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Jia's Still Life added to Venice competition
Chinese director JiaZhangke's Still Life (Sanxia Haoren) has been added to thecompetition section of this year's Venice International Film Festival, whichwraps on Saturday.Shot in the village of Fengjie on the Yangtze River, the film is set in the very near future when thevillage has been submerged by the Three Gorges ...
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Maundy Thursday set for April release in Japan
Korea's Prime Entertainment has announced that Song Hae-sung's Maundy Thursday will be released by AmuseEntertainment in Japan in April 2007.Amuse was an investor in the$4.2m film which revolves around the relationship between a man on death rowfor committing three murders and a woman who has attempted three times to killherself. ...
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China bans Summer Palace director for five years
Following months ofspeculation, Chinese authorities have finally made a statement aboutcontroversial Cannes competition entry Summer Palace, banning both the directorLou Ye and producer Nai An from making films in China for five years. According to the Beijing-basedLegal Mirror newspaper, the filmmaking duo has been banned for submitting thefilm to Cannes ...
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Metrodome works with Moodysson for Container installation
UK distributor Metrodome will launch Lukas Moodysson's new film Containerat London's ICA tied in with a unique art installation. The installation, Inside The Head Of Lukas Moodysson: The Container Crypt, will have threeseparate screens playing the film, at different intervals. The film will belooped on the three walls, with only ...
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Alatriste opens well in Spain but doesn't break records
The hugely awaited Viggo Mortensen-starrer Alatriste, themost expensive Spanish production ever, scored well during its opening weekendin its home market but fell short of breaking local records.According to provisionalfigures from Nielsen EDI, Alatriste took around $5.8m (Euros 4.5m) in its openingweekend, which would leave it trailing local record holders Torrente ...
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Copenhagen selects competitors for fourth, later festival
The fourthCopenhagen International Film Festival (Sept 21 to Oct 1) is spearheaded by tenEuropean films competing for the Golden Swan Awards. The jury of Robby Muller,Pawel Pawlikowski, Greta Scacchi, Kornel Mundruczo and Danish actress GhitaNorby will be judging the following films in competition: Mouth To Mouth (Bjorn Runge, Sweden)Happy As ...
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FIPRESCI to give Grand Prix to Almodovar's Volver
Pedro Almodovar'sVolver willreceive FIPRESCI's Grand Prix for Best Film of theYear during the San Sebastian International Film Festival.The annual award will bepresented to producer Agustin Almodovar on Sept 21,during the opening gala of the festival. The prize from TheInternational Federation of Film Critics is voted on by more than 350 ...
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Warner Home Video plans UK HD DVD and Blu-ray releases
Warner Home Video has announced plans to deliver its firsttitles in the HD DVD and Blu-rayformats in the UK. The first releases in theformat, both recent films and catalogue titles, will be available in late 2006.Titles already announced for UK release in HD DVD and Blu-rayare Batman Begins, Harry Potter ...
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Warsaw to open with Karwowski's South By Northwest
The 22nd edition of theWarsaw International Film Festival will open Oct 6 with the world premiere of Lukasz Karwowski's South By Northwest.The programme, which runsuntil Oct 15, will include roughly 140 films from 48 countries. Czech filmmaker Petr Zelenka will chair the jury,which will award the Nescafe Grand Prix and ...
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EFA announces 12 nominees for audience awards
The European Film Academy hasopened votes for its People's Choice Award, which allows audiences across Europe to votefor their favourite film. Nominees for this year's People's Choice Award are:Adam'sApples by Anders Thomas JensenTheElementary Particles by Oskar RoehlerThe Childby Jean-Pierre & Luc DardenneMerryChristmas by Christian CarionThe MarchOf The Penguins by Luc ...
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Oliver Stone recruited for BAFTA's David Lean Lecture
BAFTAhas announced that Oliver Stone will deliver its David Lean Lecture on Sept 6 atAcademy headquarters in Piccadilly, London.DavidParfitt, chairman of Bafta'sfilm committee, will introduce Stone, who will deliver the lecture and thendiscuss his past work and forthcoming film WorldTrade Center with critic Mark Kermode. 'OliverStone is that rare thing ...
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Invincible remains North American box office champ
BuenaVista's American football drama Invincible held on to the number one spot with a $15.2m four-day haul over theLabor Day holiday weekend and stayed ahead of new releases Crank in second place and The Wicker Man in third.FoxSearchlight's comedy Little Miss Sunshinefell one place to fourth on an excellent $9.7m ...
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Fuji TV unveils fourth spin-off in Bayside franchise
Fuji TV has announcedanother entry in its successful Bayside Shakedownfilm and TV franchise - Bengoshi HaijimaHideki (Hideki Haijima, Esq.) - to bedirected by Daisaku Kobayashi and star actor and TV presenter Norito Yashima.The TV movie will be thefourth spin-off produced since the release of the original feature film in 1998and ...
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The Host smashes record for Korea's biggest local film
Bong Joon-ho's The Host smashed Korea's all-time box office admissions record over theweekend, racing towards the record faster than any previous release.The monster sci-fi filmsurpassed previous record-holder King AndThe Clown's 12.3 million admissions on Saturday afternoon (Sept 2) with12.37 million admissions, and it's estimated that a further 90,000 were addedon ...
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Bostock named to new post as sales director of ITN Source
ITN Source, formerly ITN Archive, has expanded with the appointment of David Bostockto the new position of sales director.Bostock will be responsible for building, developing andmanaging ITN Source's sales operation, overseeing the UK team from the London headquarters. He previously managed the UK sales operation for AdLinkInternet Media.ITN Source recently ...
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BVI's Pirates holds international crown for ninth weekend
Pirates of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest closed its ninth consecutive weekend asthe number one international picture as it took another significant stridetowards the $1bn global mark.Adding an estimated $11m through Buena Vista International (BVI),the smash adventure sequel reached $579.1m in overseas revenues and $991.9mworldwide and is expected to cross ...
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Granada steps up film commitment after Queen success
Following its success with The Queen, UK TV company Granada is to step up its commitment to feature film.Granada's controller of Drama and Comedy Andy Harries, speaking in Venice, has given details of a slate of new projects the company is developing. These include films with talent ranging from Paul ...
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San Fu Maltha ready to fly with De Bernieres bestseller
BlackBookproducer San Fu Maltha has optioned bestseller BirdsWithout Wings from Louis De Bernieres, whose Captain Corelli's Mandolin was filmed in 2001 by WorkingTitle. Thestory is set in 19th Century Turkey, just as the Ottoman empire is beginning tocrumble. Dealingwith life in a small village split by religious and political tension, ...
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Consultant questions Venice's industry credentials
With 300 buyers in attendance and 80 market screenings, this year's Venice Festival would appear to be catering to industry demands as thoroughly as it can, given the Lido's awkward infrastructure. But Edith Grant, consultant to Venice's industry office, has questioned how deep the Biennale's commitment to staging a meaningful ...
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Frears' Queen is royally received
Regal mania gripped the Lido following this weekend's world premiere of Stephen Frears' The Queen in competition at the Venice Festival. Frears, Helen Mirren and the film's producers received a standing ovation at their press conference.There was a whiff of republicanism as Frears met the British press in the gardens ...