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German student film-maker wins Next Reel festival in NYC
Germany's HolgerErnst has won New York University's Next Reel International Film Festival firstprize for Rain Is Falling.Poland's LeivIgor Devold came second with Tomorrow, and Indian filmmaker Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni took thirdprize for Grinding Machine.Other awardshanded out at the closing night ceremony in New York on Oct 1 include the bestfiction ...
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Hodge signs on to adapt Dark for Walden
Trainspotting screenwriter John Hodge will adapt SusanCooper's British children's fantasy novel The Dark Is Rising for Walden Media.As previously reported here (Screendaily, May 6 2005),Marc Platt is producing the project about a young boy who discovers that he isdescended from a line of immortal warriors dedicated to fighting evil."We are ...
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Conversations talk for Fabrication
Los Angeles-basedFabrication Films concluded a raft of deals at Toronto and Telluride recentlyon Hans Canosa's romance Conversations With Other Women starring Aaron Eckhart and Helena BonhamCarter.All respective territory rights have gone to MK2 inFrance, Dendy in Australia, Solopan in Poland, Prooptiki in Greece, Shapira inIsrael, VideoFilmes in Brazil, and Cathay ...
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Scholl to open Made In Germany at AFI FEST
Made In Germany, the annualshowcase of new German cinema held in Los Angeles as part of AFI FEST,commences on Nov 4 with Marc Rothemund's wartime drama and German foreignlanguage Academy Award submission Sophie Scholl - The Final Days.Other titles in the 6thAnnual Festival of German Films Los Angeles include the ...
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Che, Chang promoted at NBC Universal International TV
Justin Che has been namedvice president of international on-demand licensing and Sandra Chang has beenappointed manager of international on-demand licensing for NBC UniversalTelevision Distribution.Both Che and Chang will bebased in Los Angeles and report to senior vice president of internationalon-demand licensing Beth Minehart.Che will support Minehart inall aspects of on-demand ...
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AFM declares record number of market premieres
A record 529films including a best ever 382 market premieres are confirmed to screen at the26th American Film Market running in Santa Monica from Nov 2-9.Forty-fivetitles are official selections at the AFI FEST 2005, which for the second yearruns concurrently with the AFM and is scheduled to take place form ...
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The Orphanage launches CG animation studio
SanFrancisco-based effects house The Orphanage has launched Orphanage AnimationStudios (OAS), a CG production division that will be headed up by GenndyTartakovsky, the Russian animator and creator behind the Cartoon Network's hitseries Star Wars: Clone Wars, Samurai Jack and Dexter's Laboratory.The company launches with a multi-million dollardevelopment fund raised through private ...
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Screen names ten films in line for Hollywood World Award
The full list of nominees for The Hollywood World Award sponsored by Screen International were unveiled yesterday.The award, now in its secondyear, will be presented on Oct 24 at the Hollywood Film Awards in Los Angeles.The shortlist consists of: Ilya Khrzhanovsky's 4 from RussiaCarlos Reygadas' Battle In Heavenfrom MexicoJacques Audiard's ...
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AWARDS Che, Chang get promoted at NBC Universal International TV
Justin Che has been namedvice president of international on-demand licensing and Sandra Chang has beenappointed manager of international on-demand licensing for NBC UniversalTelevision Distribution.Both Che and Chang will bebased in Los Angeles and report to senior vice president of internationalon-demand licensing Beth Minehart.Che will support Minehart inall aspects of on-demand ...
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Dickman gets senior vp stripes at Focus
In the latestmove to accommodate Focus Features and Rogue Pictures' expanded slate, DonnaDickman has been promoted from head of East Coast publicity at Focus to seniorvice president of publicity.Dickman willcontinue to report directly to Adriene Bowles, Focus' LA-based executive vicepresident of publicity and marketing, and will continue to oversee theday-to-day ...
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Biggs, Fisher star in GreeneStreet's Pleasure Of Your Company
New York-based GreeneStreet Films is financing the romantic comedyThe Pleasure Of Your Company starring Jason Biggs and Isla Fisher, who recently gave ascene-stealing performance in Wedding Crashers.GreeneStreet FilmsInternational (GSFI) will commence sales at next month's AFM on the project,which is being directed by Michael Ian Black from his own screenplay ...
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Wallace & Gromit rule US with $16.1m weekend
DreamWorksAnimation's Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit stole the show at the domestic box office over theweekend as it opened top on an estimated $16m. SteveBox and Nick Park's animated romp - the latest from the Aardman Animationsstable - mesmerized the critics; its per screen average was $4,417 ...
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...and cast $9.2m spell over international box office
DreamWorks International's animated romp Wallace and Gromit:The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit ruled the international box office charts at the weekend, grossing anestimated $9.2m on 1,895 sites through UIP.The highlight was an excellent $5m from paid previews on Saturdayand Sunday in the UK for DreamWorks' second biggest ever paid previews result ...
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Weyermann leaves Sundance for Participant
Participant Productions hasappointed the former director of the Sundance Institute's Documentary FilmProgramme Diane Weyermann (pictured) to the newly created post of executive vice presidentof documentary production.Weyermann will beresponsible for the Los Angeles-based company's documentary department, andwill oversee acquisitions and development and production. She will report toParticipant president Ricky Strauss.Prior to ...
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Participant creates social action campaign website for upcoming films
JeffSkoll's Los Angeles-based production company Participant Productions islaunched a revamped website last week containing information about film-relatedsocial action campaigns. Eachtitle featured on www.participate.net will host a corresponding social actioncampaign on the website. Featuredtitles include Niki Caro's upcoming sexual discrimination drama NorthCountry, George Clooney's McCarthyEra tale Good Night, And Good Luck,and ...
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Lebel joins Wolf in international sales at Peace Arch
Former HBO Films London executive Lissa Lebel has joinedToronto-based production and distribution outfit Peace Arch Entertainment Groupas director of international sales.Lebel will play a key role as the company moves aggressively intofeature production and acquisition.Based in Los Angeles, she will report to Penny Wolf, her formermanager at HBO Films London, ...
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Sundance launches first commissioning fund backed by Sloan
The Sundance Institute has created the Sloan Commissioning Fundthrough a grant from the Alfred P Sloan Foundation to support the development,presentation and celebration of science and technology through independentfilm.This is the first commissioning project initiated by theInstitute, and provides a cash stipend and creative and practical support todevelop science and ...
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Warner boards first local language Japanese production
Warner Bros Pictures Japan has boarded its first local languageproduction Catch A Wave,based on a novel by teenage author Kazuma Toyota.Toyota was 16 when he wrote hisnovel about three surfers who learn to respect nature when one of them attemptsto ride a typhoon wave to impress his girlfriend.Toyota, now 17 ...
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Kovacs, Zsigmond named legends by Hungarian cinematographers
Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond, along with Hungariancinematographers Gyorgy Illes and Janos Toth, will be the first recipients ofThe Legend Award from the Hungarian Society of Cinematographers (HSC).The Legend Award was created to honour cinematographers whoselives and work are an inspiration to filmmakers, and will be handed out at thefifth ...
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Hildebrand joins Kimmel as creative executive under Horberg
Former Wonderland Films development executive Jodi Hildebrand hasjoined Sidney Kimmel Entertainment (SKE) as a creative executive.Hildebrand reunites with former Wonderland partner Bill Horberg,who recently arrived as president of production at SKE."Jodi is a smart, tasteful young executive with a keen eye forgood material, a passion for writers and the ability ...