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Japan, Korea make strong showing in HAF 2008 line-up
Japan's Nakata Hideo (Ring series) and South Korea's Park Chan-wook (Old Boy) and Bong Joon-ho (The Host) are among the world-renowned Asian filmmakers who have had projects selected for the 2008 edition of the Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF). A total of 25 projects have been selected for the ...
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Robert Luketic's 21 to open 15th South By Southwest
Columbia Pictures thriller 21 directed by Robert Luketic and starring Jim Sturgess, Kate Bosworth and Kevin Spacey will open the 15th South By Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference & Festival on March 7 in Austin, Texas.The film, based on Ben Mezrich's book Bringing Down The House: The Inside Story Of Six ...
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Films Distribution to premiere three new features at Rendez-Vous
French sales outfit Films Distribution has announced the world premieres of three new titles at the upcoming Rendez-Vous with French cinema. The event, organized by French film export body Unifrance, runs Jan 10-14 in Paris.At the Rendez-Vous, Films Distribution will screen The Maiden And The Wolves directed by Gilles Legrand ...
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Berlin-Brandenburg and Hamburg funds receive more cash
Father Christmas did not forget the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (MBB) and Filmfoerderung Hamburg Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein (FFHSH) as local politicians have decided to increase their financial commitment to their respective funds.The federal state of Brandenburg provided an additional$2.2m (Euros 1.5m) for MBB's 2007 budget, bringing the final total to $42.3m (Euros 28.7m).The ...
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Yip rejoins Hong Kong's Emperor Motion Pictures
May Yip has rejoined Hong Kong's Emperor Motion Pictures (EMP) as general manager for distribution. Yip left EMP in 2003 to join Fortune Star Entertainment in which she spent the next four years heading up distribution. In her new role at EMP, she reports directly to chief executive Albert Lee.Lee ...
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Legend leads international weekend with $46.1m in 25 markets
I Am Legend heads into 2008 as the number one overseas film following a $46.1m estimated haul from 25 markets that raised the running total through Warner Bros Pictures International (WBPI) to $117m after three weekends.The sci-fi horror dominated the UK with a mighty $21.8m (£10.9m) haul from 438 sites ...
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National Treasure 2, Juno soar at domestic box office
Buena Vista's National Treasure: Book Of Secrets was the number one domestic film at the close of 2007, capping a record year at the box office that generated $9.7bn according to early estimates and beat by some way the $9.45bn previous best set in 2004.The adventure sequel added approximately $35.6m ...
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Madonna's directorial debut joins Berlinale Panorama line-up
Madonna's directorial debut Filth And Wisdom will be among the world premieres playing in the Berlinale's Panorama programme.The film starring Stephen Graham, Richard E. Grant and Eugene Hutz is listed as a UK production in a sidebarmain programmedominated by European films.Other world premieresinclude films from Laetitia Masson, Bruce La Bruce ...
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Italy on track for best box office in 20 years
The Italian Box Office has enjoyed a record December (December1-26) registering a14.5% year on year increaseon 2006,according to Italy’s box office compiler Cinetel. The box office is nowexpected to show areturn to a healthy statenot seen for 20 years. Total box office revenue for December 1-26 reached $95.9m(Euros 66.5m) with10.8 ...
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Li Kai wins top Beijing Projectprize
Chinese filmmaker Li Kai has taken the top Beijing Project prizeat the Second Forum on Young Generation in Filmmaking in the Chinese capital. Li's debut project August Unfinished was awarded a $1,364 (RMB10, 000) cash prize and a grant of $136,400 (RMB1m) by Chinese film investor Idealink Entertainment for the ...
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Argentinian cinema-going falls 2.5% in 2007
Cinema attendance figures in Argentina dropped by an estimated 2.5% in 2007. The period saw 34.5 million admissions as opposed to 35.4 million in 2006, according to provisional figures from Nielsen EDI and Dis-Service. Hollywood blockbusters took a 82.1% share of the market (79.3% in 2006), local productions logged 9% ...
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National Treasure: Book Of Secrets strikes box-office gold in US
Buena Vista's National Treasure: Book Of Secrets proved too strong for the competition in a crowded weekend and launched at number one withan estimated $45.5m. Nicolas Cage reprises his role as a treasure hunter who this time investigates the truth behind President Abraham Lincoln's assassination. Helen Mirren, Jon Voight and ...
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Seven number one openings for I Am Legend
I Am Legend consolidated on last weekend's promising launch in Asia with seven new number one debuts through Warner Bros Pictures International (WBPI) that contributed to an estimated $25.3m weekend haul from 15 markets.The sci-fi horror adaptation currently stands at $54.3m and is well poised to build throughout the holiday ...
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Hollywood hope turns to Middle East petro-dollars
In their unending quest to spend other people's money, Western film producers and studios have spent the last couple of years becoming conversant in the languages of Wall Street and the hedge-fund world. Now, just as those wells become exposed to the sub-prime mortgage morass, these same producers are learning ...
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Feng's Assembly enjoys strong opening in China
Feng Xiaogang's war movie The Assembly grossed $2.03m (RMB15m) on its opening day in China yesterday, according to producer and distributor Huayi Brothers Pictures. The figure equals the record set by Zhang Yimou's 2006 hit, Curse Of The Golden Flower. The film, which opened on Thursday (Dec 20), was released ...
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Eurimages supports 15 European co-productions
At its Dec 16-18 meeting in Paris, the Eurimages Fund board signed on to support 15 feature films for a total amount of $7m (Euros 4.925m). The projects getting funding are: Adalet - Ali Ozgenturk (Turkey, Hungary) Desert Flower - Sherry Hormann (Germany, Austria, France) Joueuse - Caroline Bottaro (France, ...
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Metrodome hands backUK rights to Haditha to HanWay
UK distributor Metrodome has agreed to hand back UK rights for Nick Broomfield's Battle For Haditha to sales company HanWay Films. Each company has released the other's obligation with immediate effect. The Channel 4-backed drama recreates a fight between US soldiers and Iraqi civilians in November 2005. Broomfield 's drama ...
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Telefilm backs 13 features including films by Mehta, McGowan
New films from Deepa Mehta and Michael McGowan are among 13 English-language features backed by Telefilm Canada in its latest funding round, the Canadian investment agency announced today. Several projects have already started production, including Vincenzo Natali's Splice, starring Adrian Brody and Sarah Polley, which received $2.5m (C$2.5m) in Telefilm ...
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New German fund to back Dunaway in Master Class
A new German private media fund Shalimah German Film Management is to be launched to attract investment for participation in a slate of Stateside projects and an in-house family production for the international market. The Shalimah fund will participate in Glenn M. Stewart's investment and financing company Sherezade Film Development ...
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US films' box office in China up by 37% in 2007
The box office revenues of US blockbusters continued to grow in mainland China in 2007. The combined grosses of the 20 revenue-sharing foreign films reached $158.87m (RMB1.17bn), an increase of 37.6% on 2006. Based on statistics which combine the Chinese Film Bureau's weekly box office figures and Screen International's own ...