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Local titles to compete for Norway's Amanda awards
When the Norwegian film and TV awards, the Amandas, are handed out for the 19th time on August 22, festival titles like Jens Lien's black comedy Jonny Vang and Bent Hamer's crowd-pleaser Kitchen Stories will face off against Paal Oie's low-budget thriller Dark Woods in the best film category. Produced ...
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UK to have strong presence at CARTOON Forum
Animation shorts from the UK and France have been nominated to the final five for this year's Cartoon D'Or prize which will be presented at the CARTOON Forum in Varese, Italy (September 17-20).The five nominees are: Dog by Suzie Templeton (UK)Ligne De Vie by Serge Auedikian (France)NSPCC: Cartoon by Russell ...
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Dendy adds two titles to Australian release slate
Dendy Films has acquired Australian and New Zealand rights to writer/director Tod Williams' Door In The Floor and to Capturing The Friedmans, the Grand Jury Prize winner in documentary at this year's Sundance Film Festival.Door In The Floor is an adaptation of John Irving's novel A Widow For One Year ...
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Hard Word director commits to Quiet Man
Writer/director Scott Roberts has joined the team behind The Quiet Man, a vehicle for Australian comedian Alexander Gutman, better known under his stage name Austen Tayshus. Roberts' debut film The Hard Word, starring Guy Pearce and Rachel Griffiths, has just opened in several key US cities. Robert Lewis Galinsky describes ...
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Bollywood reaches Ireland
Shooting has started in county Wicklow on Ayodhiya, Ireland's first Bollywood co-production. Having shot for five weeks in the southern province of Tamil Nadu in India, a 36 person cast and crew have travelled to Ireland for the final two weeks of principal photography.The story is a 'love divided' tale ...
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Slovak epic production halted by cash shortfall
The Euros 5.5m Slovak epic Juraj Janosik - A True Story has been halted mid-way through production while producer Rudolf Biermann waits for his US backer to hand over Euros 3m of overdue cash.The film, directed by mother-daughter team Agnieszka Holland and Kasia Adamik, has been hyped as the Polish-Slovak ...
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Paris court rules against Messier severance
A ruling Wednesday by the president of the Paris High Court has blocked Vivendi Universal from making any payments to former chairman Jean Marie Messier. On June 27 Messier was awarded upwards of 20 million euros by an arbitration court in New York, permitting him to recoup a hefty severance ...
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Qwerty takes on Kinsey, Searchlight, Myriad to distribute
Michael Kuhn’s Qwerty Films has boarded Bill Condon’s Kinsey which is set to start shooting on July 28. Qwerty will produce and finance the film which stars Liam Neeson and Laura Linney, with Fox Searchlight Pictures taking rights in North America, UK, Italy and Latin America.Kuhn closed a ten-picture distribution ...
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Wolfe goes theatrical with Poco Piu Di Un Anno Fa
Wolfe Video, the US videodistributor specializing in gay and lesbian product, is to enter the theatricalmarket in early 2004 with Italian drama A Little More Than A Year Ago (Poco Piu Di Un Anno Fa) directed by Marco Filiberti. Film consultant OrlyRavid will head up Wolfe's initial theatrical distribution efforts.The ...
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The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Dir: Stephen Norrington. US. 2003. 110minsThis extraordinary misfire from Blade director Stephen Norrington is like Coca-Cola without the fizz. All the elements are in place but nothing - not the cast, the production design, the effects, the one-liners, the fight scenes, the camp - can bring it to life and ...
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Gong Li named Tokyo jury head
Tsuguhiko Kadokawa, the new director-general of the Tokyo International Film Festival, has named Chinese actress Gong Li (Breaking The Silence, The Emperor and The Asassin, Temptress Moon) as the jury chairman for the festival's 16th edition. The other jury members have yet to be announced. Kadokawa has also unveiled Yoshimitsu ...
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The Road Home
Dir: Zhang Yimou. China. 1999. 100 mins.Prod co: Guangxi Film Studios, Beijing New Picture Distribution Co. Int'l sales: Columbia. Prod: Zhao Yu. Scr: Bao Shi. DoP: Hou Yong. Ed: Zhai Ru. Mus: San Bao. Main cast: Zhang Ziyi, Sun Honglei, Zheng Hao, Zhao Yuelin, Li Bin.Of Zhang Yimou's two films ...
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Tokyo names Gong Li as head of jury
Tsuguhiko Kadokawa, the new director-general of the Tokyo International Film Festival (Nov 1-9), has named Chinese actress Gong Li (Breaking The Silence, The Emperor And The Assassin, Temptress Moon) as the jury chairman for the festival's 16th edition. Kadokawa has also unveiled Yoshimitsu Morita's new drama Asura No Gotoku (Like ...
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Ireland backs upcoming production outfits
The production outfit behind Spin The Bottle - the highly anticipated closing film of this months's Galway Film Fleadh (July 8-13) - has been named as one of four companies to receive backing from the Irish Film Board.Grand Pictures is one of the participant companies in the Film Board's second ...
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One week wonders spoil US summer box office
Ang Lee sat in Universal Studios before the release of his $150m comic book opus The Hulk and declared that it wasn't the first weekend of the film's release which really mattered. "I hope it hits every mark of a summer blockbuster," he said. "I hope as much as the ...
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Singapore government backs Raintree's international slate
As part of an attempt to drive growth in the Singaporean film industry, the country's Media Development Authority (MDA) is planning to invest an estimated US$5.7m (S$10m) in a slate of 10 international features from local production house Raintree Pictures.The government agency plans to co-invest in the slate with Raintree ...
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Karlovy Vary chief calls for urgent multiplex upgrade
As this year's Karlovy Vary International Film Festival approaches its final weekend, organisers say the otherwise healthy annual event is on dangerous ground when it comes to the small city's capacity of high-quality screening halls.The festival is pressing local and national government for a $3.7m upgrade of the city's Kino ...
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Dutch films secure Toronto, San Sebastian berths
Grimm, the new movie by Dutch director Alex van Warmerdam (The Northerners), has been selected for the Toronto International Film Festival (Sept 4-13). The film will be shown in the Contemporary World Cinema section. Grimm is produced by Graniet Film and sales are handled by Fortissimo Film Sales.Another Dutch movie, ...
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Puchon kicks off with Wonderful Days
South Korea's Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan) kicked off on July 10 amid strong press coverage and increasing interest from local fans. A showy opening ceremony presided over by festival director Kim Hong-joon was followed by the world premiere of the highly anticipated local animated film Wonderful Days. ...
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Antwone, Our America win Humanitas awards
Antwone Fisher won a $25,000cash prize yesterday for his feature screenplay Antwone Fisher at the Humanitas Prize awards luncheon in LosAngeles. The prizes are awarded to film and TV writers whose work'entertains and enriches the viewing public' and $105,000 isbestowed by the Humanitas organization.Antwone Fisher won for 'the honesty it ...