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Canada's Cianciotta leaves Capri Releasing
Tony Cianciotta has leftToronto-based Capri Releasing, the 18-month old distribution company of whichhe was founding president. A spokesperson confirmed Cianciotta resigned threeweeks ago but the company has issued no announcement. His name has been removedfrom the company website while Robin Smith, who was operations manager, is nowlisted as general manager. ...
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Damon's Foresight Unlimited deals in Captivity
Mark Damon'sproduction and distribution company Foresight Unlimited has closedmulti-territory sales on its first feature Captivity starring Elisha Cuthbert.Damon has concluded deals with TFI for France, FilmAuro for Italy,Al Munteanu and SquareOne for Germany, and New World Film for Spain.Roland Joffe directed the project, which shot at the Moscow-basedMosfilm Studios and ...
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Lesher to head up Paramount Classics
Endeavor partner John Lesherhas been hired to head up Paramount Classics in a move that Paramount isexpected to officially announce this week.Lesher has been one of several contenders linked with the job in recent monthsas the tenure of former co-chiefs David Dinerstein and Ruth Vitale lookedincreasingly shaky.The appointment of the ...
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TriStar takes English-speaking world on Wedding Daze
TriStar Pictures has picked up worldwide rights inEnglish-speaking territories to the romantic comedy Wedding Daze.Media 8 is selling the rest of the world at AFM on itsco-production with Handprint Entertainment that takes place during a marriageceremony.Jeff Pollack, Benny Medina, Jane Berliner and Sammy Lee areproducing the project, which is out ...
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New Films strikes three-picture deal with Highland Myst
Continuing its thrust into filmmaking, Los Angeles-based New FilmsInternational will co-produce three projects from writer-director Jon Keeyesand his producing partner Brandon Baker through Keeyes' Highland MystEntertainment.New Films will retain all worldwide distribution rights to theprojects, which kick off with Keeyes' previously announced thriller Living& Dying, whichwrapped recently in Dallas and ...
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Sales sizzle for Nordisk on hot Scando festival titles
In the run-up toAFM, Nordisk has closed deals on several titles that screened on the autumnfestival circuit.Finnish foreignlanguage Oscar contender (and Toronto official selection) Mother Of Mine has sold to Eurocine for Spain andPortugal and Cine Video y Television for Mexico, with France in negotiations. Market premiere Murk, a psychological ...
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LGI secures raft of sales on Fierce People
Lions Gate FilmsInternational has completed a raft of sales on Griffin Dunne's drama Fierce People, which makes its premiere market screening at AFMand stars Diane Lane, Donald Sutherland and Elizabeth Perkins.Lions Gate International president Nick Meyer announced sales to Filmax forSpain, Video Film for Italy, Showbox/Milestone for South Korea, Applause ...
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Four films picked for WCF funding
Inits third round of funding, the Berlin-based World Cinema Fund (WCF) hasselected four projects for production support and one project to back forGerman theatrical distribution.Theproduction funding went to Faro, La Reine Des Eaux, dir: Salif Traore (Mali), German co-producer: Bärbel Mauch Film (funding: $72,400 ...
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THINKFilm takes on worldwide rights to Penguins spoof
THINKFilm is selling international rights to Bob Saget's spoofdocumentary Farce Of The Penguins, featuring comedic voice-overs and an R-rated theme andsoundtrack set to wildlife photography.The picture is in production for a spring 2006 North Americanrelease through THINK and is being represented to AFM buyers through thecompany's sales consultant Mark Horowitz.Saget ...
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Siritzky introduces Chinese Emmanuelle to AFM buyers
Veteran producer and salesagent Alain Siritzky is hatching a new $5 million Emmanuelle-style erotic drama to shoot in Beijing and Shanghai.The Mandarin-language drama,billed as "sex in the forbidden city," is based on the hugely popular blogs by26-year-old Chinese writer Mu Zimei. These blogs have now been published inbook form. "I ...
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Kimmel International takes on South African Drum
Kimmel International has picked up international rights to ZProductions' South Africa-set drama Beat The Drum and is offering to buyers at AFM.Directed by David Hickson from a screenplay by W David McBrayer,Karen S Shapiro, and Richard Shaw, the story centres on a young orphan who setsout to Johannesburg with his ...
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IFTA overhauls licensing agreements
Embracingsweeping changes in the international marketplace, the Independent Film &Television Alliance (IFTA) has modified all its standard licensing agreementsand included a stand-alone internet rider.Therevision will run as a matter of course on all of IFTA's Model InternationalLicensing Agreements and will offer buyers the chance to address internetrights distribution and revenue ...
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New Benelux distributor BFD hoovers up Hannibal, Bobby Z
In the run-up to the AFM,voracious new Dutch and Belgian-based outfit Benelux Film Distributors (BFD),is hoovering up product. Along with titles already announced, the company hasconfirmed it will be releasing Young Hannibal: Behind The Mask, The LastMogul, Hurricane Chasers, The Life And Death Of Bobby Z, Running Scared and The ...
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Moviehouse boards UK mockumentary Exhibit A
UK-based salescompany Moviehouse Entertainment has come on board for Dom Rotheroe's ExhibitA, a psychologicalmockumentary that recently wrapped shooting in the UK.Bent Films'Darren Bender, a former commissioning editor at Channel 4, is producing ExhibitA. Mark Herbert, HugoHeppell and Sheryl Crown are executive producing alongside Moviehouse's GaryPhillips and Mark Vennis.Exhibit A, about ...
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Fortissimo sells new territories on UK drama Snow Cake
Fortissimo Filmshas sold UK feature Snow Cake to several more territories. The new dealsare with DCA in Argentina, A Film in Benelux, United King in Israel, Media FilmInternational in Korea and Thailand, Monolith in Poland, and Lusomundo inPortugal.Marc Evans'dramatic feature, written by Angela Pell, stars Alan Rickman, Sigourney Weaverand Carrie-Anne ...
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John Lesher to head up Paramount Classics
Endeavor partner John Lesherhas been hired to head up Paramount Classics in a move that Paramount isexpected to officially announce this week.Lesher has been one of several contenders linked with the job in recent monthsas the tenure of former co-chiefs David Dinerstein and Ruth Vitale lookedincreasingly shaky.The appointment of the ...
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Optimimum and Madman join forces on the home front
Independentdistributors Optimum Releasing and Madman Entertainment have announced theformation of a home entertainment joint venture.OptimumMadman will distribute titles in the UK and Australian markets. First on the Optimum Madman slate is Bill Melendez' 1979Emmy award-winning animated feature The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. Also acquired for both UK and ...
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City Screen co-founder steps down after 16 years
Tony Jonesis leaving the City Screen arthouse chain he co-founded 16 years ago.He wants toconcentrate on developing the Cambridge Film Festival, although he will alsocontinue to programme the Arts Picturehouse in Cambridge and to act as afreelance consultant.CityScreen has developed into the UK's largest chain and has been a champion ...
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Middle East companies unite to acquire, finance films
Anew strategic alliance has been created in the Middle East between Dubai'sFront Row Entertainment, Lebanon's Shooting Stars and the Kuwait NationalCinema Company (KNCC). Thethree outfits will partner to jointly finance and acquire independent film. Ina statement, the companies said they were "committed to working proactivelywith the ministry of information in ...
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Fortissimo adds The Bridge to AFM slate
Fortissimo Films has pickedup worldwide rights outside North America to documentary The Bridge, which marks the directing debut of former studioproduction executive Eric Steel. Filmed at the Golden GateBridge in San Francisco, the documentary examines the stories of the people whochose to commit suicide by jumping from the bridge in ...