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Borat, Prada give Fox international leadership
Fox International scored a one-two punch at the weekend as Borat and The Devil Wears Prada ruled the roost.Boratcrushed the competition as it grossed an estimated $17.7m from 993 screens in17 markets, powered by a stunning $11.5m number one debut in the UK.The comedy, which dominated the North American charts ...
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Writer/director Leonard Schrader dies of heart failure
Oscar-nominated screenwriterand director Leonard Schrader died of heart failure in Los Angeles on Nov 2. In his work, Leonard shared hisyounger brother Paul Schrader's obsession with exploring death and violence.Some of his best-known filmsare those he wrote with his brother, among them The Yakuza and Blue Collar. He also ...
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Rotterdam festival increases international industry reach
International Film FestivalRotterdam (IFFR) has launched a major initiative to raise its internationalindustry profile. At AFM this week, IFFR's new head of international PR Marnixvan Wijk has been assiduously courting sellers and buyers in a bid to lure themto the Netherlands for next year's event, which takes place Jan 24 ...
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Gaga moves into genre production with Ryuhei Kitamura
Japan's Gaga Communications,which has recently made a push into production with a slate of dramas, is nowmoving into genre filmmaking with cult Japanese director Ryuhei Kitamura.Kitamura, who shot tointernational recognition with sword-fighting splatterfest Versus in 2001, is developing three projects for Gaga. Thefirst, entitled Yoroi, is anaction horror title about ...
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Mischa Barton to star in Malice In Sunderland
The team behindMichael Radford's Flawless has reteamed with Future Films for Malice InSunderland, set to starMischa Barton.Simon Fellowswill direct the contemporary take on the Lewis Carroll classic, scripted byJayson Rothwell. The UK shoot will start in early 2007.Fellowspreviously directed 7 Seconds with Wesley Snipes and Second In Command and Til ...
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AFM Internet problems continue to frustrate sellers
As Internet outagescontinued to frustrate AFM attendees, market organizers said that no decisionhad been made about compensating exhibitors for their headaches.After Internet outagethroughout the Loews for most of Thursday, there was spotty access on Fridayand another outage on Saturday from 8:30 am until after 3 pm. The Loewscontinued to blame ...
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Revolver signs AFM deals for Zoo and Tell No One
UK distributor RevolverEntertainment has announced several key acquisitions for its 2007 releaseslate, with two new titles acquired here at AFM: Guillaume Canet's Tell NoOne (Ne Le Dis A Personne) fromEuropaCorp and Robinson Devor's Zoofrom ThinkFilm.Tell No One, based on Harlan Coben's novel, is a French-languagethriller starring Canet with Kristin Scott ...
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Strand buys two for North America from Fortissimo
Strand Releasing has pickedup North American rights to two films from Fortissimo Films - ApichatpongWeerasethakul's Syndromes And A Century and Tsai Ming-liang's I Don't Want To Sleep Alone. Both films, which played in competition at theVenice Film Festival and at Toronto, were commissioned as part of the City OfVienna's New ...
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Six Sales sells titles to Beverly Hills, Quality in Latin America
Madrid-based sales outfitSix Sales has sold Latin American rights to Beverly Hills Enterainment for itsnew CGI animated feature Noah's Lark. The film is directed by LA-based Raul Garcia, whose previous creditsinclude Aladdin, through new company Kandor Graphics. Itwill be ready for delivery in 2008.Six Sales is also doing aroaring trade ...
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TWC buys North American rights to Klaus Barbie doc
The Weinstein Company (TWC) has bought North American rights fromWild Bunch to Kevin MacDonald's upcoming Klaus Barbie documentary My Enemy'sEnemy.My Enemy's Enemy investigates the legacy of the former Gestapo commander known as'The Butcher Of Lyon' who terrorised Lyon and the surrounding region fromNovember 1942 to August 1944.The project follows Barbie ...
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Celluloid banks on Asian directors, strikes studio deals
Paris-based sales andproduction outfit Celluloid Dreams is to handle sales on Camera D'Or winnerNaomi Kawase's new feature, provisionally titled Mogari No Mori. The film, in post-production and likely to be vyingfor a place in official selection in Cannes, is about an old man saying goodbyeto his dead widow. This old ...
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Others and Volver lead European Film Awards noms
German hit The Lives Of Others, which was controversially snubbed by both Berlin and Cannes, has won six European Film Award nominations including those for film, director and screenwriter. The only other title with six nods was Pedro Almodovar's widely loved Volver. Both films are considered frontrunners for this year's ...
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Volver, Babel bookend Goa International Film Festival
Pedro Almodovar's Volver will open the 37th International FilmFestival of India Goa which runs from Nov 23 to Dec 3. Alejandro GonzalezInarritu's Babel is the closingnight film.Films from 40 countries willbe screened in the "Cinema Of The World" section and the festival will featureretrospectives of the work of actor Javier ...
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Momentum buys sci-fi movie Tomo from Becker
Momentum Pictures has boughtUK rights to Paul Catling's science fiction movie Tomo from Becker International. The film, which has beendeveloped and will be produced by Matthew Justice, is based on the short filmof the same name which won the international short film prize at the 2004Sundance Film Festival.The deal was ...
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Trust takes on sales of Kormakur's Jar City
Danish salesoutfit Trust has taken on international sales of Baltasar Kormakur's JarCity. The film hasalready enjoyed the biggest opening in Icelandic history, racking up admissionsof over 60,000 - representing one in five of the population - since its releasein mid-October.All territoriesare open excluding Germany, where ADR has taken the rights, ...
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THINKFilm closes sales on three titles with distributor trio
THINKFilm is drawing stronginterest on its sales slate at AFM and has closed a number of deals on threetitles.Rights to Ripple Effect have gone to Luxor in Russia, HollywoodEntertainment in Greece, and Front Row in the Middle East.Ripple Effect stars Forrest Whitaker, who is earning rave reviewsfor his portrayal of ...
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Jinga closes Netherlands deal on Winstone-starrer Everything
At its first AFM, recentlyformed UK sales outfit Jinga has closed deals on a raft of titles.The UK-based company, run bydirector-producer-sales agent Julien Richards, Rosana Coutinho and Mike Tims,has now sold BAFTA-nominated Everything, starring Ray Winstone (The Departed) to Indie Films for the Netherlands and is fieldingoffers from the US, ...
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Kimmel sells multiple territories for Death At A Funeral
Sidney KimmelEntertainment's foreign sales arm Kimmel Internationalhas closedmultiple territories on comedy Death At A Funeral starringMatthew Macfadyen, Peter Dinklage andEwen Bremner.Rights have gone to Germany(Concorde), Italy (Mikado), Spain (DeaPlaneta), Scandinavia (Scanbox),and South Africa (Nu Metro).Frank Oz directed the project aboutdysfunctional British relativeswho attend the riotous funeral of afamily patriarch. Alan ...
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Sony goes for Untraceable starring Diane Lane
Sony Pictures has made itssecond major buy here with the acquisitionof North American and LatinAmerican rights to Gregory Hoblit's FBIcybercop thriller Untraceable starring Diane Lane.Screen Gems will release theproject in North America and SonyPictures Releasing International willdistribute in Latin America. Screen Gems president Clint Culpepper did the dealwith LakeshoreInternational, which ...
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Hong Kong film festival sets new industry direction
The Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) is changing dates next year - to coincide with Hong Kong Filmart - and is undergoing a major repositioning to reflect changes in the international festival scene.Next year's HKIFF will open on March 20 and run for 18 days. The first nine days ...