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Awards Countdown - BAFTA preview
The British Academy Of Film And Television Arts (BAFTA) could be forgiven for resting on its laurels. Its 2008film awards were largely judged to be a hit; a mixture of international celebrity and home-grown heroes ensured anight to remember, not least in the sight of Sylvester Stallone presenting the Alexander ...
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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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Beyond Bollywood: Focus on Goa Film Bazaar
In the wake of a string of deals between the US studios and Indian entertainment companies, India has become the subject of global scrutiny. But for the majority of Indian film-makers, particularly those working outside the Bollywood mainstream, there is still a huge disconnect between them and the international market.While ...
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Screen editorial: Invisibility is cinema's most dangerous foe
A report this week from UK legal firm Olswang makes encouraging reading for the industry. Its annual consumer survey found that, for all the wider demand for choice and control, the theatre remained the place to see a movie.That's something to celebrate and even the pessimists would have to conclude ...
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In focus - Distribution - Facing Europe's digital dilemma
'We are in the business of culture, not the culture of business,' says Mark Cosgrove, head of programme at Bristol's Watershed cinema complex in the UK. It is a distinction that is relevant in Europe in a way that would seem extraordinary to much of the world and particularly the ...
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Profile: Martin Gaiss
Martin Gaiss leads a double life. By day he is Los Angeles-based vice-president of creative content at Twentieth Century Fox International. But in whatever spare time his job leaves him, the widely travelled German native is a writer-director whose first completed short, a witty tale of urban neurosis called Jarred, ...
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Summit looks for Twilight to shine
As any teenage vampire or US distribution executive will attest, the release of Twilight should be a watershed event for Summit Entertainment.With audience buzz having risen to a crescendo in the run-up to the film's November 21 opening in North America and international markets including Mexico, Italy and Russia, the ...
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Seattle Film Festival announces $780,000 in grants
The Seattle International Film Festival has received $750,000 in grants from The Wallace Foundation and $30,000 from The Academy Foundation Of The Academy Of Motion Picture Art And Sciences.The Wallace Foundation award will be spread out over four years to develop ethnic, youth and family outreach.The $30,000 received from The ...
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Bruce Tuchman promoted to president of MGM Networks
Bruce Tuchman has been promoted to president of MGM Networks and will continue to be based in New York City.Tuchman reports to MGM chairman and CEO Harry Sloan and will continue to oversee the division, which manages and develops the company's activities in MGM and non-MGM branded international television channels ...
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Eastwood to receive Modern Master award at Santa Barbara
Clint Eastwood will receive the Santa Barbara International Film Festival's highest honour The Modern Master Award on January 29.Eastwood has two films in contention this awards season with Changeling and the upcoming Gran Torino and has won the directing Oscar twice for Million Dollar Baby in 2005 and Unforgiven in ...
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Forever The Moment wins bestfilm at Korea's Blue Dragons
South Korean Director Yim Soon-rye's Forever The Moment walked away with the best picture award at the 29th Blue Dragon Awards in Seoul.Based on the true story of the Korean women's handball team for the 2004 Athens Olympics, the film made $26m at the box office and was the first ...
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Waltz With Bashir, Dean Spanley to receive UK lottery funding
Israeli film Waltz with Bashir is one of the latest films to benefit from the UK Film Council's Prints and Advertising Fund.Artificial Eye was awarded $ 371,195 to broaden the release of Ari Folman's film from 25 to 60 screens. The money will pay for national advertising and an online ...
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Warner Brothers UK appoints Polly Cochrane to oversee market
Josh Berger, President and Managing Director of Warner Brothers UK, has named Polly Cochrane as WBUK's new Vice President and Group Marketing Director. Commenting on the appointment Josh Berger said: 'Polly is one of the most respected marketers of her generation with a proven track record of innovation and creativity ...
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Asian Festival of 1st Films unveils nominations
The Asian Festival of 1st Films, a Singapore-based film and documentary festival for first-time filmmakers, has unveiled the nominations for the festival's fourth edition to be held December 4-10. Among nominated films are Indian actress Nandita Das' Firaq, which traces the emotional journeys of ordinary people one month after the ...
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Screen International Critics' Choice 2008
Screen International Critics' Choice 2008The Chaser (dir. Na Hong-jin)The Class (dir. Laurent Cantet) Gomorrah(dir. Matteo Garrone) Hunger (dir. Steve McQueen) Il Divo (dir. Paolo Sorrentino) O'Horten (dir. Bent Hamer) Of Time And The City (dir. Terence Davies) Three Monkeys (dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan) Tokyo Sonata (dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa) Vinyan (dir. ...
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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 ...
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Episode 3: Enjoy Poverty opens 21st International Documentary Festival
The 21st International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) has opened with the world premiere of Renzo Martens' Episode 3: Enjoy Poverty. On the eve of IDFA, international sales rights to Enjoy Poverty were picked up by Vienna-based outfit, Autlook Film Sales.The provocative, Congo-set film explores the emotional and economic value of ...
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Shooting of Wide Open Spaces begins in Ireland
Principal photography of coming of age comedy Wide Open Spaces has started in Ireland. The film was written by Arthur Mathews, co-writer of TV series Father Ted, is directed by Tom Hall and shot by Tim Fleming (Once).The film is a co-production between Irish company Grand Pictures (Spin the Bottle) ...
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Alexandra Stone leaves Recorded to set up CMP Film
Alexandra Stone, who has spent the last 14 years in senior production roles at Jeremy Thomas' Recorded Picture Company (RPC), has left Recorded to head up a new film division for Creative Management And Productions (CMP) called CMP Film Ltd.Based in London, she will be charged with developing and producing ...
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Moszkowicz commits to Constantin for another five years
Constantin Film's executive director for production Martin Moszkowicz has had his contract as a member of the German producer-distributor's management board extended to end 2013.Moszkowicz's commitment to stay at the helm of Constantin Film for production contradicts suggestions in recent months that the future of the producer-distributor could be in ...