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First four films named in Swedish Rookie initiative
The Swedish Film Institute has announced the first four films in the Rookie project, instigated last year with Swedish Television (SVT) and regional film centre, Film i Väst, to invigorate Swedish film. Set up as one of the institute's counter-measures to meet declining admission figures for domestic cinema, the ...
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Barbara Broccoli and Tilda Swinton honoured at WFTV Awards
The UK's Women in Film and Television honoured women in the industry at their annual awards held at London's Park Lane Hilton, hosted by style-guru Gok Wan.The awards, now in the 18th year, honoured the professional achievements of 10 women, each in different areas of the industry. Producer Barbara Broccoli ...
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The Black Balloon rises above the rest at Australian AFI awards
The Black Balloon won best film at the 50th annual Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards in Melbourne. Producer Tristram Miall accepted the award, surrounded by many of his collaborators, several of whom had already been up on stage. They included Elissa Down, who won best director and best original screenplay ...
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Nanni Moretti to step down as Turin Film Festival head
Rome-Italian filmmaker Nanni Moretti has said he will not continue on as director of the Turin Film Festival in 2009. Moretti took over the festival in its 25th edition in 2007 and remained at the helm in 2008. Alberto Barbera, President of Turin's Cinema Museum and Steve Della ...
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Gomorrah dominates European Film Awards
Matteo Garrone's Gomorrah was named best European film at the 21st European Film Awards in Copenhagen.The film, which exposes the Neapolitan mafia, also won best director (Matteo), best actor (Tony Servillo), best cinematography (Marco Onorato) and best screenplay. Servillo's award also recognised his performance in Paolo Sorrentino's Il Divo.Gomorrah, winner ...
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Jonathan Demme options Michel Faber novella The Courage Consort
Director Jonathan Demme will keep working in both documentary and narrative film-making after the success of his recent return to fiction, Rachel Getting Married. Demme has optioned Michel Faber's The Courage Consort and plans to develop the screenplay in 2009.Demme is a big fan of Faber's work and says 'Robyn ...
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International co-productions benefit from $11.4mGerman support
New international co-productions by Poland's Agnieszka Holland, Serbia's Oleg Novkovic and Sweden's Björn Runge are among a raft of feature projects supported with a total of over $ 11.4m (Euros 9m) by German public film funders at their latest funding sessions.Holland's German-Canadian-Polish co-production Hidden about the struggle for survival by ...
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Dubai Festival announces 12 documentaries up for Muhr Award
DIFF has announced 12 Muhr Documentaries, which examine subjects such as memory, identity and war. DIFF's Arab Programme Consultant Erfan Rashid said: 'The Muhr Documentaries let viewers feel the pulse of the Arab world. The films offer hard-hitting commentary on pressing issues, like the recent war on Lebanon; histories that ...
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UK's F&ME lines up slate deal with Dominic Murphy
Dominic Murphy, whose debut feature White Lightnin' will have its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, is to team up again with Mike Downey and Sam Taylor of Film and Music Entertainment on a slate of projects.The films will be produced by their newly revived MASS Productions label.Commenting on ...
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Faintheart to be available free in UK cinemas and online for one day
Faintheart , a feature film made by MySpace users, is to be released simultaneously and free of charge for one day only, in 150 cinemas and on MySpace on January 27 2009. The film, which was the closing gala screening at this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival, will then be ...
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Hong Sang-soo to take part in Jeonju Digital Project
Korean auteur director Hong Sang-soo is participating in Jeonju Digital Project 2009, the trifecta omnibus produced by Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF). In an early announcement on the project, JIFF announced Hong's short film Disappointment completed production last month and is now in post-production.The film is set in Jeonju (a ...
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Lin, Pan share top prize at Taipei projects market
Lin Yu-hsien's road movie 2menwalking and Pan Baochang's thriller Parkour Boys shared the $15,000 top prize at the fourth edition of the Film & TV Co-Production Meeting (formerly called the Taipei Film & TV Project Promotion) held from December 2-4. Lin's film is about a father and son who embark ...
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Nick Meyer leaves Paramount Vantage, Guy Stodel stands in
Paramount Vantage president Nick Meyer is leaving the company and executive vice president of production and acquisitions Guy Stodel will step in as the division shifts its focus to acquisitions and international productions.The shock departure comes as part of sweeping cuts across the Paramount fold announced earlier in the day ...
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In Focus: 3D cinema faces big international challenges
At the 3D Entertainment Summit in Los Angeles this week, DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg again made the case for the enormous potential that 3D cinema offers the industry.Already 2009 is shaping up to be the key year for the technology; a total of 15 3D presentations are scheduled, including ...
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Interview: Festival director Masoud Amralla Al Ali
Festival director Masoud Amralla Al Ali reveals his hopes for this year's festival.What is the blueprint for a good festival'The most important thing is to have an identity and a vision to shape the path the festival takes. As we all know, there are thousands of film festivals around the ...
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Arabian Nights - Stars in their eyes
The embodiment of Diff's mandate to promote Arab film-making on the world stage is the festival's out-of-competition Arabian Nights selection: a line-up of Arab films from the last 12 months. This year's pick includes the kind of powerful documentaries one might expect to come out of the Middle East at ...
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Profile: Sundance Institute Arthouse Project
Everyone, of course, knows about the festival. And pretty much everyone in the independent-film world is familiar with the other long-standing programmes - from the film-makers labs to the producers conference - that Robert Redford's Sundance Institute runs alongside its annual Park City get-together.The Sundance Institute Arthouse Project is a ...
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In Focus: International box office
Buoyed by a wet summer and the songs of Abba set on a sun-drenched Greek island, UK cinema admissions and ticket sales both rose in the year to October 31 compared to the same period in 2007. Universal Pictures International's Mamma Mia! The Movie also spelt 'money money money' in ...
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Profile: Dubai Film Market and Film Connection
‘We want to give people good business opportunities as well as supporting film-makers,’ says Jane Williams, head of the Diff’s industry office, of Dubai Film Connection (DFC), which was established during last year’s festival as the Middle East’s first feature and documentary film co-production market.
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Syria: Postcard from Damascus
With the recent emergence of film festivals in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, the Middle East's festival calendar is getting busy. But one of the oldest in the region - the Damascus International Film Festival - is determined to raise its international profile, despite operating on budgets that are a fraction ...