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Principal photography to begin on Maria Larsson's Everlasting Moment
Oscar-nominated Swedish director Jan Troell will start principal photography for his new feature, Maria Larsson's Everlasting Moment, in three weeks - and although he usually takes his time, the $6.2m (Euros 4.8m) is scheduled for a world premiere at next year's Goteborg International Film Festival. Finnish-Swedish actress Maria Heiskanan, who ...
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Filmstiftung NRW backs international co-productions with $14.6m
International co-productions by Israel's Amos Gitai, New Zealand's Armagan Ballantyne and Germany's Max Faerberboeck are among 25 projects supported with a total of $14.6m (Euros 11.2m) by Filmstiftung NRW this week.The Dusseldorf-based regional fund awarded $521,000 (Euros 400,000) to Gitai's Disengagement, which will be produced by Pandora Filmproduktion with France's ...
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HanWay, Ecosse working with Jarrold for new Brideshead Revisited
HanWay Films has announced plans for a big-screen adaptation of Brideshead Revisited, to start shooting this spring. Kinky Boots and Becoming Jane director Julian Jarrold will direct from Andrew Davies and Jeremy Brock's screenplay adapted from the Evelyn Waugh classic novel. Robert Bernstein and Douglas Rae of Ecosse Films, who ...
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CineMart awards go to projects from Sweden, France and Philippines
As Rotterdam CineMart closed yesterday, the two Arte France Cinema Awards went to CineMart projects A Rational Solution, which Jorgen Bergmark is developing with Sweden 's Hepp Film, and Les Pieds Nus Sur Les Limaces, which Fabienne Berthaud is developing with France 's Agat Films & Cie. Each producer got ...
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Korean Film Commission plans US office led by Sun-young Moon
The Korean Film Commission (KOFIC) has announced plans to open an LA office within the first half of the year, as part of an initiative to step up support for Korean films and filmmakers in the US. 'The initiative works on two planes - the industry side and the academic,' ...
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Global box office down slightly this week, as Germany and Japan slip
Global box office takings took a slight dip of 2.9% this week in comparison to the same week last year and fell by less than 1% from last week, according to the Screen International Screen Index.The marginal decrease was led by year-on-year falls in major territories such as Germany, Japan, ...
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Mexican documentary festival Ambulante to open with Jesus Camp
Documentary film festival Ambulante, set up last year by Canana, the production company founded by Mexican actors Diego Luna, Gael Garcia Bernal and producer Pablo Cruz, will open today with Oscar-nominated Jesus Camp. The second edition of this travelling film festival will tour 15 cities in Mexico until March 29. ...
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Lionsgate Australia makes a takeover bid for Magna Pacific
The newly launched Lionsgate Australia has finally confirmed that it is hoping to get a quick leg-up into the Australian market by taking over Magna Pacific, the biggest independent DVD distributor in the country. Macquarie Private Portfolio Management Limited, the largest institutional shareholder in Magna Pacific, yesterday indicated that it ...
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CineMart closes with final awards
CineMart in Rotterdam closed last night with its final awards.The two Arte France Cinema Awards went to A Rational Solution by Jörgen Bergmark (Hepp Film, Sweden) and Fabienne Berthaud's Les Pieds Nus Sur Les Limaces (Agat Films & Cie, France). The awards are worth $13,000 (Euros 10,000).The $20,000 (Euros 15,000) ...
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Von Trier makes devil's pact with Anders Thomas Jensen on Antichrist
Lars von Trier recently took an unusual step to finish the script for his new horror film Antichrist. He phoned archrival and prolific writer/director Anders Thomas Jensen for help. Jensen has worked as a co-writer with Susanne Bier and Lone Scherfig and directed three projects himself: Flickering Lights, The Green ...
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Kadokawa to sell library online through BitTorrent
Kadokawa Group Holdings has announced plans to set up an online pay service in the US offering 200 films from its library beginning this February. The service will use BitTorrent's peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing software to distribute the titles. Kadokawa's stateside subsidiary, Kadokawa Pictures USA, will handle digitisation of the library ...
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Rochelle Sharpe heads up new Sandra Marsh music arm
Los Angeles-based international entertainment agency Sandra Marsh Management has launched a music division.The new venture will be headed by Rochelle Sharpe and will be devoted to representing composers, music supervisors and music editors in film, television and commercials.The current client roster includes: Bruno Coulais, a 2005 Oscar nominee for his ...
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Penny Wolf quits Peace Arch Films
Penny Wolf is leaving her post as managing director of Peace Arch Films in London, effective Mar 16.Wolf will attend the European Film Market in Berlin to meet buyers as a company employee, before going on to pursue new opportunities.Further details including an announcement of Wolf's replacement will follow in ...
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McLaurin hired to lead MPAA's education outreach
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has named Stewart McLaurin as executive vice president of education affairs.In this newly created position McLaurin will lead the association's education and outreach programmes. Specifically he will target university and K-12 administrators, educators and students and lawmakers and other government officials to promote ...
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Wheldon to administer NewFest
Kerry Weldon has been hired as administrative director at NewFest, where she will serve as co-director of the organisation, and oversee finances, development, and administration in partnership with artistic director Basil Tsiokos.Weldon begins in her new post on Feb 1, working on fundraising and corporate relations leading up to NewFest ...
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DCL agrees deal with DTS for Irish D-Cinema upgrade
Digital Cinema Ltd (DCL) plans to upgrade the first phase of its Irish D-Cinema installation in an exclusive agreement with US digital technology company DTS.The agreement provides for both parties to work together to facilitate the wider rollout of digital cinema in Ireland. So far 15 cinema sites are operational.DCL ...
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Lapointe and Kwan share Claude Jutra Award
First-time filmmakers Julia Kwan (Eve And The Fire Horse) and Stephane Lapointe (La Vie Secrete Des Gens Heureux /The Secret Life of Happy People) were announced as the recipients of the 2007 Claude Jutra Award. It will be the first time the prize, presented annually during the Genie Awards for ...
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Hot Docs inaugurates Tracey tribute prize
The Hot Docs Canadian Documentary Film Festival will present a new prize in memory of the late Canadian documentary filmmaker Lindalee Tracey. Endowed by Tracey's colleagues, friends and family, the prize will be awarded annually to an emerging Canadian filmmaker who exemplifies Tracey's approach to the documentary form: 'with passion, ...
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France to be focus of Halifax co-production market
The Strategic Partners international coproduction market in Canada will focus on France at its 10th anniversary event this September. The market takes place during Halifax's Atlantic Film Festival. According to Strategic Partners director Jan Miller, exit surveys from the 2006 edition showed 'Canadian interest in working with France is no ...
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RBS signs $350m financing pact with New Line
The Royal Bank of Scotland has closed a $350m film financing deal with New Line Cinema. The pact will provide co-financing for an estimated 20 New Line films during an approximately two-year period. The deal will include 2007 releases such as Hairspray, Rush Hour 3, and The Golden Compass as ...