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Kenny moves to US to head up Warner digital arm
Simon Kenny has been appointed president of the newly formedWarner Bros Digital Distribution, part of the sprawling Warner Bros Home EntertainmentGroup (WBHEG) division announced last October.Kenny will manage the worldwide electronic distribution streams ofcontent across a wide array of platforms that includes pay-per-view, electronicsell-through, video-on-demand, subscription-video-on-demand, and wireless,among others.He will ...
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Ozon, TLA to get tributes, Reinas to open Miami gay and lesbian fest
Manuel Gomez Pereira's ensemble comedy Reinas (Queens) and Todd Stephens' comedy AnotherGay Movie bookend theeighth Annual Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, which runs from Apr 21-30.Amnon Buchbinder's rites of passage comedy Whole New Thing has been named by organisers as thecenterpiece gala screening.The festival will pay tribute to distributor ...
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Matzner's Dreamland to open 11th Gen Art in New York
Jason Matzner's familydrama Dreamland and Gregg Kavet and AndyRobin's crime caper Live Free Or Diebookend the 11th Gen Art Film Festival, which runs from Apr 5-11 in New YorkCity.For the first time thefestival will honour a festival breakout talent with the juried Stargazer Awardfor excellence in acting.The award joins the ...
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Tribeca announces 33 projects in All Access Connects programme
The Tribeca Film Institute has announced the 33 winning projectsfor this year's Tribeca All Access Connects programme.The programme was set up to foster stronger relations betweenUS-based filmmakers of colour and industry executives.To facilitate this, organisers have arranged approximately 500meetings with representatives from more than 100 companies during the festivalfrom May ...
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Yu named LA-based director of acquisitions at Cinemavault
Robert C Yu has joinedToronto-based Cinemavault Releasing International as director of acquisitions.Yu, who will work out ofLos Angeles, previously served as vice president at law firm and producers repTulchin Entertainment.Prior to that he workedas sales coordinator at Alliance Atlantis and began his career as assistant tothe president of Paramount Classics.'It's ...
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MPAA, NATO launch theatre employee training programme
The Motion PictureAssociation of America (MPAA) has stepped up its anti-piracy campaign on theeve of ShoWest, teaming up with the National Association of Theatre Owners(NATO) and its Canadian counterparts to launch an online theatre employeetraining programme.FightFilmTheft.org isalso supported by the Canadian Motion Picture Distributors Association (CMPDA)and The Motion Picture Theatre ...
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Brodlie, Stier swell ranks at Paramount specialty division
Matt Brodlie has been named senior vice president of production andacquisitions and Geoff Stier senior vice president of production anddevelopment at Paramount's fast-expanding specialty division.Brodlie, who joins from TriStar Pictures, and former producerStier will both report to executive vice president of production andacquisitions Amy Israel."I am thrilled that we were ...
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Panther steals $9.2m for Fox, while Narnia powers on
The Pink Panther was the number one international picture of the weekend thanks toa raft of major market launches through Fox International that generated anestimated $9.2m.The comedy remake now stands at $30m. It opened top in Germany andAustria on $2.1m from 540 screens and $510,000 from 60 respectively.France generated $1.4m ...
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San Francisco doc fest will open on May 12 with Long Gone John
Gregg Gibb's The Treasures Of Long Gone John will open the sixth San FranciscoDocumentary Film Festival, which runs from May 12-21.The picture chronicles the artand musical obsessions of independent record producer Long Gone John, whohelped launch the careers of The White Stripes, Hole and Rocket From The Crypt.Also screening is ...
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Failure is anything but at domestic box office
Paramount's romantic comedy Failure To Launch was anything but a failure in itsopening weekend, soaring to number one on an estimated $24.6m weekend haul.Buena Vista's comedy The Shaggy Dog - the picture that had beenexpected to dominate the weekend - opened in second place on $16m,marginally ahead of Fox Searchlight's ...
