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Band's Visit scoops top honours at Turkey'sEurasia fest
Eran Kolirin's The Band's Visit, about an Egyptian police band which visits Israel for a performance, made a cross-cultural foray in the other direction when the Israeli production won best film at Turkey 's 3rd International Eurasia Film Festival on Sunday night. The film had also picked up the Tokyo ...
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Lust, Caution leads nominations for Golden Horse awards
Ang Lee's Lust, Caution dominated the nominations for Taiwan's 44th Golden Horse Film Awards with nods in eleven categories including Best Feature Film. Also competing for the top prize and in multiple categories are Zhang Yang's Getting Home, Tony Ayres' The Home Song Stories, Wang Quanan's Tuya's Marriage and Doze ...
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Mackiewicz to jointly spearhead Arclight sales
Liz Mackiewicz has been appointed executive vice president of worldwide distribution at Arclight Films in Los Angeles and will take charge of sales at AFM alongside company chief Gary Hamilton.Mackiewicz, who until recently served as a consultant to the company, will be responsible for evaluating projects as well as sales, ...
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Ratatouille tops again with $21.9m international haul
An estimated $21.9m haul for Ratatouille and a fourth consecutive weekend as the number one overseas film further validated Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International's staggered release strategy at a time when the day-and-date model is becoming increasing fashionable.Several months after the Pixar film made its first foray into international ...
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Israel's The Band's Visit takes top prize in Tokyo
In a unanimous jury decision, Eran Kolirin's The Band's Visit (Bikur Ha-Tizmoret) was awarded the Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix at the 20th Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF). The crystal trophy was accompanied by a cash prize of $50,000. The film was the highest-rated competition entry in a local critics poll ...
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The Knot dominates China's Golden Rooster Awards
As expected, The Knotwon themajor awards at the 26th Golden Rooster Awards in Suzhou City in China, taking Best Feature Film, Best Director and Best Recording awards fromeight nominations. It wasdirector Yin Li's secondconsecutive best directorwin, following last year's honour for Zhang Side, a biopic about a Chinese revolution hero. ...
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Academy stands by decision to disqualify Lust, Caution for Taiwan
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has defended its decision to reject Ang Lee's Lust, Caution as the Taiwanese submission for the Foreign Language Oscar race. When the Academy's Foreign Language Film Award Executive Committee met on Oct 11 to discuss any problematic entries, Lust, Caution was disqualifed ...
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NZ Film pre-sells The Vintner's Luck to Icon andDendy
Niki Caro's The Vintner's Luck has been pre-sold to Icon for the UK and Dendy for Australia and New Zealand. The film is Caro's next project after 2002's Whale Rider and 2005's North Country. The story follows a wine-maker in 19th century France who has an unusual relationship with an ...
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Lightning takes on Vietnamese hit The Rebel
Santa Monica-based Lightning Entertainment has picked up all non-English language rights to the Vietnamese hit The Rebel (Dong Mau Anh Hung). Charlie Nguyen's film is the largest production to come out of Vietnam and follows the exploits of a 1920s spy for the French who tires of betraying his country. ...
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Saw IV could show international strength in Spain, Latin America
Saw IV is expected to cast a ghoulish shadow over the international box office arena this weekend as it opens day-and-date with North America in Spain and Latin America. The fourth episode in the celebrated horror franchise opens in the key territories of Spain, Mexico and Brazil on Oct 26. ...
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Despite tricky timing, Antalya's Eurasia market spurs a few deals
The second edition of the Eurasia Film Market drew to a close yesterday, but participants said the market's timing proved difficult for some buyers. Despite a good mix of local and international sales companies and a bigger presence from Asia with Hong Kong's Media Asia, China's Huayi Brothers and Three ...
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Home Song Stories wins top prize at Hawaii fest
The 27th Hawaii International Film Festival (HIFF) presented its awards today with the Golden Orchid for best narrative feature going to Tony Ayres' The Home Song Stories. The film is about a Shanghai nightclub singer who emigrates to Australia with her son and daughter, and the hardships they go through ...
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Japan's Fuji TV unveils big-budget AFM slate
Japanese broadcaster and film financier Fuji TV has announced a slate of big-budget titles which are being handled by sales agents Gaga Communications and Pony Canyon at the AFM. Gaga is handling international sales on Shaolin Girl which is being executive produced by Fuji TV's Chihiro Kameyama and Hong Kong ...
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Disney India taps Samat, Star ups Shankar, Kumar
Walt Disney International president Andy Bird has announced that Mahesh Samat has been appointed as managing director of Mumbai-based Walt Disney Company India. Samat will join the company in January and manage all of Disney's businesses in India excluding the ESPN/Star Sports joint venture with News Corp's Star network. He ...
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Red Eagle set to soar for Thailand's Five Star
Thailand 's Five Star will unveil at AFM The Red Eagle, the latest film by acclaimed Thai director Wisit Sasanatieng and starring Ananda Everingham. The picture about the masked crime-fighter Red Eagle will mark the return of the greatest superhero of Thai cinema in 37 years. The character, taken from ...
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Eurasia film fest on schedule despite Turkish border war
Francis Ford Coppola attended the International Eurasia Film Festival for the gala screening of his Youth Without Youth amid escalating tension in Turkey. Coppola arrived at the Mediterranean coastal town Antalya with his family (wife Eleanor and son Roman) and executive producer Anahid Nazarian. He was presented with an honour ...
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Crossing joins Cineclick Asia's multinational slate
Seoul-based sales agent Cineclick Asia has picked up Crossing, a film from Volcano High director Kim Tae-kyun, for its multinational AFM slate. The film is about a North Korean ex-soccer player who crosses illegally into China, where he desperately tries to find a way to get his son and pregnant ...
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New Zealand Film Commission climbs new Mountain with King
The New Zealand Film Commission and Film Fund are backing Jonathan King's recently announced Under the Mountain. Capitol Films and NZ On Air are also behind the project. As previously reported, Capitol sister company THINKFilm will launch the project to buyers (excluding Australia and New Zealand) at the forthcoming AFM. ...
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Miller leads trio of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment promotions
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) has promoted three executives in the company's international group, led by T Paul Miller's appointment as senior vice president of international and general manager of emerging markets.Also elevated in the corporate ranks are Claude Borna, promoted to vice president of retail marketing, Europe, and Orrie ...
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Caviezel stars in Arclight's remake of Long Weekend
Jim Caviezel and Claudia Karvan will star in Arclight Films' thriller remake Long Weekend, which is scheduled to begin shooting in Australia in mid-November.The company's genre label Darclight is handling worldwide distribution and will commence pre-sales at AFM.Jamie Blanks, whose credits include Urban Legend and Storm Warning, is directing based ...