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Winter Journey (Winterreise)
Dir: Hans Steinbichler.Ger. 2006. 95mins.Diving into the depths of manic-depressive gloom withFranz Schubert's heartbreaking song cycle Winterreise as company is a toughassignment - while Hans Steinbichler's Winter Journey falls short, it does atleast rate some recognition for its courage.Following a sixtysomething businessman driven to bankruptcy as he losescontrol over his ...
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TIFF will play host to King's Men, Beethoven
New films from StevenZallian, Bob Balaban and Agnieska Holland are among the first titles to beannounced as world premieres at this year's Toronto International Film FestivalBased on Robert PennWarren's novel - itself inspired by the life of notorious US politicianHuey P. Long - Zaillian's All The King's Men is his ...
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Uruguayan film-maker Rebella commits suicide at 32
Juan Pablo Rebella,one of Latin America's most talented young screenwriters and directors, isreported to have committed suicide yesterday. His body was found at his housein Montevideo, Uruguay. He was only 32.Rebella and hislongtime collaborator Pablo Stoll co-directed two shorts and two acclaimedfeatures. They made their debut with 25 Watts, a ...
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Uruguayan film-maker Rebella commits suicide at 32
Juan Pablo Rebella, one ofLatin America's most talented young screenwriters and directors, is reported tohave committed suicide yesterday. His body was found at his house inMontevideo, Uruguay. He was only 32.Rebella and his longtimecollaborator Pablo Stoll co-directed two shorts and two acclaimed features.They made their debut with 25 Watts,a $26,000 ...
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Lapointe's Secret Life to close Montreal World Film Festival
Quebec director StephaneLapointe's La Vie Secrete Des Gens Heureux (The Secret Life Of Happy People) will have its world premiere at the Closing Night presentation of theMontreal World Film Festival.Produced by Roger Frappierand Luc Vandal of Max Films, the film stars Gilbert Sicotte, Marc Paquet,Catherine de Lean, Marie Gignac, Gilles ...
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Lynch's Empire, Labute's Wicker lined up for Sitges
Guillermo del Toro's Cannespremiere Pan's Labyrinth will openthe 39th annual edition of the International Film Festival of Catalonia, betterknown as Sitges, which has unveiled the first details of its 2006 lineup. Thefestival takes place from Oct 6 to 15.Labyrinth (El Laberinto Del Fauno) will form part of a Special Focus ...
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Pirates lands in three major markets including UK
Buena VistaInternational (BVI) has a big weekend lined up with six scheduled internationallaunches for Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.The adventuresequel sets sail in three major markets - Australia on Jul 6, the UK on Jul 7,and South Korea on Jul 8 - as well as New Zealand and ...
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North American rights to 10th And Wolf sold to THINKFilm
THINKFilm haspicked up all North American rights to Oscar-winning writer Bobby Moresco's 10th& Wolf.Moresco, whoco-wrote Crash, directed 10th And Wolf as well as co-writing it with ChazzPalminteri. The film stars James Marsden as a Marine who struggles to steerclear of his criminal past after he returns home to Philadelphia.Giovanni Ribisi,Brad ...
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Liman, Di Novi to produce Venice-set thriller Vaporetto 13
Mr And MrsSmith director DougLiman and veteran producer Denise Di Novi are teaming up to produce the $8.5mVenice-set thriller called Vaporetto 13 directed by Liman's longtime friend Gregor Von Bismarck.Based on RobertGirardi's novel of the same name, Vaporetto 13 follows an industrial diver whosepremonitions about a mysterious underwater church and ...
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Tykwer, Szabo secure German public funding
Tom Tykwer and Istvan Szabo are amongst the film-makers to secure cash in the latest round of funding awards from financing body the German Federal Film Board (FFA).Tykwer won funding worth $700,000 for his next feature, Heaven, from a script by the late Krzysztof Kieslowski and Krzysztof Pieseiewicz. The Berlin-based ...
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Five shorts up for Europe's Cartoon d'Or
UK animator Joanna Quinn's short Dreams & Desires - Family Ties,which won prizes at the Annecy and Zagreb animation festivalslast month, is among five European shorts nominated for the Cartoon d'Or. The awards recognise the work of new talents in theEuropean animation industry.The fivenominated films, selected from a longlist of ...
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New producers' alliance formed in Australia
After a couple of years oftrying, the two organisations representing Australian producers officiallyformed an alliance this week, just in time for the upcoming review intogovernment film financing.The Screen Producers'Association of Australia (SPAA) and Independent Producers' Initiative (IPI)have joined together to form the Independent Feature Film Producers ofAustralia Alliance (IFPAA).The new ...
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NZFC appoints new chairman and board members
The New Zealand FilmCommission, the country's principal investor in local films, has appointed anew chairman, David Cullwick, and four new people to the board. Cullwick, a business advisorwho was inaugural Professor of Marketing at Victoria University of Wellington, replacesBarrie Everard.Sydney lawyer Shane Simpson is one of the new faces on ...
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Six South African writers win development competition
The UK Film Council'sDevelopment Fund and South Africa's National Film and Video Foundation's "25Words Or Less" competition has named its first six recipients of funding.The four South Africanprojects will each receive $18,504 (£10,000) in funding to develop a first draftof their project. Each will be helped by a script editor ...
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UK's digital network shows 50th film
Digitalfilm services company Arts AllianceMedia has announced that Momentum Pictures' District13, opening in the UK today, is the 50th feature they have beendigitally encrypted and shown on the UK Film Council's Digital Screen Network. TheDSN is Europe's largest 2K digital cinema network. The networkcurrently includes 56 screens, with a total ...
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Fintage House to open Toronto office
Entertainment companyFintage House has announced an expansion of NorthAmerican operations. Maarten Melchior will transfer from Fintage's Netherlands-based headquarters to open an officein Toronto that will coordinate Fintage'sfilm and TV activity in Toronto, New York and Los Angeles. The office will also work with Fintage's music activity. Fintage's US representativePaul Rogers ...
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You, Me And Dupree
Dir: Anthony and Joe Russo. US.2006. 110mins.The married couple at the centre of You, Me And Dupreemust endure an obnoxious new housemate - and their agony may be shared by manyaudiences in Anthony and Joe Russo's ungainly and largely unfunny comedy.Opening on July14 in the US before working its way ...
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Zentropa plans seven low-budget genre features
Danish production company Zentropa has created a new low-budget genre scheme called Perestrojka. The project will support seven genre films for a total of $12.8m (Euros 10m), or about $1.8m each. Zentropa introduced the idea in Cannes and has fully financed the first film under the scheme, Anders Morgenthalers' Ekko. ...
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Germany's Senator to diversify business
Therevamped German producer-distributor Senator Entertainment will be developedinto integrated media company, new CEO Helge Sasse said. Speakingat their first annual general meeting since he became a majority shareholder inthe company with fellow board member Marco Weber at the end of last year, Sasse stressed that Senator's core activity would continueto ...
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Pirates loots the domestic box office, smashes records
Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest smashed Spider-Man's four-year domestic three-day opening record as theBuena Vista sequel opened on an estimated $132m.The three-day tally averaged $31,944 on 4,133 screens anddominated the global stage with the help of a $46.6m number one internationaltally.The result produced a seismic shift at the ...