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Ealing moves closer to buying Bulgarian studio
Britain's Ealing Studios hastaken a step towards buying leading Bulgarian film studio Boyana Film.The home of the EalingComedies has become the first candidate to be approved by the country'sprivatization agency to enter the preliminary round of bidding. Up for grabs isa 95 per cent stake in the state-owned company.Crucially, the ...
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MIFED winds down midway through market
MIFED wound down to a virtual halt by midday on Thursday(Oct 15), one and a half days before its official end, leaving those remainingto reminisce about the market's good old days, and many more utterly confusedabout what will happen next year.Several sellersreported that sales have been good. Rai Trade sales ...
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Irish production sector gears up for revival
It certainly felt like the slowest year on record. Only oneor two films went into production in Ireland between January and the last daysof August.Everyone seems to have a different explanation - thefaltering dollar; a hiatus brought about by last year's uncertainty about thefuture of the Section 481 tax break ...
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Vanity Fair to open India film festival
The 35th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) (Nov29-Dec 9) will open with Vanity Fair, directed by Indian born film-makerMira Nair. The government backed film festival is being held in Goa for thefirst time.Neelam Kapur, director of the film festival told ScreenDaily.com,"IFFI will reflect India's identity in the world of ...
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Shochiku launches fund for ninja action feature
Shochiku, one of Japan's leading film producers anddistributors, is to launch a film fund to underwrite the production of Shinobi,a ninja action film starring Joe Odagiri (Bright Future) and YukieNakama (Game, Trick).The film, which is directed by Ten Shimoyama (Muscle Heat),will begin principal photography on October 18, with release in ...
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Rai Trade racks up sales on Argento's Hitchcock
Rai Trade has made a raft of sales at MIFED on cult directorDario Argento's upcoming film, Do You Like Hitchcock'.Argento's thriller, which is currently in post-production,has been made specifically for the TV, DVD and video markets. Under a projectmasterminded by Argento himself, Do You Like Hitchcock will be part of ...
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MIP-TV: Japan's Tohokushinsha takes ITC classics
UK-based TV distributor Carlton International Media (CIM) has sealed a $3m licensing deal with Japan's Tohokushinsha Film Corp covering broadcast, video and merchandising rights to a package of films and TV programming from the ITC library.Titles included in the deal range from movie classics such as The Boys From Brazil, ...
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Soda Pictures buys UK for Head-On, Brothers
Soda Pictures has acquired the UK/Eire distribution rightsto Fatih Akin's Berlin winner Head-On and Susanne Bier's San Sebastianprize winner Brothers. Both films will premiere in the UK at the LondonFilm Festival later this month.Soda Pictures plans to release Head-On in the UK on 18 February 2005 andBrothers in early spring.Soda ...
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DTS opens Hong Kong office under Kin Chan
California-based technologycompany Digital Theatre Systems (DTS) has opened its newest global office inHong Kong to coordinate company activities in the Asia-Pacific region.The company has hired KinChan as director of business development for Greater China to overseeoperations from Hong Kong and focus on business development in the GreaterChina area, including China, ...
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Jeunet, Rappeneau, Besson among French directors on US university tour
Olivier Assayas, Luc Besson,Claire Denis, Benoit Jacquot, Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Jean-Paul Rappeneau willtake part in the second edition of On Set With French Cinema, organised byleading universities in association with Unifrance and the French Ministry ofForeign Affairs.From Oct 18-Nov 22 thefilmmakers will present and discuss their features with fine art ...
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Shark Tale set for big openings in UK, Germany, France
DreamWorks'Shark Tale is set to make a big splash this weekend with a trio of major European launches that should boost the picture's $20.9m international running total (Oct 11).Shark Tale opened in France on Oct 13 and Germany a day later, with the UK set for Oct 15. The picture ...
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Damon exits Media 8, sets up new production outfit
Industry veteran Mark Damonhas officially left Media 8 Entertainment as chairman and chief executiveofficer and is assembling a Los Angeles-based production company to focus onindependent projects.Damon, whose production anddistribution outfit MDP joined Canada-based Behavior Communications in 1998 toform MDP Worldwide and changed its name this year to Media 8, parts ...
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IDA names nominees in 20th annual documentary achievement awards
Joe Sinofsky and JoeBerlinger's Metallica: Some Kind Of Monster, Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 and Jehane Nujaim's Control Room are among nominees for the International DocumentaryAssociation's 20th Annual IDA Distinguished Documentary Achievement Awards.Other contenders in thefeature category include Aileen: Life And Death Of A Serial Killer, BeingDorothy, Born Into Brothels, The ...
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The World (Shijie)
Dir. Jia Zhang-Ke.China-Japan. 2004. 140mins.China's censorship boardhad previously banned the work of film-maker Jia Zhang-Ke - that is until hislatest film, The World, which is as subversive and critical as any ofhis earlier features.While some board members mayhave chosen to regard it as a travelogue selling the charms of Beijing'sgigantic ...
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Low Life
Dir: Im Kwon-Taek.South Korea. 2004. 99 mins.Veteran South Korean filmmaker Im Kwon-Taek spotlights aturbulent period in the history of his country in this fast-paced saga, whichscreened in competition at Venice. But all that history is the film's mainproblem: international audiences, few of whom have a firm grasp of thepolitical landscape ...
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Lucas to receive 33rd AFI Life Achievement Award
George Lucas will receivethe 33rd AFI Life Achievement Award at a ceremony in Los Angeles in June 2005,one month after the global release of Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge OfThe Sith."George Lucas is a masterstoryteller, but he is first and foremost a moving image pioneer," AFI board oftrustees chair ...
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Romania's MediaPro takes on London
Romanian film studioMediaPro Pictures has opened a representative office in London. The new branchis expected to increase the flow of footloose productions that make use ofRomania's low cost base and fast improving skills base.The branch will be housed atthe London office of UK independent producer Box TV. "Working with Box ...
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MIP-TV: Channel 4, Company strike first-look deal
UK TV production outfit Company Television has signed a first-look development and distribution deal with UK-based TV distributor Channel 4 International (C4I).Under the terms of the deal, C4I will handle distribution on selected Company titles and the two companies will jointly develop a raft of projects. The partners are already ...
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Miramax springs for Roundabout rights
Miramax Films has acquiredNorth and South American rights to Pathe's animated feature Sprung!The Magic Roundabout.The announcement was made byFrancois Ivernel, managing director of Pathe UK, and Harvey Weinstein,co-chairman of Miramax Films. Weinstein met with the animators and workedclosely with Agnes Mentre, executive vice presidentof acquisitions and co-productions, and Maeva Gatineau, ...
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Warner Bros wraps first solo Spanish shoot
Warner Bros Pictures has wrapped shooting on its first soloSpanish production, Manuel Gomez Pereira's Reinas.The Euros 4.5m filmheadlines a star-studded ensemble cast in a comedy turning on the first gaywedding in Spain.Reinas is the first100% Warner production since the company opened its local production arm inSpain with plans to produce, ...