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Strongroom and Air combine post-production business
The post-productiondivisions at Strongroom and Air have been combined asBreathe Post Production. Breathewill offer a range of HD editing, graphics and finishing facilities for videoand audio post production at both its Hampstead and Shoreditch locations in London. Formerpost production co-ordinator for Air Sally Drury has been named post productionmanager for ...
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Britdoc plans sessions for science and politics
Theinaugural Britdoc festival has lined up a series ofnetworking events for documentary film-makers to meet experts outside the filmworld.Thefestival, to be held July 26-28 at Keble College in Oxford, is presented by theChannel 4 British Documentary Film Foundation.Thefestival has organised two "would like to meet" networking sessions toencourage collaboration between ...
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Buried Alive commences for Odd Lot in New Mexico
Odd Lot Entertainment'sgenre label Dark Lot has begun principal photography in Santa Fe, New Mexico,on the horror project Buried Alive starringTerence Jay and newcomer Leah Rachel.Bob Kurtzman is directingthe tale of college friends who awaken an ancient spirit during a sororityinitiation ceremony at an abandoned ranch house.Tobin Bell and SteveSandvoss ...
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THINKFilm boards Shortbus for North America
THINKFilm has acquired allNorth American rights to John Cameron Mitchell's sexual odyssey Shortbus following its out-of-competition screening atCannes, and plans an autumn release.Shortbus, which overcame its sexually explicit nature tobecome one of the most hotly pursued titles at the festival, follows the livesof several characters in New York as they ...
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Universal's Tokyo Drift speeds into UK, Australia
Fox International's horror remake The Omen has taken $37m since last week's subduedday-and-date launch and the studio will be hoping for solid holds heading intothe second weekend.Fox won't get any respite from the World Cup, which is alreadygripping world audiences.Meanwhile the studio opens X-Men: The Last Stand in its final ...
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Ginsberg promoted to vice president at LA-based Block-Korenbrot PR
Lee Ginsberg has beenpromoted to vice president of motion picture publicity at Los Angeles-based Block-KorenbrotPublic Relations, effective immediately.Ginsberg, who has served atthe company since September 2003, will continue to report to co-presidents MelodyKorenbrot and Ziggy Kozlowski.In addition Rebecca Fisherand Lisa Danna have joined the company as senior publicists.Fisher previously served ...
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Hoffman signs on to star in Capitol's Lumet-directed thriller
Philip Seymour Hoffman will star in Capitol Films' Before TheDevil Knows You're Dead,which is set to begin shooting in July in New York City.Sidney Lumet is directing the story about two brotherswhose plan to rob their parents' jewellery store leads to a devastating climax.Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney and Marisa Tomei ...
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Raintree, Eyeworks to co-produce Tattooist
Following the signing of theNew Zealand-Singapore co-production treaty in 2004, Singapore's MediaCorp Raintree Pictures is set to co-producethe first NZ-Singapore feature, TheTattooist, with Eyeworks Touchdown.The two companies,represented by MediaCorp Raintree CEO Daniel Yun and Eyeworks Touchdown CEOJulie Christie, are scheduled to sign a letter of intent this Sunday in Auckland, ...
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EuropaCorp's Le Pogam adds post at FAEM
EuropaCorp. principal Pierre-Ange Le Pogam has been named to the post of president of theCommission of Funds in aid of Multimedia Publishing (FAEM). France'sNational Cinema Center (CNC) announced the news Thursday morning in Paris.The FAEM is run in support of the creationof innovative multimedia content in such areas as video-game ...
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Belgrade plans three regional pitching prizes
TheBelgrade International Film Festival (also known as FEST) will award threeprizes for the best pitches made at the second "B2B" IndustryMeetings to be held from March 2-4 next year.Speakingto ScreenDaily.com at this week's Kinotavr festival in Sochi, festival and B2Bproducer Miroslav Mogorovicexplained that the prizes of $8834 (Euros 7,000) would ...
