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Pere reveals his inaugural Directors' Fortnight selection
Making his debut as artisticdirector of Directors' Fortnight, Olivier Pere unveiled the line-up for thisyear's edition this morning in Paris.Among the twenty titles inthis year's selection are 10 French or French co-produced films, four from theUS, two from Japan and two from Iran. Among the other territories representedare Spain, Italy, ...
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Arclight, Instinct capitalise on Strange Bedfellows
On the eve of the film'sinternational premiere in the Cannes market, Arclight Films has signed on as'subagent' for the Australian comedy Strange Bedfellows, which openedstrongly enough to claim third place in the local weekend box office charts.The film sold A$1,373,957worth of tickets from 194 screens during the five-day long weekend ...
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AUSTRALIA 27 April
Despite a cold receptionfrom the critics, Australian comedy Strange Bedfellows was able to claimthird place in the charts on the five-day holiday weekend due to its verystrong A$1,373,957 gross from 194 screens.Obviously there remains alot of affection for the Becker film's stars, Paul 'Crocodile Dundee'Hogan and Michael Caton from The ...
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GERMANY 27 April
Kill Bill Vol. 2 shot into the German box-office charts in poleposition with a screen average of $5,582 from each of its 515 screens to grossover $2.8m in its first weekend. It was one of four BVI releases in the top 6,including Vol. 1 of Kill Bill - now in ...
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Dillon, Tomei to star in Bukowski adaptation
Matt Dillon and Marisa Tomei are to star in Norwegianwriter-director-producer Bent Hamer'sadaptation of Charles Bukowski's Factotum,Hamer, who charmed audiences and critics alike at last year's Canneswith Kitchen Stories, will shoot his English-language debut inMinneapolis from June with a mixed Norwegian and US crew.The script was written with co-producer Jim Stark ...
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ITALY Production Listings - April 28 2004
ITALYPRE-PRODUCTIONADIUS,LA FESTA E' FINITA(Verdecchi Film) Backing: Fondo di Garanzia. Word gets out in high-flying Romansociety that a well-known Italian singer-songwriter is to make his comeback -despite the fact that his death was officially announced in 1980. Prod:Alessandro Verdecchi. Dir: Ezio Alovisi. Scr: Ezio Alovisi.Contact: Verdecchi Film, (39) 06 39 388 ...
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ITALY Production Listings - April 28 2004
ITALYPRE-PRODUCTIONADIUS,LA FESTA E' FINITA(Verdecchi Film) Backing: Fondo di Garanzia. Word gets out in high-flying Romansociety that a well-known Italian singer-songwriter is to make his comeback -despite the fact that his death was officially announced in 1980. Prod:Alessandro Verdecchi. Dir: Ezio Alovisi. Scr: Ezio Alovisi.Contact: Verdecchi Film, (39) 06 39 388 ...
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New Italian films tipped for Venice selection
As Venice's newartistic director Marco Mueller steams ahead to gather a high profile line-upfor the 61st edition of the festival, bets are already out on which Italianfilms could potentially make the cut.Among these is thenew film by popular Italian director Carlo Mazzacurati, La Relazione,which is currently shooting and is co-produced ...
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TVA in talks to acquire Montreal's Motion
Quebec-based broadcaster TVA is in takeover talks with Montreal production and distribution company Motion International. If it goes ahead, the $85m (C$125m) union would create Canada's second largest production company after Alliance Atlantis Communications. TVA, a subsidiary of cable operator Group Videotron before that company was taken over by Rogers ...
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The Calcium Kid
Dir:Alex De Rakoff. UK-US-Fr. 2004. 89mins.Orlando Bloom's post-Lord Of The Rings appeal will be sorely testedby The Calcium Kid, a title fight mockumentary that packs a puny punch.A world removed from the genre-defining classics of Christopher Guest and histroupe, this uninspired effort has more in common with parochial British farelike ...
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Cannes launches DVD label
In an effort to build itself a year-round brand and keep up with moderntechnology the Cannes festival has launched a DVD label and a new prize.The festival will not be moving into the rights market, but rather givea badge of approval to a number of titles handled by existing homeentertainment ...
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Danish film studio is put up for sale
The Danish Ministry of Culture has decided to sell off The Danish FilmStudio, which is situated in the northern rim of Copenhagen.The studio has been in the red since 1997, with the Danish FilmInstitute covering the loss every year.The state originally bought the former ASA-studio back in 1972 in orderto ...
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Klapisch readies L'Auberge Espagnole sequel
As a followup to his summer 2002 hit Pot Luck (L'Auberge Espagnole)), CedricKlapisch will begin shooting its sequel Russian Dolls (Poupees Russes))on June 1 in Paris.The filmreunites its production team, including Klapisch's partner Bruno Levy - the twoare at the head of production outfit Ce Qui Me Meut which produced ...
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India gears up for Summer box office bonanza
April 30th sees India'ssummer movie season kick off with the release of Shah Rukh Khan-starrer theUS$5m Main Hoon Na.The film, which is beingreleased by Eros Entertainment, marks the debut of director Farah Khan whochoreographed Bombay Dreams. Thecast features Suniel Shetty, former Miss India and Miss Universe (1994)Sushmita Sen, Zayed Khan, ...
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Barnett rejoins Canton as senior vp, production, at Atmosphere
Steve Barnett has been named executive vice president offilm production at Atmosphere Entertainment and has brought on board creativeexecutives Ray Kimsey and Silenn Thomas.Barnett arrivesfrom Artists Production Group, where he served as senior vice president ofproduction, and his appointment is seen as a key step in the company's effortsto ramp ...
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Rapkowski named director at THINKFilm
Richard Rapkowski has beenhired as director of business and legal affairs at THINKFilm, where he isexpected to play an integral role in the New York-based distributor's expansionplans.Rapkowski will reportdirectly to senior vice president of acquisitions and business affairs RandyManis and prior to his appointment held a similar position at the ...
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Focus takes Creek to international waters
Focus Features Internationalhas finally closed its deal to buy international rights excluding NorthAmerica, the UK and Australia to Whitewater Films' debut feature Mean Creek, which will play in the Directors' Fortnight sectionat Cannes.Focus Features executivevice president of international sales and distribution Glen Basner and vicepresident of acquisitions Jason Resnick negotiated ...
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Pere reveals his inaugural Quinzaine selection
Making his debut as artisticdirector of Directors' Fortnight, Olivier Pere unveiled the line-up for thisyear's edition this morning in Paris.Among the twenty titles inthis year's selection are 10 French or French co-produced films, four from theUS, two from Japan and two from Iran. Among the other territories representedare Spain, Italy, ...
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Cannes Festival launches DVD label
In an effort to build itself a year-round brand and keep up with moderntechnology the Cannes festival has launched a DVD label and a new prize.The festival will not be moving into the rights market, but rather givea badge of approval to a number of titles handled by existing homeentertainment ...
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Prescience Film Finance appoints head of business affairs
Start-up tax financingscheme Prescience Film Finance has poached Sharon Menzies as head of businessaffairs from rival financier Baker Street Media.Menzies, who takes up thepost next month, was head of business affairs at Baker Street, one of the mostestablished medium-sized players in UK tax financing circles. Before BakerStreet, she worked at ...