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Happyness for Sony at US box office
Will Smith drama The Pursuit of Happynessbeat two other family-oriented new releases to top the North American boxoffice chart this weekend -- and give distributor Sony the biggest single-yearaggregate gross ever recorded. Fox's fantasy adventure Eragon openedsolidly in second place while Paramount's new live-action version of classicchildren's book Charlotte's Web ...
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Seven film shortlisted for visual effects Academy Award
Seven film have been shortlisted for consideration for the visual effects Oscar by the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (AMPAS).They are Casino Royale, Night At The Museum, Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Poseidon, Superman Returns and X-Men The Last Stand.On Jan 17, the Academy's visual effects ...
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The Host sweeps Korea's Blue Dragon Awards
Bong Joon-ho's monster film The Host swept Korea's 27th Blue Dragon Awards this Friday (Dec 15),scooping six awards including Best Picture.Producer Choi Yong-bae saidof the film, which is the country's box office record holder with 13 millionadmissions, "I was concerned the film's box office record was overshadowing itsartistic merits," but ...
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Palm Springs to open with Outsourced close with Tiger's Tail
The Palm Springs International Film Festival will open its18th annual event on Jan 4 with the US premiere of John Jeffcoat's Outsourced about a salesman who heads to India to train hisreplacement after his entire department is outsourced. It will close on Jan 14with the North American premiere of John ...
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New production venture to back low-budget UK films
A new joint venture between UK production outfit Matador Pictures and Regent Capital is to provide up to 30% of the budgets on a series of films qualifying for the new British tax break.The initiative - called Cinema One - will be focused on backing four to five films with ...
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Golden Globes: the nominations
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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Babel, Dreamgirls and The Departed lead Globes nominations
Paramount Vantage’s maiden release Babel leads the field heading into January’s 64th Golden Globe Awards with seven nominations, while Helen Mirren earned three acting nods, Leonardo DiCaprio picked up two, and Forest Whitaker kept his robust prospects alive with a nomination for The Last King Of Scotland.
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Arthur Penn to receive Berlin lifetime honour
Veteran American director Arthur Penn will receive a Golden Bear for Lifetime Achievement at the forthcoming Berlinale (February 8-18, 2007) as part of a 10-film homage being held in his honour during the festival.The homage will include such classic titles as Bonnie And Clyde, Alice's Restaurant, and Little Big Man."Arthur ...
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Aria Films signs on to represent Cinecitta in UK
London-based AriaFilms has been appointed the UK intermediary for Cinecitta Studios in Rome.Carlo Dusilaunched Aria in 2002 as an international co-financing and productionspecialist. The company's work with Cinecitta will aim to grow high-levelproductions with emphasis on the studio's post-production facilities.The legendaryCinecitta, known for productions from Fellini's classics to recent filmsincluding ...
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UK cinemagoing survey to change format
The UK's annual research into cinema andits audiences, CAVIAR (Cinema and Video Audience Research) is being revamped bythe CAA for its 24th study.The studyis being rebranded as FAME (Film Audience Measurement and Evaluation) and will providein-depth insight into film viewing across cinema, DVD, online and new emerging formats. FAME will ...
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Dublin's art-house Light House Cinema revived
The Lighthouse Cinema, atone time Dublin's only arthouse which fell foul of the celtic tiger's appetitefor urban redvelopment, is to be re-established as a four-screen, 600-seat sitelate next year.Founder Neil Connolly,together with Maretta Dillon (Access Cinema), David Collins (Samson Films) andDavid Kavanagh (formerly of the European Script Fund) have secured ...
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Sohonet upgrades services at Pinewood
Digital media network Sohonethas recently completed a total upgrade in the fiber infrastructure at PinewoodStudios. The studio worked closelywith Sohonet to plan and implement the upgrade, which enhances Pinewood's networkingand data-transfer capabilities. A similar upgrde is ongoing at SheppertonStudios.Since 2002, Pinewood hasbeen a part of the Sohonet community, which also ...
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MEDIA grants $14,000 to EFP for 2007 programmes
The MEDIAProgramme of the European Union will back European Film Promotion with $859,430(Euros 650,000) for EFP's promotional events and activities and a further $568,546(Euros 430,000) for Film Sales and Support. In 2007 EFPwill organise seven promotional events, including Picture Europe!, highlightingnational box-office hits outside their country of origin; Shooting Stars ...
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French film admissions up 10% over last year
Compared to the same timelast year, France's film admissions are up 10.4% thus far in 2006.In total, 167.5m ticketshave been sold as of the end of November with the month marking a 13% climbover November 2005. While the score is not a record, it is a big improvementover October which ...
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Warp X and Channel 4 on board for Breakout scheme
Warp X andthe Channel 4 British Documentary Film Foundation (Britdoc) have partneredforBreakout, a year-longdevelopment programme for black and minority ethnic film-makers. The programmeis supported by Skillset and Breakout Training and Development in associationwith Screen East and the University of East Anglia.Thenational scheme will work with writers, directors and writer/directors onlow-budget ...
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France's Elia Films gets $13,200 production prize
France's Institute for the Financing of Cinema & Cultural Industry (IFCIC)has awarded its third annual "young independent production company" prize toElia Films.The award was created in2004 and comes with a $13,216 (Euros 10,000) purse, which goes to a companythat has successfully sought financing for and either prepared or produced afeature ...
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European Commission shelves plans to reform copying levy
The European Commission has shelved plans to review the levy which forces manufacturers of copying technology, such as iPods and even blank DVDs, to compensate artists, including film-makers.The levy, or "fair compensation," takes the form of a tax on gadgets although the costs are generally passed on as higher prices ...
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Pirates DVD sells 10.5m units in first week for Buena Vista
Pirates OfThe Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest sold 10.5 million units in its first week of release in NorthAmerica, putting it on course to become the biggest live-action DVD seller ofall time and the biggest DVD of the year.Results overseashave been similarly impressive. Pirates has sold nearly 1.5 million copies inits ...
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Sundance names 12 screenplays in Jan 2007 Screenwriters Lab
12 projects covering themes ranging from the Haitian immigrationexperience to the legacy of violence in Argentina make the cut for the SundanceInstitute's annual Screenwriters Lab, which takes place from Jan 12-17 2007 atthe Sundance Resort in Utah.The five-day writer's workshop gives independent screenwriters theopportunity to work intensively on their feature ...
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Vivendi won't sell its 20% stake in NBC Universal
Vivendi has announced thatit will not exercise a right to unload its 20% share of NBC Universal inJanuary.Under a 2004 deal whichsaw Vivendi sell Universal to GE, the former retained a 20% stake in the newlyformed NBC Universal and was given the option to begin selling in 2006 althoughthat option ...