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Frozen River wins Stockholm's Bronze Horse
US director Courtney Hunt left Stockholm with 16lb excess luggage, as her feature debut, Frozen River, was awarded the Bronze Horse - the heavy grand prix - of the 19th Stockholm International Film Festival, which ended on Sunday (Nov 30).The jury chaired over by Finnish veteran producer-director Jorn Donnergave the ...
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Tony Manero takes top prize at Turin Film Festival
Chilean director Pablo Larrain's Tony Manero has won the top prize at the Turin Film Festival.The film also took the Fipresci prize as well as best actor honours forAlfred Castro's portrayal of a 50-year old impersonator of Tony Manero - John Travolta's character in Saturday Night Fever.Previously seen at Cannes ...
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Tykwer's The International to open 59th Berlin Film Festival
The world premiere of Tom Tykwer's The International, starring Clive Owen and Naomi Watts has been named as the opening film of the 2009 Berlinale on February 5.The action thriller also stars Armin Mueller-Stahl, Brian F. O'Byrne, Ulrich Thomsen and Jack McGee.The International will be presented 'out of competition' in ...
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Profile - Pim Hermeling
At the AFM in Santa Monica, several Dutch distributors were heard to grumble about the prices being charged by international sales companies for Benelux rights.Nonetheless, there was little evidence the Dutch buyers were keeping their wallets in their pockets. A-Film and Dutch FilmWorks both made major acquisitions of high-profile titles ...
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In Focus: Erik Van Looy's Flemish hit Loft
With 500,000 admissions already posted and the Christmas holidays still to come, Erik Van Looy's Loft is the runaway local hit of the autumn in Belgium. Four weeks after its release on October 22, it had not only outperformed Quantum Of Solace and left Mamma Mia! The Movie gasping in ...
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Croatian Audio-Visual Center awards $5m across 17 projects
The Croatian Audio-Visual Center has selected 17 feature film projects for financing. In total, 71 film projects were submitted for consideration to the Croatian Audio-Visual Center (HAVC) which is Croatia's official film funding body.The HAVC was established in March this year and under Croatian law is completely independent from government ...
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Spanish-German co-production The Anarchist's Wife to go to Sundance
Marie Noelle and Peter Sehr's The Anarchist's Wife (Die Frau des Anarchisten) has been selected for Sundance Film Festival's World Cinema Competition in January.Speaking at a two-day co-production meeting between Catalan and German producers in Berlin, the film's Barcelona-based co-producer Jordi Rediu of Zip Films said that this would be ...
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Dubai International Film Festival to feature 11 world premieres.
The Dubai International film festival will feature eleven world premieres across its programme.The premieres comprise narrative and documentary films, feature length and shorts and works from established feature directors as well as feature debuts.The festival's mandate to present diverse and engaging cinema while highlighting film of Arab origin is strongly ...
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La Graine Et Le Mulet wins European Film Academy Critics' Award 2008
The European Film Academy Critics' Award 2008 - Prix Fipresci has been awarded to Abdellatif Kechiche for La Graine Et Le Mulet (The Secret of the Grain) The announcement was made by the European Film Academy, EFA Productions, and the International Federation of Film Critics, FIPRESCI.FIPRESCI's director of the department ...
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Kalatozishvili's Wild Field takes top prize at Marrakech
Mikhail Kalatozishvili's Wild Field won the top prize, l'Etoile d'Or, at the 8th edition of the Marrakech International Film Festival. The Shaft , from China's Zhang Chi, earned the Jury Prize.Melissa Leo, the star of Courtney Hunt's Sundance grand jury prize winner Frozen River, took the Best Actress prize: and ...
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Norway opens first all-digital multiplex in the Nordic countries
The first all-digital multiplex in the Nordic countries has been opened in Norway by Oslo Municipal Cinemas.The multiplex is called the Ringen, and is situated in the Grunerlokka borough of Oslo.'The new theatre is a milestone on the way into a new technological era, and a considerable addition to the ...
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Mikhail Kalatozishvili's Wild Field wins best film at Estoril film festival
Russian director Mikhail Kalatozishvili's drama Wild Field has taken the best film award at the Estoril film festival in Portugal. The Studio Barmalei production Wild Field focuses on the life of a doctor struggling to care for a small farming community, which is trying to fight off some outlaws, set ...
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Aan Ja (Over There) receives the Golden Alexander at Thessaloniki
Aan Ja (Over There) by Iranian director Abdolreza Kahani received the Golden Alexander and $47,000 (Euros 37,000) at the 49th Thessaloniki International Film Festival.Romanian production Pescuit Sportiv (Hooked) by Adrian Sitaru was awarded the Special Jury Prize, the Silver Alexander and $28,000 (Euros 22,000).Argentinian Celina Murga was named best director ...
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Italian distribution of Oliver Stone's W. secured by Dall'Angelo Pictures
W., Oliver Stone's biopic of outgoing US president George W. Bush has been picked up by independent Italian distributor Dall'Angelo Pictures. The deal was agreed immediately following the film's Italian premiere on opening night of the 26th Turin Film Festival.It was brokered between QED International's executive vice-president of international distribution, ...
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Latido Films sells Sex Party & The Night to Sony
Latido Films has sold Alfonso Albacete and David Menkes' new film Sex Party & The Night (Mentiras Y Gordas) to Sony for distribution in Spain. The film takes a no-holds-barred look at the exploits of a group of young boys and girls experimenting with drugs, clubs and sex, starring Alejo ...
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UK short film-makers given boost with $1.1m from the UKFC
The UKFC has awarded $59,600 each to three short film programmes.These are The Magic Hour, a new shorts scheme for disabled film-makers; The Digital Shorts scheme, a digital shorts programme in Scotland; and a scheme focusing on film-makers from a range of disciplines, including those from non-traditional routes into film, ...
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Danish dark comedy Terribly Happy to get English-language remake
Stillking Films and Fine & Mellow are planning an English-language remake of the Danish film Terribly Happy, with Henrik Ruben Genz remaining in the director's chair.Speaking to ScreenDaily.com from his Prague office, Stillking managing director Matthew Stillman said the film would be a scene-by-scene remake of the original, which won ...
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The Cesars best film category to increase to seven nominations
France 's Academie des Arts et Techniques du Cinema has announced modifications to this year's voting rules. In the category of best film, 7 films will vie for contention as opposed to the traditional five.In addition, in the best foreign film category, the total nominated films also moves up to ...
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Focus: Kristian Levring is back with Fear Me Not
Ten years on from the peak of the Dogme movement, Kristian Levring is back creating buzz with his latest feature, Fear Me Not. The Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde-inspired psychological drama was one of the stand-out hits at Toronto, where US rights were sold to IFC Films.Co-written and directed by ...
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Black Nights Festival announces competition line up
The 12th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (November 13-December 7) has announced its international competition programmes and the projects included in the Baltic Event Co-Production Market.In the festival's EurAsia competition, 18 films will compete for the Grand Prix and $12,600 (Euros 10,000).The EurAsia jury consists of actor Rain Tolk, director ...