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Terribly Happy wins Karlovy Vary Crystal Globe
This year'sKarlovy Vary Crystal Globe has been won by Danish film Terribly Happy (Frygtelig Lykkelig).Henrik Ruben Genz's adaptation of an Erling Jepsen novel took the $30,000 top prize at the Czech spa town's Thermal Hotel grand hall.The $20,000 Special Jury Prize was awarded to Indonesian director Nan T. Achnas' The ...
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Sundance Documentary Program announces 16 grant recipients
The Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program has announced the 16 film projects that will receive a total of $512,500 in grants as well as creative support from the Sundance Documentary Fund.Grants are announced twice a year and submissions are judged on their approach to storytelling, artistic treatment and innovation, subject ...
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Czechs producers place hopes in German production-rebate model
With runaway productions finding better conditions further east, Czech producers are switching their hopes from tax rebates to German-style production rebates. Representatives of the Czech Audiovisual Producers Association (APA) revealed 2007 numbers to reporters at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Foreign producers spent $142.4m (CZK 2.1bn) in the Czech ...
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Rothwell, Hill, Walker among pitchers for BritDoc
The BritDoc festival, which is gearing up for its third edition July 23-25, has selected the 12 projects to pitch live for funders at the Big Pitch session.The 12 projects are:Donor 150, dir. Jerry Rothwell About one sperm donor's many children.Breaking China, dir. Sarah McCarthy About Universal's creation of a ...
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The Mummy 3 not yet approved for Chinese release
It seems that havingChinese elements in a filmdoes not necessarily result inan easy green light from the Chinese censors. Universal Pictures' summer blockbuster The Mummy: The Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor may be yet another film to face censor troubles in China.The film was originally slated to be released in ...
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Sasha Buehler moves from SquareOne to Constantin
Film and TV veteran Sasha Buehler is to join Constantin Film's acquisitions and licensing team from Oct 1 after spending the past three years as head of acquisitions for Munich's SquareOne Entertainment.American-born Buehler started her career in the industry in 1990 with news production at broadcaster ProSieben, later working for ...
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Locarno Swiss Cinema Day to include Luftbusiness
Three new Swiss films will have their world premieres during the Swiss Cinema Day at this year's Locarno Film Festival, while Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov's Yuri's Day (Yuriev Den) will screen in the International Competitiion.The Swiss Cinema Day, which will be held by the festival in cooperation with the Federal ...
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Rome changes include new name: International Film Festival of Rome
The Rome Film Fest's recently appointed president Gian Luigi Rondi has announcedsome significant changes to the event as it heads into its third year.The changes include sweeping away elements that differentiated the young city-oriented 'festa' from the Venice Film Festival and other major international film festivals. For example, Rome's populist ...
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Film London board adds Aston, Comer, and Fletcher
UK screen agency Film London has appointed three new board members.They are: Emily Aston, a lecturer at London Metropolitan University and a longtime producer; Stuart Comer, curator of film at Tate Modern; and Edward Fletcher, co-founder and managing director of independent distributor Soda Pictures.Sandy Lieberson, Chair of Film London said: ...
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Charlotte Clark joins UK digital marketing agency Jam
London-based dgital agency Jam has hired Charlotte Clark as its new head of PR.Clark had been at Way To Blue where Warner Music International was her main client.Jam has worked on digital marketing for projects including Juno, Step Up 2 The Streets, Adulthood, Mamma Mia! and Guy Ritchie's forthcoming Rocknrolla.Daniel ...
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Skillset minority fellowships select 10 new participants
The Skillset Graduate Fellowship Programme 2008 has selected this year's participants.The initiative, backed by Skillset and the UK Film Council, gives paid placements at leading film companies for graduates from black, Asian and minority ethnic communities.The scheme pays a training allowance up to about $34,000 (£17,000) per year. Fellows also ...
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Charlotte Rampling to star in Majewski's The Hill And The Cross
Polish director Lech Majewski (Glass Lips, Wojaczek) is in pre-production on The Hill And The Cross, an English-language drama to feature Charlotte Rampling.Majewski is himself producing the film, along with Swedish producer Freddy Olsson of Bokomotiv Filmproduktion. Principal photography will take place in southern Poland this autumn. The film would ...
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Red Cliff has record-breaking opening in mainland China
The first part of John Woo's war epic Red Cliff had a strong opening in major Asian territories on Thursday (July 10), grossing around $4.7m in total from mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea.In mainland China, the film grossed more than $2.92m (RMB20m) on its opening day, according to ...
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MovieMobz pioneers 'cinema on demand'
Brazilian digitalservice MovieMobz launched this week in Sao Paulo with what it says is the first step towards 'cinema on demand.'Customers will be able to select films from a list of 200 titles currently availablefor screening in participating theatres -although this will expand as the operation takes off.Social networking and ...
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Pretty Pictures buys French rights to Clubbed from AV
Pretty Pictures has acquired all French-speaking rights to Neil Thompson's Clubbed from AV Pictures.AV has also sold the film for include Australasia (21st Century Pictures), Benelux (European Film Partners), Middle East (Falcon Films), Poland (Vision) and Turkey (Horizon International).The story, set in 1980s clubland, stars Colin Salmon, Mel Raido an ...
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Hancock set for second weekend at the top in international
Hancock should cross $100m overseas by Friday and Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI) top brass expect the picture to begin the serious business of consolidating its early gains this weekend.The superhero saga starring Will Smith stood at $98.7m on Thursday and launches in more than a dozen key markets including ...
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IMAX prepares for its biggest ever launch of The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight will open in 94 North American and 15 international IMAX theatres on July 18, day-and-date with Warner Bros' conventional launch.A further 23 international IMAX sites will accommodate the release in the weeks following the worldwide premiere, which is set to take place on July 14 at the ...
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Tommy Gargotta takes top creative advertising job at SPE
Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) has promoted Tommy Gargotta to president of worldwide creative advertising.Gargotta will report to the studios' co-presidents of worldwide theatrical marketing Valerie Van Galder and Marc Weinstock and will guide the creative marketing team in the creation of posters, commercials, trailers and in-theatre materials.He joined Columbia in ...
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Profile: ambitious Eon look beyond Bond
British screenwriters need to become more ambitious. That is the message behind the Eon Screenwriters' Workshop (ESW), an initiative set up last year by the James Bond franchise's famed production company Eon Productions.'As a (film-making) culture in the UK, we are predominantly low-budget and we are very heavily television focused,' ...
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One-To-One withSimon Beaufoy
One-To-One: UK Star Of Tomorrow writer Virginia Gilbert talks to writer Simon Beaufoy, whose work includes The Full Monty, The Darkest Light and Yasmin.Virginia Gilbert: How did you get into the business'Simon Beaufoy: I went to Bournemouth College of Art and Design and trained as a documentary director. I was ...