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Media Luna picks up The Great Water
Ivo Trajkov's labour camp drama The GreatWater, Macedonia's entry for the Foreign Language Film Academy Award, isone of five new titles Cologne-based Media Luna Entertainment has added to thesales line-up.Described as "a powerful and emotionallymoving epic saga of friendship and betrayal between two boys", Trajkov'sfilm will have its world premiere ...
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Lakeshore racks up House Keys sales
LakeshoreInternational has racked up sales on Gianni Amelio's The House Keys (LeChiavi di Casa), Italy's foreign language Oscar, and says it has now closeddeals in 31 territories, including the UK.ArtificialEye has picked up the film for the UK, and the drama has also been sold toSpain, Portugal, Denmark, Greece, Russia, ...
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Teague's Last Drop wraps in Romania
Principal photography is now complete in Romania on ColinTeague's The Last Drop, a heistmovie set against the backdropof World War II, starring Billy Zane, Michael Madsen, Karel Roden and footballstar David Ginola in his first feature film role.The film is the story of British military operationduring World War II to ...
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Somersault continues winning streak
Cate Shortland's Somersaulthas continued its winning streak, picking up the Australian film of theyear at the IF Awards on Wednesday (Nov 10) and the Film Critics Circle ofAustralia Awards on Sunday (Nov 7).It also won best directionfor Shortland, best actress for Abbie Cornish, and best cinematography for BobHumphreys at both ...
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+Entertainment's Tunnel sold to Tartan, Artport
Pejman Partiyeli's BeverlyHills-based international sales house +Entertainment has closed multipleterritory deals at AFM on horror title Death Tunnel and its companion documentary Spooked, which are attracting strong interest for domesticrights.The two-tile package sold toArtport in Japan, Tartan for the UK, Imagine Entertainment for Australia, TotMedia for Spain, and Movie Bank ...
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Saw producers Twisted sign up with Lions Gate
Twisted Pictures is movingfast in the wake of its horror hit Saw and has signed a nine-picture distribution deal with Lions Gate Filmsfor its upcoming slate of horror and thriller titles.Twisted executives arelooking for writers and directors with existing scripts and will considerworking with outside producers willing to work within ...
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Miramax to remake Korean Doll Master
Fast-moving Korean salesCineclick Asia has struck a remake deal with Miramax on The Doll Master, a Korean horror flick which the Dimension genresubsidiary hopes to develop into a franchise.The deal sees Miramaxacquire English-language remake rights as well as North American distributionrights on Jeong Yong-ki's original chiller about a man who ...
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Balkan countries team up for promotional network
Film institutes from 11 Balkan and Southeast European countries are banding together to launch a pan-regional promotional body, dubbed the Network of Southeastern European Cinema Institutions (NSECI).The network was created during a meeting organised by the Greek Film Centre last weekend on the Greek island of Hydra. The meeting aimed ...
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Jiminy Glick In Lalawood
Dir. Vadim Jean. Canada-US. 2004. 90 mins.To the immense credit of star and creator MartinShort, Jiminy Glick In Lalawood almostworks. To the discredit of Short the writer, the film falls short of thecomedian's vision because of a script that is unwilling to push the boundariesthe character does. Like most outgrowths ...
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Return To Sender
Dir: Bille August.Den-UK. 2004. 103minsLike some fine wines,director Bille August doesn't seem totravel well. A universally admired European master for Cannes Palme D'Orwinners Pelle The Conqueror and Best Intentions, he has beenrather less admired for such ropey English-language international ventures as TheHouse Of The Spirits and Smilla's Sense Of Snow.Set ...
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European Film Academy unveils 2004 nominations
Spanish films Bad Education and The Sea Inside and Germany's Head-On lead the pack in the nominations for this year's European Film Awards.The three films have been nominated alongside Lukas Moodysson's A Hole In My Heart, Christophe Barratier's The Chorus (Les Choristes) and Mike Leigh's Vera Drake for the best ...
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Keane
Dir/scr: LodgeKerrigan. US. 2004. 90mins.After a hiatusof six years following his not very well-received second film Claire Dolan,American independent director Lodge Kerrigan is back with Keane, an intense tale of obsession that recalls the triumph of hisdebut film, Clean, Shaven (1993).Like that earlierfilm, Keane focuses relentlessly andclaustrophobically on a single ...
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Sci-fi spoof set for blast off in Turkey
One million tickets have been sold in advancefor the first ever Turkish sci-fi comedy G.O.R.A. which is released byWarner Bros. in 460 cinemas - almost half of the available screens - throughoutTurkey on November 12 (Friday).Speaking to ScreenDaily.com, BirolAkbaba, head of international sales for the film's production company BesiktasKultur Merkezi ...
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Sci-fi spoof set for Turkey blast off
One million tickets have been sold in advancefor the first ever Turkish sci-fi comedy G.O.R.A. which is released byWarner Bros. in 460 cinemas - almost half of the available screens - throughoutTurkey on November 12 (Friday).Speaking to ScreenDaily.com, BirolAkbaba, head of international sales for the film's production company BesiktasKultur Merkezi ...
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Local films fuel German box office boom
Over 115m admissions have been registered atGermany's cinemas in the first nine months of 2004, up 12.7m on 2003's 102.5mfor the same period, according to figures collated by the German Federal FilmBoard (FFA).The FFA noted thatadmissions increased year-on-year by almost 89% in July, 21% in August and 12%in September.Thanks to ...
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Biennale chief tells Mueller to respect festival rules
The storms and high water that have flooded Venice's St.Marks square this week appear to also be sweeping across to the Lido.In aninterview with Italian daily Il Corriere della Sera, Biennale presidentDavide Croff responded to Marco Mueller's recent complaints about theBiennale's organisation by declaring that although he 'very happy'with the ...
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Gomez buys back Lolafilms from Telefonica
Andres Vicente Gomez has bought out100% of production-distribution house Lolafilms, the company he founded in1981.Gomez, who has owned 30% ofthe company since a 2002 restructuring and is its CEO, bought out telecomsconglom Telefonica's 70% stake in a transaction undertaken last July butpreviously unreported.Reporting its third quarterresults Thursday, Telefonica underscored its ...
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Telstra, Pacific form Internet alliance
Australian telecommunications giant Telstra has formed a strategic alliance with Hong Kong-based Pacific Century Cyber Works (PCCW), the largest Internet group in Asia outside Japan.The billion dollar deal creates one of the largest Internet, data and business services groups in the pan-Asian region. It covers an Australian-based interactive content service, ...
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Schumacher, Prieto to be honoured at Bangkok fest
Joel Schumacherwill receive the Golden Kinnaree Award for Career Achievement and Alexander cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto willcollect theCinematographer's Crystal Lens Award at the BangkokInternational Film Festival's (BIFF) awards gala ceremony on Jan 21, 2005.Festival-goerswill get a chance to see the regional premiere on Jan 20 of Schumacher's latestpicture, Andrew Lloyd Webber's ...
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Canadian service companies lock C$ at 78 US cents
Spurred by the rising valueof the Canadian dollar against the US dollar, two major Canadian productionservices companies are offering US producers pricing in US dollars locked atthe rate of 78 US cents.Toronto Film Studios (TFS),Canada's largest production facility, announced the fixed exchange plan wouldtake immediate effect for rentals of its ...