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Un Certain Regard line-up
UN CERTAIN REGARDOpening film: R' Xmas Abel Ferrara (Int'l sales: Wild Bunch)The Chimp (Maimal) Aktan Abdykalykov (Int'l sales: Wild Bunch)La Libertad Lisandro Alonso (Int'l sales: TVOR)Domani Francesca Archibugi (Int'l sales: IntraMovies)Ganhar A Vida Joao Canigo (Int'l sales: Gemini Films)No Such Thing Hal Hartley (Int'l sales: ...
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Critics Week line-up
Critics Week Competitive sections line-upFeature filmsUnder The Moonlight (Zir - E Nour-E Mah) Dir: Reza Mir-Karimi (Iran) (Int; Sales: Farabi Cinema Foundation)La Femme Qui Boit Dir: Bernard Emond (Canada) (Int'l sales: Lions Gate)Le Pornographe Dir: Bertrand Bonello (France) (Int'l sales: Mercure)Unloved Dir: Kunitoshi Manda (Japan) (Producer: ...
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Screen contacts @ Cannes 2001
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Universal enters new Era in Hong Kong
Era Home Entertainment has struck an exclusive deal with Universal Pictures to handle all the studio's home video distribution in Hong Kong.The two year agreement strengthens Era's position as the largest video distributor of foreign movies in Hong Kong, with a market share of one third in the territory. The ...
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Amores Perros barks loudest at Mexican awards
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's commercial and critical success Love's A Bitch (Amores Perros) has nabbed 15 nominations for the upcoming 43rd annual Ariel Awards, Mexico's Oscars. Nominations for the Altavista Films production include best picture, best director, best actor, best cinematography, best original screenplay and best directorial debut. Gonzalez Inarritu's three-story ...
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Istanbul awards overseas, local titles
Despite Turkey's financial crisis, this year's 20th International Istanbul Film Festival served up an impressive selection of films in its international competition and the strongest line-up of local films in a decade. The international competition was won by the German entry No Place To Go, directed by Oskar Roehler. The ...
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Bob Levin joins Creative Domain with global plans
Bob Levin, former president of worldwide marketing at Sony Pictures Entertainment, has joined LA-based marketing and advertising agency Creative Domain as president of newly formed Creative Domain Enterprises.He will focus on expanding the company's theatrical marketing activities beyond audiovisual, print and interactive marketing services into marketing consultations and planning, promotion, ...
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Millenium teams with Van Damme on The Monk
Jean-Claude Van Damme is to star in The Monk, an actioner to be shot in China, Bulgaria and New York and directed by Ringo Lam (City On Fire). The film marks Van Damme's third venture with Avi Lerner's Millenium Films after The Order and Replicant; Lerner, Danny Dimbort and Danny ...
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Berlin's Kosslick squares up to Cannes selectors
New Berlinale chief Dieter Kosslick has warned the Cannes film festival that he will not stand idly by and see films enticed away from his programme. His stand comes hard on the heels of a line-up announcement by Cannes, which includes films by such directors as Michael Haneke, Abel Ferrara, ...
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Pussy Power roars again after Zentropa rethink
A new company Innocent Pictures is to lick Zentropa's porn for women label Pussy Power into commercial shape.Pussy Power will become a label under Innocent Pictures, which will be 50% owned by Zentropa. Innocent's Nicolas Barbano, a journalist and TV-show host, will act as distributor and creative producer, while local ...
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Columbia buys Shiri for North and South America
Shiri, the blockbuster Korean spy movie, has been bought by Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group (CTMPG) for North America and Latin America.The deal, which is expected to be confirmed today, is the first Korean picture to be handled by CTMPG.The film, which was top grossing film in Korea in 1999, ...
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Alliance Atlantis takes world on Virginia's Run
Alliance Atlantis haspicked up world rights on Virgina's Run from Knightscove Entertainment. Directed by Peter Markle, the family-oriented equestrian drama stars Gabriel Byrne and Joanne Whalley. The screenplay is by Valarie Trapp, David Henry Lucas and Markle. It is being produced by Knightscove Entertainment in association with Wardenclyffe Entertainment and ...
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Admissions climb in EU, but Europe's share tumbles
Overall cinema admissions in Europe grew by 36 million or 4.4% last year. That contrasts with the trend in the US last year where admissions fell by 3%.But the market share achieved by European-made films dropped from 29.2% to 22.5%, a thumping fall of 46 million from 236 million to ...
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ESICMA boards Lopez vehicle
Spanish production outfit ESICMA has boarded Sergi Lopez-starrer The Women Or The Children by director Manuel Poirier.Women is only the second project to get the greenlight at ESICMA under new head Pau Calpe. Calpe took over the reins from former head Juan Gordon in 1999. The company is backed by ...
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French exhibs raise cost of loyalty cards
French exhibitors MK2 and Gaumont are to increase the price of their cinema loyalty card Le Pass from $13.48 (FF98) to $16.23 (FF118) as of June.The move is the latest development in the bitter battle being fought for market share by France's exhibition groups. Loyalty cards, introduced first by UGC, ...
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Meyer & Yershov share top job at Lions Gate Int'l
Following the departure of Joe Drake in March, Nick Meyer and Sergei Yershov have been named co-presidents of Lions Gate Films International as part of a restructuring. They will share responsibility for the international sales, distribution, marketing, finance and co-productions of Lions Gate strategy.The joint appointment scotches speculation about which ...
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Paltrow to produce her first film for Miramax
Gwyneth Paltrow will take a producing credit for the first time on Me Times Three, a film of the novel by New York Times style reporter Alex Witchal, which was acquired this week by Miramax Films. Bobby Cohen, who produced Bounce and View From the Top both starring Paltrow, will ...
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US writers talks continue past deadline
Talks to avert the screenwriters strike in Hollywood are continuing beyond the contract deadline.The Writer's Guild of America's contract with producers had been due to expire at 12.01am Los Angeles Time (8am GMT)."The talks are continuing and we're working very hard to reach an agreement," said Cheryl Rhoden, spokeswoman for ...
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Nordisk pulls all the Strings
Nordisk Film and director Anders Ronnow-Klarlund's Revival ApS have started production on Strings, an animated feature using marionettes.While, in the era of 3D digital effects and synthespians, puppets on strings may seem old-fashioned Klarlund argues that it is perfect for his story. "I'm fascinated by the idea that our lives ...
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News Corp talks with GM get serious
News Corp boss Rupert Murdoch's talks to gain control of US satellite broadcast giant DirecTV moved up a gear this week when the board of General Motors gave its approval for merger talks between its Hughes Electronics division and News' nascent Sky Global Networks operation.Although talks have been ongoing for ...