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RED Digital Cinema to have a UK base at Pinewood Studios
The digital cinematography camera company, RED Digital Cinema, will launch RED Europe at Eastside Complex, Pinewood Studios from 1 November 2008. RED will offer technologically-advanced digital capture, over 4 times the resolution of HD video.Alan Piper of RED Europe said: 'Outside of the US, the European market is RED's largest. ...
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RED Digital Cinema to have a UK base at Pinewood Studios
The digital cinematography camera company, RED Digital Cinema, will launch RED Europe at Eastside Complex, Pinewood Studios from 1 November 2008. RED will offer technologically-advanced digital capture, over 4 times the resolution of HD video.Alan Piper of RED Europe said: 'Outside of the US, the European market is RED's largest. ...
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Ballast earns four nominations atGotham Independent Film Awards
Lance Hammer's Ballast is nominated for best feature, director, breakthrough actor and ensemble performance at IFP awards, 22 films nominated in six categories. Lance Hammer's Ballast leads the pack in the 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards with four nominations for best feature, director, breakthrough actor and ensemble performance.Six titles ...
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Too many specialty films being released says Miramax's Daniel Battsek
Too many specialty films being released, according to Miramax President Daniel Battsek.Giving the keynote speech at Film London's second Production Finance Market (October 20-21), Battsek addressed the continuing problem of oversupply in a market that is not expanding.Asked whether Miramax had been helped by the recent closure of Warner independent ...
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Four Nights With Anna is best film at European Cinema Festival
Polish master Jerzy Skolimowski's Polish-French co-production Four Nights With Anna, has won the best film award and $8,000 (Euros 6,000) at the 21st Panorama of European Cinema Festival in Athens.The purse, intended to back the local release of the film, was offered by festival organizer Athens daily, Eleftherotypia.Skolimowski's film received ...
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Yuri's Day wins Grand Prix at Warsaw Film Festival
Russian-German co-production Yuri's Day won top honours at the 24th Warsaw Film Festival.Warsaw Mayor Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz presented the Warsaw Grand Prix at the festival's closing ceremony on October 18. Yuri's Day tells the story of a self-centred opera singer whose son disappears when she takes him to visit her provincial ...
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MK2 sells Rumba to Koch Lorber Films for the US
France 's MK2 has sold Rumba to Koch Lorber Films for the US.The Belgian slapstick dance comedy was directed by the trio known as Abel, Gordon and Romy. It ran in this year's Critics Week in Cannes as a special screening.Released in France in September, the film has sold over ...
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Odyssey has taken rights to Wickie And The Mighty Vikings
Odyssey Entertainment has struck a deal with Rat Pack Filmproduktion (The Wave, Hui Buh) and Constantin Film (The Baader Meinhof Complex, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer) to handle worldwide sales and distribution (excluding German speaking Europe) on the family adventure film Wickie And The Mighty Vikings.The film is ...
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Berenice Fugard joins Optimum as head of acquisitions
Berenice Fugard has been appointed as head of acquisitions for StudioCanal and Optimum Releasing. She will be based in London and will report both to Optimum Releasing CEO Will Clarke, and Ron Halpern executive vice-president, international production and acquisitions for StudioCanal.Fugard will be responsible for acquiring films for Optimum Releasing ...
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Tulpan takes top prize at Montreal's FNC
Sergei Dvortsevoy's Un Certain Regard-winner Tulpan took the top prize as Montreal's 37th Festival du Nouveau Cinema wrapped over the weekend. The debut feature, a Kazakstan-Germany coproduction, has been gathering laurels since its Cannes debut.Meanwhile the festival's jury, composed of Charlotte Laurier, Robert Levesque and Michel Savoy, was impressed with ...
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Troubled Water wins Hamptons' Golden Starfish
Erik Poppe's Norwegian-Swedish film Troubled Water won the 16th Annual Hamptons International Film Festival's Golden Starfish Best Narrative Feature and an awards package of more than $185,000 of in-kind production services. Megumi Sasaki's US entry Herb And Dorothy took the documentary award and a $5,000 cash prize while special ...
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Captain Abu Raed wins Heartland's grand prize
Amin Matalqa's Jordanian foreign-language Oscar submission Captain Abu Raed won the 17th Heartland Film Festival's grand prize at the weekend for best dramatic feature and a $100,000 prize. Click here for review. The annual Crystal Heart Awards Gala anointed Abigail Disney and Gini Reticker's Pray The Devil Back To ...
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Chinese director Xie Jin dies aged 84
Revered Chinese director Xie Jin died of sudden cardiac arrest on Saturday, Oct 18 in Shangyu city in China's Zhejiang province at the age of 84. The Shanghai-based filmmaker is seen as one of the most prolific in Chinese film history. He was also a member of the Academy of ...
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North American box office soars with Max Payne
The US economy may be in dire straits but Hollywood remains recession-proof as the North American box office climbed for the fourth consecutive weekend against the same period last year after Fox's videogame adaptation Max Payne starring Mark Wahlberg opened top on an estimated $18m. Fox Searchlight's Civil Rights ...
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Mamma Mia! crosses $400m international mark
Abba musical adaptation Mamma Mia! passed another milestone in a phenomenal run in international markets, crossing the $400m mark. Universal's dancing queens added $5.9m this weekend through UPI from 3,789 locations in 49 territories to reach $400.1m.In so doing became it became Universal's second biggest international release behind Jurassic Park. ...
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Eagle Eye perches at top of international box office
Paramount-DreamWorks' paranoia thriller Eagle Eye dominated the international charts with an estimated $12m haul, thought the story of the weekend was Mamma Mia!, which capped a fine overseas run by crossing $400m. Click here for more.Eagle Eye's weekend haul from 3,779 sites in 49 territories through PPI was powered ...
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Steve Jacobs' Disgrace wins $200,000 Black Pearl prize at Abu Dhabi
Steve Jacobs' Disgrace has picked up the $200,000 Black Pearl prize for best narrative film at the Middle East International Film Festival (MEIFF) in Abu Dhabi.The adaptation of J.M. Coetzee's award-winning novel offers a disturbing insight into the soul of modern South Africa. Click here for review.The $150,000 best documentary ...
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James Newton Howard named Film Composer of the Year at Ghent
James Newton Howard has been names film composer of the year at the World Soundtrack Awards at the 35th Ghent International Film Festival. The prize came for work including Charlie Wilson's War, Michael Clayton and I Am Legend.The best original score honour went to Dario Marianelli for Atonement, while Marc ...
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67 countries submit titles for foreign language film Oscar
A record 67 countries, including first-time entrant Jordan have submitted films for consideration in the foreign language film category for the 81st Academy Awards.Nominations will be announced on January 22, 2009 and the Oscar will be presented on February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Centre.Click ...
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Meirelles attends charity gala screening of Blindness in London
Fernando Meirelles is to attend a charity gala of his film Blindness in London in aid of charity ABC (Action for Brazil's Children) Trust.The screening at Apollo Cinemas Piccadilly Circus on October 31 will be the first time the film has played in the UK, coming a month before the ...