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Prime finally acquires control of Becker and Dendy
Australian regional broadcaster, Prime Television, has taken control of the Becker Group, which includes Dendy Cinemas, Dendy Distribution, and sales agent Becker International, as well as significant television production and outside broadcast interests.Prime acquired the 42.6% of the company owned by father-and-son directors Russell and Richard Becker late last week ...
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Shanghai film festhands top prize to Meletzky's Plan
German feature According To The Plan, directed by Franziska Meletzky, was awarded best film at the Jin Jue Awards - the top honours of the Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) on Sunday night. The seven-person jury, headed by Chen Kaige and Fernando Trueba, said that 'the truth of life has ...
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China Film boards Lu Chuan's Nanking! Nanking!
Chinese state-owned China Film Group Corporation (CFGC) announced five separate deals and joint ventures at the Shanghai International Film Festival on Saturday (June 23). CFGC and Jiangsu Broadcasting Corporation have officially boarded Chinese filmmaker Lu Chuan's historical drama Nanking ! Nanking ! as co-financiers alongside Beijing-based Stellar Megamedia. Hong Kong ...
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SIFF awards new Asian talents in two ceremonies
Sheng Zhimin's Bliss won best film at the Shanghai International Film Festival's Asian New Talent Awards on Saturday night (June 23). The family drama, set on the banks of the Yangtze in Chongqing, premiered at the Locarno film festival last year, where it picked up a NETPAC award. Meanwhile, best ...
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Paris Cinema event announces premieres
The fifth annual Paris Cinema event will take place from July 3-14.Less a festival than a happening which is open to the public, the event does include an international competition and has upped its profile over the past several years. For the 2007 edition, 13 feature films will vie ...
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Franco to direct two William Faulkner adaptations
Actor-director James Franco has acquired film rights for William Faulkner stories Red Leaves and Light In August. Franco plans to direct both projects. The rights for Red Leaves (a short story) and Light In August (a novel) were acquired from the Faulkner Estate, Franco told ScreenDaily.The estate will act as ...
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Cannes prizewinner Jellyfish finds sales
Pyramide International has completed a sale of its Cannes Camera d'Or winner Jellyfish to Nanni Moretti's Sacher in Italy. The film was also recently acquired in the US by Zeitgeist. Moretti is known for buying very few films but had a soft spot for Shira Geffen and ...
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CFCC, UniJapan sign co-production agreement
China Film Co-production Corp (CFCC) and Japanese film promotion body UniJapan signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on film collaboration at the Shanghai International Film Festival on Friday (June 22) The two sides also announced the shooting of a Sino-Japanese period drama entitled Zen. The seven-point MoU is seen as ...
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Toronto to gets its Golden Age
Shekhar Kapur's The Golden Age will make its world premiere at September's Toronto International Film Festival, according to news reports in Toronto. Other films confirmed are Francois Girard's Silk, starring Kiera Knightley and Michael Pitt and backed by Picture House and New Line International, and Cannes titles No Country For ...
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Nouri Bouzid wins best film prize at Taormina
Tunisian director Nouri Bouzid's Making Of took the Golden Tauro for best film at the Taormina Film Festival. The Film is part of the Mediterranean competition line up which is the principal competition section at the festival, which, in its 53rd edition has a new format focusing on cinema ...
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The big cinema squeeze
European exhibition has seen an influx of private equity in recent years. But can more profits be squeezed out of Europe's saturated cinema market, asks Richard Brass. Navigate links (right) to see the state of play in leading territories. When Cineworld floated on the London Stock Exchange at the end ...
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95 countries receive entry forms for 2007 foreign language film Oscar
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has posted foreign language film award entry forms to 95 countries in advance of next February's 80th Academy Awards.Academy rules stipulate that to qualify, a film must be released in the submitting country between Oct 1, 2006 and Sept 30, 2007, and ...
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Alvarado-Brown joins Overture as svp, business and legal affairs
Justin Alvarado-Brown has joined Overture Films as senior vice president of business and legal affairs.Alvarado-Brown will oversee deal-making for Overture's productions and acquisitions and run day-to-day business affairs. He will report directly to Overture chief operating officer Danny Rosett.Alvarado-Brown most recently served as senior counsel for HBO, and began his ...
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CFCC, Ironpond launch China co-production web-site
Los Angeles and Beijing-based production entity Ironpond has set up a web-site for China Film Co-production Corp (CFCC) that aims to help overseas producers access information about co-producing films with China. The site, www.chinacoproduction.com, is managed by Ironpond with CFCC overseeing the content. It has both English and Chinese-language versions ...
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Bangkok film festival to open with Persepolis
Cannes joint jury prize winner Persepolis will open the Bangkok International Film Festival on July 19. The animated feature is also competing in the international section. A feature debut for co-directors Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Parronaud, the picture is based on Satrapi's graphic novel of her own life and set ...
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Digital cinema growth dominated by US
Digital cinema is growing fast but the US is dominating screen building, a London conference heard.Nancy Fares, businesss manager at DLP, claimed that of the 3,015 commercial screens currently installed, 1,988 are concentrated in the States.The RAAM Conference was told that there were 585 in Europe, 406 in Asia and ...
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London UK Film Focus to screen 40 films to about 150 buyers
The London UK Film Focus (LUFF), which runs from June 25-28 at the revamped BFI Southbank, is expected to attract around 150 buyers to London. Around 40 films will be screening. The event, a showcase for British films, is now in its fourth year. LUFF's organisers claim that approximately $2m ...
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Munich's Collina to make dramatic remake of The Champagne Spy
Munich-based Collina Films has hired Israeli writer-director Nadav Schirman to make an English-language adaptation of his documentary The Champagne Spy.The real-life story centres on Jewish Mossad agent Wolfgang Lotz who became addicted to his covert identity as an ex-Nazi playboy and millionaire horse breeder in Cairo in the 1960s.Collina's general ...
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PPI's Shrek The Third hits Germany, Spain
Paramount/PPI's Shrek The Third is riding a wave and should stay on top of the international arena this weekend.The animated feature has grossed $123.1m to date and will add considerably to its haul through expected strong holds and launches in Germany on Jun 21 and Spain on Jun 22.The distributor ...
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Byrne named to head GE/NBC Universal equity fund
Thomas M Byrne has been hired as managing director to lead GE Commercial Finance - Media, Communications & Entertainment business and NBC Universal's $250m joint venture Peacock Equity Fund.Megumi Ikeda has also been named executive director, will be based in London and reports to Byrne.Byrne will lead an international team ...