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London to host second Short Film Summer School
London's Curzon Soho is hosting thesecond Short Film Summer School (SFSS) from July 12-15. The SFSS willscreen 66 shorts as well as hosting workshops, panel discussions, networkingevents, demonstrations, and young people's programming. A market will run eachday.Screen International will host a panel about the future ofthe short film and digital ...
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Haneke withdraws from jury duty in Moscow
Austrian director Michael Haneke has refused to head the main jury in the MoscowInternational Film Festival (June 23-July 2), the festival's general director Renat Davletyarov announced atthe first festival press conference on Wednesday.Haneke'swithdrawal came despite earlier written confirmation that he would serve as themain jury president and the festival's formation ...
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Washington Square lines up productions including Curtis biopic
Washington Square Films-based producers Amy Hobby and RussStratton are lining up an eclectic slate of titles headed up by the Ian Curtisbiopic All The Timeand the Hector Lavoe salsa documentary Calle Luna, Calle Sol.Music video director Jamie Thraves will direct All The Time based on Mick Middles and LindsayReade's book ...
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Glover heads the cast of Virgo's latest Poor Boy's Game
Clement Virgo has startedprincipal photography in Halifax on his fourth feature, Poor Boy's Game, starring Danny Glover and Rossif Sutherland andfeaturing Flex Alexander and Laura Regan. The film isproduced by Virgo and his long-time producing partner Damon D'Oliveira'sConquering Lion Pictures alongside Chaz Thorne's Standing 8 Productions. Thorneand Virgo share the ...
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Kristol to head marketing and distribution at SKE
Former Universal Pictures senior executive Mark Kristol (pictured) has beenappointed to the newly created post of president of marketing and distributionat Sidney Kimmel Entertainment (SKE).Kristol will report directly to SKE president Jim Tauber and willoversee all theatrical and home entertainment marketing, including supervisionof print, electronic and alternative marketing and media ...
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Guantanamo takes top prize at Newport International Film Festival
Michael Winterbottom and Mat Whitecross' The Road To Guantanamo won the jury prize for best narrativefeature at the 9th Annual Newport International Film Festival.Kelly Reichardt won the narrative jury prize for best director forOld Joy, Emily Riostook actress honours for Quinceanera, and the ensemble acting award went to the cast ...
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Revitalised PiFan to open with Ghost Theatre
Resurfacing from last year'scontroversy, Korea's Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan) willkick off July 13 with opening film GhostTheatre (working title), a Korean musical directed by Jeon Gye-soo. The closing film is Berlinale-awardedHK-China production Isabella by PangHo-cheung which screens on July 20. The festival will hold itsusual two extra days ...
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Catherine Deneuve to head Venice jury
Frenchactress Catherine Deneuve will head the maincompetition jury at the 63rd Venice International Film Festival (Aug 30-Sep 9).Deneuve first caught the attention of the internationalpublic in Luis Bunuel's Belle De Jour, which premiered in Venice in 1967 and won theGolden Lion. In 1998, Deneuve won Venice's CoppaVolpi best actress prize ...
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Grupo GMR to invest $33m in new Spanish cinemas
Grupo GMR, owner of Spain's Cinebox exhibitionchain, has unveiled plans to construct 14 new complexes in cities across thecountry over the next three years.Under the brand Lux Cinemas, the new theatres will offer screening roomscatering to uses beyond feature films, including business meetings andpresentations, and specialized film and video screenings.The ...
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SPI takes Eastern Europe rights to 9 Cannes titles
Warsaw-based distributor SPI International has announced several acquisitions on the back of Cannes. The company has taken theEastern European rights to the $100m (Euros 80m) Asterix At The Olympic Games (from Pathe), whichwill star Gerard Depardieu, Alain Delon, Jean ClaudeVan Damme, David Beckham, Michael Shumacher,Zinedine Zidane and GiselleBundchen.The distributor also ...