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Warner promotes Albery to anti-piracy vp in Europe, Middle East and Africa
Trevor Alberyhas been promoted to vice president of anti-piracy operations in Europe, theMiddle East and Africa for Warner Bros.Albery will bebased in London and will report to Warner Bros' senior vice president ofworldwide corporate anti-piracy Darcy Antonellis.He joined thestudio as anti-piracy counsel for European anti-piracy operations in March2004.Prior to joiningWarner ...
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India's independent filmmakers heading to Cannes
A delegation of independentIndian filmmakers with international ambitions will be attending and exhibitingunder one umbrella at this year's Cannes film festival.The group, which is called IndependentIndian Filmmakers (IIF), comprises 24 individuals who are seeking to workinternationally - either by co-producing, co-financing or distributing globally- and to create products outside of ...
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Miami Film Festival takes industry delegation to Chile
The Miami International FilmFestival (MIFF) has launched an industry delegation to Chile this week to shareknowledge, build contacts and increase exposure to media and industryprofessionals in the local film community.The initiative is the secondpart of a film exchange programme launched during the 2006 festival in Marchwhen the work of six ...
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KOFIC to send Korean filmmakers overseas
The Korean Film Council(KOFIC) is setting up a series of international training programmes, startingin China, to help Korean filmmakers to work more easily overseas.The "Business R&DCampuses" will enable Korean filmmakers to meet with and learn from local industryfigures and government officials, in order to adapt to and work moreefficiently in ...
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Elmer to head acquisitions at Pathe UK
Emil Elmer has been named as the new head of acquisitions at Pathe UK following the departure of Berenice Fugard to Paramount's specialty arm.Formerly director of acquisitions at Miramax UK, Elmer said he was joining a great team: "I have for a long time admired Francois and his team at ...
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Melbourne film festival to close with Mayhem
Black comedy Suburban Mayhem, starring Emily Barclay,will close the 55th Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) on August 13. Director Paul Goldman (Australian Rules, The Night They Called It A Day) said the festival is seen as bothan audience-friendly and cutting edge event and is the perfect place to launchthe film: ...
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Hannigan appointed to European Film Academy
The director of the CorkFilm Festival, Mick Hannigan, has been invited tojoin the European Film Academy. The 50-year-old Festivalhas also been chosenas a participant in the European Film Academy PrixUIP initiative in 2006. As a voting member of theEFA, Hannigan will join a membership including LordAttenborough, Ingmar Bergman, Pedro Almodovar,Federico ...
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Khan joins Momentum as UK finance director
Saher Khan has been appointed as director of finance at Momentum Pictures in the UK.Khan, who is currently financial controller at Universal Pictures International, will take up her position in the London office this month, reporting to Krista Wegener, UK VP of Finance."We are delighted to have Saher join our ...
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Sony's Mexican production unit starts Charm School
Sony'sMexican local production unit Columbia Films Producciones Mexico has startedprincipal photography in Mexico City on its first feature, Fernando Sarinana'scomedy Charm School.Thestory follows the rebellious 18-year-old daughter of a political candidate whois sent to a finishing school and locks horns with the doughty principal.Martha Higareda, Camila Sodi and Blanca Guerra ...
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Academy Awards set for Feb 25, 2007
The79th Annual Academy Awards will take place on Feb 25 2007 at Hollywood's KodakTheatre.TheAcademy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (AMPAS) issued the timetable forthe upcoming awards season yesterday. Nominations ballots will be mailed on Dec26 2006 and nominations polls close on Jan 13 2007.Nominationswill be announced on Jan 23, ...
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Japanese conglomerate invests in Klockworx
Japanese conglomerate SojitzCorp has announced the purchase of a 17.94% stake in independent filmdistributor Klockworx for $1.33m (Y157m). Sojitz execs were dispatched to thecompany this month.Sojitz, which already has agrowing library of animation contents for mobile phone distribution, sees theinvestment as a way to expand its content and methods of ...
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Danish films under the spotlight at Seattle Film Festival
Fourteenfeatures from Denmark including five North American premieres have beenselected to spotlight the Scandinavian country in the upcoming 32nd SeattleInternational Film Festival (SIFF).The titlesinclude Annette Olesen's 1:1, PernilleFischer's A Soap, Niels Arden Oplev's WeShall Overcome, Anders Thomas Jensen's Adam'sApples, Christoffer Boe's Allegro, and Dagur Kari's Dark Horse.'AlthoughDanish cinema has always ...
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Taking Father Home wins digital prize at HKIFF
Shanghai-based director Ying Liang's Taking Father Home was awarded the Golden Digital Award at this year's Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF). The film tells the story of a country boy who travels to the big city in search of his father whom he believes has become a rich property ...
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Shanghai teams with Warner China Film on Phone Call
Shanghai Film Group isjoining forces with Warner China Film HG Group to produce contemporary drama The 601st Phone Call.Director Feng Xiaogangserves as the producer of the film while TV actor Zhang Guoli takes thedirector's seat. Hong Kong actress Cecilia Cheung and Zhou Bichang, winner of China's top-rated SuperGirl TV contest, ...
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German media fund acquires Odeon Film
German private media fund GFP Medienfonds has taken a majority stake in the Munich-based TV/film producer Odeon Film.Aninvestment division of the GFP II and GFP III funds acquired the 53.66%shareholding held in Odeon Film until now by the Bavaria Film Group "afterseveral months and long negotiations", according to Bavaria Film ...
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Dimension takes Easter in North America with Scary Movie 4
Dimension's Scary Movie 4 stormed to the top of the North American box office andrecorded the biggest Easter weekend in history as it took an estimated $41mover three days. It is the first specactular opening for the independentcompany since it separated from Disney and resumed business under The WeinsteinCompany's stand-alone ...
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Ice Age continues to sink competition with $54m weekend
Fox International's Ice Age 2: The Meltdown remained the runaway number one title inthe international marketplace as it crossed $250m in its third weekend.The hit animated sequel added an estimated $54m on 7,298 screensin 57 territories over the Easter weekend for a total of $250.5m.Strong holdovers and low drop-offs powered ...
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Istanbul festival director Ucansu steps down after 25 years
Hulya Ucansu, the directorof Istanbul Film Festival through its entire 25 years of existence, is leavingher post at the end of this year's edition of the event. Rumours were persistentthroughout the festival and were confirmed on the last day by a an officialpress release put out by the Istanbul Foundation ...
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Times, Father take top local film prizes at Istanbul
MichaelWinterbottom's Tristram Shandy - A Cock and Bull Story won the Golden Tulip for best film in theinternational competition at the 25th International Istanbul Film Festival onSaturday, as well as the International Film Critics (FIPRESCI) prize.AnotherBritish film, Julian Fellowes' Separate Lies won the People's Choice audience award for mostpopular film ...
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Camden 28, Off Screen are jury winners at Philadelphia
Anthony Giacchino's anti-Vietnam War saga The Camden 28 achieved the unprecedented feat ofwinning both the 2006 Philadelphia Film Festival's documentary jury prize andaudience award at the closing ceremony on Apr 11.Headingup the other jury prize winners was Pieter Kuijpers' Off Screen for best feature, while James Marsh's The King won ...