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Beresford to direct Rachmaninoff romance Rhapsody
Bruce Beresford will direct the Sergei Rachmaninoff romance Rhapsody for producers Ed Pressman, and FrederickMuller and Floyd Bradley of London-based Prelude Features.Beresford will direct from a screenplay by Timothy Prager aboutthe life and loves of the Russian composer.Prelude obtained exclusive rights to the story from AlexandreRachmaninoff in Switzerland, as well ...
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Sundance favourite Quinceanera lands at SPC
Sony Pictures Classics (SPC) has picked-up North American andLatin American rights to the double Sundance winner Quinceanera directed by Richard Glatzer and WashWestmoreland.The coming-of-age story chartsthe ups and downs of an East LA girl as she approaches her fifteenth birthdaycelebrations while juggling concerns about her boyfriend, pregnancy and hertroubled cousin. ...
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Akeelah to open 200-film Philadelphia Film Festival on March 30
Daniel Atchison's drama Akeelah And The Bee will open and Nicole Holofcener's LosAngeles-set friendship drama Friends With Money will close the 15th Philadelphia FilmFestival.This year's event, which runs from Mar 30 to Apr 11, introducesnew sections catering to families and music lovers and honours Susan Sarandonwith the Artistic Achievement Award.Among ...
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Akeelah, Sweet Land bookend Cleveland Film Festival
Doug Atchison's spelling bee drama Akeelah And The Bee and Ali Selim's Minnesota-set romance SweetLand bookend the 30thCleveland International Film Festival, which runs from Mar 16-26.Alongside the Eastern European Film Competition and the Nesnadny +Schwartz Documentary Film Competition, the inaugural Greg Gund MemorialStanding Up Film Competition will celebrate films about ...
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Sight, Pounds take audience awards at NY Israel Film Festival
DanielSyrkin's mystery Out Of Sighttook the Panavision Audience Choice Award at the 21st Israel Film Festival,which ran in New York from Feb 23-Mar 9.Dani Menkin's 39 Pounds Of Love won the corresponding Audience Choice Awardfor best documentary, while Leonid Prudozsky took home the student film prizefor Dark Night.The Visionary Award ...
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Water to open fourth Indian Film Festival of LA
Deepa Mehta's 1930s Varanasi-set social drama Water will open the fourth annual Indian FilmFestival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) on Apr 19.The festival's executive director Christina Marouda also announcedthat the award-winning sitarist and composer Ravi Shankar will receive theLifetime Achievement Award."We are truly delighted to be hosting the Los Angelespremiere of ...
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Lionsgate to handle US release of Peaceful Warrior
Lionsgate will handle US distribution of Peaceful Warrior, the film based on Dan Millman'sself-help international bestseller Way Of The Peaceful Warrior which was produced by Mark Amin's Sobini Films.Lionsgate-based Sobini recently bought back domestic rights fromBlockbuster after producing the picture with DEJ Productions. Los Angeles-basedInferno Distribution retains international rights.The picture ...
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Universal promotes four key publicity strategists
UniversalPictures has promoted four key publicity strategists, with Los Angeles-basedAlissa Grayson and New York's Amy Thomases rising from vice president to seniorvice president, and Teresa Johnson and Amanda Scholer in Los Angeles jumpingfrom director to vice president.Grayson, Johnsonand Scholer will head up the three national publicity departments whileThomases will oversee ...
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Intel, Cinequest strike distribution, content alliance
California-based technologyoutfit Intel Corp and Northern California-based film institute Cinequest havestruck a content and distribution alliance.Users of Intel's Viivintegrated home entertainment platform will be able to access independent andinternational content gathered by San Jose-based Cinequest.Cinequest will providetitles that have not been released in North America but have played at its ...
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Warner, Weinsteins divvy up distribution rights on Ninja Turtles
Warner Bros will overseedomestic distribution and The Weinstein Company (TWC) will handle internationalon Imagi Services' upcoming CGI-animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles feature.The companies jointlyacquired the project and have announced a Mar 30 2007 North American releasedate.Imagi's Kevin Munroe willdirect from his own screenplay that was developed in consultation with Turtlesco-creator ...