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Singapore's MDA, RGM set up loan guarantee scheme
Australian talent managementcompany RGM has set up a loan guarantee facility with Singapore's Media Development Authority (MDA) for theproduction of international films that include a Singapore production component.RGM relocated itsheadquarters to Singapore 18 months ago and established a media financing unitto provide gap finance for English-language film projects.The new loan ...
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Korean film picks up Golden Alexander at Thessaloniki
KoreanKim Tae-yong's second film Family Ties (Gajokeui Tansaeng) won the Golden Alexander for best film at the 47thThessaloniki International Film Festival and the $48,000 (37,000 Euros) cashprize.Thefilm was chosen from 14 first or second film titles by a seven-strong jury, ledby US independent producer Christine Vachon and featuring among its ...
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Vargas takes Golden Columbus at Huelva
Mexico'sFrancisco Vargas took the Golden Columbus and best photography prizes for his El Violin at the 32nd edition of Spain's Iberoamerican FilmFestival of Huelva (Nov 18-25).Thewinner,an alumnus of the Films in Progress initiative of the San Sebastian andToulouse film festivals and a past Cinefondation premiere in Cannes, is aboutthree men ...
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Exile, Love share top honours at Golden Horse Awards
Aaron Kwok secured best actorfor the second consecutive year at the 43rd Golden Horse Awards in Taipei on Saturday night for his role in Patrick Tam's After This Our Exile. The film also took best filmand best supporting actor for child star Goum Ian Iskandar. Jackie Chan hadpreviously won best ...
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Prooptiki takes Greek and Balkan rights to BBC's earth
During the Thessaloniki FilmFestival, BBC Worldwide and Greenlight Media have signed a deal with Balkandistributor Prooptiki for the $15m feature earth.The company, soon to beknown as Audio Visual/Prooptiki, will distribute the 90-minute feature inGreece, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro.The deal was brokered by Prooptiki'sEugenia Mitropoulos, and Sophokles Tasioulis on ...
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Dragon Fruit wins top prize at Taiwan projects market
Ivan C. Shih's ambitious 3Danimation fantasy project The Adventures Of Dragon Fruit took the main prize at the second TaiwanFilm & TV Project Promotion (TFTPP) event in Taipei yesterday. The presentations were amajor component of the 4th Taipei International TV, Film and Digital ContentsExhibition, held Nov 23-25.The Adventures Of DragonFruit ...
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Court throws out most family claims over Etre Et Avoir
The Paris High Court has dismissed most of the complaintslodged by a group of families seeking damages for their children's roles inNicolas Philibert's award-winning 2002 documentary Etre Et Avoir .The families attacked the filmmakers for illegal use oftheir children's images as well as an indemnity tied to the commercial use ...
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Warner Bros. picks up New Line titles for Benelux
Warners Bros. Benelux hasacquired all distributions rights of four new titles of New Line Cinema. It isthe first time both parties have closed a distribution deal for the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. The three titles will be distributed during 2007.The deal covers Chris Weitz'sThe Golden Compass, starring NicoleKidman, Daniel Craig ...
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Spain's Gijon festival opens with The History Boys
The 44th annual edition ofthe independent cinema-minded International Film Festival of Gijon, Spain (Nov23-Dec 1) kicked off Thursday with a line-up of international titles vying forofficial competition prizes. The top prize carries a $25,888 (Euros 20,000)purse for the Spanish distributor.Nicholas Hytner'stheatre-inspired UK hit The History Boys opened the festival, and ...
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Gaumont and Columbia dissolve joint venture
French and US majors Gaumont and Columbia TriStar Films havedecided not to renew a joint distribution venture they created in 2004. GaumontColumbia TriStar Film France was launched in July of 2004 for a period of threeyears and, according to a Gaumont press release Thursday, the partners havedecided to go their ...
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IDFA launches with film by new talent Rickels
The 19th InternationalDocumentary Film Festival Amsterdam began last night (Thursday) with ascreening of Jiska Rickels' 4 Elements. The film, a debut feature, was producedand partly financed by Black Book producer San Fu Maltha through his company FuWorks. Along with 17 other feature documentaries, it is in contention forIDFA's most prestigious ...
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Rutger Hauer to lead Rotterdam masterclass
The Rutger Hauer FilmfactoryRotterdam Foundation will an eight-day masterclass ledby Rutger Hauer.The Masterclass will be heldfrom Jan 24-Feb 1, 2007, to coincide with next year's edition of the International FilmFestival Rotterdam. During the masterclass, seven short films will be made andpremiered.During this intensiveeight-day masterclass, actor and film-maker Rutger Hauer will ...
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Japanese films moving towards 50% market share
The market share of Japanesefilms released in 2006 currently stands at 47% and is fast closing in oncombined Hollywood and foreign releases, according to Japan's leading businessnewspaper, the Nikkei Shimbun.In 2002, local filmsaccounted for an all-time low of 27.1% market share, but the past four yearshave seen year-on-year increases. In ...
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BAFTA launches public short competition
The British Academy of Film & Television Arts ( BAFTA ) has launched a new short film competition, 60 Seconds of Fame, in association with Orange and supported by BBC Nations and Regions and the UK’s regional screen agencies.
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Perhaps Love leads the pack in Golden Horse race
The nominations for the 43rd Golden Horse Awards for Chinese-language cinema were announced today in Taipei. Titles competing for Best Feature Film are Patrick Tam's After This Our Exile, Ning Hao's Crazy Stone, Johnnie To's Exiled, Peter Chan's Perhaps Love and Su Chao-pin's Silk. Musical Perhaps Love dominates the race ...
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Perhaps Love leads the pack in Golden Horse race
The nominations for the 43rd Golden Horse Awards for Chinese-language cinema were announced today in Taipei. Titles competing for Best Feature Film are Patrick Tam's After This Our Exile, Ning Hao's Crazy Stone, Johnnie To's Exiled, Peter Chan's Perhaps Love and Su Chao-pin's Silk.Musical Perhaps Love dominates the race to ...
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ASC to award International Achievement Award to Michael Ballhaus
Michael Ballhaus will receive the 2007 American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) International Achievement Award for 'the artful and enduring contributions that he has made to advancing the global art of film-making.'Ballhaus will collect the honour at the 21st Annual ASC Outstanding Achievement Awards in Los Angeles on Feb 18, 2007.Ballhaus ...
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Kenny takes top film prize at IF Awards
Hit comedy Kenny took home four Inside Film Awards, including best film and best script, while Ten Canoes and Suburban Mayhem took home three each. Ten Canoes, the first Australian feature to be made entirely in the indigenous language, earned Rolf de Heer and Peter Djigirr best director, and Crusoe ...
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German films set new market share record
German films have been sosuccessful with domestic cinemagoers this year that the 2006 market share forlocal production has already broken the record 24.5% posted two years ago. According to figurescollated by Nielsen EDI from Jan 2 to Nov 19, German films now have a marketshare of 25.7% thanks to the ...
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Beauty In Trouble takes Denver's Kieslowski Award
Jan Hrebejk's Beauty In Trouble was the winner of this year's Krzysztof Kieslowski Award for best feature film at the Starz Denver Film Festival (SDFF).For the first time this year, Screen International partnered with SDFF to present the Kieslowski award, a juried award given to a feature film which reflects ...