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Kaurismaki, Almodovar lead European Film Award nominations
Local box office hits line up against several of this year's festival prize-winners as the eight nominees for the 2002 European Film Award, to be handed out by the European Film Academy in Rome on Dec 7.Leading the way in nominations for Europe's own answer to the Oscars is Aki ...
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Industry jury still out on MIFED's future
If anything concrete could be learned from this year's MIFED it was that the jury is still out on whether the Milan event should be replaced as the pre-eminent movie market of the autumn.And there was even less consensus among buyers and sellers over whether their business calendar should be ...
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MIFED poised for ownership shift
Mifed is poised to change owners yet again, although no announcement is planned until after this year's market has finished trading. The event's current owners - Fiera di Milano and Rassegne - are understood to be merging to create an new parent operation in which Mipcom and Mip-TV organiser Reed ...
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Hard sell, soft money
For many market players MIFED this year has been as much about putting together next year's films through international financing partnerships as it has been about selling the ones on their current slates.Former Das Werk boss Stefan Jonas was in town with his new company Playground. Nothing very striking in ...
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Divided Asia may hold key to MIFED future
Although London's pre-MIFED Screenings was undone by the power of a handful of US sellers, dislodging MIFED could depend on persuading one group which has traditionally found the Milan event a hit, Asian buyers and sellers.However, there appears to be no consensus among the Asians who were at MIFED ...
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MIFED deals
Korea's CJ Entertainment struck its first ever Mexican sale when it sold drama The Way Home to Cine Video Y TV. Paramount Classics opens the film in neighbouring US on Nov 15. CJ, which had amassed over $1m of sales revenue by day four of the MIFED market, had another ...
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MIFED hit by crime spree
Burglars struck in Pavilion 8 at MIFED over the weekend, stealing laptop computers, wallets and a Palm Pilot from at least two companies. The losses will be covered by the market's insurance policy, says the MIFED organisation.As misfortune would have it, however, the robberies occurred just days before members of ...
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Australian production numbers move Upstream
Some US$74m (A$131m) was spent on Australian feature film production in the 12 months up to June 30 - a sixty percent year on year increase. 30 films were produced in the same period - four more than in the previous year.However, the latest figures are much the same as ...
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UK industry reacts to Parker's plea for change
The British film industry is waiting on more detail from Alan Parker, the UK director and chairman of strategy body the Film Council, after he unveiled a blueprint for curing Britain of its 'little England' syndrome, partly by providing tax breaks for local and foreign distributors which invest in British ...
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Benitez seeks fame through start-up outfit
Spanish producer Cesar Benitez is developing an ambitious international television series - Dreams - about a music and arts school in the style of popular 1980s US series Fame. The project is the first from Benitez's start-up firm, also called Dreams, formed several months ago with Alfredo Fraile, a music ...
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Spanish film on course for bumper box office share
Spanish producers have been predicting since September that the market share for local films would rise this year - up from 10.7% to 12% in anticipation of high-profile autumn releases.The prediction, from the Spanish Producers' Federation (FAPAE), looks on course: as of October 15, Spanish films had an 11.8% market ...
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Warner Bros sails past billion dollar mark overseas
Driven by the global success of Scooby-Doo, Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone and Ocean's Eleven, Warner Bros Pictures announced that it has passed the $1bn mark in international markets.In the year to date, the division has taken $1.006bn at the international box office. It is the fifth time it ...
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Local films in Estonia, Serbia/Montenegro smash opening records
Local films in both Estonia and Serbia/Montenegro have this week smashed local box-office records, each taking more in their home territories on their opening weekend than blockbuster Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone. Estonian film, The Names In Marble, became the first local picture in its country's history to break ...
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Tracker adds to Aussie awards haul
The Tracker, produced by Julie Ryan and the film's writer/director Rolf de Heer, has again taken top honours on its home soil. A week after winning the best film prize at the Film Critics Circle Awards, it won best film at the annual IF Awards, which were broadcast live on ...
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Sweet Sixteen, Shopping dominate BAFTA Scotland talent awards
Sweet Sixteen and Late Night Shopping dominate the nominations for the 2002 BAFTA Scotland New Talent Awards. Held every two years to reward emerging talent on both sides of the camera, the awards have previously provided early recognition for director Lynne Ramsay and digital pioneer May Miles Thomas. This year, ...
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Jackie Chan suits up for hit in Korea
Jackie Chan-vehicleThe Tuxedo landed top of the South Korean box office last weekend with an impressive $1.96m nationwide opening. Sporting a strong screen average of $11,140, the film is another hit for Chan, who has a long history of box-office success in Korea, and easily bested the $1.4m opening for ...
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Telefilm Canada backs pair of French-language projects
Telefilm Canada is to finance two Quebec features, both in French. The investments constitute the third round of the selective component of the Canada Feature Film Fund (CFFF). Littoral, by playwright/director Wajdi Mouawad, is a majority Canada-France (70%-30%) coproduction, produced by Montreal-based Les Productions E.G.M and Paris-based Films de Cinema. ...
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Pathe, Momentum strike joint venture UK aquisition deal
UK distributors Momentum Pictures and Pathe Distribution have struck a joint venture deal which will see the companies sharing acquisition and distribution costs on larger budget titles. Under the deal, the companies will take turns handling theatrical and home entertainment releases.The first film acquired under the joint venture is Robert ...
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Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets
Dir: Chris Columbus. US/UK. 2002. 161 minsIf it ain't broke, don't fix it. That seems to be the guiding philosophy behind the second instalment of the gilt-edged boy wizard franchise. Scrupulously faithful to the J K Rowling book, director Chris Columbus does nothing that will disappoint fans or alarm exhibitors ...
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Till confirmed as head of UIP
In a move that ends weeks of speculation and will have confirmed the suspicions of many in the industry, Stewart Till has been appointed chairman and chief executive officer of United International Pictures (UIP). The announcement was made today by Rob Friedman, chief operating officer at Paramount Pictures and vice ...