All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1321
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Ganis re-elected to second term as president of the Academy
Sid Ganis has been re-elected for a second term as president ofthe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) following a meeting ofthe board of governors.Executives branch governor and former Academy president RobertRehme was re-elected first vice president in this week's meeting [Aug 15],while music branch governor Arthur Hamilton ...
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Loach's Wind blows to IFC in North America
IFC Entertainment has picked up domestic rights to Ken Loach'sPalme D'Or winner The Wind That Shakes The Barley ahead of its North American premiere atToronto next month.The 1920s-set tale about the early Irish resistance movement willget a multi-platform release through IFC's First Take Films label in 2007.IFC Entertainment president Jonathan ...
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Medavoy, Roth on the honours roll for Hollywood Film Awards
Mike Medavoy will receivethe Hollywood Film Festival's Hollywood Producer of the Year Award and EricRoth will collect corresponding screenwriting honours at the Hollywood AwardsGala on Oct 23.Medavoy is celebrated for abody of work that includes the upcoming All The King's Men, Miss Potter and Zodiac, as well as Basic and ...
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New York Film Festival lineup boasts Lynch, Field, Coppola
New work from Sofia Coppola, David Lynch and Todd Field are amongthe final line-up of the 44th New York Film Festival (NYFF) announcedyesterday.Coppola's Marie Antoinette starring Kirsten Dunst will screen, as will Lynch's hi-defmystery The Inland Empire starring Laura Dern, Bong Joon-ho's South Korean horror phenomenonThe Host, and Field'sromantic drama ...
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Sony challenges BVI's Pirates record in Spain
Sony Pictures Releasing International (SRI) has challenged BuenaVista International's claim that Pirates of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest set a new industry opening record inSpain last weekend.According to figures the BVI sequel grossed Euros 8,598,915 includingpreviews on the Thursday night [Aug 10] before official release.SPRI executives said The Da Vinci ...
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Routh, Stallone, Strathairn in fillms at Palm Springs Short Films Festival
Brandon Routh, David Strathairn and Timothy Hutton feature in someof the films at the upcoming Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films& Short Film Market.The event will take place from Aug 24-30 and is expected toshowcase 333 films from 46 countries chosen from more 2,500 worldwidesubmissions.Superman Returns' Routh takes the ...
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Valderama, Universal to make Partybuddys movie
Wilmer Valderrama will produce and possibly star in Universal Pictures'story about Partybuddys founders James King and Jason Roefaro.Mike Samonek is writing the screenplay about the entrepreneurial friendswhose VIP service offers party-goers a ready-made posse, bodyguard, limo,paparazzi detail and nightclub entry.Valderrama's manager Glenn Rigberg will serve as executive producealong with John ...
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AFI Awards to announce annual winners on Dec 10
The seventh annual AFI Awards will be announced on Dec 10 andhanded out at a ceremony in Los Angeles on Jan 12, 2007.Ten AFI Movies of the Year, 10 AFI Television Programmes of theYear and up to 10 AFI Moments of Significance will be unveiled.Film honorees will be chosen by ...
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Cinemavault hires Rondina, MacPhee on sales team
Cinemavault Releasing International has bulked up its sales team,naming Ruby Rondina festivals and publicity manager and Alisha MacPhee marketsmanager.Rondina joined Cinemavault last year as distribution coordinatorand reports to both the acquisitions department and sales department. MacPheepreviously served as office manager.Laura Jengle becomes the new distribution coordinator andPatterson Skuce is named ...
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Grey Rembert leaves DreamWorks for Initial
Former DreamWorks production executive Grey Rembert has joinedInitial Entertainment Group as vice president of development.Rembert will work alongside senior vice president of creativeaffairs Jennifer Wachtell and will report directly to company head Graham King.Rembert joined DreeamWorks at its inception 12 years ago and mostrecently headed up the literary department at ...
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Saints kicks off IFP's Independent Film Week in Sept
The 28th Annual IFP Market and 1st Annual Filmmaker Conferencewill be among highlights of IFP's annual Independent Film Week in September.The New York event is scheduled to run from Sept 18-21 and kicksoff with the New York premiere of Dito Montiel's drama A Guide To RecognizingYour Saints.Other features include reduced ...
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Werber's Earthmen Friends to open Montreal
BernardWerber's Our Earthmen Friends will openthe 30th Montreal World Film Festival on Aug 24.Werber,the French sci-fi author of the Antstrilogy and most recently Le Souffle Des Dieux (The Breath Of The Gods), directed and Les Films 13 produced the project.OurEarthmen Friends is styled as adocumentary about Earth and humans made ...
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Spanish films get pole positions at New York Film Festival
GuillermoDel Toro's gothic fairy tale Pan's Labyrinth will close the 44th New York Film Festival, while PedroAlmodovar's drama Volver has been namedthe centerpiece presentation.Bothfilms played in competition at this year's Cannes Film Festival.Festivalorganisers also announced that they would screen a restored print of WarrenBeatty's 1981 historical saga Reds asthe festival ...
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TIFF introduces $10,000 cash prize for Canadian producers
Theupcoming 31st Toronto International Film Festival has inaugurated a producers'award supporting the Canadian industry in partnership with Canadian Film andTelevision Production Association (CFTPA) and the finalists of Telefilm CanadaPITCH THIS!The CFTPAProducers' Award will honour entrepreneurial independent producers of aCanadian feature screening at the festival and carries a $10,000 prize. Thewinner ...
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Peace Arch close to $20m credit facility with JPMorgan
Toronto-based film andtelevision production and distribution company Peace Arch Entertainment Groupis finalising a four-year $20m senior secured revolving credit facility withJPMorgan.The funds will be used byPeace Arch to finance its recently announced acquisition of the film librariesof Castle Hill Productions and Dream, as well as other company operations.Closing of the ...
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Ricky Bobby still reigns at North American box office
Sony's Tallladega Nights:The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby stayed inpole position in its second weekend at the North American box office ahead ofBuena Vista's dance drama Step Up andParamount's 9/11 drama World Trade Center.Talladega Nights will cross $100m later this week after adding anestimated $23m for $91.2m.Step Up, which stars Channing ...
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National Geographic lines up third annual film festival in LA and Washington DC
Minority filmmakers fromVietnam and gay and lesbian communities in Israel and Palestine will be amongthe line-up at National Geographic's third annual All Roads Film Festival. The event, which runs at theEgyptian Theatre in Los Angeles from Sept 28-Oct 1 and at the NationalGeographic Society in Washington DC from Oct 5-8, ...
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Bobby to get Hollywood Film Award for ensemble
The10th Annual Hollywood Film Awards will honour the ensemble cast from Bobby, Emilio Estevez's upcoming account of events surrounding theassassination of Bobby Kennedy.PiratesOf The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest willreceive the Hollywood Visual Effects of the Year Award, Cars will get the Hollywood Animation of the Year Award and X-Men:The Last ...
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TLA takes multiple territory rights on Boy Culture
TLA Releasing has acquiredall North American, UK, Australian and New Zealand theatrical and homeentertainment rights to Q AllanBrocka's gay drama Boy Culture.The picture received its USpremiere at Tribeca and tells of a male escort who must learn to open up to hisfeelings before he can have sex with an elderly ...
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Pirates continues to roll with record Spanish opening
Buena Vista International(BVI)'s Pirates of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest remained the top international picture for the sixthconsecutive weekend after posting a record breaking Spanish debut.The adventure romp grossedan estimated $44m from all its territories to raise the cumulative total to$463m. The result was powered by an industry high Spanish ...