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Henderson, Indian bookend High Falls Film Festival
The fifth annual High FallsFilm Festival in Rochester, New York, opens on Nov 9 with Stephen Frears' MrsHenderson Presents and closes on Nov13 with Roger Donaldson's The World's Fastest Indian. All in all more than 50narrative, documentary and short films will screen, among them Scott McGeheeand David Siegel's US drama ...
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Home-grown hits give UK box office a holiday hike
The once unthinkable prospectof the UK matching last year's record box office is now farmore likely after an astonishing half-term holiday run.At the end of the thirdquarter, the territory was 4% down with little likelihood of finding the $460m(£261.5m) in the final three months to equal 2004.Early disappointments like Kinky ...
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Branagh ready to shoot Mozart magic
Kenneth Branaghbegins principal photography on his $27m version of Mozart's The Magic Flute on23 January at Shepperton Studios.For the first time for a British film, theproduction will occupy six of the major soundstages at the studio. The film features a newly-adapted libretto byStephen Fry with musical director James Conlon conducting ...
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Casablanca picks up Brazilian rights to Shadow Of The Sword
In the run up to the AFM, German sales outfit Sola Media/AtrixFilms has sold Simon Aeby's historical epic Shadow Of The Sword to Brazilian distributor Casablanca Films. Benelux rights have been taken by F.E.G. and AQS acquired allrights for Czech Republic and Slovakia. Shadow Of The Swordcomes billed as "a ...
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BV, Shoreline meet at The Halfway House
Morris Ruskin's ShorelineEntertainment has picked up BV Entertainment's horror comedy The HalfwayHouse for representation at AFM.The picture is the first to beproduced under BV's Fright Film Factory label and was released on DVD in NorthAmerica earlier this year."Taking this film to the AFMand other worldwide markets is the beginning of ...
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Italian film industry pledges support for second Oscar choice
Italian film organisation Anica says Italy fully supports theselection of Cristina Comencini's Don't Tell as the country's candidatefor the best foreign language film Oscar, despite reports of fiery argumentswithin the local movie industry.Italy had initially selected Saverio Costanzo's Middle East drama Private, but the picture was ruled ineligible by the ...
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THINKFilm plans Easter release for Passion Of The Christ doc
THINKFilm has picked upNorth American rights from The Film Sales Company to Francesco Cabras andAlberto Molinari's documentary The Big Question and plans an Easter 2006 release. Shot in English and Italianduring the filming of Mel Gibson's The Passion Of The Christ, the picture explores beliefs about the nature ofdivinity through ...
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Negishi takes top honours at Tokyo festival
Kichitaro Negishi's drama What the Snow Brings became the first Japanese film to win the Tokyo International Film Festival's top prize, the Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix, since the fest's first edition in 1985. Jury chairman Zhang Yimou said the judges had reached the decision quickly and unanimously - "a first ...
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Hof hits new heights
This year's International Hof Film Days attracted a record 28,000 admissions in five days.Amongthe highlights at this year's annual gathering of the German film communitywere Andreas Dresen's Summer In Berlin (Sommer VormBalkon), EoinMoore's Im Schwitzkasten,Alain Gsponer's Roseand Veit Helmer'sdocumentary Behind The Couch - Casting InHollywood.Gsponer won the Eastman Support Prize ...
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Hof hits new heights
TheInternational Hof Film Days posted record attendancewith 28,000 admissions in five days.Amongthe highlights at this year's annual gathering of the German film communitywere Andreas Dresen's Summer In Berlin (Sommer VormBalkon), EoinMoore's Im Schwitzkasten,Alain Gsponer's Roseand Veit Helmer'sdocumentary Behind The Couch - Casting InHollywood.Gsponer won the Eastman Support Prize for NewcomerTalents ...
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Independent distributor to make new year debut
A newindependent distributor will begin operations in the Netherlands and Belgium fromJanuary.Dutchcompanies Filmworks and Inspire Pictures and the Belgium distributor Lumierehave joined forces to form Benelux Film Distributors. The companyis aiming for a wide range of independent film productions, from mainstream toarthouse. Amongstthe titles to be released in 2006 are ...
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Sundance commits to Park City until 2018, moves HQ from Salt Lake City
The Sundance Institute's year-round administrative headquartersare relocating from Salt Lake City to Park City in a deal between the SundanceInstitute and Park City Municipal Corporation that ensures the festival willstay in Park City through 2018.In early autumn 2006 the Institute will move to a renovatedhistoric building at the Spiro mining ...
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...but Zorro cuts a swathe in international launch with $27m
The Legend Of Zorro cut a swath through the international marketplaceover the weekend as it launched on an estimated $27m on 6,140 prints in 50countries.Handled in most territoriesthrough Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI), which licensed rightsfrom the picture's co-financier Spyglass Entertainment, the adventure sequelopened top in 40 markets and enjoyed ...
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Unitel acquires international rights to kidnapping thriller Cavite
Philippine-owned Unitel Pictures International has acquiredworldwide rights excluding North America to Ian Gamazon and Neill De La Llana'skidnapping thriller Cavite for representation at this week's AFM in Santa Monca.Mark Cuban and Todd Wagner's Truly Indie Filmsis handling the picture in North America, which will become one of the firstreleases under ...
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Picturehouse buys North America on Prairie Home Companion
Picturehouse has acquiredall North American rights to Robert Altman's ensemble A Prairie HomeCompanion based on GarrisonKeillor's radio variety show and starring Keillor, Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline,Tommy Lee Jones, Lily Tomlin and John C Reilly.Woody Harrelson, VirginiaMadsen, Maya Rudolph and Lindsay Lohan also star in thefictionalised account of Keillor's show chronicling ...
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Gold Circle, Vertigo to bring Angel back to the screen
Gold Circle Films and Vertigo Entertainment are teaming up toadapt William Hjortsberg's 1978 novel Falling Angel, which Alan Parker famously turned intothe 1987 mystery Angel Heart.While that version madesignificant departures from the novel, Gold Circle and Vertigo plan a morefaithful adaptation, while setting it in the present day.The project marks ...
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Saw II hacks down Zorro at domestic box office
Lions Gate's horrorsequel sliced up the competition and shunted Sony's adventure sequel TheLegend Of Zorro into second placewith an estimated $30.5m opening that offered a hint of optimism for the autumnbox office.Despite mediocre reviews thepicture scored a superb debut that far exceeded the $18.3m launch of its 2004predecessor. Saw II ...
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Universal endorses Christie/AIX digital projector
Following similar recent moves by Walt Disney Studios andTwentieth Century Fox, Universal Pictures has agreed to supply features to theDCI-compliant digital projection systems deployed by Christie/AIX.Under the non-exclusive agreement Universal will provide titlesfrom its slate and will pay virtual print fees to Christie/AIX for each titleprojected on deployed systems as ...
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Rubin's First Independent signs US DVD distribution deal with Visual
Gary Rubin's FirstIndependent Pictures has signed a multi-year distribution agreement with VisualEntertainment, a Universal Music Group division set up to distributeindependent features on DVD and video in the US.The slate kicks off withHuck Botko and Andre Gurland's comedy Mail Order Wife, Gary Sinyor's comedy Bob The Butler starring Tom Green, ...
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Ford takes Ingenious finance role
Media investment group Ingenioushas appointed Sue Ford as group finance director. Ford previously held thesame position at Channel 4 Television Corporation and 4 Ventures Ltd. Sue will be responsible forthe financial management and governance of the Ingenious Group.In the last year, thecompany has raised film finance for productions such as ...