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CPH:PIX starts $72,000 prize in debut feature competition
Denmark's new April festival, CPH:PIX, will have a competition devoted to first-time feature directors. The directors of 10-12 debut films will compete for a cash prize of $72,090 (Euros 50,000).'A substantial cash prize can make all the difference to a first-time filmmaker, and it is our hope that the money ...
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UK leads the pack for European Film Awards shortlist
The European Film Academy has announced the 44 titles on this year's selection list for the European Film Awards. Nominations, after votes from 1,800 members, will be announced Nov 8 at the Seville European Film Festival and the 21st EFAs will be presented Dec 6 in Copenhagen.The list represents 27 ...
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Council Of Europe plans Film Policy summit in Krakow
The Council of Europe will gather film policy experts, film industry insiders and government officials at its film policy forum, Shaping Policies For The Cinema Of Tomorrow, scheduled for Sept 11-13 in Krakow, Poland.Topics to be addressed include the challenges of globalization, changing digital technologies, and the impact of film ...
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Children's Orchestra, Enemigos Intimos among LALIF official lineup
The North American premieres of Paulo Thiago's Brazilian drama The Children's Orchestra and Fernando Sarinana's Mexican drama Enemigos Intimos are among the line-up at the 12th annual Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF), set to run from September 12-19.The roster includes the US premieres of Issa Lopez' Mexican comedy ...
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Hilltop seals $50m Korean financing pact
LA-based Hilltop Entertainment and Korea's Media Film International (MFI) have sealed a $50m production, financing and distribution deal to deliver five action films with an average budget of $10m per picture. The two companies will jointly finance the films through direct investment and from a previously agreed financing facility arranged ...
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Zurich Film Festival to honour Costa-Gavras
The Zurich Film Festival will presents it Golden Eye Award to film-maker Constantin Costa-Gavras in recognition of his career as a director, writer and producer.ZFF director Karl Spoerri announce the tribute. Paris-based, Greek-born Costa-Gavras will attend the award ceremony on Oct 4 and the festival will also host a retrospective ...
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Bettany, Connelly take voyage with Darwin film Creation
Husband and wife actors Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly will play Charles Darwin and his wife Emma Darwin in the upcoming feature Creation for Oscar-winning UK producer Jeremy Thomas.Jon Amiel will direct, and the cast will also feature Jeremy Northam, Toby Jones and Benedict Cumberbatch.The film is not described as ...
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Insurer Fireman's Fund opens new London office
Feature film insurance company Fireman's Fund is expanding by opening a London office. The office will offer film underwriting to European production companies.Ian Mercer, an insurance executive with 20 years of experience in the UK and US, will head the new office, located on Leadenhall Street.Fireman's Fund will work with ...
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Focus promotes Kujawski, Stewart as Spencer steps down
Focus Features has promoted Peter Kujawski (pictured) to senior vice president of international sales and Gabrielle Stewart to manager of international sales.Kujawski steps up from vice president to replace Tim Spencer - who is leaving the film business to pursue other opportunities - and has been with the company since ...
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CMG steps onto Killer Bean Forever
Edward Noeltner's LA-based Cinema Management Group (CMG) has boarded animator Jeff Lew's feature directorial debut Killer Bean Forever and will introduce to buyers in Toronto.The film is based on Lew's cult short Killer Bean 2: The Party, which took the internet by storm when it launched on iFilm in 2000 ...
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Joey Monteiro joins Bold Films as svp worldwide marketing
Joey Monteiro has joined Bold Films in the newly created position of senior vice president of worldwide marketing.Monteiro will report directly to president of worldwide distribution Stephanie Denton, with whom he previously worked at Lionsgate.The new hire will oversee tomorrow’s [Sept 6] world premiere of John Stockwell’s Middle Of Nowhere ...
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Fifty Dead Men Walking author holds legal fire against TIFF
The author of Fifty Dead Men Walking is holding his fire. Martin McGartland, the Royal Ulster Constabulary mole who infiltrated the IRA and nearly paid for it with his life, has decided to see the film for a second time. The film, which screens as a gala on Sept. 10, ...
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Venice dates move: A storm in a teacup'
Reports that the Venice Film Festival is contemplating moving its start date into September next year will not affect Toronto, which itself moves back a week to start on Sept 10 in 2009.Toronto's dates traditionally shift with the calendar (the first Thursday after North American Labour Day). Venice's dates this ...
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Editorial - D-day for d-cinemas
Digital cinema is inevitable but I no longer believe it is a good thing." That was the surprising conclusion of a senior European figure this week who had once been an advocate if not a downright enthusiast for the switch to D-cinema.His is not a lone voice. Those who once ...
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In Focus: D-cinema divide hangs over the digital switch
Every period of radical change goes through an initial 'what if'' stage where enthusiasts and sceptics try to predict the future.Digital cinema has been rather longer than most in the 'what if'' foothills, partly because of lack of engagement with the issues but mainly because the technology has been out ...
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Orfeo adds Samsara to cross-cultural slate
Samsara - a Himalayan-set story of one man's struggle to find spiritual and sexual freedom that was written and directed by Pan Nalin, a Paris-based Indian director - is among several cross-cultural projects being sold by MIFED debutant Orfeo, the Cologne-based outfit formed earlier this year as a joint venture ...
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Profile: Guarav Dhillon
For Gaurav Dhillon, the CEO of Jaman.com, what sets his online film offering apart from the likes of CinemaNow and iTunes is the sense of community fostered by its interactive elements.Site users are encouraged to review films and take part in discussions on the forums, while a mood selector will ...
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Interview: Larry Charles
While Borat saw Larry Charles travel across the US with Sacha Baron Cohen's hapless Kazakh TV reporter, Religulous sees the director taking in a range of religious sites - Jerusalem, Vatican City and Florida's Holy Land Experience - with comedian Bill Maher as he skewers religion.Maher and Baron Cohen's methods ...
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Australia - Logic's animal cracker
When director Zack Snyder's animated fantasy adventure Guardians Of Ga'hoole opens worldwide in 2010, it will be Zareh Nalbandian's first credit as a feature producer - and Australia's first 3D feature.Nalbandian is co-founder and major shareholder of the privately owned Animal Logic at Sydney's Fox Studios. The company measures up ...
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United Kingdom - There will be blood
It is mid-June in London, and James Corden is sweating in a yellow raincoat as he runs through a foggy forest, carrying a condom full of holy water. Director Phil Claydon calls out his instructions: "Vampire fighting formation, please!"This is the set of Lesbian Vampire Killers. "The title tells you ...