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Takeshi Kitano to be honoured atThessaloniki
Takeshi Kitano will receive a life time achievement award at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival.The acclaimed Japanese director and actorwill make his first trip to Greece to receive the festival's Honorary Golden Alexander and to present his last film Achilles And The Tortoise (Achilles To Kame). Click here to see ...
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Little Moscow takes grand prize at Polish Film Festival
Romantic drama Little Moscow received $22,000 (PLN 50,000) and the Golden Lion award for best film at the 33rd Polish Film Festival on Sept 20. An international jury chaired by Polish director Robert Glinski selected the winners from among 16 competition films at the festival in the seaside town of ...
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Michael Winterbottom begins work on Naomi Klein'sShock Doctrine
Michael Winterbottom and Road To Guantanamo collaborator Mat Whitecross are working on documentary The Shock Doctrine.The film is based on a book by Naomi Klein whichaims to expose what she calls 'disaster capitalism'. The theory is that neo-liberal capitalism feeds on natural disasters, warand terror to establish its dominance.Klein herself ...
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DreamWorks closes investment deal with India's Reliance
The long-in-the-works deal between DreamWorks and Mumbai-based media conglomerate Reliance closed today [September 19], paving the way for Steven Spielberg, David Geffen and Stacey Snider to leave the Paramount fold following a difficult relationship.Paramount waived any requirement for DreamWorks executives and staff to stay at its Melrose Avenue headquarters in ...
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Burleigh 'Bo' Smith named executive director of Denver Film Society
Burleigh Smith has been named executive director at the Denver Film Society (DFS), ending a six-month search to replace DFS co-founder Ron Henderson.Smith will take the reins on October 14. He has served the last 21 years as the head of film/video and concerts for the Museum of Fine Arts, ...
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Erin Corbett promoted to president of Imagi Studios US
Erin Corbett has been promoted to president of Imagi Studios US; she will continue to report to Imagi Studios CEO Douglas Glen.The pair will oversee development and distribution of the CG-animated theatrical slate led by Astro Boy, which features the voices of Nicolas Cage, Donald Sutherland, Nathan Lane, Bill Nighy, ...
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Taiwan starts subsidy for film-makers with box-office hits
Taiwan's Government Information Office (GIO) has announced a new production subsidy for film-makers who score box-office success.The announcement follows the phenomenal success of Wei Te-sheng's Cape No. 7 which has made over $1.6m in Taipei and an estimated $3m nationwide after three weeks on release. Interest shows no signs of ...
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A Mouse's Tale winner of Cartoon d'Or
French-born Benjamin Renner's graduation film from La Poudriere animation school A Mouse's Tale has been named the winner of this year's Cartoon d'Or at the 19th Cartoon Forum in Ludwigsburg.The four-minute short using silhouette animation, beat competition from four other finalists including UK animator Matthew Walker's John And Karen and ...
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F&ME kicks off shoots for three new UK co-productions
Mike Downey and Sam Taylor's UK production company Film And Music Entertainment (F&ME) pushes its busy slate forward with the start of principal photography on three new features: Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre, Donkey and Beneath The Surface.All three are co-productions, shooting - respectively - in Iceland, Croatia/Herzegovina and China/Sudan. All ...
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Norway names O'Horten as Foreign-Language Oscar submission
Norwegian director Bent Hamer's O'Horten will fly the Norwegian colours for the Oscar nominations as Best Foreign-Language feature, it was announced today (Sept 18) by the Norwegian Film Institute.The film was also scripted and produced by Hamer, for his own BulBul Film and was co-produced with Scanboxfilm, Pandora Film, and ...
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Fortissimo Films picks up Parque Via
Fortissimo Film Sales has picked up world sales for Mexican filmmaker Enrique Rivero's feature debut Parque Via. The film is currently screening in the Horizontes Latinos sidebar at this week's San Sebastian International Film Festival. Parque Via won 32-year-old Rivero the Golden Leopard in the International Competition at the Locarno ...
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Japanese director Jun Ichikawa dies at 59
Japanese film director Jun Ichikawa has died at aged 59, local media has reported. According to Ichikawa's office, he passed away suddenly in the early hours of Sept 19. He collapsed during a late night meal after working on the editing of his latest film, Buy A Suit.The news comes ...
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Banderas to star in Mexican drama La hija Del Ruisenor
Antonio Banderas has revealed that his next project will be the supernatural thriller La Hija Del Ruisenor from Mexican director Luis Mandoki.Banderas will star as the father of a young girl with supernatural powers. Filming is set to begin in January in Mexico where the actor has already made seven ...
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Cannes winner The Class enters Oscar race for France
In an expected move, Cannes Palme d'Or winner The Class has been chosen to represent France at this year's Oscars.Laurent Cantet's semi-documentary about life in a tough Parisian high school will vie for a shot at a best foreign language film nomination. The candidates will be announced in January. Click ...
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Side Effect takes best short film award at Oldenburg
Side Effect by Liz Adams' has won in the Best Short Film category at the 2008 Germany's Oldenburg International Film FestivalThe Oldenburg victory is Adams' second major win for Side Effect. In April this year it won the Cutting Edge Short Film Competition at Scotland's international horror genre festival, the ...
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Final Word: Toronto International Film Festival
Screen International looks back at this year's Toronto International Film Festival. Click section to see more.Festival and market reviewToronto reviews Toronto salesToronto stories and festival dailies
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Oscilloscope buys North American rights to Dear Zachary
Oscilloscope Pictures has taken North American rights to Kurt Kuenne's Slamdance and SXSW documentary Dear Zachary.The New York-based company will release Dear Zachary in theatres in partnership with the newly formed MSNBC Films on October 31 in New York, marking MSNBC Films' first release.Dear Zachary is Kuenne's attempt to investigate ...
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IFP gives $130,000 in cash and in-kind awards to emerging talent
IFP presented $130,000 in cash and in-kind awards in support of emerging talent at the group's annual annual Independent Filmmaker Awards yesterday [September 18].In the juried awards, IFP presented the inaugural $50,000 Independent Filmmaker Lab Finishing Grant to Joseph Cashiola for his debut drama A Thing As Big As The ...
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In focus: Marco Bechis' Birdwatchers
Marco Bechis' fourth feature Birdwatchers, was one of the most talked about films at this month's Venice film festival. The powerful drama about the effects of globalisation and colonisation on the indigenous Guarani-Kaiowa people of Mato Grosso do Sul, a southern, forested region of Brazil provoked much conversation for the ...
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VIP lounge Who to know in Brazil
Gullane FilmesContact: Manuela Mandler, manuela@gullanefilmes.com.brCaio and Fabiano Gullane aim to make artistic and technically proficient projects that appeal to Brazilian and international audiences. They are now working on Mano, based on the script by Luiz Bolognesi, writer of Birdwatchers.Favela Hi Tech (Braz-Jap)Dir: Karim AinouzThe director of Madame Sata and Suely ...