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Alliance Atlantis MPD renews with New Line, retains Loewy
Alliance Atlantis' Motion Picture Distribution announced ithas reached an agreement with New Line Cinema to continue its Canadian outputdeal through December 31, 2008. The company has also settled the legal wrangle with formerchairman Victor Loewy, former CEO Patrice Theroux and former senior counselPaul Laberge. Today's announcements lay to rest months ...
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Argentina goes for Family Law as Oscar hopeful
The Argentinian Academy of Film Arts and Science hasselected Daniel Burman's fifth feature Family Law as its submission for the foreign language filmcategory at next year's Academy Awards.The E1.7 million Argentinian-French-Spanish-Italianco-production follows a justice department official (Daniel Hendler) who isforced to confront life-changing decisions when his father dies.Family Law wasselected ...
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Center, Prada launch in key territories
Summit Entertainment/Constantin's murder drama Perfume will look to continue its international leadthis weekend through strong holds.The picture took $11.3m last weekend and currently stands at morethan $39.7m on the back of impressive early runs in German-speaking Europe, CISand Italy.Buena Vista International's (BVI) Pirates of The Caribbean:Dead Man's Chest hastaken $626.4m ...
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China confirms Golden Flower as Oscar entry
As anticipated, China has selected Zhang Yimou's Curse Of The Golden Flower as its submission for the best foreign-languagefilm category at next year's Academy Awards.Beijing New Picture Film Co,which produced the film, confirmed the decision made by a selection committee organisedby the Film Bureau under China's State Administration of Radio, ...
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Israel chooses Sweet Mud as Oscar submission
Dror Shaul's drama Sweet Mud has been named as the official Israeli submission for thisyear's foreign-language Oscar category. The film, set in a kibbutz in the1970s, follows a 12 year-old boy and his attempts to navigate the needs of hisemotionally fragile mother.Sweet Mud was given four Ophir awards in Sept ...
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UK Film Council delegation headed to Pusan
The UK Film Council isworking with UK Trade and Investment to bring a delegation from the UK film industry from Oct 12-20 to Korea to attend the Pusan International Film Festival,Pusan Promotion Plan and Asian Film Market.The UK companies represented are Capitol Films, CelsiusEntertainment, Hanway Films, High Point Films, Independent ...
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Dimension signs two-year deal with Stoopid Monkey
Dimension Films has signed a two-picture deal with Seth Green andMatthew Senreich's Stoopid Monkey Productions.The agreement includes the stop-motion animated holiday feature NaughtyOr Nice and alive-action untitled comedy.Green and Senreich will produce both projects as they make theirfirst forays into theatrical features. The pair created, write, direct andserve as executive ...
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Mexico and Belgium announce their Oscar entries
Pan's Labyrinth has been announced as Mexico's entry into the Oscars' foreign-language film category.Directed by Guillermo DelToro, whose previous films include Hell Boy, Cronosand The Devil's Backbone, Pan's Labyrinth is a dark fairytale set in post-civil war Spain. In the movie, a young girl's fantasy world overlapswith real-life Fascist Spain.Pan's ...
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Post-war Beirut festival welcomes 40 international guests
AyamBeirut Al Cinema'iya, the first festivalto take place in Lebanon since the war, wrapped Sept 23 after a nine-dayfestival that opened with the world premiere of Michel Kammoun's Falafel, and screened 40 features,shorts and documentaries, mainly from or about the Arab world.Now in its fourth year, thefestival has gained a ...
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Films In Progress champions Latin America's emerging talent
Celebrating its 10th anniversary,San Sebastian's Films InProgress initiative is this year backing some of the lesser lights in LatinAmerican cinema who hope to make a name for themselves on the international circuit,including controversial Chilean director Luis Vera.Films InProgress has already launched several Latin American and Spanish films,including Tristan Bauer's Falkland ...
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Icon and Lionsgate projects backed in latest FFC round
A vampire filmbacked by Lionsgate, a drama marking Icon's biggest commitment to an Australianfilm, and the first co-production with China are among five Australian films that havesecured financing in the latest round from Film Finance Corporation Australia.Twinwriter-directors Michael and Peter Spierig, who sold their low-budgetself-financed horror film Undead toLionsgate, have ...
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Spain backs Almodovar's Volver in Oscar race
Spain has selected Pedro Almodovar's Volver as its submission for the foreign language Academy Award.Almodovar is clearly astrong contender: Volver has alreadyearned rave reviews internationally and picked up the best script and bestactress prizes in Cannes for its female cast, led by star Penelope Cruzand early Almodovar muse Carmen Maura. ...
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Spanish partners establish new consortium 6 Sales
A group of partners havejoined to establish new Spain-based international sales consortium 6 Sales, thepartners announced at the Donostia-San Sebastian International Film Festival. Enrique Posner, formergeneral manager of Warner Bros Pictures International Espana who is now in theprocess of acquiring a non-entertainment company with assets to properties forfilm and TV, ...
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Emerging to stage 14-city US tour of nine Latin films on digital network
Emerging Pictures, the New York-based digital cinema network, hascurated a 14-city US tour of nine pictures from the Film Society of LincolnCenter's LatinBeat 2006 film festival.All pictures will screen in their original language alongsideEnglish subtitles, and the tour will commence in early October following theFilm Society screenings in New York.Titles ...
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AFI launches first DC French Film Festival in Silver Spring
The American Film Institute (AFI), The French-American CulturalFoundation, La Maison Francaise and the National Gallery of Art have launchedthe First Annual DC French Film Festival C'est Chic: New Films From France.Running from Oct 12-28 at AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Centerin Silver Spring, Maryland, the event will feature latest work ...
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Soros/Sundance Documentary Fund launches tenth anniversary film series in NYC
The Open Society Institute and Sundance Institute have curated a seriesof 19 international documentaries that will screen at New York's Film Forumfrom Oct 26-29.The Soros/Sundance Documentary Fund: A 10th Anniversary FilmSeries, showcases social justice and human rights documentaries made with supportfrom the fund, and opens with Mandy Jacobsen and Karmen ...
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NZFC announces new short film manager
The New Zealand FilmCommission has announced that Juliette Veber will take on their newly created role of Short FilmSales and Marketing Manager. Veber, whose post begins on Oct 2, has worked in thefilm industry for 10 years. She produced the feature film Toy Love, directed byHarry Sinclair, and associate produced ...
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Astronaut Farmer to close Hamptons Film Festival
Michael Polish's drama The Astronaut Farmer starring Billy Bob Thornton will closethe 14th Annual Hamptons International Film Festival, which runs from Oct18-22. As previously announced,Philip Haas' The Situation will open the festival.15 world and eight North American premieres will be featured atthe festival. Among the world premieres are Brad ...
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Hong Kong selects Banquet; Taiwan chooses Cha Cha
Hong Kong has selected period epic The Banquet as its entry for the best foreign-language filmcategory of next year's Academy Awards.The film, directed by China's Feng Xiaogang, is a co-production between Hong Kong's Media Asia and Beijing-based Huayi Brothers. It recently premiered atVenice and has grossed $13m across Chinese-speaking territories ...
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Odeon purchases two new cinema sites
The UK'slargest cinema chain, Odeon, has announced that they will be opening two new cinemas. Anew site in Medway, Kentand the acquisition of the Vue cinema in Basingstoke,Hampshire, sees Odeon now owning a total of 110 cinemas and 843 screensnationwide.The Odeon cinema in Kentwill be a state-of-the-art nine-screen multiplex built ...