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Kings to get US showcase through Directors Guild
The Screen Directors Guild of Ireland (SDGI) in association with the Directors Guild of America (DGA), has announced that the winner of this year's Directors Finders Series Award is Kings, directed by Tom Collins. Kings will be showcased on Sept 28 in the DGA Theatre on Sunset Boulevard in Los ...
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Simon West starts shoot for $51m Purple Mountain in Nanjing
Purple Mountain, a feature film about the Nanjing massacre during WWII, started shooting yesterday in Nanjing's Pukou train station with Con Air director Simon West working off a script by Jeffrey Caine, who previously adapted The Constant Gardener. The project is budgeted at $51m (RMB400m), co-produced by Jiangsu Province Cultural ...
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Directors in Warp X's Darklight include McKeon and Bhide
Low-budget studio Warp X has selected the four directors going forward in its Darklight: Women Direct Horror scheme. The directors are Smita Bhide, Miranda Bowen, Corinna Faith and Juliet McKeon. Each will now work with Warp X to develop their individual projects. Bhide's project is about a young Indian woman ...
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Lionsgate UK to release Power's first feature Flood
UK production company Power has signed a deal with Lionsgate UK to handle the theatrical launch of Power's first feature film, Flood.Lionsgate will release the film at a central London cinema in August and may roll-out from there.The $30m project is directed by Tony Mitchell and stars Robert Carlyle, Jessalyn ...
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Mueller looks at Venice's future tied to new palazzo
Just after Venice's 64th official line up has been announced, Marco Mueller, in his fourth year as artistic director, says his programme is 'a balanced edition where you can find the seeds of what is coming next in world cinema.' Mueller can be proud that 90 percent of films in ...
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FUNimation acquires three live-action Shochiku titles
US-based FUNimation Entertainment has acquired three live-action titles produced by Japanese major Shochiku. The titles include Yoji Yamada's Love And Honour, Hirokazu Kore-Eda's Hana and Haruki Kadokawa-produced Genghis Khan. The deal signals FUNimation's further expansion into live-action Japanese features, as well as contents of a more serious nature. Released in ...
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China Film decides not to import Rush Hour 3
While Chinese actors Jackie Chan and Zhang Jingchu make their red carpet appearances at the premiere of Rush Hour 3 in the US, it looks unlikely that the film will receive the same treatment in their home country. According to China 's sole film importer, China Film Import and Export ...
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Sarajevo documentary compeition to include nine world premieres
The Sarajevo Film Festival has announced its documentary competition programme, including nine world premieres. The world premieres from Bosnia and Herzegovina include Nedzad Begovic's A Burdensome Job, about a mortician and a gravedigger; Semsudin Gegic's Ambassadors Learning Languages, about local children evacuated from an orphanage in 1992; Alen Drljevic's Esma, ...
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Imagi appoints Cheung to head Hong Kong animation
Imagi International Holdings has appointed former DreamWorks CGI animator Tim Cheung as vice president, animation. According to Imagi deputy chairman, co-CEO and chief creative officer Francis Kao, Cheung will oversee the animation for all of Imagi's CGI feature films and will manage company's team of around 400 Hong Kong-based animators. ...
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Theroux heads new multi-territory distribution outfit in Toronto
Patrice Theroux, former president of Motion Picture Distribution (MPD), is launching a new Toronto-based distribution outfit, it was announced today. Theroux will lead the filmed entertainment division of Entertainment One, Canada's largest home entertainment wholesaler. Theroux's mandate is to expand Entertainment One's already aggressive move into distribution across several media. ...
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Lebanon hits the road
It may be at the whim of political and economic upheavals, and have a population of only 3.9 million, but Lebanon's film-makers are punching above their weight. Antonia Carver reports. It used to be possible to count on one hand the Lebanese films that had broken out internationally. But despite ...
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LA Critics set annual awards ceremony for Jan 12, 2008
The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) will hold its 33rd annual film achievement awards ceremony on Jan 12, 2008.The group, headed by president Lael Loewenstein, will meet to vote on the winners on Dec 9, 2007.The awards ceremony will take place at the InterContinental Los Angeles in Century City.
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Young Victoria cast bulks up with Broadbent, Richardson
Jim Broadbent, Miranda Richardson and Mark Strong have joined Emily Blunt and Rupert Friend in Graham King and Martin Scorsese's period drama The Young Victoria.Filming is set to begin in the UK this month with Jean Marc Vallee directing from a screenplay by Julian Fellowes about the longest serving British ...
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Showroom and Workstation hire team for new Festival Centre
Showroom and Workstation are moving ahead with plans for a new Festival Centre in Sheffield, UK. London-based architectural studio Carmody Groarke will design the centre. The firm previously worked on a new film studio in Australia, the refurbishment of the Electric Ballroom in London and Antony Gormley's Light Pavilion. The ...
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Thai horror Alone finds company in Taiwan
Thai horror film Alone has scored the biggest opening ever for a Thai film in Taiwan. The Phenomena and Dedicate production from the directors of Shutter opened in Taiwan on July 27 and made $187,000 over the three-day weekend in Taipei. In its first five days on release, it has ...
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Ridley Scott to bring new version of Blade Runner to Venice
The Venice Film Festival has announced the surprise Midnight film will be Ridley Scott's Blade Runner: The Final Cut. Shown as a world premiere in the out of competition Midnight section, the screening will also be in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the classic sci-fi, cyber punk noir's original ...
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UKFC's new Capital and Access Fund opens applications
The UK Film Council's new Capital and Access Fund for cinemas will give Lottery Funding of $1m (£500,000) to independent cinemas to update buildings and facilities and better serve impaired audiences. The fund will assist cinemas with essential capitol projects including expansions or improvements such as access for disabled cinema-goers. ...
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Showbox boards Lee Jun-ik's Vietnam War drama
Major Korean investor and distributor Showbox Mediaplex has signed with hit director Lee Jun-ik to back and distribute his upcoming Nimeun Mon Gotsae (original title), a $7.5m film set during the Vietnam War. In the film, a woman joins a troupe of entertainers sent to build soldiers' morale in Vietnam ...
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Ahead of Locarno premiere, Vexille sells to 75 territories including US
As the androids in Japanese director Fumihiko Sori's animated sci-fi thriller Vexille invade the Piazza Grande for tonight's opening of the Locarno International Film Festival 2008, the $10m CGI feature has already been sold to 75 countries, including the US. According to vp international sales and licensing Aki Harimoto, of ...
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Italian Film Festival UK plans leading ladies retrospective
The Italian Film Festival UK is planning a retrospective dedicated to the leading ladies of Italian cinema. The Signore & Signore season will run Sept 27 to Nov 29 in London, Glasgow and Edinburgh. The programme will cover more than four decades of films in a range of styles. The ...