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Be Wild takes Japanese rights to Royston Tan's musical drama 881
Be Wild has taken on all Japanese rights to Royston Tan's new musical drama 881, making it the first pre-sale ever of a Singapore film to Japan. The deal also marks the first international acquisition for Be Wild, a producer of Japanese films such as Kaza-hana, What the Snow Brings, ...
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Morena, Cuatro Cabezas strike co-production deal
Spanish production house Morena Films has signed a TV co-production accord with Argentinean outfit Cuatro Cabezas which will likely grow to include feature films.The agreement originally spans two interview-format shows already popularised on broadcaster Telefe in Argentina and now adapted for the Spanish market. The weekly shows will premiere on ...
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Pusan Promotion Plan selects 35 projects for 10th edition
The Pusan Promotion Plan (PPP) has announced the line-up for its tenth anniversary edition. 35 projects from 18 countries have made the final cut, out of more than 200 submissions. Once again the PPP mixes masters and newcomers, including Cannes Camera D'Or winner Bahman Ghobadi, Berlinale Silver Bear winner Wang ...
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Indian Film Company works with new Imtiaz Ali project
The Indian Film Company has acquired worldwide rights to Imtiaz Ali's new film, produced by Shree Ashatavinayak Cine Vision. The film - as yet untiltled until the results are tallied from a consumer poll - is a musical romantic comedy set in North India. Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor star ...
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Ai No Yokan (The Rebirth)
. Dir. Masahiro Kobayashi. Japan , 2007. 102mins.A test of endurance that will defeat most audiences, MasahiroKobayashi's new film is an exercise in repetitious movement bound to earn plaudits with both festival juries and the more refined art cinema patron. The closest parallel to this kind of cinema is the ...
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The Match Factory picks up German tragicomedy
The Match Factory has picked up international distribution for Neele Leana Vollmar's second feature Friedliche Zeiten (literal translation: Peaceful Times) which has begun shooting in Munich and surroundings. The tragicomedy, based on Birgit Vanderbeke's 1996 novel of the same name, is being produced by Vollmar and Caroline Daube's joint production ...
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Raindance announces international feature programme
The 15th Raindance Film Festival, which runs Sept 25-Oct 7 in London, has announced this year's programme of features and feature documentaries. Highlights include Kim Ki-Duk's Breath, John Barker's Bunny Chow, Japanese blockbuster The Amazing Lives Of The Fast Food Grifters by Mamoru Osuii, US paparazzo-related project Being Michael Madsen ...
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The Darjeeling Limited will close London Film Festival
The London Film Festival will close Nov 1 with the UK premiere of Wes Anderson's The Darjeeling Limited. The director will be in London to also give an interview as part of the festival's TCM Screen Talks.Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody and Jason Schwartzman star as three American brothers who try ...
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UFO partners for digital releases of RK Films library
UFO Moviez, the Indian digital cinema company, has partnered with the legendary Indian studio RK Films to release their popular classics like Bobby, Satyam Shivam Sundaram, Ram Teri Ganga Maili, Prem Rog and Heena among others in digital wide screen format.RK, founded by the late Raj Kapoor, is a 60-year-old ...
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Hollywood Film Festival names craft awards
Organisers of the upcoming 11th Annual Hollywood Film Festival have announced the roster of crafts award recipients for the Hollywood Awards Gala on October 22. Stephen Goldblatt will receive the Hollywood Cinematographer Of The Year Award, while Joe Hutshing will be honoured for editing, Mark Isham for composing, and ...
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Tooley takes leading creative role at Relativity
Producer Tucker Tooley has joined Los Angeles-based Relativity Mediaas head of creative and will lead development and production forRelativity's single film business and oversee growth of the productionteam.Tooley and Relativity principal Ryan Kavanaugh will work closely onsuch upcoming releases as David Twohy's thriller A Perfect Getaway,James Mangold's Western 3:10 To ...
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Murphy PR promotes Edwards and hires Myers
New York independent publicity firm Murphy PR has promoted Jessica Edwards to vice president and hired Heter Myers. Edwards joined Murphy PR in 2004 shortly after the company launched. Prior to that she served as programming producer for Resfest Canada and held a number of production positions on Canadian film ...
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LaCour joins Californian bank's entertainment finance arm
Bryan J LaCour has joined Union Bank of California'sentertainment-finance group as vice president and manager.LaCour brings more than seven years of experience in banking andfinance and arrives from Comerica Bank, where he served as vicepresident with the entertainment industries group.Union Bank of California's entertainment-finance business has providedcapital to the film ...
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The Drummer
Dir. Kenneth Bi. Hong Kong / Taiwan , 2007. 115 mins.Conceived as a vehicle for Jaycee Chan (Jackie Chan's son) but more likely to serve as a showcase for the talents of the U Theatre drummers, this gangster-movie-meets-rites-of-initiation picture has a hard time deciding which way to go among the ...
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Beneath The Rooftops of Paris (Sous Les Toits De Paris)
Dir: Hiner Saleem. France, 2007. 100minsThis study of old age and solitude finds exiled Kurdish director Hiner Saleem divesting himself of the mischievous drive and wicked sense of humour which permeated such earlier efforts as Vodka Lemon and Kilometre Zero. Launched in a light, warm and humanistic vein which keeps ...
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3:10 To Yuma
Dir: James Mangold US . 2007. 117minsThe western has become the most unfashionable of genres, with a reputation for box-office poison that persists despite the relatively recent success of Open Range (2003). The fiftieth anniversary remake of 3:10 To Yuma is sturdy enough to withstand the jinx. Handsomely crafted, it ...
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Film4 partners with Edinburgh theatre for new talents
Film4 and Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre are starting a new $59,800 (£30,000) partnership to explore the crossover between theatre and film.The initiative will let Channel 4, Film4 and Traverse select promising new theatre talents to build long-term relationships working in film and television. The programme includes a first-look deal for plays ...
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NPA to offer producer training at BFI Southbank
The UK's New Producers Alliance has partnered with the British Film Institute to offer the NPA's 9-Point Producer Training Sessions at the new BFI Southbank's Delegates Centre starting from September 2007.The 9-point programme includes the following sessions: role of the producer, company set-up, developing a project, market and audience, finance, ...
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New Thai production outfit Extra Virgin kicks off with media documentary
Thai film-maker Pimpaka Towira has set up a new Bangkok-based production outfit Extra Virgin with former Bangkok International Film Festival programmer Mai Meksawan and former Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) executive Ruengsang Sripaoraya.'The company aims to start with independent and low-budget productions and branch out to a more diverse range ...
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Foreign cash finds its way to Mosaic
More foreign money came flooding into Hollywood this week as Canada's Capital Communications CDPQ, a subsidiary of Montreal-based fund management giant Caisse de depot et placement de Quebec, announced that it will make a "major strategic investment" in Mosaic Media Group. Mosaic is the new name for the merged entities ...