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Berlin competitors include Soderbergh and De Niro
The 2007 Berlinale has announced the first six films selected for this year's competition. They include Christian Petzold's Yella from Germany, marking the director's return to Berlin competition after Ghosts (Gespenster) in 2005. The new film, a world premiere, follows a young woman who tries to escape a bad marriage ...
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DiCaprio double nominated for SAG awards
The Screen Actors Guild hasannounced nominees for its 13th awards, with Leonardo DiCaprio nominated inboth the leading actor and supporting actor categories for Blood Diamond and TheDeparted, respectively.Babel, Dreamgirls and Little Miss Sunshine eachearned nominations in three categories, with Notes On A Scandal, The Departed, Blood Diamondand Little Children each ...
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Wild Bunch reveals French Film Rendez-Vous slate
Wild Bunch is heading into the annual French Film Rendez-Vous with a host of new films as well as screeningfour premieres for international buyers. And, in a bid to energiseforeign distributors to open Luc Jacquet's The FoxAnd The Child as a day-and-date release nextDecember, Wild Bunch will show 45 minutes ...
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Bond and The Queen head BAFTA longlist
Casino Royale and The Queen top the Orange British Academy Film Awards longlist with 14.
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Bond and The Queen head BAFTA longlist
Thesecond round of Film Voting will open at 1800 GMT on Thursday 4 January andclose at 1800 GMT on Wednesday 10 January.BestFilmBabelBobbyCasinoRoyaleChildrenof MenTheDepartedTheDevil Wears PradaFlagsof Our FathersTheHistory BoysTheLast King of ScotlandLittleMiss SunshineNoteson a ScandalPan'sLabyrinthTheQueenUnited93VolverBestDirectorApocalyptoBabelBobbyCasinoRoyaleChildrenof MenTheDepartedFlagsof Our FathersTheHistory BoysTheLast King of ScotlandLittleMiss SunshineNoteson a ScandalPan'sLabyrinthTheQueenUnited93VolverOriginalScreenplayBabelBloodDiamondBobbyBoratBreakingAnd EnteringHollywoodlandLittleMiss SunshineMissPotterPan'sLabyrinthTheQueenStrangerThan FictionUnited93VenusVolverTheWind That Shakes The ...
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Bond and The Queen head BAFTA longlist
Thesecond round of Film Voting will open at 1800 GMT on Thursday 4 January andclose at 1800 GMT on Wednesday 10 January.BestFilmBabelBobbyCasinoRoyaleChildrenof MenTheDepartedTheDevil Wears PradaFlagsof Our FathersTheHistory BoysTheLast King of ScotlandLittleMiss SunshineNoteson a ScandalPan'sLabyrinthTheQueenUnited93VolverBestDirectorApocalyptoBabelBobbyCasinoRoyaleChildrenof MenTheDepartedFlagsof Our FathersTheHistory BoysTheLast King of ScotlandLittleMiss SunshineNoteson a ScandalPan'sLabyrinthTheQueenUnited93VolverOriginalScreenplayBabelBloodDiamondBobbyBoratBreakingAnd EnteringHollywoodlandLittleMiss SunshineMissPotterPan'sLabyrinthTheQueenStrangerThan FictionUnited93VenusVolverTheWind That Shakes The ...
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South Bank Awards nominees include The Queen, Red Road and United 93
TheSouth Bank Show Awards has announced the nominees for its 11th annual honours,to be presented on January 23 at the Savoy in London.Thenominess are spread across arts categories, with the best film nominees beingStephen Frears' The Queen, Paul Greengrass' United 93 and Andrea Arnold's Red Road. LarryCharles' Borat: Cultural Learnings ...
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Museum, Eragon continue rich run for Fox
After barely two weeks on release Fox International's Night AtThe Museum will belooking to cross $100m this weekend.The family film has amassed more than $75m so far and opens in anadditional 10, albeit minor, markets this weekend.Meanwhile the fantasy adventure Eragon, which opens in three Latin Americanmarkets including Argentina on ...
