the 30-year-old barman whoearned a place on the 1976 Philadelphia Eagles after responding to an open recruitingcall. Ericson Core's picture impressed ...
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Dead Man's Chest continues to fill with international grosses
Pirates of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest set another record for Buena VistaInternational (BVI) as it remained the international box office champion for aneighth consecutive weekend Ð the longest run at the top in the company'shistory.Meanwhile Cars ranked third in the international market behind Universal/UIP's MiamiVice, giving BVIexecutives plenty to ...
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Edmonds named to head Weinstein/Johnson co-venture
TraceyEdmonds has been appointed president of Our Stories Films, the African-Americancomedy studio announced by the Weinstein Company (TWC) and BET founder Robert LJohnson's RLJ companies in July.Edmondswill oversee studio operations and the overall vision, sourcing and shepherdingof projects from development to production. She is expected to announce a teamof executives ...
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Pirates set to sail past $500m at international box office
Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest will cross $500m this weekend as itattempts to rule the international waves for the seventh consecutive weekend.The adventure sequel has grossed more than $492.1m through BuenaVista International so far and should hold well despite no new openings.Meanwhile the animated feature Cars still has ...
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Craig joins Kidman in New Line's Golden Compass
Daniel Craig is the latest big name to join the cast of TheGolden Compass, NewLine's first installment in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials children's fantasy trilogy.Craig, who will star as James Bond in the upcoming CasinoRoyale, will play Lord Asriel, a ruthlessadventurer with a mysterious past.He joins Nicole Kidman, his ...
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New York Film Festival boasts Coppola, Lynch, Field
New work from SofiaCoppola, David Lynch and Todd Fields are among 28 additions to the line-up inthe 44th New York Film Festival next month.Coppola's Marie Antoinettestarring Kirsten Dunst will screen, as will Lynch's hi-def mystery TheInland Empire starring Laura Dern,Bong Joon-ho's South Korean horror phenomenon The Host, and Field's romantic ...