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Passion and preparation keys to indie success, say experts
Professionalism, preparation and passion are the key toselling and marketing independentfilms, a Screen International conference was told yesterday.New technologies, new distribution methods and new financechannels all seem to offer new routes to success.But industry experts were united on the need to stayfocussed on the product and the customer at every ...
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Online rental to take half the home DVD market by 2009
By 2009, more than half of the UK's home videorentals will be online transactions, according to a new report from ScreenDigest. Currently, online rentals (ordered via theInternet and delivered by post) are just over 10% of the UK market. The report predicts that similar patterns willemerge in Europe, with Germany's ...
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Darker Potter still promising box-office magic
The 12A UK and PG-13 US certificates for Harry Potter And The Goblet OfFire won't damage its box-office strength when it opens tomorrow,according to Veronika Kwan-Rubinek, president of distribution Warner BrosPictures International.In fact, she believes the older certification may even prove to be a benefit by attracting teenagers."The movies have ...
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Fifteen films compete for Swiss Film Prize
Michael Steiner's comedy Mein Name Ist Eugen, which with 500,000 admissions has become the third most successful Swiss film in the last 30 years, is among the nominated films for the 2006 Swiss Film Prize.A nine-person nomination commission selected 15 films for the best feature film, documentary and short film ...
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New Saw ready to make the cut next Halloween
LionsGate Films has announced it will release a third Saw film for Hallowe'en next year. Currently scheduled for an October 27, 2006 release, the news of Saw III mirrors last year when the surprise success of the low budget original quickly prompted the announcement of a sequel for this year.Produced ...
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Film-makers to pitch 55 projects at Mannheim Meetings
New feature projects by Ireland's Johnny Gogan, Georgia's Nana Djordjadze, Poland's Robert Glinski and Nigeria's Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda are among 55 films from Europe, Canada, Latin America and Africa with a total production volume of Euros 84m being pitched at this year's Mannheim Meetings co-production market. From November 21-25, 600 pre-arranged ...
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UK Film Council to support South African writers
Ahead of the planned signing of a UK-South African co-production treaty, the UK Film Council has announced a partnership with South Africa's National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) to launch a new initiative for South African writers.The new competition aims to fast-track "high concept screenplays which are aimed at the ...
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Danish box-office stronger than much of Europe
Denmark's box office is faring better than the rest of Europe. With many European countries seeing ticket sales dip 15-20%, Denmark is only down about 7% over last year, and with blockbusters such as Harry Potter and King Kong forthcoming, Danish box-office performance could be on par with last year ...
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Favela, Brand win top IDA honours
Matt Mochary and JeffZimbalist's Oscar shortlisted cultural activism story Favela Rising and Rachel Boynton's expose of Bolivian politicalintrigue Our Brand Is Crisis havebeen awarded joint top honours in the International Documentary Association's(IDA) feature competition. The filmmakers will collecttheir prize at the 21st Annual IDA Awards Gala Benefit on Dec 9 ...
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Pressman revives Mutant Chronicles with Thomas Jane
Thomas Jane will star in thelong-in-development sci-fi environmental thriller The Mutant Chronicles for Pressman & Company based on ParadoxEntertainment's board game of the same name. The UK's Simon Hunter willdirect the project after Ed Pressman financed a $70,000 seven-minute trailedshowcasing the young filmmaker's talents and screened it for Jane, other ...
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Frears wraps shoot for The Queen
Stephen Frears has completed principal photography on his new feature The Queen. Shooting wrapped in Paris on November 10 after a nine-week shoot on location in Scotland and around London.The film looks at the way the British royal family and Prime Minister Tony Blair responded to the death of Princess ...
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GreeneStreet reteams with Polson on Tenderness
GreeneStreet Films isreuniting with Swimfan directorJohn Polson on the upcoming thriller Tenderness. Principal photography isscheduled to begin in early 2006 on the adaptation of Robert Cormier's novelabout a teenage serial killer and the 16-year-old runaway seduced by his charm.GreeneStreet will financeand is serving as producer along with Howard Meltzer of ...
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IFC offers ten minutes of Manderlay on iPod
IFC Films has launched anovel long-lead marketing strategy for Lars von Trier's Manderlay by offering the first 10 minutes of the filmexclusively for iPod users. The clip will becomeavailable on Nov 18 as the distributor aims to generate world of mouth on thesecond instalment in the Danish enfant terrible's USA ...
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Churches out to boost the lion's share of the box office
Disney and Buena VistaInternational are working with Christian groups to spread the word about theforthcoming release of The Chronicles ofNarnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. The film, due out December9, has been promoted to UK religious groups and businesses since early thissummer, through an independent consultant. In the ...
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European industry event hopes to build East-West links
The Belgrade International Film Festival FEST is to launch a forum to boost links between film professionals from Western and Eastern Europe and neighbouring countries with a strong European influence and heritage.Speakingexclusively to Screendaily.com, project manager Miroslav Mogorovic explained the focus of the B2B Industry Meetings (March 3-5, 2006) would ...
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UK film 'parliament' to debate industry's global role
The UK's Independent FilmParliament is hosting a forum November 30 at the Insitut Francais in London.Among those expected to debate film policy will be Nik Powell of theNational Film and Television School, John Woodward of the UK Film Council,producer Chris Atkins and author Peter S. Grant. The forum will featuresessions ...
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BVI hits $1bn gross for 11th consecutive year
Buena VistaInternational (BVI) passed $1bn in annual tickets sales yesterday [Tuesday],marking the 11th consecutive year the distributor has achieved the distinction."We're thrilledto be able to keep this going," BVI president Mark Zoradi said. "Theinteresting thing about the theatrical business is that the shelf is emptyevery year. Through good product years ...
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The British Academy prepares for 2005 awards
For an indication of how important the BAFTA film awardshave become, look no further than this year's campaign trail.The scramble for BAFTAs started inearnest on August 31, when the UK'sacademy members were emailed with details of a screening of AngLee's Brokeback Mountain, followed by a Q&A withstar Jake Gyllenhaal and ...
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Fifth annual animated feature Academy Award
The question of who will be the winner of the fifth annualanimated feature Academy Award is a hotly contested and intriguing one. Four films stand out as the frontrunners - Howl's Moving Castle, Chicken Little,Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbitand Tim Burton's Corpse Bride - and each represents ...
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Fifth annual animated feature Academy Award
Competition to be one of just three nominees for this year'sanimated feature Oscar is stiff with such an eclectic bunch of high- budget,critically- acclaimed films - and creepy - films in the runningThe question of who will be the winner of the fifth annualanimated feature Academy Award is a hotly ...