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LA PR agency MPRM reorganises structure, makes new appointments
Los Angeles-based mPRm Public Relations has reorganised itsoperational structure and named several key appointments.The company will now operate under the following broad practiceareas: General Entertainment, housing DVD and television; Digital Media andTechnology (DMT), which encompasses emerging and converging media; and Film& Events.mPRm has hired Anthony Sprauve as senior vice president ...
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Chan launches China talent search, production outfit
Hong Kong star Jackie Chan is planning to unearth the nextgeneration of action stars through a TV talent contest, and is establishing a Beijing-basedproduction company to produce vehicles in which they can perform. The star spoke of his planswhile visiting China recently during a break in the filming of Rush ...
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Paramount launches mobile phone portal
Paramount Pictures has launched a mobile phone portal totransmit content to mobile devices and promote theatrical and DVD releases.Visitors to the mobile film sites can buy tickets, take part inpromotions and opt in to receive studio alerts.'Paramount Pictures will now have a direct-to-consumerrelationship to deliver revenue-generating content, innovative mobilecampaigns, tailored ...
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Screen Actors Guild nominates DiCaprio for two films
The Screen Actors Guild has announced nominees for its 13th awards, with Leonardo DiCaprio nominated in both the leading actor and supporting actor categories for Blood Diamond and The Departed, respectively. Babel, Dreamgirls and Little Miss Sunshine each earned nominations in three categories, with Notes On A Scandal, The Departed, ...
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Universal Pictures International appoints Irish team
Universal Pictures International (UPI) UK & Eire has appointed an Irish team responsible for the sales, marketing and publicity of the company's products in Ireland.The move follows the ending of Universal and Paramount's joint distribution operation, UIP, in the territory.The Dublin UPI office, led by general manager David Burke, will ...
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PGA announces annual awards nominees
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) has announced the film nominees and eligible producers for the 18th Annual PGA Awards to take place on Jan 20 in Los Angeles.The nominees for the Darryl F Zanuck Producer of the Year Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures are:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Steve Golin, Jon ...
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Leading Asian filmmakers selected for HAF
Leading Asian directorsincluding South Korea'sKim Jee-woon, China's Lou Ye and Japan's Kore-eda Hirokazu are among the 25 filmmakers whohave had projects selected for this year's edition of the Hong Kong Asia FilmFinancing Forum (HAF). Kim, whose credits include A Bittersweet Life and A Tale Of TwoSisters, will bring his ...
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London counterfeit DVD factory discovered
The UK's Federation AgainstCopyright Theft has announced that four men have been arrested in Thamesmead,southeast London, after a counterfeit DVD factory was raided. Two Bexley Police officerstracked two men after noticing suspicious behaviour on Redbourne Road. The area was then searched and police dogs and ahelicopter were called in.The three-floor ...
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Gruppo DeAgostini takes over Mikado
Italian publishing giantGruppo DeAgostini has taken over local arthouse distributor Mikado from itsfounding partners Luigi Musini and Roberto Cicutto. The pair has operated thecompany for 25 years and will step aside as managers to handle the productionarm of the company.Mikado has distributedinternational films such as Zhang Yimou's Raise The Red ...
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Orange extends cinema ticket programme and strikes Disney content deal
Mobile phone network Orange has announced plans to continue its cinema ticketpromotion Orange Wednesdays into 2008.The programme offers 2-for-1cinema tickets on Wednesdays across the UK to Orange customers. Now Orange's two million broadband and dial-up Internetcustomers will also be eligible for the deal, previously offered only to mobilecustomers. In ...
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Happy Feet breaks Aussie opening record for local film
Most cinemagoers probablydon't know Happy Feet is Australian,but the animated musical set in Antarctica hasbroken the record for the biggest opening week by an Australian film.Distributor Roadshowreported that the film has entered the history books with a gross of $9.66m(A$12.128m) between and including Boxing Day (Dec 26) and New Year's ...
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Korean cinemagoers to face new ticket tax in July
Korean theaters willface a 3% tax levied on tickets starting July 1. The funds from the tax will beused to finance half of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism's '$4.3m-size' FilmIndustry Mid-to-long-term Development Plan, announced in October. South Korea's National Assembly passed the Bill forthe Partial Amendment for the Promotion ...