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Movies from 26 countries compete for European Film Awards
Cristian Mungiu's Palme D'Or winner 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, Chris Kraus Golden Lola-winner Four Minutes, Shane Meadows' This Is England and Tom Tykwer's Perfume - The Story Of A Murderer are among 42 films competing for this year's European Film Awards.Unlike previous years, no major film nation ...
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Finnish producers ready to strike over film subsidy
Finnish film production will be brought to a halt if the government does not fulfil a alleged promise of an extra $1.6m (Euros 1.2m) subsidy. At a press conference in Helsinki, 30 feature film producers announcedthey will not start new projects until their demand has been met. 'If not they ...
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Silk to close curtains at Tokyo InternationalFilm Festival
The Tokyo International Film Festival (October 20-28) has announced that François Girard's Silk will be the closing film of this year's 20th edition. The $26m Canadian-Italian-Japanese co-production stars Michael Pitt, Keira Knightley, Koji Yakusho, Alfred Molina, Miki Nakatani and newcomer Sei Ashina, who won the part through an audition of ...
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Sony Pictures returns to German-language production
Sony Pictures is making a comeback to the production of German-language feature films after acquiring the film rights to Tommy Jaud's bestselling second novel Resturlaub.The comedy about a German brewery manager's dream of beginning a new life at the other end of the world in Argentina has already sold more ...
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Nic Balthazar's Ben X conquers Montreal
Nic Balthazar's Belgium-Netherlands coproduction Ben X was the toast of Montreal as the debut film-maker took the audience award, the Ecumenical Prize and shared top competition honours with Claude Miller's A Secret as the 31st Montreal World Film Festival wrapped on Monday night. The story of a young autistic man's ...
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GreeneStreet sells The Nines on back of Venice Critics Week screening
Ariel Veneziano of GreeneStreet Films International has closed a slew of sales in Venice on John August's feature directorial debut The Nines.Rights have gone to: Argentina (Telexcel), Brazil (Playarte), Eastern Europe (Blue Sky), Greece (Village Roadshow), Iceland (Sena), Israel (Forum Film), the Middle East (Italia Film), Portugal (Castelo Lopes), Scandinavia ...
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Halloween has biggest Labor Day opening ever for MGM/Dimension
Rob Zombie's reinterpretation of John Carpenter's horror classic Halloween brought a record-breaking summer to a close as it opened number one with an estimated $31m four-day haul over Labor Day Weekend.The result surpassed The Transporter 2's 2005 $20.1m launch with ease to become the biggest Labor Day debut in history.In ...
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Ben X, Un Secret share top competition honours at Montreal
Nic Balthazar's Belgium-Netherlands coproduction Ben X was the toast of Montreal as the debut filmmaker took the audience award, the Ecumenical Prize and shared top competition honours with Claude Miller's A Secret as the 31st Montreal World Film Festival wrapped on Monday night. The story of a young autistic man's ...
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Evangelion soars to the top of Japan's box office
Japanese animated feature Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone took the top spot at the local box office over the September 1-2 weekend, grossing just over $2.42m (Y280.4m). The film, which is set to close this year's Pusan International Film Festival, opened on 84 screens for a high per-screen average ...
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Venice exodus begins as international players head to Toronto
As Venice's first weekend wraps and Toronto's opening looms on Thursday, the traditional mid-Venice festival migration has already begun. Industry delegates are leaving the Lido en masse, despite Venice - one of the world's most prestigious (and oldest) film festivals - continuing through Saturday. 'That's a big problem. Venice or ...
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Principal photography wraps in Finland for Lordi film
Finnish director Pete Riski has wrapped principal photography for Dark Floors, the $5.6m (Euros 4.2m) horror movie starring Finnish monster rock group Lordi, the 2006 winner of the Eurovision Song Contest. Except for the concluding bluescreen shots in Helsinki, Dark Floors was lensed entirely in a former factory for Nokia ...
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Damian Spandley joins The Works UK Distribution
Damian Spandley has been named head of sales at The Works UK Distribution. He had been senior programmer for City Screen. He replaces David Shear, who recently moved from The Works to Revolver Entertainment. He will now be responsible for The Works UK Distribution's dating strategy and exhibitor relation and ...
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Bankside takes on sales for Shake Hands With The Devil
Going into the Toronto International Film Festival, UK-based Bankside Films has acquired Roger Spottiswoode's Shake Hands With The Devil. The film screens as a Special Presentation in Toronto. Michael Donovan (Bowling for Columbine) produces with Laszlo Barna.Shake Hands With The Devil is based on the autobiography of Lieutenant General Romeo ...
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Fipresci names Mungiu's 4 Months best film of the year
At the Fipresci Grand Prix vote, Cristian Mungiu's Romanian abortion drama 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (4 Luni, 3 Saptamini si 2 Zile) has been named best film of the year. The vote reflects 248 members of the International Federation of Film Critics. Other top films in the ...
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Crisis at Internationalmedia deepens as Schuermann suspended
The crisis at IM Internationalmedia has deepened with the announcement this morning that Martin Schuermann, CEO of the Group's US subsidiary Intermedia Film Equities USA, has been suspended with immediate effect from his 'executive employment status'. Schuermann had already stepped down from the IM board on July 25, but had ...
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France and Italy acquire Mongol ahead of Toronto world premiere
Beta Cinema has closed deals with France's Metropolitan Filmexport and Italy's BIM Distribution for the distribution rights to Sergei Bodrov's Genghis Khan epic Mongol ahead of its world premiere as a special presentation at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept 8. Beta had already presold the title to more ...
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Ridley Scott to tackle religion and politics with Body Of Lies
Ridley Scott, in Venice at the weekend for the special screening of Blade Runner: The Final Cut, has revealed further details of his new Warner Bros film, Body Of Lies, which starts shooting on Wednesday. 'We are working fast. We are working to get ahead of the strike,' Scott said ...
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UTV moves into Telugu-language film production
Mumbai-based UTV Motion Pictures (UTVM) is making a foray into Telugu-language films by signing Telugu star Mahesh Babu, one of the most bankable stars in the Southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, for two movies. The company has also acquired the Andhra Pradesh distribution rights for Mahesh Babu's next film ...
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Italian distributor cancels Woody Allen screenings in Venice
There were angry scenes in Venice over the weekend when it emerged that Italian distributor Filmauro had cancelled three of the five screenings planned for Woody Allen's new feature, Cassandra's Dream, starring Colin Farrell and Ewan McGregor. The reasons for the last-minute cancellations were shrouded in mystery. Some well-placed sources ...
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Dennehy in talks for Righteous Kill
Brian Dennehy is in negotiations to join new cast members John Leguizamo, Dan Futterman, Trilby Glover and professional skateboarder Rob Dyrdek on the crime thriller Righteous Kill, which begins filming on Sept 4 in Connecticut and New York. As previously announced in Cannes, Al Pacino and Robert De Niro star ...