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NewsIndustry pioneer Wouter Barendrecht of Fortissimo Films dies at 43
Fortissimo Films confirmed yesterday that company co-founder and co-chairman Wouter Barendrecht died of heart failure on Sunday April 5 in Bangkok, Thailand, where hehad gone to screen a rough cut of Fortissimo’s upcoming Thai co-productionNYMPH.
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Costanzo to head Fininvest's cross media unit
Mediatrade president Maurizio Costanzo has been appointed head of Veleno (Venom), the new company recently launched as Cross Media Factory by Italian media giant Fininvest, with the aim of seeking synergies between its publishing, internet, film and television arms.Veleno aims to be a "factory of ideas," that will draw on ...
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NewsMike Newell to direct The Box Of Delights
Mike Newell is to direct TheBox Of Delights, a film based on the children’s novel of the same name by John Masefield.
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Madrid puts plans forlocal film incentive on hold
A film incentive aimed at supporting the distribution and promotion of Spanish films and co-productions has been put on hold by the local government agency in Madrid due tolack of funding.
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NewsProtagonist signs deals on In The Loop, Bronson and The Children
London-based sales company Protagonist Pictures has sealed furtherdeals on its Sundance hit In The Loop.
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Scorsese named recipient of MPAA's Jack Valenti Humanitarian Award
The Motion Picture Association Of America (MPAA) has decided to give this year’s Jack Valenti Humanitarian Award to Martin Scorsese at a dinner to cap of the day-long industry symposium The Business Of Show Business on April 21 in Washington DC.The award is presented every other year to an individual ...
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SBS signs longterm free TV deal for new and library films with MGM
SBS Broadcasting in The Netherlands has signed an exclusive free TV deal with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM) for a package of titles including Quantum Of Solace,Valkyrie, Rocky Balboa, Lions For Lambs and Pink Panther 2.
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Toronto Documentary Forum unveils 25 project pitches
The Hot Docs Canadian Documentary Film Festival has announced the 25 projects to be presentedduring the Toronto Documentary Forum (TDF), to be held May 6-7. The tenth anniversary of TDF featureprojects from 13 countries selected from 160 submissions.
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Pinewood vying to take over Toronto's FilmPort studio
Pinewood Studios Group is attempting another move into Toronto’s studio business following two earlier bids, one in 2007 and one in 2005.
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Producers say NY tax credit extension is good news, if a temporary fix
New York State has unveiled a Budget that extends the state’s 30% film and TV production tax credit. The state has now set aside $350m for the extension of the incentive, as part of the $132bn budget presented by Governor David Paterson (given final approval by the state Senate on ...
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Asian film industry in mourning for Barendrecht
The Asian film industry was in shock on Monday at the news of the death of Fortissimo Films founder and co-chairman Wouter Barendrecht. During the 12 years he hadlived in Hong Kong, and before when based in Europe, Barendrecht had worked with and built up close friendships with many of ...
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NewsGood Pitch at Hot Docs selects five social issue projects
The Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival’s Toronto Documentary Forum (TDF) will welcome five projects as part of The Good Pitch at Hot Docs, inpartnership with the Channel 4 Britdoc Foundation and Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program and also supported by the Fledgling Fund and Working Films.
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Kirch acquires blocking stake in EM.TV
Germany's Kirch Group has taken a minority blocking stake in beleaguered family entertainment rights trader EM.TV & Merchandising, which has seen its share price plummet in the last week, in reaction to a profit warning and disappointing third quarter figures.Although Kirch was expected to acquire a majority stake, EM.TV announced ...
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Australian governmentinitiative to boost online film distribution
Australian companies wanting to download film and television direct to homes stand to gain enormously from the Australian government’s decision to take over the project to build a major national broadband fibre network. ‘This is the single largest infrastructure decision in Australia’s history,’ said Prime Minister Kevin Rudd today at ...
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KOFIC hands out $1.82m under two funding schemes
The Korean Film Council (KOFIC) has announced it will award a total of $1.82m (KW2.4bn) to the 24 winning projects of its Korean Film Production Support Program and its Korean Film Development Support Program. All together, the films will receive an accumulative $5.46m in funds, benefits-in-kind (use of equipment, post-production ...
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NewsUK Film Council faces $33m drop in funding
The UK Film Council is facing a $33m (£22m) cut in lottery funding over the next five years as money is diverted away from film to pay for the London Olympics.
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Italian box office dips in first quarter
The Italian box office has reported a sluggish start to the year with box office receipts down by 3.2% over the first quarter. Ticket sales have also fallen by 5.3% to 30.2m tickets compared to 31.9m for the same period last year.Hollywood films currently account for a 58.1% of the ...
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European box office's mixed start to 2009
Italian box office dips in first quarterThe Italian box office has reported a sluggish start to the year with box office receipts down by 3.2% over the first quarter. Ticket sales have also fallen by 5.3% to 30.2m tickets compared to 31.9m for the same period last year.Spanish box office ...
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Palace Cinemas adds 12 digital 3D screens
Palace Cinemas has added 12 new 3D-capable digital screens at its sites in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia.