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Core Studio unveils Yoichi Sai gangster thriller
Start-up South Koreanproduction and sales outfit Core Studio has unveiled its slate for 2006, whichincludes the first Korean production from Japanese-Korean director Yoichi Sai (Quill, Blood And Bones).The project, which has theworking title Double Casting, isbased on a popular manga about a gang boss who poses as his dead twin ...
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European Film Awards announced in Seville
The European Film Academy (EFA) announced the nominations for theEuropean Film Awards 2005 at the Seville Film Festival last night.The 1,600 EFA Members will now vote for the winnerswhich will be presented during the Awards Ceremony in Berlin on December 3.The nominations are:EUROPEAN FILM 2005Brothers directed bySusanne Bier (Denmark/UK/Sweden/Norway)For ...
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Stockholm promising 160 films in vintage year
The 16th StockholmFilm Festival (November 17-27) is boasting 160 films from 40 countries.The festival is the only one in the Nordic region with membership of theFIAPF, and an international jury of film critics from the FIPRESCI.Eighteen films will compete inthe international competition section of the festival. The festival also includessections ...
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Adept screenwriters join UK programme
Aristahas announced the eight screenwriters selected for its Adept 3 screenwritingprogramme, funded by Skillset (and the UK Film Council), the MEDIA Programmeand Arista's Writer Scholarship Fund.Thenine-month programme supports MA screenwriting graduates who haven't yet made afeature film.Thechosen writers are AndrewBernhardt, Fiona Birkbeck, Lucy Floyd, Helen Jacey, Phil Nodding, BerylRichards, Neil ...
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Baldwin named CEO of UK production outfit Storitel
Bob Baldwin (pictured) has been named CEO of UK-basedproduction company Storitel, which also announced that it has established afeature film development fund to provide initial capital for UK and foreignprojects. Storitel is now in pre-production on twothrillers: Fragile Edge and Leona's Revenge.Fragile Edge, written by mountaineering expert Matt Dickinson, is ...
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Optimum takes UK rights to Tommy Lee Jones debut
Optimum Releasing has acquired all UK rights toTommy Lee Jones' directorial debut The Three Burials Of Melquiades Estradafrom EuropaCorp. The western was a critical hit at Cannes whereit won best actor for Tommy Lee Jones and best screenplay for GuillermoArriaga.Screen's review says the drama recalls SamPeckinpah, taking a bittersweet view ...
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Ryna is runaway winner at Geneva festival
RuxandraZenide's Ryna triumphed at the 11thannual Cinema Tout Ecran in Geneva.TheSwiss/Romanian co-production picked up the best film and Fipresci prizes.Rynais the story of a 16-year-old girl, brought up as a boy by her despotic father,and now searching for her mother. Kim Novak Never Swam In Genesaret's Lakeby Sweden's Martin Asphaug ...
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IAC, Sequence Film pick up worldwide sales on Teresa
UK-based sales company IAC Films and its sisterproduction company Sequence Film have taken on worldwide sales and distribution(outside Spain) for Ray Loriga's Teresa.The Lolafilms production, produced by Andres VicenteGomez, stars Paz Vega, Geraldine Chaplin and Leonor Watling in the story of St.Teresa of Avila.IAC is also selling Lolafilm's The Feast ...
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2929's Magnolia launches US home entertainment division
Todd Wagner and Mark Cuban have slotted in the home entertainmentpiece of their 2929 Entertainment distribution jigsaw with the launch ofMagnolia Home Entertainment (MHE).Former Miramax vice president of home entertainment Randy Wellswill head up the division, which will handle distribution for Magnolia Picturestitles, HDNet Films projects, select projects from HDNet ...
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Chris Davis adds Infection, Shock'n'Awe to slate
Chris Davis International (CDI) has added five new titles forbuyers at AFM, headed up by Filmwerks' bio-terror picture Infection from director Albert Pyun, which isclose to a domestic deal.Ron Perlman is attached to star in the $5m Shock 'n' Awe, a story of three brilliant teenagerswho test the boundaries of ...
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TLA picks up US rights to James Franco's The Ape
US independent TLA Releasing has picked up James Franco'sfilmmaking debut The Ape and will release the title on DVD in spring 2006.The company plans to place the surreal dark comedy in NorthAmerican festivals, and also holds broadcast and streaming rights to the storyof a frustrated writer who shares an apartment ...
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Sundance Cinemas names first US arthouse multiplex site
Sundance Cinemas, the specialized theatre chain concept which wasfirst abandoned by Robert Redford's Sundance Group in 2001, then revivedearlier this year, has set its first Sundance Cinema Centre multiplex forMadison, Wisconsin in autumn 2006.The six-screen theatre will be located in the Hilldale Mall andinitial stage of renovation is due to ...
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Betafilm sells Genghis Khan project to Hopscotch, LNK, Lumiere
Early on in the AFM, Germansales outfit Beta is doing a roaring trade with Mongol - Part One, Sergei Bodrov's new feature about the hirsute andbloodthirsty warrior leader Genghiz Khan. The film, which has juststarted shooting with Tadanobu Asano in the central role, has now gone to Hopscotch in Australia/NewZealand, ...
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Dream picks up international on Sorry, Haters
Dream Entertainment has picked up international rights fromCinetic Media to Jeff Stanzler's psychological thriller Sorry, Haters starring Robin Wright Penn.The InDigEnt production was produced by Stanzler, Jake Abraham,Karen Jaroneski and Gary Winick, and received its world premiere at Toronto.The post-9/11 tale stars Penn as an anxious professional whoselife takes a ...
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UK Film Focus sets dates for June 2006
The London UKFilm Focus has announced the dates for its third sales showcase, to be heldJune 26-29.The three-dayevent promotes British films to 150 international buyers. About 40 UK titlesare expected to screen at this year's showcase. Networking events will also beorganized.In changes for2006, Film Focus will start earlier on Monday ...
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Saskatchewan boosts tax credit to 45%
The Canadian province ofSaskatchewan has announced it will boost its labour-based production tax creditto 45% from 35% of total eligible costs for film and television productionsshooting in the region. The Saskatchewan FilmEmployment Tax Credit (SFETC) can increase to 55% if certain criteria are met,including a new 5% bonus tax credit ...
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Woody Allen's second UK film gets a title: Scoop
Woody Allen'snext film finally has a title: Scoop.The film, knownfor months as the Woody Allen Summer Project, or WASP, shot in London this summer and iscurrently in post-production. Delivery is expected in summer 2006. ScarlettJohansson, who also stars in Allen's London-set Match Point, plays an American journalism studentvisiting London who ...
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Cineclick, Happinet board Barmak's Opium War
Korean sales agent CineclickAsia has picked up worldwide sales rights to Opium War, the second film from Afghan director Siddiq Barmakfollowing Osama which won aGolden Globe for best foreign-language film in 2004. The deal marks the firsttime that Cineclick has handled a non-Korean feature. The Seoul-based company willalso co-finance and ...
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Becker Films takes Control
Becker Films International (BFI) has picked up worldwide rights toControl, AntonCorbijn's project about the life of the late Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis.The project is currently out to casting and is scheduled to beginshooting in early 2006 in Manchester, Macclesfield and surrounding areas innorthern England.Orian Williams and Todd Eckert are ...
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Fortissimo's Sunflower set to bloom in Spain
Fortissimo Films has soldZhang Yang's San Sebastian winner Sunflower to Spain's Diorama. Starring Joan Chen andco-produced by Fortissimo, China Film and Being-based Ming Productions, thefilm portrays a Chinese family over three decades following the CulturalRevolution. It picked up awards for best director and best photography (JongLin) at this year's San ...