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Fitchett appointed to leading Australian film role
The AustralianFilm Commission (AFC) has appointed Chris Fitchett as director of filmdevelopment.Fitchett- a former chief executive of the AFC's Commercial Television ProductionFund - has been acting director since October. Therole has the potential to be the most influential in Australia in terms of whatprojects get developed.
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Gie scoops best picture at Indonesia's top film honours
Riri Riza's Gie was named best picture at this year'sIndonesian Film Festival (FFI) awards ceremony which was held on Dec 15.The political drama, Indonesia's entry for the best foreign-language film Oscar,also walked away with the best actor award for Nicolas Saputra and bestcinematography for Yudi Datau.Romantic comedy Brownies also received ...
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Huffman gets breakthrough performance award at Palm Springs
Golden Globe nominee Felicity Huffman will receive theBreakthrough Performance Award at the 17th Annual Palm Springs InternationalFilm Festival (PSIFF).Huffman, who earned a Globe nomination in the best dramaticactress category for Transamerica, will collect the honour at the awards gala on Jan 7."It has truly been abreakthrough year for Huffman with ...
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Israel, New Zealand projects make the cut for Sundance Screenwriters Lab
The Sundance Institute has selected 12 projects for the annualScreenwriters Lab taking place from Jan 13-18 at the Sundance Resort in Utah.The five-day writer's workshop gives independent screenwriters theopportunity to work intensively on their feature film scripts with the supportof established writers.The selected projects are: Kit Hui's A Breath Away ...
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Willis to star in intense drama for Ziskin, Relativity
Bruce Willis will star inthe drama Morgan's Summitfor Laura Ziskin Productions and Relativity Media.Relativity also arrangedfinancing and partners Ryan Kavanaugh and Lynwood Spinks will serve asexecutive producers alongside producer Ziskin.Arclight Films is handlinginternational sales on the project, which is set to begin filming in LosAngeles next year.Dead Poets Society screenwriter ...
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Vitale sets new roots as president of First Look
Former ParamountClassics co-head Ruth Vitale has joined First Look Studios as president.Reporting tostudio chief executive officer Henry Winterstern, Vitale will oversee thetheatrical division, working closely with First Look International and FirstLook Home Entertainment.Vitale's arrivalcomes during a period of ramping-up for the company, which recently brought inKen DuBow as executive vice ...
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Universal, Rogue tie up Intrepid for partnership
Universal Pictures and Rogue Pictures have signed a multi-yearproduction and co-financing deal with new production and financing companyIntrepid Pictures.Founded by Trevor Macy and Marc Evans, Intrepid is backed by aconsortium of institutional investors and a revolving credit facility led by JPMorgan Chase.The company will finance 50% of each picture it ...
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Emerging to re-release 1972 Oscar winner in US
Emerging Pictures will re-release 1972's Oscar-winning documentaryMarjoe on Jan 13 2006at New York's IFC Center theatre, followed by a wider roll-out.Howard Smith and Sarah Kernochan's feature chronicles the life andtimes of faith healer Marjoe Gortner, whose charisma and dynamic style ensuredcapacity crowds in arenas across America.'Emerging Pictures is thrilled to ...
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The Alchemist set for 2006 shoot
The $100 million adaptation ofPaolo Coehlo's TheAlchemist is set for a 2006 shoot across the Middle East -possibly in a mooted new Dubai studio - according to producer Barrie Osborne.A long-cherished project forLaurence Fishburne, who will adapt, direct and starin The Alchemist, Osborne is lookingto finalise financial commitments by the ...
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World premiere for Albert Brooks at the Dubai Film Festival
AlbertBrooks became the first US film-maker to world premiere his film at the DubaiInternational Film Festival yesterday - with the potentially controversialtitle Looking For Comedy In The MuslimWorld, a sub-$25m cross-cultural comedy bankrolled by Steve Bing's Shangri-La Entertainment.Brooks, whotravelled to the Gulf state with Bing to show his film to ...
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Garrel's Amants charm Prix Louis Delluc jury
The Prix Louis Delluc for 2005 has been awarded to Philippe Garrel's Les Amants Reguliers. The three-hour black-and-white drama set against the May 1968 uprisings in France was also a competitor in Venice where it took the best director award.Meanwhile, Anthony Cordier's Douches Froides was handed the trophy for best ...
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New head of European MEDIA Programme appointed
Aviva Silver was today appointed as the successor to Domenico Raneri as the head of the European Commission's MEDIA Programme. The University of London law graduate has worked for the Commission since 1993, initially in the Internal Market Directorate General where she dealt with media issues. From 1997-2002, she worked ...
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Tribeca teams up with Australia's Tropfest
Tribeca Film Festival founders Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal andCraig Hatkoff have teamed up with Tropfest founder John Polson on the newTribeca programme, Tropfest@Tribeca.The inaugural Tropfest@Tribeca is set to take place during nextyear's Tribeca and will feature eight shorts in competition.Australia's Polson will serve as creative director and has setsome ...
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Lee signs on to direct The Better Man for Universal
Malcolm D Lee will write anddirect comedy The Better Man forUniversal Pictures and studio-based producers Scott Stuber and Mary Parent.Charles Castaldi will alsoproduce the project, Lee's third collaboration with Universal Picturesfollowing The Best Man and UndercoverBrother.The Better Man follows the story of a successful Los Angeles comicwho attends a tempestuous ...
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Van Galder named domestic marketing chief at Sony
Former TriStarPictures president Valerie Van Galder has been named president of domesticmarketing for the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group following the departureof worldwide marketing chief Geoff Ammer.Van Galdercommences work immediately on a high-powered slate from the combined pipelineof Columbia, Revolution, TriStar and Sony Pictures Animation that includes TheDaVinci Code, Casino ...
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Washington Square to represent domestic sales on three Sundance titles
WashingtonSquare Films (WSF) will be acting as North American sales agent on the Sundancetitles Flannel Pajamas, Old Joy and Salvage.In Joshua andJeffrey Crook's thriller Salvage, a college student played by newcomer Lauren Currie Lewis relivesthe day of her grisly death over and over again. Seventh Level produced inassociation with The ...
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Shanghai Dreams triumphs in Tallinn
Wang Xiaoshuai's Shanghai Dreams won the best film prize at this year's Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.Best director was Hou Hsiao-Hsien for Three Times
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Lions Gate rebrands as Lionsgate
Lions Gate haschanged its name to Lionsgate and unveiled a new corporate logo yesterday[Thursday].Company chiefexecutive officer Jon Feltheimer told a Santa Monica press conference that thelogo, which depicts revolving camera gears and heavenly doors opening to revealthe company name, would be modified for each division.Feltheimer toldattendees the company will release ...
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Kong takes on Potter, Narnia as holidays kick in
It's all about the 80,000-lbgorilla this weekend as Universal embarks upon its biggest ever globalday-and-date release through UIP.King Kong goes out in more than 6,500 locations in 55territories this weekend, and already grossed an estimated $8m on its openingday [Wednesday] in 4,695 theatres in 36 territories.The dynamic start scorednumber one ...
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Momentum picks up UK, Spanish rights to Miss Potter
MomentumPictures has acquired UK and Spanish rights to Beatrix Potter biopic Miss Potter. Thefilm is set to start Renee Zellweger as thechildren's book author and Ewan McGregor as herpublisher and love interest. ChrisNoonan (Babe) is directing the film,which will shoot in the UK's Lake District in spring 2006. Miss Potter ...