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China Film Group reveals plans to launch IPO
China Film Group chairman Han San Ping announced the state-owned conglomerate's intention to list on the Chinese stock market through an IPO, at the opening of the Beijing Screenings yesterday (Sep 18). Han said the group was 'in talks with Asian financial institutions' about the listing which would enable it ...
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Asian Film Market unveils Star Summit Asia line-up
As part of the Pusan International Film Festival's Asian Film Market, Star Summit Asia has selected 14 actors to participate in the second year of the talent showcase (Oct 8 -11). Launched last year with the aim of invigorating pan-Asian co-productions by supporting talent management and actor exchanges, the Summit ...
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Sony, Eros to co-finance slate of Hindi films
Sony Pictures Entertainment and global Bollywood producer-distributor Eros International plan to co-invest in a slate of Hindi films, to be released in India and around the world. Under the terms of the non-exclusive agreement, Sony and Eros will jointly develop, produce and acquire multiple films for the new slate. Sony ...
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Daldry and Moodysson among recipients of $6.4m German fund
New feature films from Stephen Daldry, Lukas Moodysson, Srdjan Koljevic and Wolfgang Murnberger are among the projects receiving backing from Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (MBB) and Filmstiftung NRW in their latest rounds of production funding totalling $6.4m (Euros 4.6m.)Daldry's adaptation of Bernhard Schlink's dramatic love story The Reader, which begins shooting in ...
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ThinkFilm closes deals on Canadian sex comedy
ThinkFilm International has sealed a slew of deals on Canadian sex comedy YPF (Young People Fucking). They include to the UK (Revolver), France (Euro TV), Spain (AZ Films), Italy (CDI), Russia (Lizard), Korea (Coral Pictures), Benelux (RCV), South Africa (Ster Kinekor), Turkey (Fida), Poland (Poseidon), Greece (Hollywood), Israel (United King), ...
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Eagle takes Italian rights to Zanasi's $2.2m Venice Days comedy
Eagle Pictures has picked up Italian distribution rights to Italian Venice Days title Don't Think About It (Non Pensarci), directed by Gianni Zanasi.The Rome-based distributor picked up rights from France's PyramideInternational, which also made sales at Venice including Hopscotch forAustralia, Audiovisual for Greece, and Xenix for Switzerland. While Eagle has ...
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$3m Young Cleopatra begins Egyptian shoot
UKfilm, TV and theatre company Stagescreen Productions begins shooting The Young Cleopatra, the first in a series of historical features, in Egypt on November 4. The shoot will take place at the Egyptian Media Production City (EMPC), a partner in the project, and on locations in Alexandria and around the ...
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Nickerson, Gerber join Summit's new US home entertainment arm
Steve Nickerson has joined Summit Entertainment as president of its new home entertainment division, while Bobby Gerber has joined as executive vice president and general sales manager.The pair arrive from Warner Home Video and will spearhead the new division with a focus on traditional video distribution and emerging market opportunities. ...
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Burum to receive ASC Lifetime Achievement Award
Stephen H Burum will receive the American Society of Cinematographers' (ASC) 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award at the 22nd Annual ASC Outstanding Achievement Awards in Hollywood on Jan 26, 2008.Burum earned an Oscar nomination for Hoffa in 1993 and won the ASC Outstanding Achievement Award for that film. He earned ASC ...
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MGM launches HD TV channel on DIRECTV in US
MGM, for years a major player in the international television arena, will launch its first wholly owned channel in the US this autumn.MGM HD will run on DIRECT TV and draw on the company's library of more than 4,100 features, among them Hotel Rwanda, Leaving Las Vegas, West Side Story, ...
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TWC buys North America on Argento's The Mother Of Tears
The Weinstein Company (TWC) has finally closed a deal with Myriad Pictures for all North American rights excluding US theatrical and Canadian theatrical and television to Dario Argento's horror film The Mother Of Tears.TWC had been circling ever since the film's world premiere at Toronto. Genius Products will distribute the ...
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The Queen producer in running for top BBC Films job
UK media reports have tipped Christine Langan, the producer of The Queen, to be the new head of BBC Films, in a newly created position of 'editor'. However, BBC sources refuse to confirm the appointment. 'There will be new positions but I can't confirm what they are,' a BBC spokesperson ...
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Cayzer appointed as Ausfilm chairman
Ausfilm, the organisation that markets Australia's filmmaking talent to the world, has appointed a new chairman. Martin Cayzer, managing director of Panavision Australia, will chair Ausfilm for a two-year term. It should be a lively term, as the country is on track for a record level of foreign film and ...
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Nine films nominated for Nordic prize
Nine films have been nominated for the $65,000 (Eu47,000) Nordic Film Prize - Scandinavia's largest film award - with winners announced at the Nordic Council's session on Oct 31. The prize money is equally shared among a film's director, scriptwriter and producer; last year it went to Swedish director ...
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VIP strikes co-investment partnership with Brass Hat Films
German film production fund VIP has struck a strategic co-investment partnership with London-based financier Brass Hat Films whereby Brass Hat will now act as the manager of the fund's investments.VIP has completely restructured following German taxation law changes and the criminal proceedings against Andreas Grosch and Andreas Schmid, the former ...
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Turkey's Eurasia fest to close with Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Turkey's 3rd International Eurasia Film Festival, which will be held concurrently with the 44th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival (Oct 19-28), has selected Shekhar Kapur's Elizabeth: The Golden Age, starring Cate Blanchett, as the closing film and also unveiled its competition line-up. Ang Lee's Lust, Caution, which won the top ...
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Kerner signs multi-year production deal with Walden Media
Producer Jordan Kerner has signed a multi-year first look deal with Walden Media, with whom he collaborated on the 2006 family film Charlotte's Web.Kerner, recently appointed dean of the North Carolina School of the Arts' School Of Filmmaking, will divide his time between Los Angeles and Winston-Salem.His credits include Snow ...
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Rubin leaves Universal for evp job at Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Robert W Rubin has joined Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) as executive vice president.Rubin reports to SPHE president David Bishop and will work on global strategy and business development and spearhead SPHE's faith-based and family entertainment initiatives.Prior to SPHE, Rubin held several senior executive positions at Universal Pictures including stints ...
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Lewis, Doby-Flewellyn set up Filmbankers International
Former Union Bank of California entertainment loan executives Harold Lewis and Brenda Doby-Flewellyn have set up the financing, sales and distribution company FilmBankers International.The Beverly Hills-based company is lining up co-financing for the $30m Bob Marley reggae biopic No Woman, No Cry, one of 30 projects the principals say they ...
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Studios should back both high-definition DVDformats, says report
Hollywood studios who fail to support both of the leading formats for next-generation DVD could be making an expensive mistake, according to a study.Analyst Screen Digest suggests that by 2011 both Blu-Ray and its rival HD DVD will have established a strong foothold in the European and US markets.Blu-Ray may ...