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Kim Ki-duk returns to the Korean fold with Breath release
Reversing his declaration that he would leave the Korean film world, controversial director Kim Ki-duk has announced a deal with Korean arthouse distributor Sponge to release his 14th film Breath in local cinemas. Sponge formerly released Kim's last film, Time, on eight screens last summer. It took in 30,000 admissions, ...
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Shanghai International Film Festival to launch film market
The Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) is launching a film market at this year's edition which is scheduled to run June 16-24. In addition to creating an environment for the buying and selling of film rights, the 'Film Mart' aims to stimulate the development of co-productions between China and other ...
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Nair takes the reins of Depp-starrer Shantaram for Initial
Initial Entertainment Group and Infinitum Nihil have signed Mira Nair to direct the upcoming India-set epic Shantaram.The announcement follows a prolonged period of negotiations to find a suitable film-maker that at one point included Peter Weir before the Australian director left the project.Johnny Depp will star in the adaptation of ...
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Cowan to head Adelaide Film Festival jury
Adelaide Film Festival director Katrina Sedgwick today named the 12 films in its inaugural competition and announced that Toronto International Film Festival director Noah Cowan is president of the jury. She also revealed that Adelaide filmmaker Rolf de Heer will be presented with the 2007 Don Dunstan Award in recognition ...
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IndieVest launches production/distribution arm with Burton, Wall
Wade H Bradley, the CEO and founder of film financing outfit IndieVest, has launched production and distribution house IndieVest Pictures and hired Mark Burton (pictured above) as head of production.Former Rogue Pictures co-founder Matt Wall has been appointed vice president of development and Bradley expects to announce his distribution chief ...
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Pacino to play Salvador Dali for Niccol, Room 9
Al Pacino will play the legendary surrealist Spanish painter Salvador Dali in Room 9 Entertainment's Dali & I: The Surreal Story.Andrew Niccol will direct following his last outing on 2005's Lord Of War and shooting is set to begin in June.Room 9 partners David O Sacks, Daniel Brunt and Michael ...
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Museum opens in eight new territories for Fox
Fox International's family film and international champion Night At The Museum opens in eight territories this weekend as executives look to boost the $155.4m overseas tally.Rocky Balboa enters the ring in the UK on Jan 19 as well as Holland and Colombia this weekend. The boxing drama has taken $11.1m ...
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Hamori, Horowitz launch sales, co-production arm of H20
H2O Motion Pictures principals Andras Hamori and Mark Horowitz are launching an international sales and co-production arm to handle sales, marketing and financing for eight to 12 English language films a year.Horowitz will oversee marketing and acquisition and the company, which has offices in London, Amsterdam and Los Angeles, will ...
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IFC First Take picks up North American rights to Drama/Mex
IFC Entertainment has added another title to the line-up at day-and-date division IFC First Take, acquiring all North American rights to Canana Films' Spanish-language drama Drama/Mex.Drama/Mex premiered in Critic's Week at Cannes 2006 and interweaves the stories of a suicidal old man, a teenage runaway, and a young couple in ...
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Dublin Festival announces first selections for nine-day event
The Jameson Dublin International Film Festival (DIFF) has made a preliminary announcement about this year's programme, which runs for nine days from February 16. New Irish titles include John Carney's Once, selected for the Sundance Film Festival and starring Glenn Hansard (who previously starred in The Commitments). The film is ...
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Sundance Channel takes Dunn's doc Unforeseen for US TV
Sundance Channel has licensed exclusive US pay television rights to Laura Dunn's documentary The Unforeseen, one day ahead of its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on Friday.Robert Redford served as executive producer along with Terrence Malick on the film, which offers an in-depth look at the struggle between ...
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International Film Festival Rotterdam 2007
36th International Film Festival Rotterdam in numbers(2006 numbers in brackets)367,000 Visitors to the festival (358,000)2,940Festival guests (2,814)1,960International festival guests: 1,960 (1,788) 841CineMart guests (850) 495Journalists attending (476)390Attending film-makers (379) Award Winners VPRO Tiger AwardsLove Conquers All (Tan Chui Mui, Malaysian)The Unpolished (Die Unerzogenen) (Pia Marais, Germany)Bog Of Beasts (Baixio Das ...
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64th golden globes
Best Motion Picture - DramaBabelBobbyThe DepartedLittle ChildrenThe QueenBest Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - DramaPenelope Cruz VolverJudi Dench Notes On A ScandalMaggie Gyllenhaal SherrybabyHelen Mirren The QueenKate Winslet Little ChildrenBest Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - DramaLeonardo DiCaprio Blood DiamondLeonardo DiCaprio The DepartedPeter O'Toole ...
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Actors' strike: sign of the times
When Canada's performers went on strike last week, the issues included the usual grievances of workers versus management: pay, benefits and working conditions. But the sticking point was a multi-billion dollar question that could haunt the global audiovisual industry for years to come: how to share the revenue from the ...
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Profile: Endeavor's Independent
The youngest of the big five Hollywood talent agencies, Endeavor is a relative newcomer to the independent finance field. Though agents have, over the last decade, come to play an important role in getting non-studio films packaged, funded and distributed, Endeavor has only been exploring the area for a couple ...
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Bangkok film festival reveals new venue and dates
The organisers of the Bangkok International Film Festival (BKKIFF) have revealed that this year's edition will take place July 19-29 at SF Cinema City's new 15-screen flagship located in the recently renovated Central World entertainment complex. The event had been scheduled to take place Jan 26-Feb 5 but was postponed ...
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Korean exports dip after five years of growth
After five years of growth, Korean film exports dropped 68% year-on-year in 2006. Exports totaled $24.5m - down from $75.9m the year before, according to the Korean Film Council (KOFIC)'s year-end statistics.For the first time, Korean sales saw a slump in its main Asian markets, where its $17m takings represented ...
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Odeon plans all-digital trial at two multiplexes
UK exhibitor Odeon has announced plans to do six-month trials making two of its multiplexes completely digital.UK-based digital film services company Arts Alliance Media has signed a deal to provide services to Odeon Surrey Quays as the multiplex becomes Europe's first to go completely digital with all of its nine ...
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Spanish 2006 admissions drop 2.2% in 2006 but grosses rise
Spanish admissions dropped 2.2% last year, while a rise in ticket prices sent grosses up almost the same percentage. Admissions were down to 124m, while ticket sales were up to $839m (Euros 648m), according to figures from Nielsen EDI. 'The reality is that it was a 'good' year for Spain,' ...
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Filmax starts development of Blind Man Of Seville
Spain's Filmax is developing new feature The Blind Man Of Seville, a crime thriller based on the novel by award-winning UK writer Robert Wilson. A screenplay is currently being written by Will Conroy, co-writer on Brad Anderson's Transsiberian, a $15m train-set mystery now shooting for Filmax. A director will be ...