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Cowan to head Adelaide Film Festival jury
Adelaide Film Festival director Katrina Sedgwick today named the 12 films in its inaugural competition and announced that Toronto International Film Festival director Noah Cowan is president of the jury. She also revealed that Adelaide filmmaker Rolf de Heer will be presented with the 2007 Don Dunstan Award in recognition ...
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Bangkok film festival reveals new venue and dates
The organisers of the Bangkok International Film Festival (BKKIFF) have revealed that this year's edition will take place July 19-29 at SF Cinema City's new 15-screen flagship located in the recently renovated Central World entertainment complex. The event had been scheduled to take place Jan 26-Feb 5 but was postponed ...
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Korean exports dip after five years of growth
After five years of growth, Korean film exports dropped 68% year-on-year in 2006. Exports totaled $24.5m - down from $75.9m the year before, according to the Korean Film Council (KOFIC)'s year-end statistics.For the first time, Korean sales saw a slump in its main Asian markets, where its $17m takings represented ...
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Local market is key toglobal success,Warner Bros' international chief
Any film aspiring to international successmust first conqueritshome market, says Richard Fox, executive vice president international atWarner Bros.Speaking at the Screen International-backed Media Summit in London, Fox said the studio had come to understand the importance of national markets to any distribution strategy. A 'one-size-fits-all' US production won't cut it ...
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Local market key toglobal success,says Warner Bros' international chief
Any film aspiring to international successmust first conqueritshome market, says Richard Fox, executive vice president international atWarner Bros.Speaking at the Screen International-backed Media Summit in London, Fox said the studio had come to understand the importance of national markets to any distribution strategy. A 'one-size-fits-all' US production won't cut it ...
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Celestial, Jaman sign online deal for Shaw Brothers package
Hong Kong's Celestial Pictures has reached a long-term deal with Silicon Valley-based Jaman Inc, under which the online movie distributor has acquired internet distribution rights to 50 titles from the Shaw Brothers library for the US and Canada. Key titles to be distributed under the deal include martial arts classics ...
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Ascension's Anna & Anna rises in Shanghai
Principal photography started today in Shanghai on Hong Kong writer-director Aubrey Lam's Anna & Anna, a $2.2m romantic thriller financed by US and Hong Kong-based Ascension Pictures. The cast is toplined by Hong Kong actress Karena Lam who plays two roles in the film: Anna, a career woman who has ...
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Malaysian box office reaches all-time high in 2006
Malaysia 's box office continued to grow in 2006 with total takings reaching an all-time high of $75.7m (RM265.2m) from 314 releases, a 9% increase on record takings of $69.6m (RM243.6m) the previous year. Following consistent growth since 2001, the 2006 box office is 131% bigger than six years ago. ...
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Hong Kong 's Universe lines up Invisible Target at EFM
Hong Kong 's Universe Films Distribution will be unveiling Benny Chan's latest action title at the upcoming European Film Market (EFM), an $8m cop drama starring Nicholas Tse, Shawn Yue and Jaycee Chan. The film, which has the working title Invisible Target, follows three police officers, driven by different motives, ...
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Iwo Jima tops Japan 's New Year holiday box office
Clint Eastwood's Letters From Iwo Jima was the box office champion during the New Year's holiday period (Dec 23 - Jan 8) in Japan, passing the $30m (Y36.7bn) mark by the middle of last week and holding the top spot for five weeks. The Warner Bros release only lost its ...
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Yuya Yagira heads cast of Bandage Club adaptation
Yuya Yagira, the winner of the best actor award at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, has been cast in Toei's film adaptation of best-selling Japanese novel The Bandage Club. The film, which started shooting last week, is directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi, whose credits include Ken Watanabe-starrer Memories Of Tomorrow. Satomi ...
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Volver, Lives, Labyrinth make Oscar shortlist of nine
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has named the nine films that have made it to the shortlist for the best foreign language Oscar.The films, listed in alphabetical order by country, are:Days Of Glory Algeria (dir Rachid Bouchareb)Water Canada (dir Deepa Mehta)After The Wedding Denmark (dir, Susanne Bier)Avenue ...
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China, MPA launch anti-piracy film competition
The Motion Picture Association (MPA) and the organisers of the 14th Beijing Student Film Festival (BSFF) are sponsoring a China-wide contest to select the best student-made short film on the theme 'Respect Copyrights, Stay Away from Piracy'. The contest will challenge students to take a fresh look at the value ...
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Adelaide festival to open with Rowland's Lucky Miles
Michael James Rowland's almost completed debut film Lucky Miles is to open the Adelaide Film Festival on Feb 22 while Rolf de Heer's Dr Plonk is to close the event on March 4. Festival director Katrina Sedgwick also announced today that Australia's newest capital city film festival will this year ...
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Controversial film Water secures release in India
Deepa Mehta's controversial and critically acclaimed Water will finally have an Indian release next month. The news was confirmed by Water's Indian distributor Ravi Chopra of BR Films, which made television show Mahabharata and feature films Baghban and Baabul. 'We have started work on the release strategy and should have ...
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Bali bombings project passes Indonesian censorship
The first Indonesian film to tackle the 2002 Bali bomb blasts, Long Road To Heaven produced by Nia Dinata, has passed local censorship despite its controversial subject matter. Inspired by true events and characters, the picture is a docudrama of the terrorism act and its aftermath. In October 2002, a ...
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Indian box office jumps 40% in 2006
Indian box office revenues increased by 40% last year in what may prove to be a landmark year.Films like Rang De Basanti, Fanaa, Krrish, Kabie Alvida Na Kehna, Phir Hera Pheri, Lage Raho Munnabhai and Dhoom 2 were the frontrunners. The cops-and-robbers action chase film, Dhoom 2, led the pack ...
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Pathfinder, Smokin' Aces hit international markets ahead of US
Fox International launches action adventure Pathfinder in four international territories this weekend in advance of its domestic opening on April 27; meanwhile Universal/UPI opens crime caper Smokin' Aces in the UK ahead of its US opening on Jan 26.The overseas-first opening policy is becoming more prevalent and was used last ...
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Hong Kong - Turtles can fly at Imagi
Once regarded as a surefire bet at the box office, 3D CG animation has become a riskier business, as more studios enter the fray and the novelty of the genre declines with a flood of releases.But long-time media and entertainment executive Douglas Glen had enough confidence in the business model ...
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Chambers heads to New South Wales
Tania Chambers has been named chief executive of the New South Wales Film and Television Office, the government film agency in the Australian state that hosts the most production in the territory. She will relocate to the east coast from the opposite side of the country, once she has stepped ...