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Korea Fair Trade Commission clamps down on local majors
The Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) today announced it is clamping down on major multiplexes and distribution companies that are using their industry positions to end film releases early, and for altering profit-sharing rates. KFTC named Korea's four major multiplex chains - CJ CGV, Lotte Cinema, Megabox and Primus Cinema ...
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Marco Mueller confirmed for another four years in Venice
Marco Mueller has been confirmed as the artistic director for the Venice Film Festival for four more years.The new board of directors of the Fondazione La Biennale di Venezia (the Venice Biennale arts festival foundation), chaired now by Paolo Baratta, confirmed the appointment at the board's first meeting today.Marco Mueller ...
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Berlinale Panorama adds titles from Arsenijevic, Kragh-Jacobsen
The Berlinale's Panorama programme has confirmed world premieres of new features by Denmark's Soren Kragh-Jacobsen (What No One Knows), Austria's Goetz Spielmann (Revanche), South Africa's Ralph Ziman (Jerusalema), and Serbia's Stefan Arsenijevic (Love And Other Crimes) among its latest raft of announced titles.Expectations are running high for Arsenijevic's feature debut ...
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Mercury Media takes on sales for 9/11 docZero
Mercury Media has taken on worldwide sales (excluding Italy, Belgium and Russia) for Zero.Zero is a $1.5m (Euros 1m) documentary directed by Guilietto Chiesa and Franco Fracassi. Interviewees include Dario Fo and Gore Vidal.Mercury also has world sales (excluding US) for another 9/11 conspiracy documentary, Loose Change Final Cut. As ...
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Gareth Mullaney joins Ascent Media Creative Services
Ascent Media Creative Services has hired Gareth Mullaney for its Business Development team, specalising in broadcast post production.Mullaney has worked at Oasis, Windmill Lane Pictures, M2 Television and Editworks and most recently as a consultnat for Resolution.David Barrett, SVP business development at Ascent, said: 'We are delighted to have Gareth ...
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China Broadband takes 23% stake in Asian Union
Private equity fund China Broadband Capital Partners has taken a 23% stake in Beijing-based film and TV producer Asian Union New Media. Asian Union founder Dong Ping has stepped down from the company, while former China Netcom CEO Tian Suning has taken up the role of chairman. Wang Hong, president ...
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Leigh, Szabo, and Daldry lined up for Berlinale Talent Campus
Directors Mike Leigh, Istvan Szabo, and Stephen Daldry, actress Martina Gedeck and producer Bernd Eichinger are among 120 international experts speaking at the sixth Berlinale Talent Campus which be held between Feb 9-14. This year, the Talent Campus will be cooperating with the Federal Foreign Office and the World Cinema ...
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BAFTA Analysis: Atonement's glory expected, but where's Sweeney Todd'
Atonement has always seemed destined for BAFTA glory (it leads with 14 nominations). It has the kind of literary pedigree that BAFTA voters have responded to in Best Picture winners like The English Patient, ThePianist and The Lord Of The Rings.
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Kite Runner banned from release in Afghanistan
Afghanistan has banned the import and exhibition of DreamWorks-produced drama The Kite Runner on the grounds that it could incite violence. Based on the best-selling novel by US-based Afghan writer Khaled Hosseini, the film depicts a young boy's rape and scenes of conflict between members of the Pashtun and Hazara ...
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Atonement leads BAFTA race with 14 nominations
Joe Wright’s Atonementleads the BAFTA nominations with 14 nods, in categories Best Film, Best British Film, Director (Joe Wright), Adapted Screenplay, Leading Actress (Keira Knightley), Leading Actor (James McAvoy), Supporting Actress (Saoirse Ronan), Music, Cinematography, Editing, Production Design, Sound, Costume Design and Make Up & Hair.
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Sundance preview: a sunshine outlook'
Each year thousands come to the mountain town of Park City, Utah, for the Sundance Film Festival.Some are here to see films, some to get rejected from overcrowded parties, and others to score goody bags.Many come to divine the future of independent film from the parade of new talent and ...
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Trust and Nordisk to launch new joint sales operation in Berlin
Leading Scandinavian sales outfits, Trust Film Sales and Nordisk Film International Sales, will set up a joint sales operation, to be launched at the upcoming European Film Market during the Berlinale.Both companies have reserved stands at the market, but since they are next to each other, they will simply knock ...
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Apple launches digital film rental service on iTunes
Putting pressure on Netflix, Apple today [Jan 15] said it has signed deals with every US major and will launch a digital film rental service in the US in February.Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the move at the annual Macworld conference in San Francisco and said consumers will be able ...
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First Run takes US theatrical and DVD on Jihad For Love
First Run Features has acquired US theatrical and DVD rights from The Film Sales Company to Parvez Sharma's documentary A Jihad For Love, which has been lined up for a Panorama screening in Berlin next month.The film premiered at Toronto last year and explores the plight of gay and lesbian ...
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Myriad's first-look deal with Studio 407 yeilds Hybrid
Myriad Pictures has announced that the live-action feature Hybrid will be the first project to go under its first-look deal with comic book creators Studio 407.Hybrid is based on the comic book and original screenplay by Peter Kwong about vacationing college students who discover a seemingly abandoned trawler that houses ...
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Stephanie Azam joins Telefilm's marketing and distribution team
Former Zeitgeist Films director of theatrical marketing Stephanie Azam has joined Telefilm Canada as marketing and distribution specialist for English-language feature film. Based principally in Toronto, Azam will work with Telefilm executive director Wayne Clarkson to ensure that the films in which the agency invests receive a higher standard of ...
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Stambler promoted to vice president at THINKFilm
Ben Stambler has been promoted to the position of vice president of acquisitions and development at THINKFilm.Stambler will continue to work out of the company's headquarters in New York where he started last March as director of acquisitions.During his relatively short time with the company Stambler has been instrumental in ...
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Bening to receive ASC Outstanding Achievement Award
Annette Bening will receive the American Society Of Cinematographers' (ASC) Board Of Governors Award at the 22nd Annual ASC Outstanding Achievement Awards on Jan 26 in Hollywood.The honour is presented to individuals 'who have made significant contributions to advancing the global art of film-making', such as previous recipients like Bening's ...
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Truly Indie buys US theatrical rights to Backseat
Truly Indie has acquired US theatrical rights to Bruce Van Dusen's coming of age story Backseat and will release in New York on Mar 28 before expanding into further markets.Josh Alexander wrote and stars in the comedy about three friends who take a road trip from New York to Montreal ...
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TWC claim $210m in international grosses in 2007
The Weinstein Company's (TWC) slate of films grossed more than $210m overseas, according to figures release by the company today [Jan 15].The amount represents a rise of 170% over TWC's launch year in 2006 and was powered by a $49m take for the horror tile 1408, $41m for the animated ...