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Swedish Film Institute announces $3.9m film support
The Swedish Film Institute has contributed $3.9m (SEK 28.1m) production support for 13 new films. $1.4m (SEK 10m) of that sum is reserved for Swedish directors Ola Simonsson and Johannes Stjärne Nilsson's first feature, Sound Of Noise.Simonsson and Nilsson have also scripted their debut which will be a French-Swedish co-production ...
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Ghent Festival honours Richard Jenkins
Veteran actor Richard Jenkins will be honoured at the 35th Ghent International Film Festival with their Special Achievement Award.It will be presented after the Benelux premiere of The Visitor in Ghent, Belgium on Oct 7. Jenkins, along with co-stars Haaz Sleiman and Danai Gurira will attend the screening.In Overture's The ...
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Iris Prize Festival winners announced
Till Kleinert's Cowboy has been named as the 2008 winner of the Iris Prize, Cardiff's international gay and lesbian short film prize, valued at £25,000. The winning film tells the story of a city dweller and a country lad who pay a terrible price for love.The filmmaker also received the ...
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Iain Smith appointed new Chair of Edinburgh Film Festival
Iain Smith will take up the role of Chair of the Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) on Oct 10. He will replace John McCormick who has held the role for the past 12 years.Commenting on his appointment Smith said 'It is an honour and a privilege to be able to ...
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ScreenDaily interview: Sergey Selyanov
In the first of a series of interviews with Russian film-makers, ScreenDaily reporter Olia Hercules talks to the President of the Russian Guild of Producers, Sergey Selyanov.As one of Russia's best-known producers, Selyanov has been responsible for the production of more than 50 films, as well as award-winning animation and ...
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IDA honours Werner Herzog's documentary career
The International Documentary Association (IDA) will bestow its prestigious 2008 Career Achievement Award on legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog.The award is given to a filmmaker who has made a major impact on the documentary genre through a long and distinguished body of work.Although the German director is equally well known for ...
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Japanese actor Ken Ogata dies aged 71
71-year-old Japanese actor Ken Ogata died on October 5, local news reported today. The exact cause of death is unknown, but Ogata had been battling liver cancer. A private funeral was held by close relatives at a temple in Tokyo on Tuesday morning. Born in Tokyo in 1937, Ogata began ...
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Linha De Passe to open ninth Tokyo Filmex
Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas' Linha De Passe will open the ninth edition of Tokyo Filmex (November 22-30). The closing film will be Cannes FIPRESCI prize winner Delta, directed by Hungary's Kornel Mundruczo. Ten competition films will vie for the Grand Prize of Y1m ($9,830), including Waltz With Bashir and ...
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Marvel pacts to shoot next four films in southern California
Marvel Studios has made an agreement with LA-based Raleigh Studios to make its next four films at Raleigh's facility in Manhattan Beach just south of Los Angeles on the coast of California. The projects named in the agreement are Iron Man 2, Thor, The First Avenger: Captain America and The ...
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Mandalay, Liquid Comics team up for film of Ramayan 3392 AD
Mandalay Pictures is teaming up with Liquid Comics (formerly Virgin Comics) on a film of Liquid's graphic novel Ramayan 3392 AD.Mark Canton and his Atmosphere Entertainment (300, The Spiderwick Chronicles) will produce the film alongside Mandalay Pictures. Gotham Chopra and Sharad Devarajan of Liquid Comics will executive produce the Mandalay ...
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Stiller, Tomei join Hollywood Awards lineup on Oct 27
Ben Stiller will be honoured with the Hollywood Comedy Of The Year Award, while Marisa Tomei will be named supporting actress of the year, the cast of The Secret Life Of Bees ensemble of the year and Robert Pattinson newcomer of the year at the Hollywood Awards ceremony on Oct ...
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Miramax signs Canadian output deal with Maple
Miramax Films has signed an exclusive all-rights deal with Canadian distributor Maple Pictures that will see the Toronto-based company handling Miramax titles across the country.A new partnership was imminent once Miramax ended its 14-year relationship with Alliance Films and its antecedents in April of this year. Former Alliance executive Jim ...
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Visit Films picks up international on Baghead, Half-Life
Visit Films has acquired international rights to the Duplass Brothers' horror comedy Baghead and sci-fi drama Half-Life from director Jennifer Phang. Both films had their world premieres at this year's Sundance Film Festival in January.Baghead is set to have its international premiere at the Rome International Film Festival later this ...
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German admissions take dip in third quarter 2008
German cinema admissions have slipped by 7% in the third quarter of 2008 though box-office revenues remain stable, according to figures from EDI Nielsen.The data shows 29.6m tickets sold between July and the end of September 2008. This compares to 31.7m for the same period in 2007. Meanwhile, box-office takings ...
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Dvortsevoy's Tulpan takes Discovery of the Year award at Reykjavik
Sergey Dvortsevoy's Tulpan has picked up the Golden Puffin award for Discovery of the Year at the Reykjavik International Film Festival (Sept 25-Oct 5).The film, which took the top prize in Un Certain Regard at Cannes earlier this year, tells the story of a man trying to build a new ...
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HB Films teams up with F&ME in distribution venture
London-based film distributor HB FILMS has teamed up with Film and Music Entertainment (F&ME) to release a slate of co-productions as well as third-party acquisitions from F&ME's European and US production partners.The slate includes a re-release of Milcho Manchevski's Academy Award nominated and Venice winner Before the Rain, Danish thriller ...
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Asian Film Market wraps quiet but productive third edition
Pusan's Asian Film Market (Oct 3-6) closed its third edition on Monday night, with most delegates agreeing it had felt like a quiet event, but many saying they had still found it productive. Certainly there wasn't much foot traffic at the market, held for the first time on three floors ...
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Beta joins forces with Discovery's Hoerl to launch doc sales outfit
International distributor Beta Film and former Discovery Germany CEO Patrick Hoerl have joined forces to launch the new sales company Autentic. The company will focus on the acquisition and sales of documentaries and to foster co-productions with German and foreign partners.Autentic's portfolio will consist of prime-time fare as well as ...
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Rodrigo Prieto wins Golden Camera 300 in Macedonia for Lust, Caution
Rodrigo Prieto won the Golden Camera 300, at the 29th International Cinematographers' Film Festival in Macedonia (Sept 27-Oct 4) for his work on Ang Lee's Lust, Caution.Jolanta Dylevska received the Silver Camera 300 for Sergey Dvortsevoy's Tulpan, and the Bronze Camera 300 was awarded to Yuri Klimenko for his work ...
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HanWay grows film slate and TV sales division
HanWay Films has grown its film slate and expanded its TV sales division.The slate includes Belle Toujours and Magic Mirror, from director Manoel De Oliveria, Backroads from director Phillip Noyce, Blood & Wine from Oscar winning producer Jeremy Thomas and Alex Cox's fantasy Revengers' Tragedy.The line-up also includes two documentaries; ...