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Giffoni Film Festival relaunches for 39th edition
The Giffoni Film Festival, which focuses on productions for kids and young people, is relaunching asthe Giffoni Experience.
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South East European Film Festival in LA kicks off April 30
The fourth South East European Film Festival kicks off on April 30 at the Goethe Institute in Los Angeles with a screening of Behind The Glassfollowed by the documentaryDivorce Albanian Style.
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EuropaCorp appoints Steve Rubin as international marketing chief
EuropaCorp, the French film company founded by Luc Besson, has appointed industry veteran SteveRubin to head a newly created international marketing division.
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NewsSwedish director Runge jumps from Simon And The Oaks
Swedish award-winning director Björn Runge has walked out on the $5m (SEK 45m) production of Simon And The Oaks (Simon Och Ekarna), claiming the film’s producers were limiting his freedom.
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Taras Bulba tops $14m in Russia and Ukraine
Director Vladimir Bortko’s epic adventure Taras Bulba grossed $1.6m in Russia and Ukraine over the weekend.
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The Swedish Film Institute backs local productions
The Swedish Film Institute is backing Johan Brisinger’s upcoming feature Among Us (Änglavakt) with$1m (SEK 8m). Michael Nyqvist, star of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, has already signed up to playthe lead.
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Vitagraph acquires US rights to The Baader-Meinhof Complex
Vitagraph Films has acquired all US rights from Constantin Film to Uli Edel’s German foreign language Oscar nominee The Baader-Meinhof Complex.
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NewsFast & Furious is overseas champ again and cruises towards $150m
Universal/UPI’sFast & Furious maintained pole position at the international box office as an estimated $36m weekend haul confirmed it as the biggest international and worldwide film in the action series on $145m and $281m, respectively.
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NewsFilm In Serbia launches at California's Locations Trade Show
A consortium of more than 20 Serbian production companies backed by the USAID Serbia Competitiveness Project announced the conception of Film In Serbia at the Locations Trade Show in Santa Monica over the weekend.
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NewsFast & Furious eyes key debuts in third weekend and sets sights on $150m
Both Universal/UPI’s Fast & Furious and DreamWorks Animation/PPI’s Monsters Vs Aliens have cleared the first hurdle and crossed $100m as they head into their third and fifth weekends respectively and will be at the vanguard of Hollywood’s latest international incursion.
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In The Loop circles UK while France laughs along with Dujardin sequel
In this week’s local and independent releases in key international territories, Il Divo moves into Germany on 37 prints; France welcomes Rachel Getting Marriedand local comedy OSS 117 starring Jean Dujardin; UK readies for Sundance hit In The Loop.
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Piracy costs Italian industry about $700m annually
Italy’s cinema industry loses an estimated $699m (Euros 530m) to piracy annually, according to the first in-depth study of the impact of piracy in Italy. The findings were announced by Italy’s Anti Audiovisual Piracy Federation.
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NewsOn the fast track
UPI’s Fast & Furious stepped up a gear over the Easter weekend to climb to the top of the international chart, grossing $45.2m, up 47% week-on-week. It has now grossed $90.1m after two weeks on release, playing on more than 5,000 screens in 50 territories.
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Italian Film Commission presents new tax credit in LA
The Italian Film Commission is presenting the country’s first film incentive at a meeting in Los Angelestoday (April 16). It will be held at Shutters in Santa Monica this evening.
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Eduardo Campoy named interim president of Spanish Film Academy
Leading film producer Eduardo Campoy has been named as the interim president of the Spanish FilmAcademy following the appointment of former chief, Angeles Gonzalez-Sinde, as minister of culture.
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Italian film industry rallies as cost of earthquake $15.8bn
The Italian film industry has announced a second round of fund raising initiatives to help to victims oflast week’s earthquake.
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Medienboard fund supports international productions
New films by Roman Polanski, Christopher Smith, Danis Tanovic and Agnieszka Holland are among 36projects awarded more than $5.9m (Euro 4.5m) by Germany’s second largest regional film fund,Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg.
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Stefan Faldbakken to direct new Varg Veum featurePro
Norwegian director Stefan Faldbakken will direct the first feature in a new $14.2m (NOK 94m) film andtelevision package based on the best selling Varg Veum novels by Gunnar Staalesen.
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Stephen Frears' Cheri faces tough competition at French box office
Stephen Frears’ Cheri lost out to tough competition at the French box office this weekend despiteopening in France ahead of its US and UK release. The film scored 67,649 admissions from 133screens in its first five days to Sunday night, according to distributor Pathe.
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Eichinger and Edel reunite for Bushido biopic
The Baader Meinhof Complex’s writer-producer Bernd Eichinger and director Uli Edel are to bereunited this summer for a biopic of Germany’s No. 1 rapper Bushido.