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EU film production rose while admissions plummeted in 2005
Europeancinema produced record numbers of films last year even as admissions nosedived.Theannual European Audiovisual Observatory report shows 798 films were produced inthe 25 nations of the European Union (EU) - up 37 from 2004.Franceled the way with 240 films in 2004, up by 28 even on the record year of ...
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Germany's Beta and Telepool add to Cannes lineups
Germansales companies are busy adding new titles to their sales lineupsa week before the beginning of this year's Cannes Market.Inaddition to the previously announced HeartOf Fire, Beta Cinema has taken on another sevennew titles for its Cannes slate.Thislineup is headed by the international market premieres of FlorianHenckel von Donnersmarck'sthriller The ...
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Filmax adds flamenco biopic to Cannes slate
Spanish mini-studio Filmax has picked up international rights to local flamencobiopic Camaronto add to its Cannes slate.Camaron: When Flamenco Became Legend, from veteran director Jaime Chavarri,earned lead actor Oscar Jaenada rave reviews and a bestnew actor Goya for his performance as the troubled flamenco innovator Jose Monge Cruz, known as ...
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Spain's Latido takes on sales for Nobody's Perfect
Salesconsortium Latido has picked up international rightsto Joaquin Oristrell's new comedy Nobody's Perfect, the follow-up to his2005 Unconscious, which screened atSundance and sold to 25 countries.Also thisweek Latido closed a deal to K-Films Amerique for French-speaking Canada on Tristan Bauer's Falklands Wardrama Blessed By Fire (IluminadosPor El Fuego) on theheels ...
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M:I:3 set to fly past $100m as Da Vinci Code looms
Mission: Impossible 3 will soar past $100m this weekend as it consolidatesits grip on the international marketplace.The action picture stood at more than $83.1m as of May 11 and Paramount and UIPexecutives know this is a key time for consolidation.Next weekend sees the global launch of The Da Vinci Code ...
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Bafta sets 2007 awards for February 11
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta)has announced that 2007 Orange British Academy Film Awards will take place onSunday, February 11. The awards are sponsored for the tenth year in a row by mobile phonecompany Orange. BBC One will broadcast the event in the UK. In 2006, the ...
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Miami International Film Festival sets 2007 dates
The24th annual Miami International FilmFestival (MIFF) will take place from Mar 2-11 2007.More than 67,000 people attended this year's eventand organisers said the 2007 edition will include the usual heady brew of gala premieres, world and Ibero-American dramatic and documentary films, shorts, Miami Encuentros, and the REEL Education Seminar Series, ...
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Fortissimo acquires Apichatpong's Syndromes
Fortissimo Films hasacquired worldwide rights to acclaimed Thai director ApichatpongWeerasethakul's Syndromes And A Century.The film, which is one of thesix New Crowned Hope (NCH) projects, focuses on the memories of two doctors,one male and one female, and is inspired by the filmmaker's parents before theywere lovers. Apichatpong also producedthrough Kick ...
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Bleiberg goes on Rampage with pre-Cannes acquisition
Los Angeles-based production and internationalsales company Bleiberg Entertainment has addedthe horror thriller Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders to its Cannes slate.The picture stars CliftonCollins Jr, who garnered rave reviews for his portrayal of Perry Smith in Capote, andwill be distributed in North America through Sony. Bleiberg holds all international rights.Chris ...
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Weinsteins take all rights to CG-animated Igor
TheWeinstein Company (TWC) has picked up all international rights to Exodus FilmGroup's CG-animatedcomedy Igor.TWC will release in North America and TWCInternational president Glen Basner will commence sales at Cannes next week.Chris McKenna wrote thescreenplay about a mad scientist's hunchbacked lab assistant who dreams ofbecoming a scientist in his own right ...
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TWC and IFC to co-distribute Wordplay in North America
The Weinstein Company(TWC) and IFC Films will co-distribute Patrick Creadon's crossword documentary Wordplay in North America.Christine O'Malley produced the picture, which was an instant hit when itpremiered at Sundance and profiles New York Times crossword editor Will Shortzand the national tournament he founded.IFC Films acquired North American rights in January ...
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Becker picks up world rights to Workman's Bronte
Becker International haspicked up worldwide rights to Angela Workman's Bronte, which is set to star Oscar-nominated actress MichelleWilliams (Brokeback Mountain).Williams will play the titlecharacter of Charlotte Bronte, who defied class and gender to write suchclassic novels as Jane Eyre. The castalso includes Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Imelda Staunton, Brian Cox and ...
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Filming begins in Scotland on horror-thriller Senseless
ShorelineEntertainment and Matador Pictures have started principal photography inGlasgow on Senseless staringJason Behr.Matador's Nigel Thomas and Micky MacPherson of Plum Films are producing andShoreline's Morris Ruskin serves as executive producer along with Matador'sLauri Apelian and Circle Of Confusion's Lawrence Mattis, David Alpert and DavidEngel.Simon Hynd is directing based on his ...
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Marozas named senior VP at Warner Bros
Andrea Marozashas been named senior vice president of theatrical corporate communication atWarner Bros.Marozas will be responsible for providing communicationssupport on a worldwide basis to the studio's theatrical activities, and willliaise with trade, consumer and business press.She will report to executivevice president of corporate communications Sue Fleishman, but will work on ...
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Marozas named svp theatrical corp comms at Warner Bros
Andrea Marozas hasbeen named senior vice president of theatrical corporate communications atWarner Bros.Marozas will provide communications support on a worldwide basis to thestudio's global theatrical operations and liaise with the trade, consumer andbusiness press.She reports to executive vice president of corporate communications SueFleishman but will work on a day-to-day basis ...
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MPA's Jimmy Katz dies in Brussels
Jimmy Katz, VP of Europe, Middle East and Africa for the Motion Picture Association, died in a Brussels hospital on May 8.Katz had worked with the MPAin Brussels since July 1999. He was previously anexecutive at Columbia Tri-Star and from 1995-1999 he worked in Los Angeles as VP of International. ...
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Caan heads up Maverick Global's debut Cannes slate
Maverick Global, thefledgling international arm of Miami-based domestic home entertainmentdistributor Maverick Entertainment Group (MEG), arrives in Cannes with aseven-strong slate headed up by the gangster drama This Thing Of Ours.The picture stars James Caan as a mob family godfather and centres on anaudacious heist. Frank Vincent and Vincent Pastore also ...
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Caan heads up Maverick Global's debut Cannes slate
Maverick Global, thefledgling international arm of Miami-based domestic home entertainmentdistributor Maverick Entertainment Group (MEG), arrives in Cannes with aseven-strong slate headed up by the gangster drama This Thing Of Ours.The picture stars James Caan as a mob family godfather and centres on anaudacious heist. Frank Vincent and Vincent Pastore also ...
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Short film script prize to launch in Cannes
SeveralEuropean screenwriting magazines are working together to launch an award forthe best short film screenplay as part of Critics Week at Cannes 2006.The GrandCru Award of $2550 (Euros 2,000) will be presented to the writer of the bestscreenplay among the short films selected for Critics Week.The jury,headed by Mexican screenwriter ...
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Hopkins and Dunoyer launch Griot with Chevalier and Minion
Thomas Hopkins andproducing partner Tony Dunoyer haveformed New York and LosAngeles-based production anddevelopment company GriotPictures Entertainment (GPE) andhave announced their first two projects.Period drama Chevalier takesplace in pre-RevolutionaryFrance and charts the real-lifeexploits of fencing and musical maestro Chevalier de Saint George, who becamea hero during the Revolution. Paris Qualles Winnerwrote ...