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Film Studio planned for Cape Town
South Africa's provincial minister of finance and economic affairs has announced plans to build a $27m film studio in Cape Town.The minister, Ebrahim Rasoo, also called for expressions of interest from the private sector, which was followed up by a nationwide campaign in the country's press calling for tenders to ...
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African film industry buoyed by record breaking Sithengi
South Africa's Minister of Communications Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri may have failed to show at the opening party for the seventh edition of Sithengi, Southern Africa's Film and TV Market. But that did not dampen the spirits of delegates who acknowledged that, despite organisational hiccups, it was the best Sithengi so far. ...
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Optimum adds two to 2003 UK release slate
UK independent distributor Optimum Releasing has picked up all UK rights to Roger Dodger from Alliance Atlantis and XX/XY from Senator International.Artisan Entertainment is currently distributing Roger Dodger in the US, where the Venice title is on more than $650,000. The film, which stars Campbell Scott and Isabella Rossellini, tells ...
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Das Werk divisions begin insolvency proceedings
Key divisions of Germany's Das Werk post-production group have begun filing for insolvency, three weeks after their parent company began insolvency proceedings (Screendaily.com, Nov 7).Das Werk post-production companies at Berlin's Potsdamer Platz, Duesseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Ludwigsburg and Munich as well as Hamburg-based Magic Video have each filed for insolvency. The ...
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Europe's broadcasters exceeding minimum quotas by 50%
For all the everyday complaints about imported programming, Europe's TV broadcasters are comfortably exceeding local content quotas set down by the Television Without Frontiers directive. According to a European Commission report broadcasters devote an average 62% of airtime to European works in 2000, up from 60.7% in 1999. The minimum ...
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New Zealand film commission eager to promote co-productions
The New Zealand Film Commission is trying to capitalise on the country's high profile due to Lord Of The Rings, by helping to develop international co-productions.John Gilbert, Academy Award nominee for his editing on The Fellowship Of The Ring and producer of a popular NZ sitcom, is in discussion with ...
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Alta readies first English-language production
Alta Films' Enrique Gonzalez Macho is developing his first English-language production for the company, Once In Europa. Based on the book by John Berger, the £3.5m ($5.8m) film is planned for a May shoot in Spain. According to international production head Ana San Martin, Alta is in talks with UK ...
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Three new Korean films maintain strong local market share
South Korean cinema continues to perform strongly, with local films currently maintaining a 45% market share in Seoul and three Korean titles heading the box-office this weekend. Cinema Service's Jail Breakers (pictured) has become the latest comedy to top the box-office, drawing 554,000 admissions nationwide in its first four days ...
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Bond and Potter generate $22.5m weekend between them from 66% of the nation's screens
The entry of James Bond title Die Another Day and the continued might of Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets at the UK box office this weekend caused a massive downturn in the fortunes of most other current releases.Die Another Day, the first Bond handled by 20th Century Fox ...
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IMAX announces major European expansion plans
In the wake of expansion into China, Russia and India, Toronto-based large format operator IMAX Corporation has announced its intention to establish itself in more European markets.Speaking in London at the European launch of the company's DMR technology - which digitally re-masters 35mm films for projection on IMAX systems - ...
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Spain to alter local TV ownership rules
In a decision that will directly affect both parties in Spain's pending pay-TV merger, the Spanish government has announced that it will prohibit companies from owning shares in more than one broadcaster at the national, regional and local levels. Grupo Prisa and Telefonica - the backers, respectively, behind set-to-merge digital ...
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I'm Taraneh, 15
Dir: Rassul Sadr-Ameli. Iran. 2002. 110 mins. A young single mother's struggle for survival is the theme of a compelling story that's both universally recognisable and packed with revealing detail unique to contemporary Iran. The country's official candidate for the Foreign Language Oscar and a critical and popular hit there, ...
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Out
Dir: Hideyuki Hirayama. Japan. 2002. 119 mins.Every once in a while a Japanese movie comes along that translates well across borders, whether as an original or a remake. Hideo Nakata's Ringu was one, Hideyuki Hirayama's Out, a black comedy about three women who chop up bodies for cash, is another, ...
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Roger Michell's Mother adds clutch of int'l sales
The UK's Renaissance Films has concluded pre-sales for Roger Michell's recently wrapped film The Mother. Deals were closed with Concorde for Germany, Atalanta for Portugal, Odeon for Greece, Shani Films for Israel and A Film/Cinelibre for Benelux. Sony Pictures Classics picked up the film for North America during the ...
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Solaris
Dir: Steven Soderbergh. US 2002. 99 minutes For a film which purports to be about the deepest recesses of the human heart, this sci-fi romance is curiously lacking in emotion. It is a fatal flaw and, while the marquee value of international heartthrob Clooney and wunderkind film-maker Soderbergh promises encouraging ...
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Etre Et Avoir wins European documentary award - Prix ARTE
European cultural channel ARTE and the European Film Academy have named French filmmaker Nicolas Philibert's Etre Et Avoir as the winner of this year's European Documentary Award - Prix ARTE which will be officially presented at the European Film Awards gala in Rome's Teatro dell'Opera on December 7.Philibert's film was ...
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Intermedia appoints Meyer as development executive
Intermedia Films has appointed Sophie Meyer as development executive at its London office, co-chairmen Guy East and Nigel Sinclair have announced.Meyer, who was previously development assistant at UK funding body British Screen, will report to department head Nick Drake. Intermedia's UK production activities include backing Ruth Jackson's West Eleven Films; ...
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Treasure Planet
Dir: John Musker & Ron Clements. US. 2002. 95 mins. Walt Disney Feature Animation follow up the delightful Lilo & Stitch with a more conventional holiday programmer in Treasure Planet, an entertaining, but perfunctory animated adventure which will come third on kids' wishlists after live-action family movies Harry Potter And ...
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France mulls Eurimages exit
Europe's leading film producing nation, France is considering withdrawing from Eurimages, the Council of Europe-backed support body.The proposal is only one of several suggestions made by the country's film regulator, the Centre National de la Cinematographie (CNC), in a report into Eurimages' usefulness. Although France is a net beneficiary - ...
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Danish production companies unite for $13m, five-feature slate
Two Danish production outfits Easy Film and ASA Film have joined forces to produce their future projects in collaboration. The companies have secured backing from distributor Scanbox for the development of five new features, of which they aim to produce two a year. Scanbox takes Scandinavian rights and will distribute ...