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UK's Aquarius adds international partners
Aquarius Film is goingglobal. The London-based financing and production outfit is setting up AquariusWorld Wide, a new venture with partners from Australia, South Africa, Italy, Austria, Belgium, Germany and India. Aquarius chief executiveTerence Potter won't disclose who the new partners are, but says that dealshave already been concluded in seven ...
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LAFF to open with The Devil Wears Prada
A line-up of more than 250 features and shorts - including 19 world premieres andseven US premieres - has been announced for Film Independent's 2006 Los AngelesFilm Festival (June 22 to July 2).David Frankel's comedy The Devil Wears Prada (set for US releaseby 20th Century Fox on June 30) will ...
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Artificial Eye nabs four more from Cannes
UK distributor Artificial Eye has announced a number of acquisitions from Cannes. The company has the UK rights to Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Climates (Iklimler) and Paulo Sorrentino'sThe Friend OfThe Family (L'Amico Di Famiglia), which both played in competition. Climateswon the FIPRESCI prize. As announced before Cannes, Artificial Eye is also ...
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Artificial Eye nabs four more from Cannes
UK distributor Artificial Eye has announced a number of acquisitions from Cannes. The company has the UK rights to Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Climates (Iklimler) and Paulo Sorrentino'sThe Friend OfThe Family (L'Amico Di Famiglia), which both played in competition. Climateswon the FIPRESCI prize. As announced before Cannes, Artificial Eye is also ...
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UIP signs with Intercontinental for Hong Kong and Macau
Hong Kong's Intercontinental Film Distributorshas signed an agreement with United International Pictures (UIP) for theatricaldistribution of its slate in Hong Kong and Macau. UIP previously worked with distribution and exhibition group GoldenHarvest to release its product in these territories. Intercontinental isalready the sub-distributor for Buena Vista International in Hong Kong. ...
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Cannes Market attendance up 6% over 2005
The Cannes Film Market hasannounced final figures for this year's edition with a strong increase in Asianpresence.In total, 91 came to themarket with 10,061 professionals registered for a global rise of 6% over 2005. Asian participation was at a high with notable increases from China (82 participants vs.41 last year), ...
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Projects set to shoot from strong Cannes Atelier
The Cannes Film Festival's filmmakers' workshop known as the Atelier hasannounced great success from its second edition. Aspiring filmmakers met with industry professionals from 19 countrieswho helped to set projects up with financing.More than 450 meetings were held this year with eight films set to nowshoot between July and October ...
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EEAP's Cannes buys include Saw III and My Blueberry Nights
Berlin-based EasternEuropean Acquisition Pool (EEAP) went on a shopping spree at last week's CannesFilm Market, picking up titles from Lionsgate, 2929Entertainment, Studio Canaland Darclight for East European territories.After having a huge successreleasing Saw II earlier this year inPoland, the Baltic states, ex-Yugoslavia and CIS, EEAP sealed a deal with Lionsgate ...
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Sales rack up for 12 :08 East Of Bucharest
Sales agent The CoproductionOffice has announced strong sales on its Camera d'Orwinner 12:08 East Of Bucharest by Romanian director Corneliu Porumbiou.The film, which was also awarded the Europa Cinemas Label in Cannes,stars Mircea Andreescu, Teo Corban and Ion Sapdaru.Sales were made to IstitutoLuce in Italy, Filmmuseum in the Netherlands, Bac ...
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Tartan takes US rights to Election and Election 2
TartanUSA has acquired all US rights to Jonnie To's Election and Election 2from Celluloid Dreams. Bothfilms played in official selection in Cannes, the first in 2005 andthe sequel this year. Thedeal was brokered by Charlotte Mickie for CelluloidDreams and Tartan USA acquisitions consultant Marie-Therese Guirgis.Boththrillers are set in the underworld ...
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Chapman to head UK Film Council's LA office
The UK Film Council has appointed Claire Chapman as executivedirector of the UKFC's Los Angeles office.She takes over for Susan Finlayson-Sitch, who is leaving the post after six years to return tothe UK.Chapman is a producer whohad recently served as head of production and development for Scottish Screen,working on films ...
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Cannes selections top BFI festival sales
BavariaFilm International (BFI) finished this year's Cannes by announcing numeroussales for Stefan Krohmer's Directors' Fortnight film Summer '04and Norwegian Jens Lien's International Critics' Week title The BothersomeMan.Krohmer'sdrama was sold to Austria (Filmladen), South Korea (Sejong Communications) andVenezuela (Blanco y Travieso), with a distributor deal imminent for France,while Lien's black comedy ...
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Wedding Night success tops Rai Trade Cannes sales
RaiTrade, the Rome-based international sales outfit has sealed a host ofsales on its Cannes slate.PupiAvati's Second Wedding Night, a comedy-drama set inthe south of Italyimmediately after the Second World War, was acquired by distributors in Mexico (CinemasNueva Era), Russia (Ruscico), Slovakia (STV), and Poland (TV Polska). Thepicture also sold to ...
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X-Men makes mighty stand with $107m US debut
X-Men: The Last Stand grossed an estimated$107m at the North American box office over the weekend, becoming the fourthbiggest US opener in history and the biggest ever over the Memorial Day holidayweekend. The estimate -- released on Sunday by 20thCentury Fox, which made the film with Marvel Entertainment -- was ...
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Da Vinci beats X-Men in international arena
The Da Vinci Code fought off competition from newwide release X-Men: The Last Stand to stay dominant in the internationalmarketplace this weekend. The Sony thriller held up impressively with anestimated gross of $92.8m, while the Fox comic book sequel opened with a strong but not quite strong enough $76.1m. In ...
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Maverick marks debut Cannes with sales surge
US-based MaverickEntertainment Group concluded a successful Cannes with deals in Eastern andWestern Europe and Latin America through international arm Maverick Global onseven key titles.Mafia story This Thing Of Oursstarring James Caan sold to Romania, Brazil, Chile, Turkey, and Benelux.Action thriller Carlita's Secretstarring Eva Longoria went to Mexico and all of ...
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Ken Loach shakes the favourites to win the Palme D'Or
In aceremony full of surprises, Ken Loach's TheWind That Shakes The Barley won the Palme d'Or 2006. The film had been very warmly received but seemedout of the running after the screening of the Spanish-language crowd pleasers Volver and Babel.But the jury was unanimous in its decision for the film, ...
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X-Men makes mighty stand with $107m US debut
X-Men: The Last Stand grossed an estimated$107m at the North American box office over the weekend, becoming the fourthbiggest US opener in history and the biggest ever over the Memorial Day holidayweekend. The estimate -- released on Sunday by 20thCentury Fox, which made the film with Marvel Entertainment -- was ...
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24th Outfest to open with Puccini on July 6
Outfest, the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian FilmFestival, will kick off its 24th edition on July 6 with MariaMaggenti's comedy Puccini For Beginners and close on July 17 with Spanish musical 20 Centimeters directed by Ramon Salazar.Among the other gala screenings are Q Allan Brocka's BoyCulture which will play on ...
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Keaton to star in Kalvert's Reaper for Media 8
Michael Keaton has joined the cast of Media 8 Entertainment's supernaturalthriller Reaper.Scott Kalvert will direct the story of a private investigator who probesa surreal underworld that holds clues to his daughter's fate.Media 8 has scheduled an autumnstart date. David Alpert, Lawrence Mattis and Sammy Lee are producing and DavidEngel, Jason ...