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Chaser sprints off with top awards at Korea's Grand Bells
Na Hong-jin's The Chaser scooped up six prizes at Korea's 45th Grand Bell Awards on Friday night (June 27), including three major awards for Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor for Kim Yoon-suk's performance In accepting the latter, Kim said to his younger co-star and rival in the category, ...
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Wim Wenders to lead Venice jury
Director Wim Wenderswill lead the jury of the 65th Venice Film Festival, the biennale's board of directors has announced.Venice's artistic director Marco Mueller selected Wenders as the president of the jury in what will be a pivotal fifth year as Venice's artistic director and the beginning of his renewed four-year ...
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The Croatian National Festival announces competition
The Croatian National Festival in Pula, Istria, will take place from July 19-26. This will be the 55th edition of the event that used to be the national festival of former Yugoslavia.In addition to the famous and always well-attended open-air venues Arena and Kastel, the former theatre Zagreb has been ...
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Ballast wins Grand Prix at first Novi Sad festival
Lance Hammer's Ballast won the Grand Prix of the first International Festival of Film and New Media- Cinema City in Novi Sad, Serbia (Jun 14-21), worth $15,000. In the competition for the Grand Prix were all feature films of the festival, including the Serbian competition, where the best film award ...
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Ireland showing mixed box office fortunes
Traditionally one of the strongest performing territories in Europe, Ireland is experiencing a marginal decline in year-on-year box office returns, according to new figures from Carlton Screen.The Republic of Ireland box office has dropped 1.2% to date on last year, however this masks a year-on-year rise of 24.5% in March. ...
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Tartan Films goes into administration
UK distributor Tartan Films has gone into administration, ending months of speculation.The business, founded in 1982 by Hamish McAlpine, is believed to have made more than 20 staff redundant.The news has come as no surprise after months of discussion about the company's finance.Last year, the business restructured with veteran managing ...
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Toho-Towa extends Universal contract, unveils line-up
Japanese distributor Toho-Towa has announced the extension of its exclusive contract with Universal Pictures, as well as its line-up, until 2010. Toho-Towa's slate of 18 films consists predominantly of Universal titles. Upcoming 2008 releases include The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor (August 16) and Wanted (September).Announced for 2009 are ...
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Greek box-office admissions down 1m in pivotal winter season
As the European football championships are drawing to a close and the Olympic Games (August 8-24) are around the corner, Greek distributors and exhibitors fear that sporting events could further dampen this year's box office performance. So far this year, Makis Diamantopoulos, generalmanager of the Odeon Cineplex exhibition chain describes ...
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Relativity to finance, produce War Of Gods directed by Tarsem
Relativity Media has acquired rights to finance, develop and produce the mythological Greek tale War Of Gods, which is already in pre-production and expected to begin filming before the end of the year.Tarsem will direct from a screenplay by Vlas Parlapanides and Charley Parlapanides and the project reunites Hollywood Gang ...
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UPI's Wanted roars into in 22 territories including Russia
Indiana Jones will have a battle on his hands to hold on to pole position this weekend as Russian director Timur Bekmambetov's first English-language picture Wanted goes out in 22 territories through Universal/UPI.The graphic novel adaptation opens day-and-date with North America in Russia on 850 prints on June 26 and ...
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Screen opinion: Nurturing arthouse audiences
Film-makers across the world are incredibly generous with their time and expertise in supporting the next generation of talent. But is enough attention given by film policy-makers to nurturing the next generation of cinema-goers, or at least those whose tastes extend beyond the studio hits'The Film Department chief executive and ...
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Disney focuses on brand values
If the key to navigating a volatile and uncertain market is concentration on core strengths, then Disney has got it right.And the rock on which the future will be built is the Disney brand itself, according to Mark Zoradi, president of Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group.Over the last couple of ...
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International writers and directors seek new deal
Nothing demonstrates the difference between Hollywood and the international independent sector more than a strike.Earlier this year, Hollywood writers were able to bring prime-time TV shows off the air and halt major film shoots. Now contract negotiations with actors and directors are underway, conducted in a manner that would be ...
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Festival review: Shanghai International Film Festival
It was always going to be a difficult year for the Shanghai International Film Festival (Siff). The festival is striving to re-invent itself but China has recently suffered a series of calamities, both man-made and natural, that inevitably cast a shadow over this year's event.Chief among these was the May ...
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Profile: International Screenwriters' Festival
Launched three years ago, the International Screenwriters' Festival (July 1-3) has established itself as a key event on the festival calendar.Taking place in Cheltenham, south-west England, the event attracts a wide range of industry delegates. 'It's about 50% writers and 50% everybody else: producers, directors, agents, script editors, financiers, and ...
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Screenwriting: How to teach a word's worth
Training provision for screenwriters has been undergoing a sea change in the UK in recent years, with providers aiming to connect training with the industry and help create writers who can function both creatively and commercially.The UK film business has not always taken the most positive view of screenwriter training. ...
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DGA, Film Foundation set up Zinnemann Fund for artists' rights
The Directors Guild Of America (DGA) and The Film Foundation have set up The Zinnemann Fund to protect and promote artists' rights.DGA member Tim Zinnemann, son of the late director and DGA lifetime achievement award winner Fred Zinnemann, developed the idea with money from a court settlement in his favour ...
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Overture signs first-look deal with Philip Seymour Hoffman's company
Overture Films has signed a two-year first look deal with Philip Seymour Hoffman and Emily Ziff's Cooper's Town Productions.The first collaboration will be the film of Brett C Leonard's play Unconditional, which explores gender and racial issues within New York City and is being adapted for the screen by Leonard.Hoffman ...
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Francis Ford Coppola finishes 63-day shoot of Tetro
Francis Ford Coppola has wrapped on his latest feature Tetro after 63 days of principal photography in Buenos Aires and Patagonia. A spring 2009 release is anticipated.Additional shooting of a ballet by Ana Maria Stekelman will still take place in Madrid but the main leg of the shoot is complete. ...
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Academy settles trademark lawsuit against Italy's RAI
The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences has resolved a trademark lawsuit against Italian television broadcaster RAI and said the settlement was amicable.The Academy's lawyers filed a suit in the United States District Court in Los Angeles in 2005 after the broadcaster aired Italian-language 'Oscar' award shows covering wine, ...