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Istituto Luce takes Italian rights to Golden Bear winner
Rome state distributor Istituto Luce has acquired Italian rights to Berlin Golden Bear winner Grbavica.Sold by German-based agent The Match Factory, Grbavica looks at the aftermath of the mass rape of women during the siege of Sarajevo in the Bosnian war.Meanwhile, Andrea Occhipinti's Lucky Red has acquired all Italian distribution ...
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Hong Kong FilMart set for 15% increase in exhibitors
The Hong Kong TradeDevelopment Council (TDC) is expecting more than 400 exhibitors from 20countries to attend this year's Hong Kong International Film & TV Market (FilMart),a 15% increase on last year. The market, which celebratesits 10th anniversary this year, is running one day longer than usual(March 20-23) following comments from ...
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First Independent picks up The Great New Wonderful for North America
First Independent Pictures has picked up North American rights toSerenade Films' The Great New Wonderful and plans an early summer release.Danny Leiner's picture weavestogether five vignettes set against the backdrop of an uncertain post-9/11 NewYork City.Maggie Gyllenhaal, Tony Shalhoub, Edie Falco and Tom McCarthy areamong the ensemble cast in the ...
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MK Pictures teams with Japanese animation house
Korean studio MK Picturesand Japanese animation group GDH KK have signed a memorandum of understandingfor mutual co-operation in the Asian market, including Korea and Japan. Signed by MK Pictures chiefexecutive officer Lee Eun and GDH KK chairman Showji Murahama today (Feb 21) inSeoul, the MOU covers co-operation in the production ...
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Malaysia's Red Films makes sales debut at BFM
Malaysian production companyRed Films is making its debut as a seller at the Bangkok Film Market (BFM), which kicked off onMonday, offering 12 productions from cutting-edge independent Malaysianfilm-makers.The company's slate includesthree titles competing in the ASEAN section of the Bangkok International FilmFestival (BKKIFF): Deepak Menon's ChemmanChaalai, which won a special ...
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Canadians look south for new deals
Late last year, when a Canadian federalelection was called for January 23, there was a ripple of fear in the Canadianfilm industry and the culture sector as a whole. After 12 years in power, thescandal-marked Liberal government was doomed.The prospect of a Conservative victory hadmany worrying that tax-cutters would hold ...
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Warner's Fox gets French Chevalier honour
Warner Bros International executive vice president Richard Fox (pictured) wasdue to receive the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in France onFeb 20.The executive flew to aceremony at the French Cultural Ministry in Paris to receive the award in recognitionof his "lifetime commitment to cultural diversity, as exemplified ...
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Eight films selected for Australia's IndiVision Project Lab
Moving South, aroad movie from director Kate Woods and producer Robyn Kershaw, who last teamedup on the local hit Looking For Alibrandi, is one of eightfilms to be developed through the second IndiVisionProject Lab.The Australian Film Commission (AFC)released the names of those chosen for the week-long low-budget initiative introduced last ...
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Gerard Depardieu still the best paid actor in France
GerardDepardieu, Jean Reno and Christian Clavier were France's highest paid actors for 2005according to a report in Monday's LeFigaro newspaper.Depardieu,who had roles in such films as Gerard Jugnot's Boudu and Bertrand Blier'sHow Much Do You Love Me', earned $3.8m (Euros 3.2m) in 2005 despite a downturnin the box-office of his ...
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The Works does brisk business for Guantanamo
London-based sales company The Works had a busymarket in Berlin, led by sales for Michael Winterbottom'sSilver Bear winner, The Road to Guantanamo. Deals were struck with Alta for Spain, Art Film for Brazil, Palace for Australia and New Zealand, Falcom Media for Germany and Austria, Prooptiki for Greece and Cyprus, ...
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Richard Fox honoured in France
The French CulturalMinistry in Paris will today name Richard Fox,executive VP of Warner Bros. International, a Chevalier de l'Ordredes Arts et des LettresRenaud Donnedieude Vabres, minister of culture and communication,will present the award. The Chevalier is the highest honourin L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, which was created in 1957 ...
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Lagardere set to take a 20% stake in French pay-TV group
Frenchmedia group Lagardere is set to acquire a 20% stake in pay-TV group Canal PlusFrance in exchange for Lagardere's 34% stake in Canal Plus satellite platformCanalSat and a cash payment of $626m (Euros 525m) in cash.Lagardere would become the second-biggeststakeholder in Canal Plus France, a new company which combines all ...
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Kosslick delight at record-breaking Berlinale
"Spectacularlyunspectacular" is Dieter Kosslick's personal verdict on the fifthBerlinale under his direction which came to end this weekend with the awardingof the Golden Bear to Bosnian film-maker Jasmila Zbanic for Grbavica."Nothingwent wrong - except perhaps for the heating in the Martin-Gropius-Bau (MGB),"Kosslick remarked in an exclusive interview with ScreenDaily."Notone single ...
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The Swedish box office falls to the lowest level in six years
The Swedish homeentertainment market significantly outperformed theatrical revenues in 2005,latest figures reveal. Despite a strong finish inDecember, with a notable increase in admissions and box office, figuresreleased last week by the Swedish Film Institute show 2005 was the worst yearfor Swedish cinemas since 1999. Box office figures dropped 11.8% from ...
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Les Bronzes 3 tops international marketplace
French smash Les Bronzes3: Amis Pour La Vie led theinternational marketplace over the weekend in just one territory as it added$10.3m through Warner Bros France.The Les Films ChristianFechner, TF1 Films Productions and TPS Cinema title drew more than 1.4millionadmissions on 950 screens, bringing its third weekend total to a staggering$57.8m ...
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Istituto Luce takes Italian rights to Golden Bear winner
Rome state distributor Istituto Luce has acquired Italian rights to Berlin Golden Bear winner Grbavica.Sold by German-based agent The Match Factory, Grbavica looks at the aftermath of the mass rape of women during the siege of Sarajevo in the Bosnian war.Meanwhile, Andrea Occhipinti's Lucky Red has acquired all Italian distribution ...
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Disney's Eight Below wins Presidents Day weekend
Disney/Spyglass' snowbound adventure Eight Below was the top ranking domestic releaseover three days on Presidents Day Weekend as it launched on an estimated$19.9m.Fox's comedy Date Movie opened close behind in second place on $18.9m, while lastweekend's champion The Pink Panther ranked third on $16.5m for $42.2m. Sony/Revolution's newthriller Freedomland disappointedin ...
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Mockert steps down as head of German media fund MBP
Rainer Mockert has stepped down from the German private media fund MBP which he founded in 1999 and has handed over management of the MBP KG I and MBP KG II funds to financing expert Kai Grueneke. Over the last seven years, Mockert had involved the MBP funds in the ...
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BAFTA 2006 winners in full
Best FilmBrokeback Mountain (Diana Ossana/James Schamus)Alexander Korda Award For Best British FilmWallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit (Peter Lord/David Sproxton/Nick Park/ Steve Box/Mark Burton/Bob Baker)Carl Foreman Award For First Film Joe Wright (Director,Pride & Prejudice)David Lean Award For Best DirectorBrokeback Mountain (Ang Lee)Best Original ScreenplayCrash (Paul Haggis/Bobby ...
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Brokeback Mountain dominates the BAFTA awards
Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain was the clear winner at this year's BAFTA awards.It picked up best film, best director, best supporting actor for Jake Gyllenhaal and best adapted screenplay for Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana.The British hopeful that had led the nominations, The Constant Gardener, managed to win just one ...