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Films from Turkey, Iran and Korea claim Rotterdam Tiger Awards
Films from Turkey, Iran and South Korea took the Rotterdam VPRO Tiger Awards at the 38th International Film Festival Rotterdam.The winners were Iranian film-maker Ramtin Lavafipour's Be Calm And Count To Seven*, Yang Ik-June's Breathless from South Korea, and Turkey's Wrong Rosary.The $19,000 (Euros 15,000) prizes were handed out at ...
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Oliveira out and Woolridge in at Fox's Australian office
20th Century Fox Australia managing director Marcos Oliveira is to be replaced by his marketing director Marc Wooldridge. For Woolridge the promotion takes effect from February 9. He has been with the Sydney-based theatrical office for two years and fourth months, although he has had more than 17 years of ...
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European Commission prolongs film support state aid rules until end 2012
The European Commission has officially prolonged current state aid assessment criteria for cinema in Europe until 31 December 2012. The Commission uses the criteria to approve Europe's national, regional and local film support schemes under the EU's state aid rules. Extending the current rules provides much needed certainty for the ...
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Maple acquires Canadian rights to Private Lives Of Pippa Lee
Toronto-based distributor Maple Pictures has acquired all Canadian rights to director Rebecca Miller's upcoming Berlin title The Private Lives Of Pippa Lee. The film's ensemble cast features Robin Wright Penn in the title role, along with Keanu Reeves, Blake Lively, Alan Arkin, Julianne Moore, Winona Ryder and Monica Bellucci.Adapted by ...
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Awards Countdown - Oscar nominations - By the numbers
MERYL STREEP'S OSCAR HISTORY1978 The Deer Hunter (supporting)1979 Kramer Vs Kramer* (supporting)1981 The French Lieutenant's Woman1982 Sophie's Choice*1983 Silkwood1985 Out Of Africa1987 Ironweed1988 A Cry In The Dark1990 Postcards From The Edge1995 The Bridges Of Madison County1998 One True Thing1999 Music Of The Heart2002 Adaptation (supporting)2006 The Devil Wears Prada2008 ...
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Chevalier's French Connection takes France on Solet's Grace
Lightning Entertainment has closed a deal for France with Yves Chevalier's French Connection for Leomax Entertainment's psychological horror movie Grace. The film had its world premiere at Sundance recently and this week played at the Gerardmer Festival du Film Fantastique in France.Directed by first-time film-maker Paul Solet, the film is ...
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Berlin buzz: Preview of this year's Berlinale
Click on section to see moreBerlin buzz: the key filmsPreview of programmeEuropean Film Market project previewBerlinale competitionGerman films on the rise
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Arthouse takes North America on Sundance doc William Kunstler
Arthouse Films has acquired all North American rights to Emily Kunstler and Sarah Kunstler's William Kunstler: Disturbing The Universe following its recent world premiere in the US Documentary Competition at Sundance.David Koh and Lilly Bright negotiated the deal on behalf of Arthouse Films and Curiously Bright Entertainment with Josh Braun ...
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Valkyrie adds 13 new territories including Russia, Spain, Sweden
Valkyrie infiltrates 13 further markets through Fox International this weekend including Belgium on January 28, Russia on January 29 and Spain and Sweden a day later.The second world war thriller has started to build up momentum overseas and to date has amassed more than $18.8m through Fox International and a ...
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Ready for action: EFM preview
It looks like rich pickings for international buyers at this year's European Film Market, with new projects from leading film-makers including Peter Weir, Julian Schnabel, Robert Redford, Pen-ek Ratanaruang and Bruce Robinson. PERIOD1939 (UK)Dir/scr: Stephen PoliakoffBBC Films' $6m thriller marks the return of writer-director Poliakoff (Close My Eyes) to film-making ...
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International box office - End of the affair
International box-office revenues rose 5.1% in 2008 to $16.1bn in contrast to a flat US domestic performance. But the international picture is more mixed than it first appears. The fourth quarter of last year saw an international box office decline of 2.3% with only the first quarter of the year ...
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Interview: EFM director Beki Probst
As director of the Berlinale's European Film Market (EFM) for 20 years, Beki Probst has borne witness to seismic changes at both the festival and the international film business. One of the most striking changes she has observed is in the attitudes of people attending the market.'When they come to ...
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Berlin Buzz: the key films
It may be as much a question of lucky timing as one of programming genius, but at first glance the competition line-up of the 59th Berlinale, which was finalised this week, makes for an appetising buffet.The opening out-of-competition film, global finance thriller The International, stars Clive Owen and Naomi Watts. ...
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United States - South of the border
Like many Canadians in Los Angeles, Marc Hamou left his native land because the opportunities in the US entertainment industry were too rich to ignore. But in this case, Hamou is a talent manager, and many of his clients are Canadians, including actors Jay Baruchel and Michael Cera - that ...
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China - The pain of war
Raising the budget for a film is not easy for any film-maker. But few have had it as hard as Chinese director Lu Chuan. He made his name internationally with festival favourite Kekexili: Mountain Patrol in 2004, but his success did not help him back home in China when trying ...
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Profile: The International producer Chuck Roven
With a career spanning more than 25 years, producer Charles 'Chuck' Roven is not letting a huge hit like The Dark Knight sidetrack him from the kinds of films he has always enjoyed making.'After a hit like that, maybe there are more opportunities to select what I'll be doing next,' ...
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Roar power: Competition preview
Some of the titans of European film-making are presenting films in competition at the Berlinale this year. The UK's Sally Potter, Stephen Frears and Richard Loncraine, France's Bertrand Tavernier, and from Poland, Andrzej Wajda.They are joined by the latest title from China's Chen Kaige, as well as films from some ...
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Screen opinion:Film industry must dodge thesucker punch
Don't worry,' a reassuring senior financier mentioned this time last year, 'the thing with film is that there will always be another sucker at the table.' The hedge funds might dry up and the dodgy tax loopholes close but in true Micawber fashion, he remained confident that 'something would turn ...
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German films - Doors open for rush of local films
The entire Berlin festival this year acknowledges the role played by German production houses in international projects. Tom Tykwer's The International, Stephen Frears' Cheri and Lukas Moodysson's Mammoth all benefited from the German Federal Film Fund's incentives, as did a slew of Panorama titles including Michael Glawogger's Kill Daddy Good ...
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Middle east - First of the storytellers
Chadi Zeneddine is shouldering the expectations of many aspiring film-makers in the Arab world. The 30-year-old Lebanese film-maker has been tapped by Disney to write and direct The Last Of The Storytellers, the first Arabic-language feature backed by a US studio."It's about our stories now, we have our own fairy ...