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Babel, The Departed tie for ACE editing awards
Babel and The Departed tied for Hollywood's top feature editing prize at the ACE Eddie Awards at the weekend, a feat that has only happened once before in the organisation's 57-year history.Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise edited Babel, while Martin Scorsese's regular associate Thelma Schoonmaker worked on The Departed.The only ...
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Lubezki wins ASC award for Children Of Men
Emmanuel Lubezki won top honors in the feature film competition for Children Of Men at the 21st Annual American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Outstanding Achievement Awards in Los Angeles at the weekend.It was a first ASC win for Lubezki, who beat out Dick Pope for The Illusionist, Robert Richardson for ...
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On Pictures expands into production with Mortadelo & Filemon
Spanish distributor On Pictures is about to embark on its first feature film production with a live action adaptation of popular comic strip Mortadelo & Filemon. The comic was already adapted for the big screen in 2003 by Sogecine and Peliculas Pendelton with fantastic results, earning more than $28.9m (Euros ...
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London Australian Film Festival to open with Jindabyne
The 13th London Australian Film Festival will open March 15 with Ray Lawrence's Jindabyne and close on March 25 with Rolf de Heer's Ten Canoes. The 10-day event returns to the Barbican to present 25 new features, including for the first time all the 2006 Australian Film Institute award winners. ...
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Liverpool starts scheme for three low-budget features
The UK city of Liverpool is starting a scheme for three feature films to be shot there in the run up to the 2008 Capital of Culture celebrations. North West Vision is partnering with the Liverpool Culture Company, the UK Film Council and the BBC for the Digital Departures scheme.Each ...
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Actors union strikes groundbreaking podcast deal in UK
UK actors union Equity has struck what it believes is the first deal covering contractual rights for performers in a podcast. The agreement is with B7 Productions, which is producing an updated audio version of 1970s sci-fi show Blake's 7. Actors working on the project (due for release this spring) ...
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South West Screen plans film financing event
UK regional screen agency South West Screen is planning a one-day film finance conference in Bristol on March 16. The event is aimed at producers and directors with some industry background. More updated programme information on Funding Your Feature and booking instructions can be found at www.swscreen.co.uk. Speakers coming to ...
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Ascot Elite takes German-speaking rights to Shrooms
Switzerland 's Ascot Elite has bought rights to all German-speaking territories for Paddy Breathnach's horror thriller Shrooms. Capitol Films closed the deal after a bidding war during Berlin's European Film Market. Capitol's head of sales James Norrie and Ascot Elite COO Stephan Giger negotiated the deal. Shroomsstars Lindsay Haun and ...
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Medb Films opens post-production studios
Medb Films has opened its new post-production studios in Ramsgate, Kent. The facilities include a 20-seat screening room/mixing studio, an HD Final Cut Pro edit suite and an Avid Media film composer. The studio facilities are based at a boutique hotel that can provide accomodations. 'We wanted to create a ...
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Locarno's communications and press officers exit festival
Less than six months before its 60th anniversary, the Locarno International Film Festival has seen two of its communications department staff exit due to 'differences of opinion' with the festival's artistic director Frederic Maire. Riccardo Franciolli, who had come to Locarno last year from the film section of the Federal ...
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Chinese authorities ban film shooting in nature reserves
China has issued a new regulation that bans film shooting in nature reserves, scenic spots and at sites of historical interest across the country, according to state-owned news agency Xinhua. People who violate the regulation - issued by four government departments including the State Environmental Protection Administration and the Ministry ...
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ACTRA and Canadian producers reach tentative deal
The Canadian performers strike is close to resolution. ACTRA and representatives of Canadian and US producers reached a tentative deal Friday. Both sides cautioned that the deal is subject to ratification but observers suggest this latest round of negotiation will stick.ACTRA went on strike on January 8, the first time ...
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BR Films sets March 9 Indian release for Mehta's Water
Distributor BR Films have scheduled the Indian release of Deepa Mehta's Oscar nominated Water for March 9. Ravi Chopra of BR Films confirmed that the company would be releasing up to 100 prints nationally with a focus on multiplexes. The controverisal film had originally been slated for a release in ...
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Ghost Rider leaves rival releases in its dust at US box office
Sony's Ghost Rider has powered its way tothe top of the North American box office chart with an estimated gross of$44.5m for the first three days of the four-day Presidents Day holiday weekend.The Marvel comic book adaptation left four otherwide releases in its dust, though Buena Vista's Bridge to Terabithiamade ...
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Ghost Rider, Fuzz lead the pack at international weekend
Sony's comic book adaptation Ghost Rider rode straight to the head of the international pack this weekend with an estimated gross of $15.5m from 24 territories. But Universal's British comedy Hot Fuzz made the biggest single-territory mark, opening with an impressive $11.6m in the UK. Ghost Rider, produced by Columbia ...
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'Berlinale of the actors' breaks attendance records
Now in his sixth year as festival director, Dieter Kosslick has pronounced the 2007 'a Berlinale of the actors: we had never had so many actors' films, big stars and cinema legends in the Berlinale's history as was the case this year'. Speaking to ScreenDaily.com, Kosslick said that 'technically speaking, ...
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Digital focus for Beverly Hills conference
Industry newsletter Digital Media Wire will launch the Future Of Film Conference on March 21 at the Writers' Guild of America's Theater in Beverly Hills. The one-day forum will bring together leaders in content creation, distribution and digital technologies to debate how critical changes in film are transforming the ...
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New award pays tribute to Robert Altman
Film Independent will inaugurate the Robert Altman Award for the best ensemble cast and director at the 2008 Spirit Awards to commemorate the late director. Meanwhile next weekend's Spirit Awards [24] on Santa Monica Beach will pay tribute to Altman with the presentation of a posthumous honorary Spirit Award.Collaborators including ...
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Chinese film takes Golden Bear
Chinese director Wang Quan'an had an ideal start for the Chinese New Year by winning this year's Golden Bear for his third feature Tuya's Marriage (Tu ya de hun shi) on the eve of the Year of the Pig.The tale of a practical woman searching for a reliable man in ...
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Hula Girls takes top prize at Japanese Oscars
Lee Sang-il's Hula Girls was named best picture of 2006 at the 30th Japan Academy Awards, which took place on Friday night (Feb 16).The film picked up a total of four major prizes from 13 nominations, including best director for Lee Sang-il, best supporting actress for Yu Aoi and best ...