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The Break-Up
Dir: Peyton Reed. US. 2006. 107mins.Poor star chemistry and a screenplay without a first act - and not much of a final one, either - turn this highly anticipated romantic comedy starring Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston into a keen disappointment. But the film has so far proved critic-proof. Thanks ...
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Buenos Aires 1977
Dir:Israel Adrian Caetano,Argentina. 2006. 102minsBased on a true story set in 1970s Argentina,Israel Adrian Caetano’s Bueno Aires 1977(Cronaca De Una Fuga) is a familiar story of a prison break-out told infamiliar terms.Snapped up at Cannes by TheWeinstein Company for the US, whereit opens in January 2007, and Australasia, the film ...
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Carolina Herrera starts new film awards with UK's NFTS
Fashionbrand Carolina Herrera New York is launching its new 212Innovation Awards, with the first year to focus on film.Thedesign company is working with the National Film and Television School in the UK for the awards, with support fromthe UK government's Arts & BusinessNew Partners scheme.The competitionis open to aspiring film-makers ...
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Half of Zentropa up for sale to employees
Asthey both celebrated their 50th birthdays in May, Lars von Trier and Peter Aalbaek Jensenhave given a lot of thought to the future of Zentropa,the Danish film production company they founded in 1992.Withtheir five associate partners, von Trier and Jensenhave decided to sell half of the company to directors and ...
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Wolfhound hunts down Cannes sales
Leading Russian producer and distributor Central Partnershiphas announced pre-sales for two of its high-profile projects: the $12m Slavicfantasy Wolfhound and $10m sci-fi Paragraph 78.Both were sold following an official sales launch, includingsome footage, to more than 120 distributors at Cannes.Before the festival SPI International had acquired allrights to Wolfhound for ...
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Phoenix schedules float to fund expansion drive
Chinese-language broadcaster Phoenix Satellite Television aims to raise up to $120m (HK$938m) from an initial public offering to fund ambitious expansion plans including the launch of three new channels, a new production base and an internet portal.The company has set a June 30 date to float on Hong Kong's Growth ...
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Janus Films to get 50 year celebration during New York Film Festival
TheNew York Film Festival will hold a retrospective of the films released by 50year-old US specialized distributor Janus Films during its 44thedition which runs from Sept 29 to Oct 15 this year.Theretrospective will kick off with Jean Renoir's seminal La Regle Du Jeu (1939) on Sept 30 and will continue ...
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Alba joins Eckhart in GreeneStreet's Bill
Jessica Alba has replaced Lindsay Lohan opposite Aaron Eckhart in GreeneStreet Films'upcoming comedy Bill, which is set to begin principal photography on Jun 8 in and around St Louis.Greenestreet's John Penotti and Fisher Stevens are producing Bill with Matthew Roland, with Tim Williams serving as executive producer.Lohan stepped aside due ...
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Nantucket Film Festival gets political with God Spoke, Ground Truth
Politics is writ large over this month's 11th Annual NantucketFilm Festival, with Liberal commentator Al Franken and a contingent of Iraq Warveterans set to make appearances.Franken is supporting Nick Doob and Chris Hegedus' documentary GodSpoke, which chronicleshis ongoing fight against the Right Wing.The Centrepiece screening is the Iraq War documentary ...
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here! acquires worldwide rights to Brown's Race
Regent Releasing will release Russell Brown's Race You To TheBottom in early 2007after sister company here! Films acquired worldwide rights.The feature directorial debut stars Cole Williams as a gay traveljournalist who invites his female lover, played by Amber Benson, on a romantictrip to California's Napa Valley wine country.Jeremy Lelliott, Danielle ...
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New US distributor Teton buys rights to Shadowboxer
TetonFilms has picked up domestic rights to Lee Daniels Entertainment's noir drama Shadowboxer starring Cuba Gooding Jr and Helen Mirren. Tetonhas earmarked a Jul 21 release through Freestyle Releasing on Daniels'directorial debut about two assassins who take pity on a pregnant hit and runaway with her. VanessaFerlito, Macy Gray and ...
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KOFIC to support overseas filmmakers
The Korean Film Council(KOFIC) is launching an initiative to offer funds to overseas Korean filmmakersthrough three support programmes - Low Budget Production Support, a ScriptContest and an Independent Film Contest.Overseas ethnic Koreanfilmmakers, such as Korean-Chinese Zhang Lu and Korean-American Grace Lee, haverecently enjoyed a rising profile. Zhang's GrainIn Ear premiered ...
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Wild Bunch racks up $16m-$18m of Cannes sales
With 11 films scattered throughout the Cannes officialselection, France's Wild Bunchwracked up between $16m and $18m worth of sales during the recently closedmarket.Lou Ye's controversial Chinese competitionentry Summer Palace was sold to thirteen territories with the US's Palm Picturesin final negotiations. Other distributors taking the film include Japan's Movie Eye, ...
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Ruby Red Chequer finishes UK shoot
Writer/director Jan Dunn and producer Elaine Wickhamof Medb Films have completed shooting for theirsecond feature film, Ruby Red Chequer.The project stars Bob Hoskins, JosianeBalasko and Jody Latham in the story of a Britishwidower who falls for his foreign neighbour. The 19-day shoot started in Kent on May 10.Dunn says the ...
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Laura Hardman rejoins Cornwall Film Festival
LauraHardman has rejoined the Cornwall Film Festival as festival director aftertaking maternity leave during the 2005 event. The festival, in its fifthyear, will move its main venue to Falmouth's Princess Pavilion. This year's event will be heldfrom November 16-19 at various Falmouth locations including the National Maritime Museum and University ...
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Vigne starts shooting Jean De La Fontaine
Cesar-award winning director Daniel Vigne hasbegun shooting Jean De La Fontaine in Paris and France's Sarthoise region.The film boasts an all-star cast including LorantDeutsch, Philippe Torreton, Sara Forestierand Jean-Claude Dreyfus and is written by Jacques Forgeas.The Cineteve/France 2 Cinema production willbe released by Rezo Films locally and shoots throughlate July.Set ...
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Puerto Rico shoot kicks off for Maladies Of Love
Donald Ranvaud's Buena Ondahas unveiled Maldeamores (Maladies Of Love), the first film from thefund set up by its parent company IFC and the Puerto Rico Film IndustryDevelopment Corporation.The film, which iscurrently in production, stars Luis Guzman among other Puerto Rican actors in aseries of darkly humorous stories about the quest ...
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F For Film on board for Fresh Air
French sales company F For Film has acquired CannesCritics' Week title Fresh Air by Hungary's Agnes Kokcis.The film shows the difficult relationship between a mother and herteenage daughter and was well-received in the Cannes sidebar.Fresh Air is produced by KMH and won the best debut film awardearlier this year at ...
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Rezo strikes 12 Cannes pre-sales on Canada's Belle Bete
Paris-based sales companyRezo Films has announced Cannes pre-sales on 12 territories for Quebecois titleLa Belle Bete, Karim Hussain'sadaptation of the Marie-Claire Blais novel. The film, co-produced byMontreal-based companies Equinoxe Productions and Screen Machine, has dealswith United Home Entertainment for Thailand and Vietnam, California Filmes for Brazil, Odeon for Greece ...
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Kigali crosses C$1m at Quebec box office for Equinoxe
Eight weeks into itsrelease, Robert Favreau's Rwandan genocide drama A Sunday In Kigali (Un Dimanche A Kigali) is the first Quebecois film of 2006 to pass theC$1m ($900,000) benchmark at the local box office. Shot on location in Rwanda,the film stars veteran Quebec star Luc Picard and Senegalese actress FatouN'Diaye. ...