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Cultural test: yes or no'
Is a rigorous cultural test a good way to determine which projects are eligible for national tax breaks' Two Screen writers give their opinions based on the experiences of the UK and Australia, where governments are both attempting to create sustainable, long-term film industries by making state financing available to ...
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Osian's launches fund for Asian, Arab filmmakers
Indian arts organisation Osian's, organiser of the Cinefan film festival which is currently in progress in Delhi, is launching a development fund to support filmmakers from India, Asia and the Arab region. Dubbed the Film Fund: Osian's Originating Development (FOOD), thefund will provide grants ranging from $10,000-$25,000 for pre-production expenses ...
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Martin Schuermann steps down as CEO of IM Internationalmedia
IM's CFO Sascha Konzack will now run the company on his own, Schuermann will continue as managing director of Intermedia Film Equities USA Martin Schuermann has stepped down from his post as CEO of IM Internationalmedia due to 'personal reasons' with immediate effect. He will continue to serve as the ...
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Ulrich Muehe, star of Oscar-winning The Lives Of Others, dies aged 54
The German film industry is in mourning after the death at 54 of actor Ulrich Muehe, the star of Oscar-winning international success The Lives Of Others.Muehe, who played the secret police officer Gerd Wiesler in Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's feature about 1980s East Germany, had been diagnosed with cancer earlier ...
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Walden options family comedy Relativity by Peter Craig
Walden Media has optioned Peter Craig's family comedy screenplay Relativity.The story revolves around parents who on the occasion of their 35th wedding anniversary gather their children to reveal a big secret that sends shockwaves through the family.Vice president of development Evan Turner brought the project to the company and will ...
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Arcel prepares new feature about Danish royals for Zentropa
Danish director Nicolaj Arcel, whose Island of Lost Souls sold 195,000 tickets domestically, is preparing a feature film about the relationship between Danish King Christian VII, Queen Caroline Mathilde and German-born physician-in-ordinary Johann Friedrich Struensee, who was executed in 1772 - 235 years ago.Over the years several projects have been ...
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Samuel Goldwyn to handle US distribution of Southland Tales
Samuel Goldwyn Films will release Richard Kelly's Southland Tales in the US on Nov 9 in association with Destination Films and Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group.The long awaited release follows the film's world premiere at Cannes 2006, when Kelly's follow-up to his 2001 cult hit Donnie Darko came under fire ...
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Meirelles' Blindness sees start of shoot in Toronto
Fernando Meirelles has begun principal photography on Blindness, a $25m multi-territory co-production adapted from the novel by Jose Saramago by Don McKellar. The film stars Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Danny Glover, Alice Braga, Yusuke Iseya, Yoshino Kimura, Maury Chaykin and Gael Garcia Bernal. McKellar is also a featured player. The ...
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Edith Kramer named guest director at Telluride 2007
Edith R Kramer will be the guest director at the Telluride Film Festival, which runs in Colorado from Aug 31-Sept 3.Kramer is renowned for her work in film preservation and collection development, and previously served as senior film curator and director of the Pacific Film Archive at the University of ...
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ICM, MGlobal Trust team on LA-based Indian Splendor
Prominent Indian film-makers, performers, and business and spiritual leaders will descend on Southern California next month to attend a celebration to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Indian independence.India Splendor will take place from Aug 10-15 and is being hosted by MGlobal Trust in association with ICM and the UCLA School ...
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The Independent becomes sponsor of Sheffield Doc/Fest
The UK 's Sheffield Doc/Fest has recruited The Independent newspaper as the festival's presenting media sponsor. The festival will now be known as Sheffield Doc/Fest in association with The Independent, and the sponsorship deal also includes editorial, advertising and marketing initiatives. Heather Croall, festival director of Doc/Fest, said: 'With The ...
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Sad Vacation by Aoyama Shinji to open Venice Horizons
The Venice Film Festival's Horizons side bar dedicated to new trends in filmmaking has announced its opening and closing film in both the feature and documentary categories.Sad Vacation by Aoyama Shinji starring Japanese super star Tadanobu Asano will be Horizons' opening film.Sad Vacation is the story of a boy who ...
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Nadine Labaki: beauty without cruelty
It might not be about war or politics but the debut project from a young Lebanese director says much about the peace that can be achieved. Antonia Carver reportsNadine Labaki (pictured) shot Caramel in Beirut in late spring 2006, when the troubled city was in a buoyant mood following the ...
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Ratatouille's Remy recruited for UK anti-piracy campaign
The UK's Industry Trust for IP Awareness is working with Disney and Pixar for an anti-piracy campaign starring Ratatouille's Remy the Rat. The new anti-copyright theft spots will launch in cinemas Friday. Remy is seen dismissing pirated films for their poor quality and lack of taste. The initiative is also ...
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BANGKOK: GMM's Kung Fu Tootsie tops Thai box office
GMM Tai Hub's Kung Fu Tootsie has become the first Thai film to top the box office chart in July which is overwhelmed with Hollywood blockbusters. Opening last Thursday on 129 prints, the action comedy grossed $1.3m (40m baht) over its first four days and knocked last week's number one ...
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BANGKOK: Right Beyond launches first Taiwanese-Thai co-production
At the Bangkok Film Market, Right Beyond Films has launched international sales of The Fatality, billed as the first ever co-production between Thailand and Taiwan. In the horror film, an unsuccessful man in Taipei attempts suicide only to wake up in the body of a coma victim in Bangkok with ...
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BANGKOK: Thailand's Mono Film set to double production
Up-and-coming Thai producer Mono Film is set to double its production output next year to eight films from last year's four. 'We now have more confidence after spending the last three years to learn the local and international markets,' says CEO Soraj Asavaprapha who founded the company with Pete Bodharamik ...
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Japan's Avex signs on for Korean comedy Highway Star
Korea 's Studio2.0 has sold musical comedy Highway Star to Avex Entertainment for Japan. A remake of Japanese film Enka No Hanamichi, the film tells the story of a wanna-be rocker who ends up singing Trot (Korean country-style music) behind a mask and becoming a star. Launched into pan-Asian popularity ...
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Legendary Hungarian DP Laszlo Kovacs dies at 74
Laszlo Kovacs, the Hungarian-born cinematographer who fled his country during the 1956 revolution and went on to become one of the most influential DPs in Hollywood, died at his Beverly Hills home on Jul 22, aged 74.Kovacs amassed a sterling body of work during the late 1960s and early 1970s ...
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Film Independent names ten projects in first Screenwriters Lab
Film Independent has announced the 10 projects and fellows in the annual Screenwriters Lab, which runs in Los Angeles from Jul 30-Sept 12.Jeff Kleeman will teach the Lab, which is sponsored by the Writers Guild of America, West. Guest speakers include The Good Shepherd writer Eric Roth and The Dead ...