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Tribeca domestic deal closed on Maccarone's Vivere
here! Films has picked up North American rights to Angelina Maccarone's German drama Vivere at Tribeca and will release in theatres through sister company Regent Releasing.The story centres on three women on the run, each trying to save each other, and in the process, save themselves. Hannelore Elsner, Esther Zimmering, ...
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Koch Lorber picks up Tribeca competition entry 9 Star Hotel
Koch Lorber Films has picked up Israeli film-maker Ido Haar's documentary 9 Star Hotel from Israeli-based Eden Productions and plans an immediate US release.The Arabic and Hebrew-language film in English subtitles is receiving its North American Premiere in competition at Tribeca and will launch at New York's Film Forum on ...
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As predicted, Grindhouse will be split into two releases for UK
As predicted, The Weinstein Company (TWC) has confirmed that Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's Grindhouse double bill will be released as two separate movies in the UK.Tarantino's Death Proof will be released via Momentum Pictures/Dimension Films on Sept 21 with Rodriguez's Planet Terror released at a later date to be ...
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Neil Marshall shooting Rogue's Doomsday in Cape Town and Scotland
Neil Marshall, writer/director of The Descent and Dog Soldiers, has started shooting in Cape Town for Doomsday for Rogue Pictures. The action thriller is about a lethal virus that hits a major country. Bob Hoskins, Alexander Siddiq and Adrian Lester star.Crystal Sky Pictures' Steven Paul and Benedict Carver are producing ...
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Kinowelt increases year-on-year annual profits and revenues by more than a third
Germany's Kinowelt Group has increased its year-on-year annual profits and revenues by more than a third as business boomed in all of its divisions in 2006. A year ago, managing director Bertil le Claire forecast a 21% growth in turnover to $115m (Euros 95m) for 2006, but the Leipzig-based company ...
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Ronning and Sandberg on board for $8m Manus project
Norwegian directors Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg, whose first feature was the Luc Besson-written and produced western comedy, Bandidas (2006), starring Penelope Cruz and Salma Hayek, have signed to direct Max Manus, a $8.4m (Euros 6.1m) World War II epic to shoot from February 2008 for Norway's Filmkameratene.Scripted by Thomas ...
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John Carpenter in Tribeca: Violent films comes from our fearsome world
As audiences brace themselves for this summer's release of Hostel 2 and America comes to terms with the violence of the recent Virginia Tech murders, the Tribeca Film Festival last night hosted a discussion about violence in films and the impact on society.Panelists all agreed that the real-life violence seen ...
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TFI International acquires Tavernier's In The Electric Mist
TFI International has acquired In The Electric Mist, the new English-language film from director Bertrand Tavernier.TFM Distrbution will release Mist in France in 2008. TF1 is selling world rights outside the US and English-speaking Canada where Ithaca will handle the film. The pedigree cast includes Tommy Lee Jones, John Goodman, ...
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Opera Jawa triumphs at Singapore's Silver Screen Awards
Opera Jawa , an Indonesian musical filled with gamelan music and Javanese court dances, won best film at the Silver Screen Awards of the 20th Singapore International Film Festival. Director Garin Nugroho was on hand to receive the top honour. Iraqi Kurdistan-born Shawkat Amin Korki took home best director for ...
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Foreign productions jump 7% in France
The number of foreign shoots in France increased 7% last year on 2005, according to figures from the French national film commission, Film France. But US productions dropped 6%. British productions were responsible for 24% of the 1,286 shooting days logged, followed by those from the US (19%) and Japan ...
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Koepp's Sons wins top prize at Nyon
Veteran German documentarist Volker Koepp was awarded the 'Visions du Reel' Grand Prix for his latest film Sons (Söhne) at the festival in Nyon. In addition, the International Jury, which included the Canadian actress Arsinee Khanjian and last year's Grand Prix winner Andres Veiel, gave the 'Prix SRG SSR idee ...
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Screen-backed Cannes forum focuses on digital future
Cinema in the digital age comes under the spotlight at Cannes next month with the forum Cinema: Towards The Audiences Of Tomorrow.The Opening Forum, organised by the Marche Du Cannes and in collaboration with Screen International, will focus on the evolution of audience practices and the ties between cinema creation ...
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Screen-backed Cannes forum considers digital future
Cinema in the digital age comes under the spotlight at Cannes next month in the festival's opening forum, backed by Screen International.Cinema: Towards The Audiences Of Tomorrow will focus on the impact of new delivery platforms on audiences and film-making itself.Film industry representatives, new media experts, journalists and sociologists will ...
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Weinsteins plan 30 films over six years with Asian film fund
Harvey and Bob Weinstein are reported to have set up their Asian film fund in a move that had been expected ever since they launched The Weinstein Company in October 2005.Goldman Sachs is understood to have raised approximately $270m in debt and equity for the venture, with the brothers said ...
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Tributes flood in for Jack Valenti, dead at 85
Jack Valenti, the former head of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and chief architect of the modern film ratings system, has died. He was 85.The longtime lobbyist and former aide to President Lyndon B Johnson suffered a stroke in March and never fully recovered, eventually succumbing to complications ...
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Initial's Next predicts business before Spider-man onslaught
The eye of the storm passes over the international arena this weekend, as the pre-Spider-Man 3 onslaught looks like creating one of the quietest overseas weekends in a while.The only excitement comes from sci-fi thriller Nextstarring Nicolas Cage and Julianne Moore, which launches day-and-date withNorth America in a slew of ...
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Italian locations: Cinecitta at 70
Cinecitta Studios, located on the southeastern outskirts of Rome, celebrates its 70th anniversary this month. And with a reputation built on more than 3,000 films, cinema legends and Oscar-winning craftsmen, Cinecitta's board of directors is determined to stay ahead of its international competitors.Over the years, Cinecitta has handled films ranging ...
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UK box office: the golden lining
UK admissions are set to increase 21% by 2011 - boosting box-office revenue by $673m (£336.1m), according to Dodona Research.The industry analyst says strong upcoming film product, benefits from digital technology and a turn in the investment cycle in new cinemas will increase admissions by 34 million to 190 million ...
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Italian locations: empire building
Though Italy may not be able to count on national production incentives to attract shoots from overseas, the territory figures high on international location managers' wishlists, thanks largely to its stunning locations.Last year Martin Campbell shot parts of Sony's Casino Royale at Lake Como and in Venice, while parts of ...
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Italian locations: film commissions
Italy has 16 regional film commissions, all battling to create their own film funds and bolster production in their regions.The undisputed frontrunners are the Turin Piedmont film commission and the Friuli-Venezia-Giulia film commission, based in north-east Italy, both of which offer cash funds for approved projects.The Turin commission has just ...