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Roth, Littman to run business and legal affairs at Weinstein Co
Miramaxexecutives Eric Roth and Barry Littman have joined The Weinstein Company asexecutive vice presidents and co-heads of business and legal affairs. Both executiveswill based in the company's Los Angeles office and report directly to Bob andHarvey Weinstein. Roth and Littmanwill oversee the company's business and legal affairs division and negotiatedeals ...
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Pennebaker, Hegedus to get career award from IDA
DA Pennebaker and ChrisHegedus will receive the International Documentary Association (IDA) 2005Career Achievement Award at the 21st Annual IDA Distinguished DocumentaryAchievement Awards Benefit Gala on Dec 9 in Hollywood.The duo has collaborated onsuch award winning titles as The War Room, for which they jointly received an Oscar nomination in 1994, ...
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City, Aspirins win top Rio prizes
Sergio Machado's CidadeBaixa (Lower City) won the best fiction feature prize at the RioIntrernational Film Festival and Marcelo Gomes' Cinema, Aspirinas E Urubus (Cinema, Aspirins And Vultures) took home the festival's second, the special jury prizeat the festival's closing ceremony tonight (Thursday). The awards were handed outthe Odeon BR theatre, ...
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Gromit goes Latin in Spain, Brazil, Mexico
DreamWorksInternational's Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit has stormed off to an early $6.8minternational running total and executives will be looking to build when theanimated picture launches through UIP in Brazil, Mexico and Spain on Oct 7.Paramount'srevenge drama Four Brothers gets a big push this weekend when UIP ...
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Dinerstein & Vitale exit Paramount Classics
Paramount Classics co-heads David Dinerstein and Ruth Vitale areleaving the division after they were told this week their contracts will not berenewed in February 2006.The duo;s fate had been in the balance ever since Viacom co-president Tom Freston told investors last year thatthe division would bulk up and take on ...
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Korean star power on parade at glitzy Pusan opening
The 10th edition of Asia's leading film showcase and industry event, the Pusan InternationalFilm Festival (PIFF), kicked off on Thursday with a glitzy opening thathighlighted South Korea's emergence as the new star factory of Asia.With 5,000 spectators seatedin front of a massive outdoor screen, the event featured fireworks, a surpriseperformance ...
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Sitges kicks off with Cronenberg's Violence
QuentinTarantino, Jodie Foster, Viggo Mortensen and David Cronenberg are among thehigh-profile guests expected at Catalunya's International Film Festival (Oct9-17), which kicks off on Sunday in the coastal resort town of Sitges.The festival'sswitch back from December to its traditional October dates has helped attractthe talents, director Angel Sala told local press.Sitges ...
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Telecinco strikes 10-pic deal with Singer
Spanish broadcaster Telecinco has sealed a 10-picture pact with US independent producer Joseph Singer, marking its first foray into all-rights acquisitions. Nicolas Cage-starrer One To One will be the first title to emerge from the deal.The pact mirrors a similar move by Telecinco rival Antena 3 which picked up all ...
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Allegro
Dir. Christoffer Boe.Den. 2005. 88mins.Christoffer Boe returnsto themes that he explored in his 2003 Camera D'Or winner Reconstructionwith Allegro, a science-fiction feature that focuses on how a person canwipe away their past while still be reliant on trust and faith.A visually enticing picture,its best chances lie at home in Denmark, ...
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Participant creates social action campaign website for upcoming films
JeffSkoll's Los Angeles-based production company Participant Productions islaunched a revamped website last week containing information about film-relatedsocial action campaigns. Eachtitle featured on www.participate.net will host a corresponding social actioncampaign on the website. Featuredtitles include Niki Caro's upcoming sexual discrimination drama NorthCountry, George Clooney's McCarthyEra tale Good Night, And Good Luck,and ...
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Kovacs, Zsigmond named legends by Hungarian cinematographers
Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond, along with Hungariancinematographers Gyorgy Illes and Janos Toth, will be the first recipients ofThe Legend Award from the Hungarian Society of Cinematographers (HSC).The Legend Award was created to honour cinematographers whoselives and work are an inspiration to filmmakers, and will be handed out at thefifth ...
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Sundance launches first commissioning fund backed by Sloan
The Sundance Institute has created the Sloan Commissioning Fundthrough a grant from the Alfred P Sloan Foundation to support the development,presentation and celebration of science and technology through independentfilm.This is the first commissioning project initiated by theInstitute, and provides a cash stipend and creative and practical support todevelop science and ...
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Lebel joins Wolf in international sales at Peace Arch
Former HBO Films London executive Lissa Lebel has joinedToronto-based production and distribution outfit Peace Arch Entertainment Groupas director of international sales.Lebel will play a key role as the company moves aggressively intofeature production and acquisition.Based in Los Angeles, she will report to Penny Wolf, her formermanager at HBO Films London, ...
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Hildebrand joins Kimmel as creative executive under Horberg
Former Wonderland Films development executive Jodi Hildebrand hasjoined Sidney Kimmel Entertainment (SKE) as a creative executive.Hildebrand reunites with former Wonderland partner Bill Horberg,who recently arrived as president of production at SKE."Jodi is a smart, tasteful young executive with a keen eye forgood material, a passion for writers and the ability ...
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Warner boards first local language Japanese production
Warner Bros Pictures Japan has boarded its first local languageproduction Catch A Wave,based on a novel by teenage author Kazuma Toyota.Toyota was 16 when he wrote hisnovel about three surfers who learn to respect nature when one of them attemptsto ride a typhoon wave to impress his girlfriend.Toyota, now 17 ...
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Biggs, Fisher star in GreeneStreet's Pleasure Of Your Company
New York-based GreeneStreet Films is financing the romantic comedyThe Pleasure Of Your Company starring Jason Biggs and Isla Fisher, who recently gave ascene-stealing performance in Wedding Crashers.GreeneStreet FilmsInternational (GSFI) will commence sales at next month's AFM on the project,which is being directed by Michael Ian Black from his own screenplay ...
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Singapore to host festival for new Asian directors
Singapore is set to host a new film festival for first-timedirectors - the Asian Festival of First Films (AFFF) - which is scheduled torun from November 23-30 with an awards gala on the final night. Organised by Indian productioncompany Teamwork Films with backing from corporate sponsors, the festival aimsto provide ...
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Shutter duo to reteam on Thai-Korean horror
The two writer-directorsbehind Thai blockbuster Shutter - Parkpoom Wongpoom and BanjongPisanthanakun - are planning a new horror picture, Alone, which willshoot in Thailand and Korea from March next year. The film, which was unveiledat the Pusan International Film Festival in Korea this weekend - will also feature cast from bothcountries. ...
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Norway launches summer box office assault
The Norwegian film industry has joined forces on a project called Summer Cinema (Sommerkino) to boost cinema admissions during the summer months when long daylight hours keep audiences out of theatres.An initiative of trade organisation Film & Kino, the project is backed by all Norwegian distributors, as well as 96 ...
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New York comedy heads Indian music major's debut slate
Indian music major Saregamahas unveiled a slate of seven features, headed by Karma Confession &Holy to be directed by New York-based Indian filmmaker Manish Gupta.The comedy, which starsIndian actors Sushmita Sen and Randeep Hooda, begins shooting in New York this month. It follows three sets of characters - Indianswho have ...