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Sundance Institute unveils first documentary grants for 2004
Eleven feature-length documentaries covering subjectsas diverse as women prisoners in Yemen to the aftermath of the Rwandan genocidewill receive a total of $395,000 in the first round of grants awarded by theSundance Institute Documentary Fund for 2004.The fund was set up in 2002 as a result of a gift by ...
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Magnolia acquires US rights to Al-Jazeera doc Control Room
Magnolia Pictures has acquired domestic rights to Jehane Noujaim'sControl Room, abehind-the-scenes look at the Al-Jazeera network's coverage of the recent Iraqwar and the criticisms it faced for its coverage.Magnolia will open the documentary in New York in mid-May followedby a nationwide release. Control Room premiered at Sundance earlier this year.The ...
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Cheaper goes up against Starsky in Germany
Germany is shaping up to be the comedy battleground this upcomingweekend as Fox International's Cheaper By The Dozen goes up against Buena Vista International's(BVI) Starsky & Hutch.Cheaper By The Dozen opens on a wide 605 prints and executives will be looking tobuild on the comedy's $40m international running total.Starsky & ...
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ContentFilm follows up Never Die Alone with Daddy Cool
ContentFilm has greenlit the screen adaptation of cult 1970swriter Donald Goines' hitman drama Daddy Cool.The New York-based company announced it would finance and producethe project just days before Friday's release (26) through Fox Searchlight ofits other Goines adaptation, Never Die Alone.Never Die Alone director Ernest Dickerson is expected to direct ...
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Antonellis gets top anti-piracy job at Warner Bros
Darcy Antonellis has been named senior vice president of worldwideanti-piracy operations at Warner Bros Entertainment, a new post that puts theveteran entertainment technician in charge of protecting the company'sintellectual property.Reporting to executive vice president of corporate businessdevelopment and strategy Kevin Tsujihara, Antonellis will lead the studio'sIntellectual Property Council and coordinate ...
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Organisation relaunches as Australians In Film
The non-profit Australians In Film (formerly The Los AngelesAustralian Film and Television Association) has relaunched boasting celebrityambassadors including Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe, a new board of advisorsand a slate of events.The new-look organisation kicked off 2004 by co-presenting theJurlique Australian Film Festival in January and hosting a sold-out screeningof ...
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THINKFilm acquires Boston Red Sox movie for North America
New York-based THINKFilm has acquired North American rights to TheBoston Red Sox Movie,which chronicles the highs and lows of the legendary baseball team set againstthe tumultuous 2003 season and is scheduled to open in Boston on May 7.Produced by sports filmproduction house Bombo Sports & Entertainment, the film covers lastyear's ...
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Hollywood costs go through the roof
The average cost to MPAA-affiliated studios of making andmarketing a film crossed $100m for the first time in 2003, outgoing MPAApresident Jack Valenti announced at ShoWest yesterday (23).Combined US box office for MPAA films was the second highestin history, dropping 0.3% against last year's $9.5bn record tally for $9.47bn,while the ...
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Starsky & Hutch claim top spot in UK on $8.2m
Starsky & Hutch claimed the number one spot inits second weekend in the UK on an estimated $8.2m from 429 screens followingwide expansion through Buena Vista International (BVI).The 1970s television adaptation opened on platform releaselast weekend and has taken $8.6m in the early stages of its international run.It opens in ...
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Valenti: Hollywood's global ticket take passes $20bn
The worldwidetheatrical marketplace was worth an unprecedented $20.5bn in ticket sales forthe US studios and their affiliates, declared MPAA chief Jack Valenti on theopening day of ShoWest exhibitors' convention in Las Vegas.With worldwideadmissions dropping 5% last year, Valenti also acknowledged that thisrecord-breaking dollar figure came as a result of rising ...
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Disney's Brother Bear claws in $200m
An estimated $10.1m international weekend haul propelled Disney's BrotherBear past $200m inworldwide ticket sales, making it Disney's 16th animated title to reach themark.The picture raised its international running total to $115.5m andhas taken more than $85m at the domestic box office.Weekend business was fuelled chiefly by a $4.7m number one ...
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Almodovar enjoys career-best Spanish opening
Pedro Almodovar scored his best ever opening in Spain at theweekend when Bad Education (La Mala Educacion) grossed an estimated $1.6m and 245,000 admissions from 158prints in his home country.The El Deseo production, which will open this year's Cannes Film Festival in May, was released through Warner BrosPictures International and ...
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IMAX signs deal with Showplace Cinemas to open theatre in Indiana
IMAX Corp has signed a dealto open an IMAX theatre in one of Indiana-based Showplace Cinemas' multiplexesin Evansville, Indiana.The opening is expected totake place in November at a specific location to be announced shortly and willemploy the company's unique MPX theatre system.The MPX technology allowsmultiplex operators to instal an IMAX ...
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Fuse secures US distribution
The Global Film Initiative, the US organisation set up to promotecross-cultural understanding through cinema, has picked up Pjer Zalica'saward-winning Bosnian comedy-drama Fuse, which has been selected for the 33rd New Directors/NewFilms series in New York.Set in the devastated Bosnian settlement of Teanj twoyears after civil war has ravaged the former ...
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Saved! will open New York Gen Art festival on Apr 14
The Ninth Annual Gen ArtFilm Festival will open on Apr 14 with the New York premiere of BrianDannelly's dark comedy Saved!starring Jena Malone, Mandy Moore and Macaulay Culkin.The American independentfestival runs until Apr 20 and will showcase New York premieres of sevenfeatures and seven shorts. The closing night film will ...
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Polly is top in Taiwan, Argentina for Universal, strides past $50m
Universal's romantic comedy Along Came Polly passed $50m in international ticketsales at the weekend as it added an estimated $8.8m through UIP from 2,600dates in 24 markets for a $53.1m running total.It opened top in Taiwan on $150,000 from 16 screens in the capitalTaipei and top in Argentina on the ...
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Fox reaps Passion benefits with massive Latin American weekend
The Passion Of The Christ enjoyed a mighty series of openings in Latin Americathrough Fox International at the weekend, grossing an estimated $10.2m overalland scoring a number of records in the process.Mel Gibson's epic accountof the final hours of Christ's life opened top in all its markets, led by asuperb ...
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Belleville. Belvaux, Coninx among Belgium's Plateau nominees
Organisers at the FlandersInternational Film Festival Ghent (FIFF) have announced the nominees for theJoseph Plateau Awards 2003. All titles are Belgian shorts and features and musthave been released in Belgian theatres between Jan 1 and Dec 31 2003.The Joseph Plateau ceremonywas launched under the auspices of the FIFF to honour ...
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Christ beaten by the Undead at the box office
StrikeEntertainment's zombie remake Dawn Of The Dead roared into life at the weekend as itopened number one for Universal Pictures on an estimated $27.3m, knocking ThePassion Of The Christfrom its top berth as that picture closed in on $300m in its fourth week.Elsewhere WarnerBros serial killer thriller Taking Lives opened ...
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Madstone launches film school editing programme with 50 hours of a real film
New York-basedentertainment company Madstone has launched a film school editing programmethat will allow students to experiment on footage from Aaron Woodley's upcomingcoming-of-age drama Rhinoceros Eyes.The picture,which is the first to emerge from the Madstone Directors Programme and won the2003 Toronto Film Festival Discovery Award, will serve as the basis for ...