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King And The Clown rings Korea's Grand Bell
Korean box officerecord-holder King And The Clown,directed by Lee Joon-ik, swept Korea's 43rd Grand Bell Awards on Friday (July21).Nominated in an all-timehigh of 15 categories, the film took seven awards including best film, bestdirector and best leading actor for Gam Woo-sung who played a masculine courtjester.Lee Joon-ki, who shot tostardom ...
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COMIC-CON: Studio, Singer eye 2009 Superman sequel
Bryan Singer is in talks with Warner Bros top brass to direct a high-action Superman sequel to open no later than 2009.Speaking at the COMIC-CON popular culture convention here in San Diego, Singer said he had not agreed terms yet but confirmed he was keen to make the picture."Now that ...
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Rock band biopic wins best film at Cinemalaya
Michael Sandejas' Tulad Ng Dati was named best film at thesecond Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival in Manila last night.The digital film based onthe story of rock band The Dawn alsotook away best sound and shared the best editing award with Rotonda. Ron Bryant was named bestdirector for Rotonda. Batad: Sa ...
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Bet Collector scoops top prizes at Cinefan
The Bet Collector, directed by the Philippines' Jeffrey Jeturian, was awarded best film and bestactress for Gina Pareno's performance in the Asian Competition at Osian'sCinefan in New Delhi on Sundaynight. Pareno plays a middle-agedhousewife who collects bets for the illegal game of 'jueteng' in the film,which also picked up ...
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De Palma's The Black Dahlia to open Venice
Brian De Palma will returnto the Biennale with a film for the first time in 14 years as it was announcedhis star-studded film noir The Black Dahlia will open the 63rd Venice International FilmFestival on Aug 30.Scarlett Johansson, Hilary Swank, Josh Hartnett and Aaron Eckhart star in theJames Ellroy adaptation ...
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Icon Productions options Libba Bray fantasy trilogy
Icon Productions hasoptioned the rights to Libba Bray's best-selling trilogy about four rebelliousteenagers in Victorian England who discover a portal to another world.The UK's Firstsight Films will partner with Icon and director Charles Sturridgeon the first title in the trilogy, A Great And Terrible Beauty.Icon president Bruce Davey and Firstsight's ...
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UK's Cinema Extreme open for next round of shorts funding
Cinema Extreme, the short film initiative from FilmFour and the UK Film Council's New Cinema Fund, is taking applications for its new funding round. Up to $92,447 (£50,000) will be awarded to the selected short film projects. Those accepted go through a development programme. The scheme's first two years backed ...
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Spacek joins Paramount comedy Hot Rod
Sissy Spacek has joinedParamount's comedy Hot Rodalongside the Saturday Night Live (SNL) comedy duo Andy Samberg and JormaTaccone.SNL writer Akiva Schaffer makes his directorial debut on the story of anaccident-prone daredevil who plans to jump a river on a moped in a bid to winhis stepfather's approval.Lorne Michaels and John ...
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Locarno drops Israeli sponsor in bombings protest
As aresponse to Israel's bombing of Lebanon, the Locarno International Film Festivalhas decided to drop the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs as one of thesponsors of this year's Leopards of Tomorrow sidebar. A group offilmmakers, including Palestinian directors Elia Suleiman, Sameh Zoabi,Annemarie Jacir and Lebanese-born Elie Khalife and Myrna Maakaron, ...
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Gravehopping takes top prize at Serbian festival
Festival favourite Slovenian Jan Cvitkovic's Gravehopping won the Golden Tower prizefor the best film at the 13th Festival of European Film at Palic,Serbia (July 15-21). The film had already won the Grand Prize at Cottbus, aspecial mention at Ljubljana and best director award at San Sebastian.The Palic Tower for unique ...
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Pirates buoyant, Lady underwater
Buena Vista's world-beatingpirates ruled the waves for the third consecutive weekend and swept past $300m,as Sony's Monster House trailedin its wake in second place and M Night Shyamalan's Lady In The Water capsized in third.Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest added an estimated $35m to raise the domestic tally ...
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BVI rejoices as Pirates, Cars cross century marks
Buena Vista International(BVI) remained the dominant distributor overseas this weekend as the number onepicture Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and Cars togethergrossed an estimated $70m.Once again Dead Man's Chest was asizeable presence on the international stage as it added $62m to raise thetally to $217m.It became the 20th ...
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Double joy for BVI as Pirates, Cars cross century marks
Buena Vista International(BVI) remained the dominant distributor overseas this weekend as the number onepicture Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and Cars togethergrossed an estimated $70m.Once again Dead Man's Chest was asizeable presence on the international stage as it added $62m to raise thetally to $217m.It became the 20th ...
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COMIC-CON: Russell heads Grindhouse cast
Kurt Russell will star in DeathProof, Quentin Tarantino's segmentof the horror double feature Grindhouse he and Robert Rodriguez are shooting for The Weinstein Company (TWC).Russell joins TWC regular Rosario Dawson, Zoe Bell, Vanessa Ferlito, Jordan Ladd,Rose McGowan in the slasher project.Tarantino made the announcement at the annual COMIC-CON event here, ...
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New Marbella festival to offer four competition sections
Dancing For Oliver, a documentary about the making of the dancesequences in Oliver Stone's Alexander,is one of approximately 50 films to screen at the first International FilmFestival of Marbella, Spain this Sept 8-10.The festival, funded by thecharitable organization New World Trust, aims to promote new filmmakers fromaround the world. Organizers ...
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Film London revamps local film funds
Film London has started the London Borough Film Fund Challenge to stimulate local film-makingacross the city. The aim is for every London resident to have access to a local film fund. Fivenew "cluster" funds are being created to represent 13 London boroughs. They are Eastern Edge Film Fund forBarking & ...
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Adam's Apples takes top prize at Puchon
The Puchon InternationalFantastic Film Festival (PiFan) held its closing ceremony yesterday with thetop Puchon Choice award going to Adam'sApples from Danish director Anders Thomas Jensen. Adam's Apples also won the best actor award, which was shared by Ulrich Thomsen andMads Mikkelsen, while best director went to Stormfrom Sweden's Mans Marland ...
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Gravehopping takes best film at European Film Festival
Slovenian director JanCvitkovic's Gravehopping (Odgrobadogroba) took home the Golden TowerAward for best film in the main programme of the 13th European Film Festival inPalic (July 15-21).The Palic Tower Award forUnique Artistic Approach went to Berlin-based filmmaker Detlev Buck'shard-hitting urban drama Tough Enough (Knallhart) which had itspremiere at the Berlinale in ...
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Warner China Film unveils local release slate
Following its success with thedistribution of Ning Hao's black comedy CrazyStone, Warner China Film HG Corporation has announced its release slate forthe rest of the year. Produced by Hong Kong star Andy Lau's Focus Films, CrazyStone opened in China on June 30 and has grossed more than $1.5m (RMB12m)to date, ...
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Magedman earns vp distribution stripes at WiP
David Magedman has beenpromoted to vice president of distribution at Warner Independent Pictures,where his duties will include overseeing all sales and daily operations of thetheatrical distribution department for the upcoming releases The Science OfSleep, Infamous, For Your Consideration, and The Painted Veil.Magedman will continue to report to executive vice president ...