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Paramount hires Poku for international marketing post
Former Focus Features director of publicity Dee Poku has joinedParamount's rebranded specialty division as vicepresident of international marketing.Poku (pictured) will relocate from New York to Los Angeles andreport to division chief John Lesher."Dee's relationships in the international marketplace, aswell as her incredible talent and filmmaker relationships, make her an idealchoice ...
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Golden Globes to introduce animated feature in 2007
Members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) havevoted to add the category of best animated feature film to next year's 64thAnnual Golden Globes.Eligible films must be 70 minutes or longer with no more thanone-quarter comprising live-action footage.If less than eight animated films qualify, the award will not behanded out ...
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Brokeback Mountain leads Oscar nominations
Focus Features' Brokeback Mountain confirmed its reputation as the frontrunner for this year's 78th Annual Academy Awards with eight nominations, as Hollywood's specialty divisions dominated the major categories with a raft of provocative work.Ang Lee's acclaimed drama wasnominated for best picture, director, lead actor for Heath Ledger, supportingactor for Jake ...
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Film Sales Co takes on rights to Panorama title Dolls
Andrew Herwitz's The FilmSales Company has bulked up its Berlin sales slate with Israeli Filmmaker TomerHeymann's Paper Dolls, whichreceives its world premiere in the Panorama section. Herwitz is handlingworldwide rights on the picture.Claudia Levin and StanleyBuchthal produced the picture, which chronicles the life of Filipinotransvestites who enter Israel illegally to ...
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Munich takes international crown with $15m weekend
Opening in more than 3,000sites in 30 markets at the weekend, Universal's thriller Munich was the number one title as it took an estimated $15mthrough UIP.The UK generated $2.2m from350 sites, France opened on $2.5m from 437, Germany produced $1.7m from 394,and Italy generated $1.6m from 304.Australia produced $1.4mfrom 172, ...
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Big Momma's House 2 wins domestic weekend with $28m
Fox's comedy sequel Big Momma's House 2 stole the show at the North American boxoffice over the weekend and opened top on an estimated $28m, almost double thegross of Universal's debutant Nanny McPhee in second place.Last weekend's champion Underworld: Evolution fell two places to third in its secondweekend on $11.1m ...
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House Of Sand wins Sundance Alfred P Sloan prize
AndruchaWaddington's The House Of Sandhas been awarded the Sundance 2006 Alfred P Sloan Prize.The picture screened in theWorld Cinema Dramatic Competition and was also a recipient of the 2002 Sundance/NHKInternational Filmmakers Award supporting emerging directors.Waddington's story follows the life of a Brazilian woman spanning threegenerations. The awards committee praised the ...
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Katz, Moldo resurrect UK genre label Amicus
Gettysburgproducer Robert Katz is resurrecting UK genre company Amicus Entertainment withlongtime Amicus executive Julie Moldo following the acquisition of the companyfrom the estate of Amicus founder Max J Rosenberg.Katz intends to produce up to six titles a year featuring originalwork and projects inspired by the catalogue, which includes 1970s hits ...
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Ang Lee wins DGA honours for Brokeback Mountain
Ang Lee took a giant stride towards the Academy Award at theweekend after collecting top honours from the Directors Guild of America (DGA)on Saturday night for Brokeback Mountain.Lee beat out George Clooney for Good Night, And Good Luck, Paul Haggis for Crash, Bennett Miller for Capote, and Steven Spielberg for ...
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Hoffman, Witherspoon, Crash cast take top SAG awards
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Reese Witherspoon and the ensemble cast ofCrash were among thechief winners at the 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards in LosAngeles yesterday evening.Hoffman won outstanding performance by a male actor in a leadingrole for his role as Truman Capote in Capote, while Witherspoon won correspondinghonours for ...
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We Go Way Back takes top honours at Slamdance Film Festival
Lynn Shelton's We Go Way Back has won the 2006 Grand Jury Award for best narrativefeature at the Slamdance Film Festival, while Philippe Diaz' Empire In Africa has taken corresponding documentaryhonours.The Grand Jury Prize for best narrative short went to Peter Templeman'sThe Saviour, and theaward for best documentary short was ...
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Dowling to write, O'Connor to direct Paramount/MTV Films project Born To Rock
Paramount Pictures and MTV Films have hired Tim Dowling to adapt GordonKorman's novel Born To Rock, a coming-of-age story about a Republican student who enlists thesupport of his rock star father to get him into school.Gavin O'Connor will direct the project and Solaris' Greg O'Connorand Josh Fagin will co-produce.MTV Films' ...
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Rick Sands joins MGM as chief operating officer
Former DreamWorks president and chief operating officer Rick Sandshas switched studios and joined MGM as chief operating officer.Sands, who also previously served as the Weinsteins' right handman as Miramax chief operating officer, will set about leveraging the company'sacclaimed film and television library across multiple platforms both here andabroad.He will work ...
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Sundance closes with domestic and international deals
TheSundance Film Festival 2006 ended with a flurry as deals were closed on Half Nelson, Stay, TV Junkie, The Darwin Awards and Man Push Cart.Meanwhile buyers were closing in on Neil Burger's The Illusionist, Joey Lauren Adams' ComeEarly Morning, WashWestmoreland and Richard Glatzer's double Sundance winner Quinceanera, Hilary Brougher's Stephanie ...
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Weinstein Company reaches $1.2bn in financing
The Weinstein Company (TWC) yesterday announced it had completedits financing jigsaw with a $500m film securitisation facility.Since the company's official launch date on Oct 1, 2005, Bob andHarvey Weinstein say they have raised approximately $1.2bn. The amount includes $490m in equity, $500m from the filmsecuritisation, and more than $200m through ...
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2006 Sundance/NHK International Filmmakers Awards announced
The Sundance Institute andJapan Broadcasting Corporation NHK have announced the winners of the 2006Sundance/NHK International Filmmakers Awards.Now in its 10th year, the awards honour the best in this year'sindependent voices from around the world and supports the work of emerging filmdirectors from four global regions.The winners will each receive a ...
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UIP's Munich arrives in 27 countries this weekend
Universal's thriller Munich is the main attraction this weekend as it launches in theinternational marketplace in 27 countries through UIP.The picture goes out in France on Jan 25 on 450 prints, followed aday later in Australia and Germany on 230 and 400 respectively.Steven Spielberg's tale of the Israeli response to ...
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Ask The Dust, Man About Town to have world premieres at Santa Barbara
The world premiere of Robert Towne's romance Ask The Dust starring Colin Farrell and Salma Hayekwill open the 21st Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF), whichruns from Feb 2-12.The festival will close with Jason Reitman's tobacco industrysatire Thank You For Smoking starring Aaron Eckhart and Maria Bello, and the centerpiece ...
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Battle In Heaven to open Film Comment series in NYC
Carlos Reygadas' Mexican drama Battle In Heaven will launch the 6th Annual "FilmComment Selects" series at New York's Walter Reade Theatre in the LincolnCentre, which runs from Feb 15-28.The series of pictures chosen by editorial staff from Film Commentmagazine includes photographer William Eggleston's 1974 soul music documentary StrandedIn Canton, a ...
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Sass named vp, publicity and promotion, theatrical catalogue, at Warner Home Video
Ronnee Sass has been promoted to the newly-created position ofvice president of publicity and promotion, theatrical catalogue, at Warner HomeVideo (WHV).Formerly executive director of publicity and communications, Sasswillcontinue to create and direct all publicity campaigns for thetheatrical catalogue division's 6,500-plus titles, including new-to-format,made-for-video and catalogue titles.She will also assume responsibility ...