All articles by Martin Blaney – Page 175
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Head-On release impacts German distributors
Fledgling distributor Timebandits Films has been lambasted by fellow German arthouse distributors for bringing forward the release date of Fatih Akin's Golden Bear-winner Head-On (Gegen Die Wand) from April 22 to March 11.In an open letter from 12 distributors including Arsenal Film, Kinowelt, Kool Film, Senator Film, Solo Film and ...
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Despite an 18% drop in box office over the previous weekend, Warner's Something's Gotta Give held on to the top spot against two new entries and also posted the Top 15's highest screen average with $5,364 from its 622 screens.Cold Mountain, which was the opening film at this year's Berlinale, ...
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Diagonale festival unveils Austrian premeries
Pjer Zalica's Silver Leopard-winner Fuse (Gori Vatra), the documentaries Virtual Borders by Manu Luksch, Accordion Tribe by Stefan Schwietert, Fucking Freedom by Chris Krikellis and the avantgarde film WAR by Thomas Steiner are among 66 Austrian premieres at this year's Diagonale - Festival of Austrian Cinema in Graz which will ...
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Kinowelt revives broadcasting ambitions
Germany's Kinowelt has revived its ambitions to become a player in the German broadcasting arena with plans for a free-TV niche film channel for nationwide distribution.Kinowelt Television has been granted a broadcasting licence by the Kassel-based media watchdog LPR Hessen subject to a final green light from the assembly of ...
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France, Spain lead the field at CARTOON 2004
France and Spain have the largest number of animation projects and finished works being presented at this year's CARTOON MOVIE forum to be held at the Babelsberg Studios from March 11-13.French producers are represented with eleven works including Les Armateurs' Les Triplettes De Belleville, Prima Linea Productions' U and Lardux ...
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Kosslick mulls market future, festival dates
Berlinale director Dieter Kosslick declared himself "very pleased" with the running of this year's edition which had "conceptually achieved everything we wanted to."Speaking exclusively to ScreenDaily.com, Kosslick described the official competition as a "varied programme of old masters and young first-time directors" and pointed out that the focuses on South ...
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Premiere, Constantin conclude extensive deal
Germany's digital pay TV platform Premiere and producer-distributor Constantin Film have concluded an extensive multi-year programming deal.The agreement covers such films as Constantin's current box office hit Lost In Translation, 21 Grams and Alexander, which are being theatrically released by Constantin Film, as well as all of Constantin's own output ...
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Bavaria enjoys Berlin business
Bavaria Film International (BFI) reported "good business" at this year's Berlinale and European Film Market despite the fact that its films were scheduled quite late into the festival programme.Deals on the Golden Bear winner Head-On by Fatih Akin were closed with Spain (Golem), Italy (BIM Distribuzione), Benelux (Cinemien), Turkey (R-Films), ...
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The smile was wiped off Mona Lisa's face last weekend when Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton arrived in town with Something's Gotta Give to take pole position away from the Columbia TriStar release. The romantic comedy which had been shown in the Berlinale's official section with Nicholson and Keaton in ...
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Borries' Thoughts excite buyers
Achim von Borries' Love In Thoughts (Was Nuetzt Die Liebe In Gedanken) has been sold by Beta Cinema to Japan's New Select Co. and Brazil's Next EntertainmentThe film, which had its European premiere in the Berlinale's Panorama section as a Panorama Special, has also been picked up by Israel's Gil ...
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Intertainment and Kopelson go separate ways
German rights trader Intertainment and US production company Kopelson Entertainment have mutually agreed to terminate their deal to finance a slate of big budget pictures.According to a statement, the step - effective from Feb 11 - was taken "because of Intertainment's cost-cutting requirements interfering with the production requirements of Kopelson ...
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Festival kickstarts Timebandits journey
The Berlinale has served as the ideal showcase for the new German distributor Timebandits films, which has four films showing in the festival's different sections.While Fatih Akin's new feature Head-On (Gegen Die Wand) premiered in the Official Competition section, Andres Veiel's documentary Die Spielwuetigen unspooled in the Panorama, Felix Randau's ...
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DVD sell-through market surges in Germany and France
Confirming the inexorable growth in the global DVD market, latest figures from Germany and France show DVD sell-through growth towering over both the rental and video sectors.The German home entertainment industry posted a year-on-year growth of 11% in revenues to Euros 1.555 bn in 2003, according to Bundesverband Audiovisuelle Medien ...
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Germany's Ottfilm goes under
After months of speculation about its future, German independent distributor Ottfilm has filed for insolvency, with the German press quoting managing director Christoph Ott as saying that the insolvency had been triggered by a "breach of contract on the part of investors". Business at the Berlin-based outfit will nevertheless continue ...
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Wim Wenders moves into theatrical distribution
Peter Schwartzkopff and Wim Wenders' new company Reverse Angle Production is to enter the German theatrical distribution arena later this year.The first release by Berlin-based Reverse Angle Mediasales will be Wenders' contribution to The Blues series, Soul Of A Man, on May 6, followed by Richard Pearce's The Road To ...
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MEDIA Programme chief moves on
Jacques Delmoly, who has headed the European Union's MEDIA Programme unit since 1995, is to leave his post at the end of March.He will take up a new role as the head of the European Commission's LINGUA project which promotes foreign language learning via the Internet.Delmoly's exit from the MEDIA ...
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Germany's Movienet buys James Joyce adaptation
Germany's Movienet has acquired all German speaking rights for James Joyce adaptation Bloom, starring Stephen Rea and directed by Sean Walsh.'I was very successful with Siddhartha and The Dead and want to continue with high-class literary films in my programme,' commented Movienet's Lothar Seelandt who negotiated the deal with Matt ...
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Europe's indies cash in on DVD gold rush
DVDs are more than just a welcome new revenue stream for Europe's distributors and producers - they are rapidly becoming their primary source of income.San Fu Maltha, whose A-Film ranks as the third largest distributor in the Netherlands on the back of such films as Lord Of The Rings trilogy, ...
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25 directors sign for Euro vision project
25 European film directors - from Germany's Fatih Akin through to Portugal's Teresa Villaverde and Latvia's Laila Pakalnina to Sweden's Jan Troell and Hungary's Bela Tarr - are to each contribute five-minute shorts giving their personal visions of Europe.The European Visions project was conceived by ZDF's Meinholf Zurhorst and ...
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SHIP shapes up with detective trilogy
Studio Hamburg International Production (SHIP), the English-language division of Studio Hamburg Produktion (SHP), has unveiled a slate of five feature projects for production in 2004/2005.The first project scheduled for production at the end of this year is the children's adventure film The Mystery Of Skeleton Island, which will be the ...