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Gondry casts Kase, Ito in Tokyo! segment
The cast for Michel Gondry's segment of omnibus film Tokyo ! (working title) has been announced. Letters From Iwo Jima star Ryo Kase will be joined by Ayumi Ito (Tokyo Tower: Mom And Me And Sometimes Dad), Satoshi Tsumabuki (Dororo), Ayako Fujitani (Gamera 3) and Nao Omori (Midnight Eagle). Gondry's ...
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Rome's Business Street includes focus on local films
Italian sellers are hoping that the second edition of Rome's Business Street (Oct 18-21) will prove a successful launchpad for a slew of local titles.Sales outfit Adrianna Chiesa Enterprises is going to present the first market screenings including a Mafia drama, war documentary, 3-D animation and black comedy. Chiesa says ...
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As Europa acquires Roissy, market operations could merge in 2008
As Luc Besson's EuropaCorp agreed to acquire sales company Roissy Films and its 500-title strong catalog, Roissy's president and owner Raphael Berdugo calls the deal 'a very logical' step, The deal, which values the catalog at about $40m, is set to be finalised in early 2008 and ensures Roissy's ability ...
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Real D signs 500-system deal with Odeon and UCI
Real D has signed another huge deal, partnering with Odeon and UCI for the installation of 500 digital 3-D systems across the UK and Europe. The distribution partnership is Real D's largest international deal to date. The rollout of 500 systems will start immediately and continue for the next two ...
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Wild Bunch adds thriller Pop Skull ahead of Rome
In addition to the recently announced acquisition of Hayo Freitag's The Three Robbers, Wild Bunch has picked up Pop Skull heading into the Rome Film Festival. The film, made for just a $2,000 budget, was found by Wild Bunch on 24-year-old director Adam Wingard's MySpace page. The trailer posted on ...
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International box-office: Italy's SMS beats Resident Evil and Stardust
Indian films made a significant dent in this weekend's international chart, taking more than $6.7m from 1,255 screens and accounting for 5.5% of the revenue from the top 40 films. For the full chart, compiled by Len Klady, click here. Dramatic thriller Bhool Bhulaiyaa entered in at number six with ...
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The Counterfeiters takes grand prize in Ghent
The 34th Ghent International Film Festival has given its grand prize for best film to The Counterfeiters by Stefan Ruzowitzky. The award comes with $28,421 (Euros 20,000) to support the film's release in at least five cinemas in Flanders and Brussels. Kathleen Turner led the international jury, and she was ...
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StudioCanal taps van Lier as new head of international sales
Former Intermedia and Summit executive Harold van Lier has been appointed head of international sales at StudioCanal. The company made the announcement Tuesday evening in Paris. Van Lier officially took his post on October 1 and replaces Muriel Sauzay who left to become deputy managing director of Pathe Distribution (France) ...
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Norway's KF mulls options after Buena Vista exit
Norwegian distributor Kommunenes Filmsentral (KF) is considering various survival strategies following the decision by one of its major product sources, Buena Vista, to establish its own office in the country. KF also recently lost 20th Century Fox's titles after the international distributor decided to open a Norwegian outpost, headed by ...
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Celluloid adds Bobby Allen and welcomes back Menahem
Celluloid Dreams has announced the appointment of Bobby Allen to the post of vice-president acquisitions, production and sales. Further, former Celluloid executive Pierre Menahem will rejoin the company as director of international sales. Allen was most recently head of production for MTV Films and has held senior executive positions in ...
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Cronenberg kicks off LFF as BFI has reason to celebrate
The 51st Times BFI London Film Festival kicked off tonight with a gala screening of David Cronenberg's Eastern Promises, which the veteran auteur shot in London.Cronenberg joked with the crowd assembled at the Odeon Leicester Square: 'The truth is the reason that you might not recognise London in this film ...
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IMAX brings forward digital projection system into mid-2008
IMAX Corp. has moved up the launch date of its digital projection system to the second quarter of 2008. IMAX originally expected to have the system ready by the end of next year or in 2009. Digital projection is particularly important for IMAX and those who distribute and exhibit IMAX ...
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Suharjono named svp of Asian distribution at Warner International
Erlina Suharjono has been named senior vice president of Asia Distribution at Warner Bros Pictures International (WBPI).Suharjono recently assumed the role of chief representative of Warner New Asia to supervise distribution of the studio's US-made films in China.Based in the Hong Kong office and reporting directly to WBPI distribution chief ...
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Cinemavault acquires Mexico's Used Parts for AFM
Cinemavault Releasing International has added Aaron Fernandez's Spanish-language drama Partes Usadas (Used Parts) to its AFM slate.The film will screen in competition at the Rome Film Festival alongside Cinemavault's drama Canvas with Marcia Gay Harden and Joe Pantoliano.Partes Usadas centres on a 14-year-old boy seduced by the underworld of stolen ...
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Academy unveils 63 foreign language film submissions
63 countries have submitted films for consideration in the foreign language film category of the Academy Awards, it was announced today by the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences in Los Angeles.The number represents a record for the category and includes first time entrants Azerbaijan and Ireland.FULL LIST OF ...
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Lust, Caution rejected as Taiwan's Oscar entry
The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences in Los Angeles has rejected Taiwan's submission of Lust, Caution as its official nomination for the foreign-language film category of the Academy Awards. With no official financing or major cast from the island, Ang Lee's spy thriller, which was filmed in mainland ...
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Love Marriage and Keep Smiling take pitch prize in Abu Dhabi
The inaugural Middle East International Film Festival's Film Financing Circle (FFC) came to an end Wednesday night with an awards ceremony for the finalists of its pitching programme, the InCircle Pearl.Audience favourite Soman Chainani's Love Marriage, a comedy about two weddings that threaten to tear apart an Indian family in ...
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Branco's new Portugal festival score two world premieres
The first European Film Festival in Estoril, Portugal (Nov 8-17) has attracted some high-profile names thanks to Portugal's best-known producer, Paulo Branco, serving as festival director. Pedro Almodovar (whose career is celebrated with a full retrospective) will be giving a masterclass as will fashion designer Emmanuel Ungaro, director Werner Schroeter ...
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Reiko Bradley returns to MDP as sales chief
Reiko Bradley has left her post as head of Filmtown International Sales and returned to work for old boss Mark Damon as executive vice president of distribution at Damon's MDP Worldwide. She previously worked for him at Vision International and later at MDP Worldwide before leaving to head up the ...