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Palme d'Or winner: Ermanno Olmi
Ermanno Olmi talks to Screen about winning in 1978 with The Tree Of Wooden Clogs, which he said came to him 'half way through his career - neither too soon nor too late'. Olmi's just-released One Hundred Nails - which he has said will be his final film - plays ...
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Palme d'Or winner: Francesco Rosi
Italian director Francesco Rosi won the Palme d'Or for The Mattei Affair jointly with Elio Petri's The Working Class Goes To Heaven in 1972. The win, he said, came after his status as a director had already been assured, with a string of top awards behind him, including the Berlin ...
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Palme d'Or winner: Nanni Moretti
From meeting heroes to fighting on beaches a selection of Palme D'Or winning directors recall their night of glory and how it affected their career. Nanni Moretti won the Palme d'Or in 2001 for his ninth feature, The Son's Room (pictured), an intimate look at a family grappling with ...
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India's Saregama taps Sen, Sharan for production push
Indian music company Saregama HMV has unveiled its plans to enter film production which includes adding prominent Indian filmmakers Aparna Sen and BR Sharan to its leadership team. Sharan will serve as chief creative officer to tap the Hindi film market while Sen will serve as chief creative officer focused ...
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Mira Nair to executive produce Taraprevala's Little Zizou
Sooni Taraprevala, the award-winning screenwriter of The Namesake, Salaam Bombay and Such A Long Journey, is at work in Mumbai on her directorial debut, Little Zizou.The film, which started shooting late last month, stars Boman Irani and Mahabanoo Kotwal. It is being executive produced by Taraprevala's long-term collaborator, Mira Nair.The ...
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Flanders Audiovisual Fund gets new injection of cash
In a move that will provide a major boost to Flemish film production, the Flanders Cultural Affairs Minister Bert Anciaux has announced plans to increase Government support for State film body, the Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF). Details of the funding emerged here in Cannes.Anciaux anticipates that the new injection of ...
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UTV terminates business relations with Palador
After releasing only two films (City Of God and 13 Tzameti) under the UTV-Palador brand, India 's UTV has terminated all business relations with Palador for its world cinema business with immediate effect. A press release from UTV cites 'material breach of terms of agreement by Palador and its co-promoters ...
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Edinburgh starts rising talent and acting awards for 2007
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) has announced two new initiatives this year: a new UK Talent Showcase, entitled Trailblazers, in association with Skillset; and a new performance award, the PPG Award for Best Performance in a British Feature Film, which will be sponsored by The Premier Property Group.About 20 ...
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Pete Seeger to open, Arctic Tale to close Silverdocs
Jim Brown's Pete Seeger: The Power Of Song and Sarah Robertson's Arctic Tale booked the 2007 Silverdocs festival, which runs in Maryland from Jun 12-17.Pete Seeger: The Power Of Song weaves the life and music of Pete Seeger, and the growing impact of American folk music into an account of ...
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David Hare to give keynote at Screenwriters Festival
Leading screenwriter and playwright Sir David Hare will give a keynote speech at this year's International Screenwriters Festival in July.The writer - whose work includes the screenplays for The Hours, Plenty and Damage - will talk about the pressures his profession at the event in the UK town of Cheltenham ...
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Butler to play in Lakeshore's Game
Gerard Butler, white hot after his starring role in the worldwide smash 300, has signed to play the lead in Lakeshore Entertainment's futuristic thriller Game.The film marks Lakeshore's third collaboration with Crank creators Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, who wrote the screenplay and will direct. Principal photography is set to ...
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Dreamachine picks up Link's Aftermath.
In one of its first major pick-ups since its launch earlier this spring, Dreamachine has announced start of production on Oscar winner Caroline Link's Aftermath. The film is co-produced by Constantin Film and Bavaria Film and will be shot on location in Germany. Dreamachine will handle worldwide sales. Writer-director Link ...
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Korea's Showbox picks up Planet One and Stopping Power
Major Korean distributor Showbox Mediaplex has picked up animation Planet One from Handmade Pictures and the high-octane Jan de Bont action film Stopping Power from IM Global.Made by former Pixar talent, the animation project featuring green aliens is written by Joe Stillman (Shrek 1, 2, 3). Chris H. Lee, vice ...
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Wild Bunch continues Woody Allen relationship
Continuing a relationship begun last year with Cassandra's Dream, Wild Bunch is once again teaming up with Woody Allen.The Paris-based outfit will handle international sales on Allen's upcoming as-yet untitled project which is set to shoot in Barcelona and Oviedo, Spain beginning in July.The film stars Scarlett Johansson, Penelope ...
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Prime Entertainment adds two to Cannes slate
Korean seller Prime Entertainment has announced two additional titles for its Cannes line-up - Face/Off-like thriller The Devil's Game, and kickboxing drama Punch Lady. The Devil's Game stars Shin Ha-kyun (No Mercy for the Rude) opposite veteran actor Byun Hee-bong (The Host). A struggling young artist and a rich old ...
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Moodysson to make first English-language film
Swedish director Lukas Moodysson is to begin work later this year on Mammoth, his first English-language feature. The film (which is being pre-sold in Cannes by Trust Film Sales) marks Moodysson's return to 'a more narrative style' in the vein of Together and Lilya 4-Ever after his recent experimental movies ...
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Mirovision sells Japan and US remake rights to Kim
Seoul-based Mirovision has announced the sale of Japanese and US remake rights to Kim Tae-sik's Driving With My Wife's Lover to Kuzui Enterprises in Japan. Producer Kaz Kuzui picked up the rights after seeing the film at Sundance. 'Kim is a talent to watch and we hope to work with ...
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Strategic starts Monster conversation on Croisette
Los Angeles-based producers reps Strategic Film Partners are taking meetings on the Croisette to outline their newly expanded remit as foreign sales agents and domestic distributors.The company, headed by Lawrence Silverstein and Alex Barder, is selling the Jeremy Irons horror-thriller Conversation With A Monster, a surfing documentary, and new project ...
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Derek Jacobi joins cast of Schrader's Adam Resurrected
Derek Jacobi has joined Jeff Goldblum and Willem Dafoe on the cast of Paul Schrader's holocaust drama Adam Resurrected.Based on Israeli author Yoram Kaniuk's novel, the story follows a former circus entertainer who was spared the gas chamber to entertain Jews as they marched to their deaths.After the war he ...