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IFFI promises to show Indian diversity to film world
The theme of the 37th International Film Festival of India Goa 2006 is 'Diversity of Indian cinema' and The Whole World Is One Family.The press conference to unveil the festival plans saw a predominance of Bollywood personalities, including Anupam Kher, Rahul Bose, Ashoke Pandit and Madhur Bhandarkar who all have ...
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Gheko buys rights to Spanish remake of Saving Grace
Spain's Gheko Films has bought the rights to remake Saving Grace in the Spanish language - with Carmen Maura attached in the Brenda Blethyn role for a Galicia shoot.This will follow the outfit's upcoming La Mula, to be directed by Il Postino's Michael Radford. La Mula's shoot is set for ...
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Swipe takes UK rights to Frankie and Princesses
London-based Swipe Films picked up UK rights to the Diane Kruger drama Frankie and the Spain's Goya-winning Princesses at the American Film Market. The feature film debut of Fabienne Berthaud, Frankie follows the vicissitudes of a top fashion model, played by Diane Kruger, who co-produced.The film was sold by MK2 ...
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Watts and Weaving among Australian Film Institute awards noms
TheAustralian Film Institute (AFI) has announced the nominees for itsinternational awards categories.Theyinclude Naomi Watts for her performance as a damsel in distress in King Kong, Hugo Weaving for bringing to life the protagonist in V for Vendetta, despite his mask, and Roger Donaldson for the quality of The World'sFastest Indian.Mostof ...
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Three world premieres among competition entries at Turin
The line-up for the 24th editionof the Turin Film Festival (November 10-18) includes a feature film competitiondedicated to first and second works with a $26,000 (Euro 20,500) prize.The competition features internationaltitles from Algeria, Lebanon, Italy, USA, Spain, the Philippines, Japan, China,Iran, and Kazakhstan.The titles include world premieres from Italy'sMauro Santini ...
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Venture capitalist Hoff to finance Vertigo chiller Echo
Roy Lee and Doug Davison'sprolific LA-based production outfit Vertigo Entertainment has secured thebacking of venture capitalist Robert Hoff and his new company RightOffEntertainment to fully finance The Echo, aremake of 2004 Filipino thriller Sigaw.Hoff, a general partner atCrosspoint Venture Partners since 1983, will executive produce the film whileLee and Davison ...
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AFM says it had record attendance levels, 1,573 buyers
The27th AFM, which has been severely affected by sporadic internet service at theLoews Hotel, has announced record attendance levels.OrganisersIFTA claim overall attendance climbed to 8,208, up 2% against last year's8,014.Thecurrent tally of buyers as of today is 1,573 from 61 countries, with mostnotable year-on-year rises coming from Mexico (up 57% ...
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Palm, Curiously Bright jointly acquire Peter Beard doc
PalmPictures & Arthouse Films and Curiously Bright Entertainment have jointlyacquired worldwide rights to the documentary Peter Beard: Scrapbooks FromAfrica & Beyond.Jean-ClaudeLuyat and Guillaume Bond's picture profiles the celebrated diarist, artist andphotographer and is narrated by Charlotte Rampling.Theproject features rare and never-before-seen footage of Mick Jagger, AndyWarhol, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, John ...
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PorchLight picks up international rights to VC Andrews pic Rain
PorchLight Entertainment has picked up international theatrical,broadcast and DVD rights to Rain starring Faye Dunaway and Robert Loggia.Based on the novel by VC Andrews, Rain follows the story of a witness to acrime who discovers the identity of her true mother while in protective custodyand goes on to become a ...
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UK effects house The Mill to open Los Angeles facility
UKadvertising and visual effects group The Mill is planning to open a majorfacility in Santa Monica, California.Thecompany, founded in London in 1990, recently opened a facility in New York andwill become the first post-production agency to operate in the three key globallocations for advertising production.Thenew office is due to open ...
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Strand buys US rights to Golden Bear winner Grbavica
StrandReleasing has acquired all US rights to Jasmila Zbanic's Grbavica: The LandOf My Dreams from Match Factory Films.Thepicture won the Golden Bear at Berlin earlier this year and has been selectedas Bosnia and Herzegovina's official entry for the foreign language Oscar. Italso received European Film Award nominations this week for ...
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MPD/Arclight joint venture Union Station buys Dark Corners
UnionStation Media has picked up all domestic rights from Shoreline Entertainment toRay Gower's psychological thriller Dark Corners. Thepicture stars Thora Birch and Toby Stephens in the story of a troubled youngwoman who wakes up one day as a different person and discovers she is beingstalked by malevolent creatures.Gowerwrote the screenplay ...
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BVI, SPRI extend relationship with joint venture in Russia
BuenaVista International, Inc. (BVI) and Sony Pictures Releasing International(SPRI) have formed a joint venture to distribute their respective films inRussia.Themove follows a similar agreement for South Korea struck by the parties lastmonth and takes effect on Jan 1, 2007.Russiabecomes the 15th territory in which the two companies are partners. The ...
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Scorsese signs four-year, first-look deal with Paramount
Martin Scorsese and Paramount Pictures have signed a four-yearfirst-look deal under which the filmmaker will direct and produce features,made-for-DVD, digital content and television for the studio and specialty labelParamount Vantage.The deal marks Scorsese's first overall pact in several years, andwill commence on Nov 1. Paramount will have the opportunity co-finance ...
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First Independent takes slew of territory rights on Green
GaryRubin's First Independent Pictures is extending its global reach and has pickedup US, Australian/New Zealand and South African rights from ShorelineEntertainment to the comedy Everything's Gone Green.FirstIndependent plans a spring 2007 US release for the project, based on the firstscreenplay by Generation X writer Douglas Coupland.Thestory centres on a slacker ...
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Directors reject review of Euro levy on copying technology
A group of Europe's leading film directors is demanding that a levy on manufacturers of audiovisual copying equipment to compensate artists remains at the heart of European copyright policies.The signatories - Pedro Almodovar, Ken Loach, Nanni Moretti, Costa Gavras, Mike Leigh, Lars Von Trier and the Dardennes brothers - have ...
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Film4 backs Duane Hopkins' feature debut Better Things
Film4 hascome on board for Duane Hopkins' Better Things, soon to start shooting in theUK, and Fabrice de Welz's Vinyan, in development.Hopkins,who previously wrote and directed award-winning shorts Field and Love Me Or Leave Me Alone, will make his feature debut withBetter Things,a story about troubled teenagers in the picturesque ...
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San Fu Maltha buys slew of films at AFM for new Indonesian operation
San Fu Maltha, the Dutch producer of Holland's Oscar entry BlackBook, has a dualexistence as joint managing director of new Indonesian distributor andexhibitor, Blitz. Through Queen, the acquisition arm of Blitz, he has picked upa raft of titles in the market.Films that Blitz will be releasing in Indonesia include TheSpirit ...
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All the buyers love Mandy Lane
The Weinstein Company has closed multiple territories on Jonathan Levine'shorror title All The Boys Love Mandy Lane, which recently received its world premiere at Toronto.Rights have gone to the UK (Optimum), Germany (Senator), France(TFM), Australia and New Zealand (Village Roadshow), and Russia (West Film Group).Deals also closed in South Korea ...
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inDplay signs up Allied Artists library
Licensing services companyinDplay.com has signed a deal with Allied Artists Corporation for its20,000-title library.Allied Artists will providetheir content to film and TV buyers globally by having it available on theinDplay video rights sales, acquisition and management platform. Last week, thefirst 200 titles were listed on the platform for browsing by ...