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UK Film Council highlights 3D potential
The UK Film Council is to look at the success of 3D in cinemas with a London masterclass with the makers of U2 3D.3D cinema has been making serious critical and box-office advances this year, not only with the U2 concert film but also the extraordinary success in the US ...
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Consumer attitudes turn against piracy
Just seven months in to the new approach, the research shows marked improvements in public attitudes to copyright theft which directly reflect the campaign's key goal - to attach a social stigma to copyright theft so that people choose to not take part in it:Two thirds of consumers (67%) now ...
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Consumer attitudes turn against piracy
An NOP survey commissioned by The Industry Trust suggests changing attitudes among consumers to piracy.The trusthas been carrying out a social stigma campaign which hopes to convince people that copyright theft is not a harmless vice.And it claims the survey shows signs of success.The study suggests67% ofconsumers now regard copyright ...
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European Film Market deals
European Film Market Sales (Sales company in brackets)US deals in red. Click on film to see moreAntichrist(Nordisk/Trust)Apres Lui (Films Distribution)The Argentine/ Guerrilla (Wild Bunch)The Baker (Bankside)Balls Out - The Gary Houseman Story Bank Job (Arclight Films)Before The Rains (Maximum)Black Ice (Bavaria Film International)Bob Marley documentary (untitled) (Fortissimo)CATcher - Cat City ...
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Berlinale and EFM review
This year's Berlinale kicked off in fine style with Martin Scorsese's Rolling Stones documentary Shine A Light.Butthe story of this year's event has been that - at least for buyers - the festival line-up was in danger of being upstaged by the market.Focus inevitably turned to the EFM following a ...
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Flashback: BAFTA 2008
Everyone thought they knew who would win this year’s Bafta film awards. Atonement was supposed to sweep the board. Julie Christie was the best actress favourite for Away From Her and Control was considered a certainty to nab the Alexander Korda award for best British film.
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Thailand's Aditya Assarat on Wonderful Town
'There's nothing special about this little town,' says Thai writer-director Aditya Assarat of Takua Pa, the southern Thailand town that is the setting of his debut feature film. 'Except it got hit by a tsunami.'That post-tsunami calm is what Assarat explores in the somewhat ironically titled Wonderful Town, which recently ...
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Best documentary and shorts
DOCUMENTARIESNO END IN SIGHT In his first film, Charles Ferguson examines the decisions behind the invasion of Iraq. Ferguson, nominated with associate producer Audrey Marrs, describes the Representational Pictures production as 'a comprehensive portrait of occupation policies, their errors, and their consequences'.The film won the special documentary jury prize at ...
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Critical Mass- Best of the fests
Halfway through what is likely to be viewed as a non-vintage, drink-as-soon-as-possible Berlinale, I've been pondering the question of how to rate a film festival in critical terms.After all, anyone's view is influenced by the films they happened to catch there, whether they satisfied their cravings (cutting-edge Asian, Euro auteurs, ...
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European film market - Signed, sealed and delivered
Jeremy Kay reports on the key deals at this week's Berlin International Film Festival.lUniversal bought North American, German, Spanish and Latin American rights from Mandate International to Sam Raimi's upcoming horror film Drag Me To Hell starring Oscar nominee Ellen Page.l Miramax paid mid-six figures for North American rights from ...
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Europe's distribution revolution
The international film industry has now seen a year in which high expectations of a buoyant film market have fallen flat. Not enough to be a bona fide crisis, but enough to create the flap of butterfly wings that might yet cause a hurricane in the future.The 2008 European Film ...
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Jetset Studios - Online high flyers
Last month, Russell Scott and Patrick Young were the matchmakers who put male movie-goers together with Carmen Electra, star of 20th Century Fox's genre spoof Meet The Spartans. And last year, they took audience members out for a spin on the ice with Will Ferrell and Jon Heder, stars of ...
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Patrice Leconte prepares for La Guerre
Patrice Leconte is preparing to shoot his latest comedy, La Guerre Des Miss , which begins production on March 25, Gaumont announced today.Starring Benoit Poelvoorde, Olivia Bonamy, Christian Charmetant, Laurent Gamelon and Jacques Mathou, the film is to be produced by Franck Chorot.The story of a decades-old rivalry between two ...
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May start for Chinese-Australian co-prod The Last Dragon
The Chinese-Australian co-production The Last Dragon is to be the first feature for AMPCO Films, the company set up last year by Adelaide producer/director Mario Andreacchio with the aim of making quality family films for the international marketplace.Working with independent production company Beijing Rosat Film & TV Production, the 4K ...
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Corcoran takes new Paramount consumer role
Michael Corcoran has been hired to the newly created position ofpresident of Paramount's consumer products and recreation group.Corcoran will report to the studio's vice chairman Rob Moore andoversee worldwide licensing, consumer products and themedentertainment activities.The new arrival will spearhead a broad range of licensing andmerchandising initiatives to extend the studio ...
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Kao promoted at Paramount Digital Entertainment.
Shane Kao has been promoted to vice president of business affairs atParamount Digital Entertainment.Kao will negotiate domestic and international deals to exploitParamount's features across digital distribution platforms. He reportsto executive vice president of business and legal affairs Ron Sufrin.Kao joined Paramount in 2005 as senior attorney, business and legalaffairs for ...
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Japanese director Kon Ichikawa dies aged 92
Famed Japanese director Kon Ichikawa has died of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital, according to family members. He was 92-years-old.Born in 1915 in Mie Prefecture, Ichikawa began his career as an animator in the 30s, moving into feature directing with puppet play A Girl At Dojo Temple in 1946 at ...
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Top speakers line up for screenwriters festival
The annual International Screenwriters' Festival has an exciting line-up of major writing talent and industry figures from film and television.This year's speakers include:Mike Leigh (Happy-Go-Lucky, Secrets And Lies)Ronald Harwood (The Diving Bell And The Butterfly)Guillermo Del Toro (The Orphanage, Pan's Labyrinth)Deborah Moggach (Pride & Prejudice)Lucy Prebble (Secret Diary Of A ...
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Pitch In Time means business
The International Screenwriters' Festival includes a pitching event in association with 4Talent at Channel 4.Pitch In Time will give hopeful writers a chance to appeal to an industry panel in front of a live audience at the event in Cheltenham (July 1-3).Previous panels have included Oscar winner Julian Fellowes (Gosford ...
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Asterix tops Screen international chart
Asterix At The Olympic Games won the gold medal again this weekend, generating a dynamite $24.5m after expanding in six territories. The top-40 films generated $192.4m across 43,382 screens from the period of February 8-10.For the full international chart, compiled by Len Klady, click here.Pathe's latest instalment of the Asterix ...