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NewsUK actress Sienna Guillory cast in Canada’s Gunless
UK actress Sienna Guillory has been cast opposite Paul Gross in the Canadian western spoof Gunless.
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NewsWarner Bros to speed up VoD releases in Japan
Warner Bros has reached a deal with Japan’s largest cable channel operator, Jupiter Telecommunications, to offer films through its high-definition PPV VoD channel at around the same time as their DVD release.
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CommentPassion is still running high
If Cannes is the international film industry distilled into two weeks along the Croisette, then there were some clear messages about what we should all expect over the next couple of years.
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NewsCinema City opens new screens in Poland
Cinema City International has opened a 10-screen multiplex in Bielsko Biala and a Cinema Park multimedia complex in Poznan as part of is plan to open 117 new screens this year.
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NewsGerman court lifts ban on Martin Weisz’s cannibal film
The German Federal Supreme Court has lifted the ban on Martin Weisz’s Butterfly – A Grimm Story (Rohtenburg), a horror film based on the true story of a cannibal.
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CommentThe trouble with critics
Cannes is the world’s greatest showcase for international cinema, but film-makers take a bold risk exposing their works to the festival’s critical hothouse
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CommentEducate consumers to win the piracy battle
The UK must tackle pirates by talking to consumers before applying sanctions, argues Eddy Leviten, head of communications at the Federation Against Copyright Theft.
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Features
The Last Warrior
Set in the not too distant future, the head of security at a war mongering corporation goes after a rogue soldier who has been genetically enhanced.
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We Want Sex
Rita is a feisty factory worker who inadvertently takes on the biggest corporations in the world in a bid for equal pay for her female work colleagues
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FeaturesStudio building
Thomas Peter Friedl tells Martin Blaney why running the new German film company UFA Cinema is his dream job
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FeaturesWas the Marché the real deal?
Buyers on the Croisette were decisive — and surprisingly plentiful — for international sales companies with solid projects.
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Macedonian Film Fund joins EFP
The Macedonian Film Fund has become the 30th member of European Film Promotion (EFP), the pan-European network of film promotion and export organisations.
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NewsAlex De La Iglesia set to become Spanish Film Academy president
Spanish film-maker Alex De La Iglesia is set to take over as president of the Spanish Film Academy after becoming the only candidate to put his name forward.
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Features
Jackboots On Whitehall
An animated alternative history of WWII which follows a group of villagers led by Chris, a young farmhand and his sweetheart Daisy as they fight against the Nazi invasion of England and rescue Churchill from capture.
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NewsOther Angle makes strong Cannes Marche debut
French sales company Other Angle reported robust business at its first Cannes Marche.
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The Galapagos Affair
Based on the true story from John Treherne’s book of the same name, the film follows an idealistic couple living on a remote island in the Galapagos Islands. When a seductive European baroness arrives, accompanied by her two lovers, their dreams are shattered
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NewsDuncan Jones' Moon sells out
UK production company Liberty Films and Independent, the UK sales company, have sold out the world rights to Duncan Jones’ sci-fi thriller Moon.
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FeaturesSerious business
After three years in which it has struggled to define its place on the international calendar, the Rome International Film Festival has charged Gian Luigi Rondi and Piera Detassis with upgrading the event.