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Soda Pictures takes two from Celluloid Dreams
UK distributor Soda Pictures has picked up rights to Laurent Cantet's HeadingSouth (Vers le Sud) andChristoffer Boe's Allegro. Both deals were struck withsales company Celluloid Dreams. Soda said that it bought Heading South after its London Film Festivalshowing, and that it had considered Allegroas a potential acquisition since the script ...
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...but films will need to pass a cultural test
The UK government has announced details of a new "cultural test" to decide eligibility for its new film tax credit.The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has set out three qualifying categories:* Cultural hubs - where production or filming is UK-based* Cultural practitioners - where the cast, crew ...
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DuBow named executive vp of worldwide sales at First Look
Kenneth DuBow has joined First Look Studios as executivevice president of worldwide sales.Reportingdirectly to First Look Studios chief executive officer Henry Winterstern andchief operating officer Bill Lischak, DuBow will manage US sales, includingexpansion into syndication, as well as expanding and managing internationalsales.DuBow mostrecently served as president and chief executive officer ...
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Exiles takes top prize at Whistler Film Festival
Ilan Sargosti's Exiles In Lotus Land won the $8,600 (C$10,000)Borsos Award for Best New Canadian Feature as the 5thannual Whistler Film Festival wrapped on Sunday. The National Film Board ofCanada-financed film, which follows Quebecois street youth who have gravitatedto Canada's West Coast, was the lone documentary in the competition of ...
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Marmion elected chair of European Film Academy
Frenchproducer Yves Marmion was elected as the new Chairman of the European FilmAcademy (EFA) on the eve of the weekend's European Film Awards ceremony.Marmionhas taken over from Nik Powell who had been serving as EFA's Acting Chairmansince the sudden and unexpected death of the previous Chairman producer HumbertBalsan last February.Marmion,who ...
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Mama Jack breaks South African records
MamaJack has made a record breaking opening weekend for a localfilm in South Africa with a $0.7m (R4.2m) opening GrayHifmeyer's film, starring local comedian Leon Schuster, made a 50% biggeropening weekend than previous record holder Mr Boneswhich went on to gross more than $5m (R32m).Producer Anant Singh said: "Mama Jack ...
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Worried Australian exhibitors form national association
Concern about falling attendances, piracy, release windows and new classification rules have led to the formation of the firstnational organisation of Australian exhibitors."Forthe first time in what is a notoriously aggressive industry, the issues thatdraw us together are greater than the issues that force us apart," head ofDendy Cinemas Mark ...
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Hidden soars at EFA awards
Michael Haneke'sHidden (Cache) was the big winner atSaturday night's European Film Awards in Berlin,making off with five awards, including best film. TheFrench-Austrian-German-Italian co-production also won best director for Haneke, best actor for Daniel Auteil,best editing for Michael Hudecek and Nadine Muse, andthe FIPRESCI critics' prize.It was a vindicationfor Haneke, as ...
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Grandmother's House goes home with top doc honours
The18th International Documentary Festival in Amsterdam (IDFA) ended on an upbeatnote at the weekend with the award of the Joris Ivens prize to MyGrandmother's House, from Spanish director AdanAliaga. Anintimate study of the relationship between a grandmother and her grandchild,the film is sold by Madrid-based Kevin Williams Associates.IDFA'sSpecial Jury Award ...
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Haneke's Hidden takes top honours at EFAs
MichaelHaneke's Hidden (Cache) was the big winner at last night's European FilmAwards in Berlin, including best film.TheFrench-Austrian-German-Italian co-production's honours included best director forHaneke, best actor for Daniel Auteuil, and best editor for Michael Hudecek andNadine MuseThe PrixScreen International went to George Clooney's Good Night, And Good Luck.Thebiggest ovation of the ...
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Holland takes MD role at Acorn
Acorn Media UK has appointed Paul Holland as managing director. The former director of publishing at Granada Ventures will assume full responsibility for the independent DVD distributor in March.Previous MD Lesley Fromant is returning to her native Australia.
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Weinsteins acquires film rights to 80s TV series Equalizer
The Weinstein Company has acquired feature rights to the hit 1980stelevision series The Equalizer, about a veteran spy who quits his agency and offers his servicesfor hire to the general public.The company picked up the rights from the series' original creatorsMichael Sloan and Richard Lindheim.Mace Neufeld, TonyEldridge and Sloan will ...
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Former Miramax exec Steinberg joins Universal as senior vp of production
Former Miramax senior vice president of production Erica Steinberghas joined Universal Pictures in the same capacity.Steinberg will report to the studio's presidents ofproduction Jon Gordon and Donna Langley and will be based at the studio'sUniversal City headquarters.She served 16 years at Miramax, where her highlights includeoverseeing production and serving as ...
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Exclusive GoldenEye Film Festival set for Dec 7-13 in Jamaica
The 2nd annual GoldenEyeFilm Festival and Retreat will run from Dec 7-13 at the former home of IanFleming in Oracabessa Bay, Jamaica. Highlights include a mediaconference and retrospectives covering James Bond, the history of Jamaican andHong Kong cinema, martial arts, surf cinema, Westerns and programmers'favourites under the title Guilty Pleasures. ...
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Clark's Wassup Rockers to open Slamdance on Jan 19
The Slamdance Film Festival 2006will open on Jan 19 with the US premiere of Larry Clark's Wassup Rockers. The story centres on a groupof Latino skateboarders from the East Los Angeles ghettos who venture out toexplore the rarified environs of Beverly Hills. The picture received itsworld premiere at Toronto; First ...
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Foxx to star in Universal's Middle East actioner The Kingdom
Jamie Foxx will star in The Kingdom for Universal Pictures based on anoriginal idea brought to the studio by Peter Berg and Michael Mann.As previously announced,Berg will direct the thriller based on a screenplay by Matthew MichaelCarnahan. Mann will produce through his company Forward Pass, along with ScottStuber. Mary Parent ...
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New Zealand aims for homegrown benefits to tentpole success
The NewZealand film industry claims it can build a sustainable business after anotheryear of winning international production business.Both ofthis year's biggests end-of-yeartentpoles, King Kong and Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And TheWardrobe were shot in New Zealand, which has been marketing itself as a majorlocation following the Lord ...
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New Zealand aims for homegrown benefits to tentpole success
The NewZealand film industry claims it can build a sustainable business after anotheryear of winning international production business.Both ofthis year's biggests end-of-yeartentpoles, King Kong and Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And TheWardrobe were shot in New Zealand, which has been marketing itself as a majorlocation following the Lord ...
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Prix Louis Delluc Finalists Announced
Out of an original field ofsix, five finalists for France's Prix Louis Delluc have been chosen. Philippe Garel'sVenice selection Les Amants Reguliers, Cannes winner Cache by Michael Haneke, criticalfavourite The Beat That My Heart Skipped byJacques Audiard, Xavier Beauvois'Le Petit Lieutenant and Claire Denis'L'Intruswill vie for the prestigious award set ...
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Potter continues reign with France, Korea, Australia openings
Harry Potter And TheGoblet Of Fire remains the runawaychampion at the international box office and nothing will challenge itssupremacy this weekend. Heading into its thirdweekend the family adventure has already sold more than $236.9m in ticketsoutside North America and opens in several major territories this weekend. Warner Bros PicturesInternational (WBPI) ...