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Wolfgang Braun to leave post at Disney Germany
Wolfgang Braun, general manager and senior vice president of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Germany (previously known as Buena Vista International [Germany]), is stepping down from his post after 15 years as of Oct 1. His successor as general manager will be Thomas Menne, until now VP sales and marketing ...
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Wolfgang Braun to leave post at Disney Germany
Wolfgang Braun, general manager and senior vice president of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Germany (previously known as Buena Vista International [Germany]), is stepping down from his post after 15 years as of Oct 1. His successor as general manager will be Thomas Menne, until now VP sales and marketing ...
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Beta Film picks up Wehling's desert-set drama Kronos
Beta Film has picked up the international distribution rights for Olav F. Wehling's Kronos which began shooting Monday on location in the Moroccan desert near Ouarzazate and Merzouga. The family drama is being produce d by Lisa Groezinger and Christopher Zwickler of the Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg with the ZDFtheaterkanal, CP Medien, ...
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Von Trotta comes to Utrecht for Binger & Screen International talk
Margarethe von Trotta will discuss her work and the future of European cinema during this year's Binger - Screen International Interview at the Netherlands Film Festival in Utrecht on Sept 28. Screen International's US Editor Mike Goodridge will conduct the public interview with the lauded German director, actress and screenwriter. ...
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Croatia selects Svilicic's Armin for Oscar consideration
The Croatian Association of Film Makers has chosen Ognjen Svilicic's Armin as its foreign language submission for the Academy Awards. The project is winner of numerous festival awards, including best screenplay at Croatia 's national Pula Film Festival and at Festroia, best actor for Emir Hadzihafizbegovic in Pula and Durban ...
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India selects Chopra's Eklavya for foreign Oscar race
India has selected Eklavya - The Royal Guard as its official entry to the best foreign-language film category of the Oscars, marking the second time that a film from director Vidhu Vinod Chopra has been submitted. In 1989, Chopra's Parinda was India's official entry to the Oscars. He had greater ...
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You, The Living enters Oscar race for Sweden
Swedish director Roy Andersson's You, The Living (Du levanda), which was launched in competition at Cannes, will be Sweden's official candidate for the Academy Award nomination as Best Foreign-Language Feature. The selection, which was announced at a press conference in Stockholm today (Sept 25), was made by the 15-member committee ...
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Brick Lane added to LFF schedule after royal snub
The annual Royal Film Performance has been cancelled for the first time in more than 60 years.This year's event was to be a screening of Sarah Gavron's Brick Lane in November, due to be attended by Prince Charles. Officials said the decision was a diary clash with an overseas trip ...
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Batman sequel to touch down in Hong Kong
Hong Kong is set to join London and Chicago as a filming location for Warner Bros' latest Batman flick, The Dark Knight. The Hong Kong Film Services Office (FSO), which provides location support to foreign productions, said the picture is expected to shoot in the territory this November. The Central ...
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Lust, Caution has Oscar-qualifying opening in Taiwan
Taiwan's Government Information Office (GIO) is expected to imminently announce Lust, Caution as the country's official bid for best foreign-language film at the Academy Awards. The uncut version of the film opens in Taiwan and Hong Kong tonightahead of its North American opening, which enables it to qualify for the ...
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Stutz, Ebrahimi and Figerold join The Film Department
Mark Gill and Neil Sacker's The Film Department has hired Dan Stutz as executive vice president, business and legal affairs. Stutz previously worked at Yari Film Group, most recently as senior vice president of business and legal affairs.The Film Department has also hired Sara Ebrahimi as vice president of legal ...
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Leonsis assembles businessmen backers for Kicking It doc
Ted Leonsis, the producer and vice chairman of AOL who coined the term 'filmanthropy', has come up with a new film financing mechanism for his latest film Kicking It. The feature documentary about the power of sports as an agent for change is being financed by a group of businessmen, ...
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Screen/HFF World Award shortlist ten including 4 Months, Control
Screen International and the Hollywood Film Festival have announced the 10 films which have been shortlisted for this year's Hollywood World Award to be presented at a gala ceremony on Oct 22.The shortlisted films are:4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days (Romania) Cristian MungiuAlexandra (Russia) Alexander SokurovThe Band's Visit (Israel) Eran ...
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Tropfest@Tribeca took place on Sunday, names The Picnic winner
Tropfest@Tribeca, the short festival created as a collaboration between Tribeca Enterprises and Australia's Tropfest, took place on Sunday night at the World Financial Center Plaza in New York City. 7,500 people attended the event which screened 16 films in the competition, all made specifically for the festival and all under ...
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Brightman, Hilton head cast of Repo! The Genetic Opera
Twisted Pictures' Repo! The Genetic Opera has begun shooting in Toronto this week with an eclectic cast featuring Sarah Brightman, Anthony Head, Paris Hilton, Bill Moseley, Paul Sorvino and Alexa Vega. Lionsgate holds worldwide rights to the film.The film is being produced by Daniel Heffner, Carl Mazzocone, Mark Burg and ...
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Travolta wins supporting actor of the year at Hollywood Awards
John Travolta will receive the supporting actor of the year award at the 11th annual Hollywood Awards presentation in Los Angeles on Oct 22.Travolta's selection was determined by his gender-bending performance as Edna Turnblad in Hairspray; the cast of the film will also be on hand at the ceremony to ...
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MGM Channel launches in Bulgaria with Eurocom
MGM Networks has signed a deal with Eurocom, the largest cable operator in Sofia, Bulgaria, to launch a local language version of The MGM Channel starting next month. The deal marks MGM's debut in Bulgaria.'MGM Networks has been on a roll across Central and Eastern Europe,' said MGM Networks executive ...
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Charles Durning to receive SAG Life Achievement Award
Charles Durning will be honoured with the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Life Achievement Award for career achievement and huminatarian accomplishment at the 14th annual SAG Awards which will be held on Jan 27 next year.'Charles Durning is the perfect choice for the Life Achievement Award as Screen Actors Guild celebrates ...
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LFF adds UK premiere of Gavron's Brick Lane
The forthcoming London Film Festival has added the UK premiere of Sarah Gavron's Brick Lane. The film will screen as a Film On The Square screening the night of Oct 26. Gavron said: 'I am delighted that the film will be in the London Film Festival. It is a film ...
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Ulrich Thomsen and Jack McGee join cast of Tykwer's The International
Festen's Ulrich Thomsen, Crash's Jack McGee and Million Dollar Baby's Brian F. O'Byrne have joined the multi-national cast for Tom Tykwer's action thriller The International, headlined by Clive Owen and Naomi Watts. The film started shooting earlier today at the Babelsberg studios outside of Berlin after a week of location ...