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Belgium unveils film tax plan
Belgium is to become the latest European country attempting to use tax as a way of boosting film production.Didier Reynders, the Belgian finance minister is expected today (Friday May 24) to announce the launch of a new tax shelter.The new measures are expected to allow film investors to set off ...
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Spain's MediaPro buys 60% stake in Ovideo
Spanish audiovisual company MediaPro has bought out 60% of film and TV producer Ovideo TV.The company has also bought a 20% share in Italian producer and consultancy Gruppo Comunicazione Italia (GCI) with an option to raise the stake later this year.The deals follow MediaPro's announced full-fledged entry into feature film ...
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Sollet's Long Way finds US home
Samuel Goldwyn and Fireworks have bagged Peter Sollet's Long Way Home ahead of its Un Certain Regard screening for their US joint distribution venture IDP.The title - sold by Studio Canal's division Wild Bunch which also co-produced along with Forensic Films - has been hotly pursued by US distributors.Long Way ...
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Miramax Australia makes debut acquisition with debut film
Miramax Films has acquired the Australian and New Zealand distribution rights to Anthony Mir's directorial debut You Can't Stop The Murders, marking the first acquisition for Miramax's newly formed Australian office under Victoria Treole.The film is a comedy which also features stand-up comedian Mir alongside fellow comedians Gary Eck ...
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REVIEW: Demonlover
Dir: Olivier Assayas. France 2002. 129mins. Screened in CompetitionDemonlover is the latest victim of the French tradition whereby a highly respected director over-reaches drastically, eliciting critical calumny and press-show booing - something that has happened in Cannes to the likes of Beineix, Carax and Kassovitz. It is a shame to ...
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Enough
Dir: Michael Apted. US. 2002. 115 mins. One of a handful of non-traditional chick-flicks hitting US screens this summer, Enough starts out as a promisingly taut woman-in-peril thriller but eventually degenerates into a questionable cross between a female Rocky and a Mission: Impossible-style action romp. Still, younger female moviegoers will ...
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Polanski's Pianist tops list of Cannes winners
A roar of approval, but applause that fell a long way short of a prolonged standing ovation, greeted Roman Polanski's Palme d'Or win at Cannes 2002 with The Pianist.Jury president David Lynch opened the evening's ceremonies by saying that there were not enough prizes to go round, but that the ...
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The full list of Cannes winners
Cannes 2002 PrizesPalme d'OrThe Pianist Dir: Roman PolanskiGrand Jury PrizeThe Man Without A Past Dir: Aki KaurismakiBest ActressKati Outinen in The Man Without A PastBest ActorOlivier Gourmet in The Son (Dirs: Luc & Jean-Pierre Dardenne)Best Direction (joint)Im Kwon-Taek for ChihwaseonPaul Thomas Anderson for Punch ...
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Irreversible wins shock value but no awards
Anger and outrage followed the bombshell detonated by Gaspar Noe's Irreversible, a tale of rape and revenge that is depicted more brutally than any film that has been shown at the Cannes festival. That it did not win a single prize probably reflected its jury-dividing content, outweighing Noe's awesome technical ...
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India's location shooting rules to be relaxed, as local production soars
As a result of meetings held in Cannes last week, the Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is considering relaxing the rules for international companies planning to shoot films in India.Senior government officials met several filmmakers who showed interest in shooting in India but were put off by the red ...
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Serbian Government introduces national film fund
The Serbian Government has launched a Euros 1.5m prototype film fund, with six local features receiving an award equivalent to 30% of its budget.Goran Markovic's The Cordon, Srdjan Koljevic's Red Coloured Gray Truck, Dusan Kovacevic's The Professional, Milos Petricic's An Almost Ordinary Story, Srdjan Karanovic's Loving Glances and Milos Radovic's ...
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The Pianist
Director: Roman Polanski. 2002. 148 mins. In Competition Working from material close to his own childhood experiences in war ravaged Poland, Roman Polanski has created his most satisfying film in twenty years. Old-fashioned, stately and a little uneven, The Pianist recovers from a disappointing start to mature into a restrained ...
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Banderas, Cruz may re-unite with Almodovar for Tarantula
Two of Spain's hottest properties, Antonio Banderas and Penelope Cruz, are likely to co-star in Tarantula, a futuristic film noir by director Pedro Almodovar. Producer Agustin Almodovar was quoted in Cannes this weekend confirming that the long-mooted project (see Screendaily July 10, 2001) would star Banderas and Cruz. Tarantula, the ...
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Almodovar to head first European cinema heritage week
Pedro Almodovar will be the patron of the first European Cinema Heritage Week (November 15-23, 2002) which aims to raise awareness of European cinema and to promote discussion of the visual image.Launching the Heritage Week in Cannes, European Commissioner Viviane Reding said 'the European public will discover the great films ...
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No Man's Land wins European Union media prize
This year's Foreign Language Film Oscar-winner Danis Tanovic's No Man's Land has been presented with the European Union's Euros 25,000 Media Prize.'Beyond the conflict in ex-Yugoslavia and the story of these two soldiers, one Serbian, the other Bosnian, No Man's Land illustrates with talent and humour the absurdity of violence ...
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Mixed reception for Star Wars: Episode II in Eastern Europe
Star Wars: Episode 2 - Attack Of The Clones has achieved the biggest opening ever in Hungary, overtaking the record set by Lord Of The Rings - The Fellowship Of The Ring. Clones, which opened with 37 copies in 25 cinemas also produced the biggest attendance ever on its ...
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The Way Home wins Korea's top Grand Bell award
Lee Jeong-hyang's The Way Home was named best picture at South Korea's 39th annual Grand Bell (Daejong) Awards, held in Seoul on May 26.The film, about a seven year-old boy who goes to live with his grandmother in the country, has been a local audience favourite, earning over $20m since ...
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Yeoh to get tough with French distributor M6
Wearing her producer hat - rather than that of actress or Cannes juror - Michelle Yeoh is to start legal proceedings against French distributor M6/SND.Yeoh and Thomas Chung, managing director of Hong Kong-based Han Entertainment, through which the Yeoh-produced film The Touch is financed, say they will be seeking damages ...
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Tradewind, MMC Independent sign first-look deal
Cologne/Erfurt-based production house Tradewind Pictures and the MMC studios' production arm MMC Independent have signed a first-look deal for a long-term co-operation on the production of national and international feature films.As part of the agreement, both partners will offer each other the chance to board projects as a co-producer. ...