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French production falls in 2006 after 2005 boom
France's CNC has released initial production figures for the year 2006. In total, 203 films received the stamp of approval from the CNC - which is equal to 2004, though down from last year's exceptional crop of 240 films. Production investment stood at $1.49bn (Euros 1.15bn) compared to $1.66bn (Euros ...
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Local market is key toglobal success,Warner Bros' international chief
Any film aspiring to international successmust first conqueritshome market, says Richard Fox, executive vice president international atWarner Bros.Speaking at the Screen International-backed Media Summit in London, Fox said the studio had come to understand the importance of national markets to any distribution strategy. A 'one-size-fits-all' US production won't cut it ...
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Local market key toglobal success,says Warner Bros' international chief
Any film aspiring to international successmust first conqueritshome market, says Richard Fox, executive vice president international atWarner Bros.Speaking at the Screen International-backed Media Summit in London, Fox said the studio had come to understand the importance of national markets to any distribution strategy. A 'one-size-fits-all' US production won't cut it ...
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Berlin Perspecktive Deutsches Kino to feature 11 titles
The Berlinale's Perspektive Deutsches Kino sidebar, which showcases young and up-and-coming German film-makers with fresh ideas, approaches and talent, has become the latest section - after the Forum and Generation (Kplus/14plus) - to finalise its programme for the 2007 edition of the festival.Another five films have been selected by programmer ...
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Celestial, Jaman sign online deal for Shaw Brothers package
Hong Kong's Celestial Pictures has reached a long-term deal with Silicon Valley-based Jaman Inc, under which the online movie distributor has acquired internet distribution rights to 50 titles from the Shaw Brothers library for the US and Canada. Key titles to be distributed under the deal include martial arts classics ...
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Ascension's Anna & Anna rises in Shanghai
Principal photography started today in Shanghai on Hong Kong writer-director Aubrey Lam's Anna & Anna, a $2.2m romantic thriller financed by US and Hong Kong-based Ascension Pictures. The cast is toplined by Hong Kong actress Karena Lam who plays two roles in the film: Anna, a career woman who has ...
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Malaysian box office reaches all-time high in 2006
Malaysia 's box office continued to grow in 2006 with total takings reaching an all-time high of $75.7m (RM265.2m) from 314 releases, a 9% increase on record takings of $69.6m (RM243.6m) the previous year. Following consistent growth since 2001, the 2006 box office is 131% bigger than six years ago. ...
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Sundance Channel gets US TV rights to Sundance doc Flying
Sundance Channel has licensed exclusive US television rights to Flying: Confessions Of A Free Woman, Jennifer Fox' six-hour exploration of womanhood.The documentary will be presented as a special screening at the Sundance Film Festival, which begins on Jan 18, and Sundance Channel will air it as a six-part series in ...
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Pascal to get visionary award at Israel Film Festival
Sony Pictures Entertainment co-chair Amy Pascal will receive the 2007 IFF Visionary Award at the 22nd Annual Israel Film Festival opening night gala on Mar 6.'Amy's achievements within the film industry as well as her continued support of Israel, make her an ideal recipient for the Visionary Award,' festival founder ...
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Gartenstein named president of US distributor Film Movement
Adley Gartenstein has been promoted to president at distributor Film Movement and will oversee all day-to-day activities as well as his ongoing duties as head of acquisitions and business affairs.The company has split the roles of president and chief executive officer as it enters its fifth yea and looks to ...
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Echeverria promoted to evp, Latin America, at Fox
Eduardo Echeverria has been promoted to executive vice president of Latin America for Fox International.Echeverria will continue to oversee the theatrical distribution, sales and marketing operations for all Fox Filmed Entertainment product in the region. His promotion takes effect immediately.'Having worked closely with Eduardo for the last six years, it ...
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Southern Baptist Sissies heads to screen through Funny Boy
Del Shores' Del Shores Productions has partnered with Funny Boy Films to transform his GLAAD Award-winning stage production of Southern Baptist Sissies to the big screen.Kirkland Tibbels of Funny Boy Films and Del Shores and Jason Dottley of Del Shores Productions will produce the feature. Pre-production is expected to begin ...
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A&E Indie Films buys US TV rights to hotly tipped Sundance doc
A&E IndieFilms announced has made a preemptive acquisition of North American television rights to Amir Bar-Lev's documentary My Kid Could Paint That.The film gets its world premiere at Sundance this weekend and focuses on an internationally renowned four-year-old painter who sold hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of art before ...
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Canada's Atopia picks up North America on Gutierrez
Montreal-based distributor Atopia has picked up North American distribution rights for Heidi Specogna's 2006 Sundance world documentary competitor The Short Life of Jose Antonio Gutierrez, the story of the first US soldier killed in the invasion of Iraq. The Germany-Switzerland coproduction follows in the footsteps of one-time Guatemalan street urchin ...
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Berlinale Forum announces complete programme
New films by veteran documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman, Germany's Maria Speth and Angela Schanelec, Croatia's Ognen Svilicic, and the UK's Kevin Aduaka are among 25 world premieres being shown in the now finalised Berlinale Forum programme.'Alaboratory for the mainstream cinema of the future', the Forum's line-up ranges from Aduaka's directing ...
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John Burgess wins Haydenfilms online shorts awards
Haydenfilms 2.0 Film Festival culminated in the presentation of a $10,000 prize to John Burgess for The Powderpuff Principle at New York 's Director's Guild Theatre on Jan 11. Writer-director Burgess graduated in 2005 from USC 's School of Cinema-Television then worked in sales and marketing and as a producer ...
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Telepool boosts sales lineup ahead of Berlinale
Munich-based world sales company Telepool has added four new titles to its sales catalogue ahead of Berlin's European Film Market (EFM), including Swiss director Mike Eschmann's youth drama Breakout which is being released by Buena Vista International in Switzerland on January 18.The production by Zodiac Pictures' Lukas Hobi and Reto ...
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Denmark box office healthy despite drop in ticket sales for 2006
Danish market share is down 6% from 2005, with 800,000 less ticket sales for local films in 2006. While a 26% share may seem a disappointing result, it comes after a boom year for Danish admissions in 2005.In 2005, market share reached an all-time high of 32%, with 3.9m tickets ...
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Taichi Fukuda appointed to lead NBC Universal's strategic growth in Japan
As NBC Universal International's new Managing Director, Japan Representative, Fukuda will be based in Tokyo and work with the heads of various divisions to maximise the company's growth potential. These divisions include home-entertainment arm Universal Pictures Japan, TV and New Media Distribution, Mobile Entertainment and CNBC. Fukuda holds an MBA ...
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Brazil's 2006 box office figures released
According to figures released by Filme B (a local film company that reviews theatrical market numbers), despitefalling viewing trendsbox office sales were up 3.2%, reaching R$694.9m ($324.6m) as a result of an increase in ticket prices (up 7% from the previous year). Brazil's cinema attendance dropped an estimated 3% in ...