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Fortissimo takes on non-Asian sales for Blood Brothers
Fortissimo Films has picked up worldwide sales rights excluding Asia for Blood Brothers from CMC Entertainment and John Woo and Terrence Chang's Lions Rock Productions. Fortissimo will commence sales at the upcoming European Film Market. The London and New York University-educated Alexi Tan, discovered by Woo and Chang, is making ...
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Principal photography to begin on Maria Larsson's Everlasting Moment
Oscar-nominated Swedish director Jan Troell will start principal photography for his new feature, Maria Larsson's Everlasting Moment, in three weeks - and although he usually takes his time, the $6.2m (Euros 4.8m) is scheduled for a world premiere at next year's Goteborg International Film Festival. Finnish-Swedish actress Maria Heiskanan, who ...
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Filmstiftung NRW backs international co-productions with $14.6m
International co-productions by Israel's Amos Gitai, New Zealand's Armagan Ballantyne and Germany's Max Faerberboeck are among 25 projects supported with a total of $14.6m (Euros 11.2m) by Filmstiftung NRW this week.The Dusseldorf-based regional fund awarded $521,000 (Euros 400,000) to Gitai's Disengagement, which will be produced by Pandora Filmproduktion with France's ...
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HanWay, Ecosse working with Jarrold for new Brideshead Revisited
HanWay Films has announced plans for a big-screen adaptation of Brideshead Revisited, to start shooting this spring. Kinky Boots and Becoming Jane director Julian Jarrold will direct from Andrew Davies and Jeremy Brock's screenplay adapted from the Evelyn Waugh classic novel. Robert Bernstein and Douglas Rae of Ecosse Films, who ...
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CineMart awards go to projects from Sweden, France and Philippines
As Rotterdam CineMart closed yesterday, the two Arte France Cinema Awards went to CineMart projects A Rational Solution, which Jorgen Bergmark is developing with Sweden 's Hepp Film, and Les Pieds Nus Sur Les Limaces, which Fabienne Berthaud is developing with France 's Agat Films & Cie. Each producer got ...
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Von Trier makes devil's pact with Anders Thomas Jensen on Antichrist
Lars von Trier recently took an unusual step to finish the script for his new horror film Antichrist. He phoned archrival and prolific writer/director Anders Thomas Jensen for help. Jensen has worked as a co-writer with Susanne Bier and Lone Scherfig and directed three projects himself: Flickering Lights, The Green ...
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France to be focus of Halifax co-production market
The Strategic Partners international coproduction market in Canada will focus on France at its 10th anniversary event this September. The market takes place during Halifax's Atlantic Film Festival. According to Strategic Partners director Jan Miller, exit surveys from the 2006 edition showed 'Canadian interest in working with France is no ...
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RBS signs $350m financing pact with New Line
The Royal Bank of Scotland has closed a $350m film financing deal with New Line Cinema. The pact will provide co-financing for an estimated 20 New Line films during an approximately two-year period. The deal will include 2007 releases such as Hairspray, Rush Hour 3, and The Golden Compass as ...
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New Turin fund provides $648,125 for doc productions in 2007
The Turin Film Commission and the Northern Italian Turin-Piedmont Region have joined forces to set up the Piemonte Doc Film Fund by earmarking $648,125 (Euros 500,000) for documentary projects that are shot in the area or that employ local professionals for post-production work. The fund aims to promote about 20 ...
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Medienboard backs 11 projects for over $5m
The next feature film by actor-producer-director Til Schweiger and a German version of the Emmy-winning BBC film The Girl In The Cafe are among eleven projects awarded over $5m (Euros 4.6m) production funding by the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg at its first sitting for 2007.The largest amount awarded at this session - ...
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A-List Nutcracker musical marches into Budapest
Pre-production on The Nutcracker is scheduled to begin Mar 5 at Stern Film Studios in Budapest. Russia's Andrei Konchalovsky, who previously made Siberiada, Romance For Lovers, and House Of Fools, will direct the musical, based on the story made famous by Tchaikovsky's ballet, which will feature lyrics by Tim Rice. ...
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Andrew Meehan appointed development head of Irish Film Board
Andrew Meehan has been appointed Development Executive at the Irish Film Board (IFB). Working directly with chief executive Simon Perry, Meehan will participate in evaluating development funding applications for feature film projects, and in the management of projects selected for support. As a member of the IFB's core creative team, ...
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Dutch Film Fund explains details for $16.8m Matching Fund
As the Rotterdam film festival continues, local film-makers are seeing several signs of encouragement from the Dutch Film Fund. The fund has announced $1.26m (Euros 975,000) backing in three art-house features as well as unveiling details for its groundbreaking $16.8m (Euros 13m) Matching Fund. Dutch Film Fund director Toine Berbers ...
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AFC selects eight projects for low-budget development lab
Chopper producer Michele Bennett and Robyn Kershaw, whose credits include Looking For Alibrandi, are among the eight teams that have projects selected by the Australian Film Commission's (AFC) development laboratory for low-budget films. The series of workshops aim to simultaneously develop a film's script, the director's vision and the production ...
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Adlabs, MTV Networks ink three-picture deal
India 's Adlabs Films and MTV Networks India have signed a deal to co-produce three youth-oriented films to be released in specific Indian markets. The three films will be produced over the next 12-18 months under the 'MTV Fully Faltoo Films' banner. Budgets for each film have been pegged at ...
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Aardman and Dreamworks finally part ways
DreamWorks andAardman have formally announced the premature ending of their five-film exclusive partnership that dates back to 1999.They worked together on award winning animanations including Chicken Run, Oscar winner Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit and, most recently, Flushed Away.But the split was widely expected. 'Both companies areaware ...
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Hoblit's Untraceable rounds out cyber thriller cast
Colin Hanks, Billy Burke, Joseph Cross and Mary Beth Hurt have joined Diane Lane in the cast of Lakeshore Entertainment's upcoming cyber thriller Untraceable.Screen Gems will release the film in North America and Sony Pictures Releasing International is distributing in Latin America.Untraceable is set to begin production in February and ...
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Relativity strikes massive studio co-financing pact with Citigroup
Ryan Kavanaugh's Relativity Media is teaming up with Citigroup Corporate and Investment Banking to co-finance approximately 45 films from an as-yet-unnamed Hollywood studio over the next five years. Exact details of the this massive deal were not disclosed at time of writing. However, if it follows the parameters of recent ...
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Barab named international chief at American World Pictures
Martin Barab has joined Los Angeles-based distributor American World Pictures as president of international production and distribution.Barab, who recently exited his post as president of beleaguered Bauer Martinez Studio's production division Lucky 50 Productions, will work closely with American World Pictures chairman Mark Lester and production president Dana Dubovsky.Aside from ...
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Irish industry questions impact of $188m funding announcement
There remains some confusion in Ireland concerning the Government announcement last week of a $188m (Euros 145m) contribution to the film industry under National Development Plan (NDP) spending for 2007-2013. In an election year, sceptics might conclude that the sum only amounts to what the Irish Film Board is likely ...