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Striking debut: Steve McQueen's Hunger
'By coincidence, things are aligning themselves where the topic of this film is on everyone's mind,' says artist-turned-film-maker Steve McQueen about his debut feature Hunger. 'In the current climate, I hope the film has some resonance with anyone who sees it.'Hunger certainly struck a chord in Cannes - after screening ...
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Edinburgh: This summer's new destination
At the grand old age of 62, the Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff), the world's longest continually running film festival, is having a makeover. Edinburgh has shifted its dates from its traditional August slot to June (18-29). The event has also received an injection of $3.7m (£1.88m) in public funding ...
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Interview: Kung Fu Panda director John Stevenson
It has been a long-term ambition for John Stevenson to direct his first animated feature and Kung Fu Panda is a pretty good start - bearing in mind it recently screened in official selection at Cannes.Co-directed by Stevenson and Mark Osborne for DreamWorks Animation, the film is expected to be ...
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German fund backs new Wayne Wang feature
Germany's regional fund Filmstiftung NRW is backing Wayne Wang's next feature project 920 Sacramento with $1.86m (Euros 1.2m).Based on a true story from the 19th century about a woman who finds her calling in the brutal reality of San Francisco's Chinatown, the production by Cologne-based Pandora Film is set to ...
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Icon takes UK, Australiarights to Transporter 3 from Europa
Icon Film Distribution (IFD) has acquired all UK and Australian rights to Transporter 3 from EuropaCorp.This third instalment of the franchise again stars Jason Statham in the lead, with Francois Berleand and Robert Knepper. Transporter 3 is directed by Olivier Megaton from a script written by Luc Besson and Robert ...
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The Sarajevo Film Festival has announced that along with the Heart of Sarajevo Awards, itsCompetition Programme will for the first time compete for a FIPRESCI (Federation Internationale de la Presse Cinematographique) award.The FIPRESCI Jury at the 14th SFF will include international film critics Atilla Dorsay from Turkey, Screen International's US ...
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A Company buys out Prorom and Cinemania in EEAP
A Company Consulting & Licensing AG has acquired all of the shares in EEAP Eastern European Acquisition Pool which were held until now by Munich-based Prorom Media-Trade und the Ljubljana-based Cinemania Group. With this step, A Company now owns 100% of EEAP.In order to streamline the corporate structure, the license ...
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Rondi becomes president of Rome Film Fest
Gian Luigi Rondi has become the new President of the Rome Film Fest after his candidature was voted unanimously by the fest's board of directors yesterday.Rondi is stepping in to lead the Fest after Goffredo Bettini, the Rome Fest's former president opted to cede the role as a means to ...
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UK directors launch lobby group
Some of the most successful names in the British film industry are leadinga 4,000 strong body representing the interests of UK directors.Directors UK brings together film, television and new media directors to offer one voice on a wide range of issues.The immediate priorities are concentrated on improving the position of ...
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UK directorslaunch lobby group
Some of the most successful names in the British film industry are helping lead a 4,000 strong body representing the interests of UK directors.Directors UK brings together film, television and new media directors for the first timeto offer one voice on a wide range of issues.The immediate priorities are concentrated ...
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What Just Happened' to open Karlovy Vary
Barry Levinson's What Just Happened' will open the 43rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival on July 4.The film's producer and star Robert De Niro will introduce the film and receive a Crystal Globe in recognition of his Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema at the opening-night gala.Nick Nolte will also ...
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Ji appointed as head of Korea Media Ratings Board
The Korea Media Ratings Board has named Ji Myung-hyok as its new chairman for the next three years. A professor at Kookmin University's school of performing arts, Ji was elected from among the nine new members of the presidentially-appointed ratings board.The other eight members include a writer from the major ...
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Seattle Film Festival launches Northwest Production Summit
The First Annual Northwest Production Summit will take place during the 34th Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) from June 12-15.The summit takes place under the aegis of the festival in partnership with the Mayor's Office of Film + Music, WashingtonFilmWorks and the Washington State Film Office.Headline events include an invite-only ...
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Roberts, Mortimer take new posts at UK's Contender
Growing UK distributor Contender Films has appointed Theresa Roberts as head of publicity and Rebecca Mortimer as head of marketing.Roberts, who takes the post July 1, had been head of publicity for Momentum Pictures.Mortimer, who takes her post as of Aug 5, comes from Universal Pictures (UK), where she was ...
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Tabb hired to adapt Lukyanenko novel Knights Of 40 Islands
Producers Rubi Zack of Run Entertainment, Maxim Bakhamatov of Ledokol Bakhmatov Group and Evgen Kuch have hired Michael Tabb to adapt Sergey Lukyanenko's Russian sci-fi fantasy novel The Knights Of 40 Islands.Lukyanenko previously wrote the Night Watch fantasy novels that spawned Timor Bekmambetov's Russian box office smashes.The Knights Of 40 ...
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Hirschbiegel starts Belfast shoot for Five Minutes Of Heaven
Oliver Hirschbiegel has started shooting his new feature, Five Minutes Of Heaven, in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Liam Neeson and James Nesbitt star as two men who are struggling to come to terms with their experiences of past conflict in Northern Ireland.Eoin O'Callaghan is producing for Big Fish Films and executive ...
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Sarkar Raj, Magic Hour start strong at international box-office
Indian film Sarkar Raj was this weekend's highest non-US entry in the international arena, taking $5.4m from 1,433 screens in 17 territories.The top 40 international films generated $171.2m from 42,947 screens for the period of June 6-8. For the full chart, compiled by Len Klady, click here.The Indian thriller is ...
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Akin, Tykwer and Weingartner backed by Hamburg fund
The Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein Film Fund has allocated over$4.8m (Euros 3.15m) to new feature projects by Fatih Akin, Tom Tykwer and Hans Weingartner as well as international co-productions by such filmmakers as Les Brodeuses directorEleonore Faucher, Norway's Sara Johnsen and Poland's Radek Wegrzyn.The largest sum - $1.24m (Euros 800,000) - went ...
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Skip City to open with world premiere of Yamada's Bunshichi
Japan's Skip City International Digital Cinema Festival has announced the line-up for its fifth edition, which includes the world premiere of Yoji Yamada's The Tale Of Bunshichi as the opening gala ahead of its local autumn release. As covered on Screendaily last September, the film was produced as part of ...
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Stuntman killed on theset of John Woo's Red Cliff
A stuntman was killed and six others injured in an accidental fire during the filming of John Woo's $75m war epic Red Cliff on Monday (June 9). Red Cliff film crew confirmed the accident and casualty later that day. The fire took place in Xiaotangshan of Changping district in Northwest ...