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Rapid Eye gets German rights to two from UTV
India's UTV has sold twotitles - Rang De Basanti and Don - to Germany's Rapid Eye Movies.Rang De Basanti, starring Indian superstar Aamir Khan, will have afull theatrical release in Germany on June 16. The film has broken new groundin India by becoming a massive hit despite its political theme, ...
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Thessaloniki festival to welcome Wenders and Salles
Wim Wenders and Walter Salles will be attending the47th Thessaloniki International Film Festival, which will run November 17-26.This year's festival will include a Wim Wendersretrospective, with Wenders in attendance for screenings and also to conduct amasterclass. His wife Donata Wenders will also exhibit photos she has taken ofhis films.Another special ...
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Rai Trade lines up A Fortune-Teller Told Me
International sales agentRai Trade is lining up a major English-language adaptation of Tiziano Terzani'sbest-selling novel, A Fortune-Teller Told Me.The book recounts thejournalist's experience as a foreign correspondent in Asia, where he waswarned by a fortune teller not to risk flying for a whole year or he would diein a plane ...
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Kadokawa sets up $18m animation fund
Japan's Kadokawa Shoten Publishing has established a $17.8m (Y2bn) animationfund which will underwrite 35 film and TV animation productions over the nextfive years.In addition to Kadokawa, theDevelopment Bank of Japan (DBJ) and other banking facilities such as ShinGinkoTokyo also contributed to the fund through a recently announced DBJ initiativeto stimulate ...
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Arista gears up for Scribes 2 programme
Arista Development islaunching Scribes 2, a programme for black and minority ethnic screenwriters. The eight-month screenplaydevelopment scheme is run by Arista, BBC Film and Capitol Films Production. Mentors in the programmecome from Cuba Pictures, Element Films, Feel Films, Samuelson Productions andTiger Aspect Pictures. Each participant developsone screenplay and one outline, ...
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Towel Talk wins 24-Hour Film Challenge
UK-based production company Wysiwygwon the 24-Hour Film Challenge with its short mystery/comedy Towel Talk.The challenge, held inCannes, has teams of film-makers making a film of five minutes or less during a24-hour period.Towel Talk was made by Tom Swanston, Cauri Jaye and MatthewGolding and stars Jonathan Rhodes. Wysiwyg was in Cannes ...
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UK Post starts new audio post-production awards
UK Post has startedplanning the inaugural Conch Sound Awards. The awards will honour those whowork in audio post-production in film, TV and commercials.The first ceremony will beheld September 21 at the Radisson Edwardian Mayfair's cinema in London.Industry group UK post hasnomination applications available online.After initial nominations, industry experts will judge ...
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Quinceanera, Champions bookend Newport festival
Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland's drama Quinceanera and David Wike'scomedy Champions bookend the 9th Annual Newport International FilmFestival, which runs from Jun 6-11.This year's instalment features panel discussions, a New England spotlight, anda comedy improv night, among other events.For a full line-up of events visit the official website at www.newportfilmfestival.com.
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Trust books several deals for Red Road
Andrea Arnold's Red Road, one of the buzz titles in the Cannes competition,has closed multiple deals following its premiere earlier this week, with Spain,France and a host of other smaller territories already gone. The film is alsoattracting strong interest from the US.The version of Red Road on Copenhagen-based that screened ...
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Boost to Czech film fund dies in parliament
The Czech parliament hasfailed to override a presidential veto of a measure that would have increasedstate support for the local film industry threefold and required greatercontributions from exhibitors and distributors. In April, the Chamber ofDeputies passed legislation that would increase the annual size of the StateFund for the Support and ...
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QED strikes key sales on Spring Break In Bosnia
Beverly Hills-based QED International has closed major territory saleson Richard Shepard's comedy thriller Spring Break In Bosnia starring RichardGere and Terrence Howard.Rights have gone to: TF1 in France; Avex in Japan; Senator in Germany; DutchFilmworks for Benelux; Sandrew Metronome for Scandinavia; SPI for EasternEurope; Sun Distribution for Latin America; Village ...
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McBurney and Teller to curate Katrin Cartlidge Foundation
The Sarajevo FilmFestival has announced that UK actor Simon McBurney and photographer JuergenTeller will be the curators of the Katrin Cartlidge Foundation this year.Producer andfoundation trustee Cat Villiers announced the new curators at a Cannesreception for the festival and Bosnia and Herzegovina film.McBurney and Tellerwill announce the name of the ...
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Celsius racks up deals on Paris Je T'aime
Buyers have fallen head overheels for Paris Je T'Aime.Mid-way through the market, the portmanteau picture (which opened Un CertainRegard) has been snapped up by more than 20 buyers. The French release throughLa Fabrique is scheduled for June 1. Celsius Entertainment, which co-financedthe film and is handling world sales, is in ...
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EU and US team up for new online film charter
Online film downloading isto get more user-friendly with the signing of a new charter. In Cannes,EU and US Internet service providers and telecom operators such as TimeWarner, Vivendi and Telecom Italia endorsed the European Film OnlineCharter, which aims to encourage the wider circulation of European filmsboth within and outside the ...
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Lightning closes key deals on Conversations With God
Santa Monica-based LightningEntertainment has struck key territorydeals on its spiritual adaptation ConversationsWith God.Sales have closed inAustralia/New Zealand (Hopscotch); Spain (Isaan);Mexico (Quality Films);Brazil (Alpha Films); Benelux (Inspire Films);Czech Republic (Padora);Turkey (Fida); Hungary (Budapest Films);Singapore (Ram Nido); and HongKong (Edko).Samuel Goldwyn Films holdsUS theatrical and Fox Home Entertainmentholds North American videorights to ...
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Filmax recruits Universum for Transsiberian
Spain's Filmax Entertainmenthas signed on Germany's Universum Film to co-produce Brad Anderson's new film, Transsiberian.Set to shoot in English inlate October between Spain and Eastern Europe, the project is the director'sfollow-up to the well-received The Machinist, also a production of Julio Fernandez for Filmax.Universum will retaindistribution rights in German-speaking territories. ...
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Lucky Red finds partners for Mereu's Sound Of Wood
Italy's Lucky Red is teamingup with France's Haut et Court andBelgium's Artemis to co-produceSalvatore Mereu's new feature,Sound Of Wood (Sonteaula).The $3.85m film, produced byAndrea Occhipinti of Lucky Red, hasjust started shooting in Sardinia for20 weeks.It is adapted from a book byGiuseppe Fiore, about a 12-year-oldshepherd whose father is unjustlyaccused of ...
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Shane and Romano plan $120m Buddha biopic
Producers Michel Shane andAnthony Romano have boarded Indian billionaire Bhupendra Kumar Modi'slong-gestating biopic about the life of Buddha.In addition, Modi hasoptioned the rights to Vietnamese monk Thich Nhat Hanh's book about Buddhism, OldPath White Clouds, on which the$120m Buddha will be based.Shane and Romano, whoexecutive produced I Robot and CatchMe ...
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London Film Festival plans 50th anniversary events
As the Times bfi London FilmFestival prepares for its 50th anniversary (October 18-November 2), plans areunderway for a series of celebratory events.These will include a specialscreening under Nelson's column in Trafalgar Square as well as the largest surprisefilm screening, showing simultaneously in 50 venues across the city. There arealso expected ...
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Edinburgh festival adds documentary award
TheEdinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) has announced special plans forits 60th festival, to be held August 14-27.Thefestival is launching a new award for best documentary feature, which willcarry a cash prize. TheEIFF is programming a special 1970s retrospective this year. They Might BeGiants: Other Voices from the New American Cinema ...