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SPRI looking for big numbers from Quantum in three territories
Bond is back. Sony Pictures Releasing International unleashes Quantum Of Solace in its first three territories this weekend in what is expected to be a boisterous launch for the fresh 007 adventure.The follow-up to the hugely successful 2006 release Casino Royale sees Daniel Craig reprise his role as the British ...
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NewsMarket preview: American Film Market
Across the US, the buzzwords in store windows and nightly newscasts are slashed prices, bargains andcost-cutting. Yet the rallying cry ahead of this year’s American Film Market (AFM), which runs November5-12, is ‘bigger is better’.
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AFM buzz - Australia and New Zealand
A slew of Australian genre projects will be on offer to buyers at the AFM. One of several market debuts from Arclight is Jamie Blanks' thriller Long Weekend, a remake of the highly regarded 1977 film of the same name. Jim Caviezel and Claudia Karvan will star as a couple ...
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Profile: Nick Fraser, editor of BBC's Storyville
The economy of docs is more fragile than it was five years ago,' says Nick Fraser, one of the world's key players in the field as the editor of the BBC's Storyville, the public broadcaster's renowned international documentary strand. 'The promise has been fulfilled in the quality of titles but ...
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Profile: Film Movement
With many old-school distributors worrying how new technologies could eat into their theatrical models, it is safe to say a company like Film Movement has all its bases covered.The New York-based firm launched in early 2003 with the unique proposition of distributing one arthouse film per month on DVD to ...
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NewsReview: Power To The Pixel
Power To The Pixel, the UK-based outfit which helps independent film-makers make the most of the opportunities offered by the new-media world, last week hosted a digital distribution and film innovation forum as part of TheTimes BFI London Film Festival.
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Peace Arch picks up three for international sales
Peace Arch Entertainment Group has picked up international rights to the dark comedy Nobel Son, the drama Explicit iLLS and the thriller Two: Thirteen.The company will showcase all three films at the AFM along with Goal 3: Taking On The World, the final episode in the Goal football trilogy.Nobel Son ...
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Reiko Bradley moves to head Seven Arts International
Heading into the AFM, Reiko Bradley has been named president of Seven Arts International.Bradley will oversee all aspects of Seven Arts Pictures' burgeoning international sales and distribution operations as well as domestic distribution and the marketing of all Seven Arts titles. She will also play a key role in evaluating ...
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High School Musical 3 takes brand-building to new level
High School Musical's (HSM) third instalment lived up to its billing as the right film for the right time: pure escapism in a global recession.High School Musical 3: Senior Year set a new opening record for a musical in the US with a three-day debut of $42m. Internationally, it opened ...
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Screen opinion: audiences offer hope of better things
It's not that my film deserves an audience, but its audience deserves to see it.' The frustration of Samm Haillay, a producer on Duane Hopkins' Better Things, encapsulates the critical issue for film.It is unrealistic to expect films like Hopkins' bleakly beautiful tale of growing up in the UK, to ...
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Profile: Donald De Line
When former studio chief Donald De Line left the executive suite to become a producer, he decided to get his hands dirty rather than produce from afar. 'There are producers who sit in an office and producers who like to be on set, in the midst of the action,' De ...
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The Hurt Locker kicks off 23rd Mar del Plata Film Festival
The 23rd Mar del Plata Film Festival, which takes place in Mar del Plata, Argentina from Nov. 6-16, has announced that the festival will open with Kathryn Bigelow's Iraq bomb squad movie The Hurt Locker with Bigelow and writer Mark Boal in attendance.Latin America's only FIAPF classified A-level festival will ...
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Metrodome acquires UK and Ireland on 50 Dead Men Walking
Metrodome Distribution has acquired an all rights deal for the UK and Ireland from HandMade Films International to Kari Skogland's Fifty Dead Men Walking, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September.Metrodome's Peter Urie struck the deal with HandMade's Guy Collins following robust interest from buyers after the ...
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Ackerman named COO at LA media and research firm Interpret
Aric Ackerman has been appointed COO at Los Angeles-based media and technology research firm Interpret LLC.Ackerman will oversee business development, finance, legal and operations for the company, which helps major entertainment and video game clients devise and assesse their media strategies.Ackerman reports to CEO Michael Dowling and will also be ...
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Telefilm Canada launches production funding for French outside Quebec
Public film financier Telefilm Canada is setting up an investment program for French-language filmmakers who work outside of the province of Quebec. The agency's new Official Languages Activities Program (OLA) will have a total of $1.88m (C$2.3m) to devote to the initiative. While more than 80 per cent of French-speaking ...
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Tulpan takes first feature award at Times BFI London Film Festival
The 52nd Times BFI London Film Festival has announced three awards at its closing gala, Tulpan, takes best first feature, Three Blind Mice is critics favourite and Mid-August Lunch is recognised for its humanity and artistry. Director Sergey Dvortsevoy received the Sutherland Trophy for Tulpan; director Matthew Newton was awarded ...
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London Film School to support working filmmakers in developing skills
The UK's London Film School has launched Fast Forward, a programme to enable film professionals to develop their craft or to move to a new one. The London Film School (LFF) has launched Fast Forward, upgrade programmes for working professionals.The programmes will allow working professionals to train during intensive weeks ...
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Once star Market Irglova turns down Darkness
Marketa Irglova has backed out Darkness, a new film from veteran Czech director Juraj Herz, which began shooting this week.Lenka Krobotova (Karamazovi) replaces Irglova, who will spend the time on a concert tour with Once co-star and recording-artist partner Glen Hansard. Krobotova will star opposite Ivan Franek.Shooting is taking place ...
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Le Pacte acquires world rights to Bonnell's La Dame De Trefle
French sales and distribution company Le Pacte has acquired world rights to the latest film from director Jerome Bonnell, La Dame De Trefle. Le Pacte will handle the French release and will commence sales at the AFM next week.A drama with a thriller bent, the film stars Malik Zidi, Florence ...
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Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestler to open 49th edition of Thessaloniki
The Wrestler , winner of this year's Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, will open the 49th Thessaloniki International Film Festival on Friday, November 14th. It will be presented by Evan Rachel Wood who plays the role of Rourke's daughter in the film. Director Aronofsky has been a Thessaloniki ...