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Placido's gang drama tops Nastri d'Argento nominations
MichelePlacido's Romanzo Criminalehas scooped 10 nominations at Italy's second highest film awards, the Nastrid'Argento.Veteranactor Placido'sseventh feature as a director is a fact- based epic about a Rome gang whichtried to control the Italian capital's underworld from the mid- 1970s to the1990s.The filmstars Kim Rossi Stuart, Pierfrancesco Favino andClaudio Santamaria, ...
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Placido's gang drama tops Nastri d'Argento nominations
MichelePlacido's Romanzo Criminalehas scooped 10 nominations at Italy's second highest film awards, the Nastrid'Argento.Veteranactor Placido'sseventh feature as a director is a fact- based epic about a Rome gang whichtried to control the Italian capital's underworld from the mid- 1970s to the1990s.The filmstars Kim Rossi Stuart, Pierfrancesco Favino andClaudio Santamaria, ...
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Studs to kick off Dublin festival
In a preliminaryannouncement the 4th Jameson Dublin International Film Festival has confirmedit will open on February 17 with the World Premiere of Paul Mercier's Studs.A debut feature written anddirected by Mercier and produced by Cúán and Fiach Mac Conghail (alsoproducers of Mercier's three short films) Studsis a feel-good action comedy ...
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CineVegas to give $11,000 cash prizes for the first time in June
The fast-rising CineVegas film festival in Las Vegas will awardcash prizes to two films for the first time this year.The grand jury award winner for feature film will receive $10,000,while the winner of the grand jury award for best short will collect $1,000.The list of films accepted into the festival ...
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Korean 2005 box office hits 30-year high
South Korea's box office hit a 30-year high in 2005, ratchetingup over 145 million admissions nationwide. Multiplex chain CJ CGV'syear-end industry report puts admissions up 7.5% from 2004, bucking globaltrends and outdoing even CJ's own highest projections for the territory'sseventh year of box office growth. Local films' market sharewas 59% ...
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Payne, Vinterberg, Rudolph among jurors at this year's Sundance
The six Sundance 2006 competition juries have been announced,comprising 24 jurors including Alexander Payne, Terrence Howard, ThomasVinterberg and Alan Rudolph.The jurors are:Dramatic Competition: Miguel Arteta, Terrence Howard, AlanRudolph, Nancy Schreiber and Audrey Wells.Documentary Competition: Joe Bini, Zana Briski, Andrew Jarecki,Alexander Payne and Heather RaeWorld Cinema Dramatic Competition: Irene Bignardi, Lu ...
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Narnia continues to rule international box office
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe remained the international champion forthe fourth consecutive weekend as an estimated $20m haul raised the cumulativetotal to $319m.The children's adaptation is now Buena Vista International (BVI)'sixth biggest release of all time and became the first international title togross $100m ...
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Buffalo Boy and Love + Hate share Palm Springs jury prizes
Minh Nguyen-Vo's Vietnamese coming-of-age story Buffalo Boy won the FIPRESCI Award and DominicSavage's hard-hitting UK tale of love across racial divides Love + Hate won the New Voices/New Visions Award atthe 17th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival.Both titles were directorial debuts and were joined on the winner'spodium by another ...
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Weinsteins win Martin Luther King Day weekend with Hoodwinked
The Weinstein Company's animated release Hoodwinked opened at the top over the four-dayMartin Luther King holiday weekend on an estimated $16.6m, which will be thecompany's first number one launch if results are confirmed this week.The computer-generated picture, a reworking of the Little RedRiding Hood children's story directed by Cory and ...
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Placido's gang drama tops Nastri d'Argento nominations
MichelePlacido's Romanzo Criminalehas scooped 10 nominations at Italy's second highest film awards, the Nastrid'Argento.Veteranactor Placido'sseventh feature as a director is a fact- based epic about a Rome gang whichtried to control the Italian capital's underworld from the mid- 1970s to the1990s.The filmstars Kim Rossi Stuart, Pierfrancesco Favino andClaudio Santamaria, who ...
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Alliance Atlantis' MPD restructures senior management and board
AllianceAtlantis' releasing arm Motion Picture Distribution has restructured the seniormanagement and board, with Victor Loewy, current CEO assuming the title ofchairman and Patrice Theroux moving from president and COO to president andCEO. The position of COO has been phased out. The changes are effective Feb 1,2006.In a statement,Loewy said the ...
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Debut director is feted at the Bavarian Film Awards
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's feature debut Das Leben Der Anderen was the big winner at the weekend's BavarianFilm Awards taking home prizes in four categories.Thethriller, set in East Germany of the mid-1980s picked up the prizes forBest Screenplay and Newcomer Director as well as for Best Actor (toUlrich Muehe for ...
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Moonstone names directors for filmmakers' lab
Moonstone International has announced the participants forits ninth Filmmakers' Lab, to be held in Wexford, Ireland, from January26-February 10. The participatingdirectors are selected from applicants across Europe who areworking on feature films for an international audience. This year's directorsand films are: Terry McMahon's DancehallBitch (Ireland), Ian Power's Who's Next (Ireland), ...
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Director Joe Wright collaborating on Hangover Square
Sought-after young Britishdirector Joe Wright (Pride and Prejudice)and writer David Nicholls (Starter forTen) are collaborating on a new version of Patrick Hamilton's classic 1941novel, Hangover Square, for Fox/DNA. Dixie Linder is to producethe feature, currently in development at DNA.Fox own the rights to Hamilton's novel. It has been filmedfor the ...
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Venice Film Festival to get new Palazzo
After years of debate,Venice's engine finally started churning as the city's mayor Massimo Cacciarisigned a deal to build a new festivalstructure in the Lido's former hospital.Cacciari sealed a deal onThursday allowing Venice to sell off the Ospedaledel Mare hospital to real estate developers, provided that at least $120m(100m Euros) are ...
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France produced a record 240 films in 2005
France's CNC has announced a record 240 filmsproduced in 2005. All of the films received the cinema body's approval with 187films initiated by the French. The figures represent a jump from 203 films in2003 and 212 in 2004. Investments in cinema were also up by 22.6% to $1.54bn (1.28bnEuros).The mostdramatic ...
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Dubinet joins Myriad as president of distribution
Myriad Pictures hasappointed sales veteran Ann Dubinet to the post of president of distribution.Dubinet (pictured) willoversee all theatrical distribution departments including contracts,collections, servicing and marketing as the company plans a period of growth onthe production and distribution fronts in 2006.Reporting to Myriadpresident and CEO Kirk D'Amico, she will oversee day-to-day ...
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Little Fish swims to US via First Look
First Look Studios haspicked up North American rights to Rowan Woods' Australian drama Little Fish from Myriad Pictures and plans a release in thefirst quarter of the year.The acclaimed film starringCate Blanchett, Sam Neill and Hugo Weaving won four Australian Film Institute(AFI) Awards late last year. It charts the escapades ...
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Hamilton joins Paramount specialised label as vp, production
John Lesher's new hires atParamount's reconfigured specialized arm continued yesterday with theannouncement that Chad Hamilton had been named vice president, production.Hamilton (pictured) will be involved inthe acquisition and development of material, reporting to Amy Israel, executivevice president of production and acquisitions.He was formerly vicepresident, production, at Anonymous Content, the LA-based ...
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Kearey to lead Searchlight international marketing and sales
Rebecca Kearey (pictured) has been named senior vice president ofinternational marketing and sales at Fox Searchlight Pictures.Based in the Los Angeles office, Kearey will develop the marketingand sales strategies for all Searchlight overseas product for both theatricaland home entertainment.Her appointment takes effect immediately and she will report toFox International heads ...