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Good Night to open, Potemkin to close Sao Paolo
The 29th annualSao Paulo International Film Festival will kick off on Oct 21 with GeorgeClooney's Good Night, And Good Luckand close with the restored version of The Battleship Potemkin accompanied by the local Jazz Symphonic Orchestra onNov 3.Some 350 films from morethan 50 countries will screen at the event which ...
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Lamba leaves Disney to join Dimension as executive vp
Sanjeev Lamba is joiningDimension Films as executive vice president of marketing and new mediadevelopment. Based in New York, Lambawill begin work on Oct 24 and reports to Dimension chief Bob Weinstein. He will oversee online andnew media marketing for both the theatrical and home video slate, and willcreate new business ...
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Jackson launches US video label Freestyle Home Entertainment
Susan Jackson, who alongwith Mark Borde and Mike Doban owns Los Angeles-based US theatricaldistribution and marketing outfit Freestyle Releasing, has launched DVD labelFreestyle Home Entertainment. With an output anddistribution deal through Visual Entertainment, Freestyle Home Entertainmentplans to release a varied slate of 20 titles in 2006, kicking off on Nov ...
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IDT to handle international sales on Yankee Irving
US-based IDT EntertainmentSales will handle international sales for its computer-generated animatedfeature Yankee Irving, which is setto be released in the US in August 2006 through 20th Century Fox. The project was originallyto be directed by the late Christopher Reeve and centres on a boy who embarkson a cross-country adventure to ...
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Celsius signs on for Flying Scotsman sales
UK based sales outfit Celsius has signed to handle world sales on DouglasMackinnon's The Flying Scotsman.The Flying Scotsman is the true story of Graeme Obree, a Scottishamateur cyclist who in 1994 went on to break the world Hour Record on a bike hebuilt at home, using parts from an old ...
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Tiger spreads pawmark across Italy
DreamWorksInternational's number one international title Wallace And Gromit looks a good bet to continue itsdomination this weekend.The animatedfeature was scheduled to open through UIP in France on Oct 12, Germany on Oct13 and the UK on Oct 14; it has amassed more than $13.8m to date.Other UIPreleases include Universal's sci-fi ...
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AFI FEST to tribute Depp, screen world premiere of Libertine
Johnny Depp willbe the subject of this year's tribute at AFI FEST 2005, which includes an on-stageinterview followed by the world premiere of the final cut of The Libertine.In TheLibertine Depp plays theEarl of Rochester, the 17th century poet whose wild behaviour scandalizedsociety and who drunk himself into an early ...
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Polanski, Silverstone set for Amazonas festival
The 2nd World Adventure Film Festival, held in the remoteAmazonas city of Manaus, has announced its line-up - and several starsincluding Alicia Silverstone and Roman Polanski are packing their bags for aweek in the jungle.Set to unspoolbetween November 4 and 11, the Amazonas festival will open with Oliver Twist and ...
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Spanish broadcasters bankroll commercial fare
Spanishbroadcaster Antena 3 cranks up production on Monday (Oct 17) on its biggest feature filmto date, the Euros 10m period drama Los Borgia.The 100% Antena3 production is set to roll during 10 weeks in Spain and Italy beginningOctober 17 with stars Paz Vega (Spanglish), Lluis Homar (Bad Education), Maria Valverde ...
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Daniel Craig crowned as 'blond' Bond
After $3.6bnworldwide, 43 years, 20 films, 58 girls and 18 Martinis, James Bond has a sixthface - English actor Daniel Craig. The 37-year-oldactor was officially announced as the new James Bond today at a London newsconference held at HMS President, a naval training facility, on the RiverThames. Commenting onwhy he ...
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HK government to set up film development board
Hong Kong's new chief executive Donald Tsang has outlinedplans to set up a film development board to support the territory's ailing filmindustry. Speaking in his first policyaddress on Wednesday, Tsang said the board would improve government consultationwith the Hong Kong film industry, review its present conditions andfuture opportunities and formulate ...
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Craig crowned as new James Bond
After taking$3.6bn worldwide, 43 years, 20 films, 58 girls and 18 Martinis, James Bond hasa sixth face - English actor Daniel Craig. The 37-year-oldactor was officially announced as the new James Bond today at a London newsconference held at HMS President, a naval training facility, on the RiverThames. Craig arrived ...
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Mfaume named managing director of Manga in Japan
IDTEntertainment subsidiary Anchor Bay Entertainment has named Kaoru Mfaumemanaging director of its Manga Entertainment.The Japan-basedMfaume recently held the post of vice president acquisitions at the company andbegan his career at Manga UK in 1995 as a production co-coordinator, eventuallytaking on the role of vice president of acquisitions for Manga and ...
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TLA picks up US rights to Evilenko
TLA Releasing has picked upNorth American home entertainment and broadcast rights from Blue Star Movies toDavid Grieco's Italian-Russian psychological thriller Evilenko.The Philadelphia-basedcompany plans an early 2006 release on the title, which stars Malcolm McDowellas the real-life Russian serial killer who killed more than 50 children over 20years.Marton Csokas, whose creditsinclude ...
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Pathe boards Coppola's Youth Without Youth
France's Pathe has boardedFrancis Ford Coppola's Youth Without Youth as French co-producer and international sales agent. Pathe PicturesInternational will start selling the American Zoetrope film to buyers at AFM.The movie, a low-budgetreturn to directing for the US master, is currently shooting in Bucharest,Romania, and will continue production on and off ...
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Intandem takes on sales for Nobody's Hero
Intandem Films has taken on international sales for Jason Lehel's forthcoming drama Nobody's Hero, which the company is also executiveproducing. The film follows a soldier from the Iraq war who tries to return to normal life back home. The film is currently inpre-production with producers Esther Randall of Open Eye ...
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Mandel named dean of LA's AFI Conservatory
Director and AFIConservatory alumnus Robert Mandel (pictured) has been named dean of the AFI Conservatoryin Los Angeles.Mandel graduatedfrom AFI in 1979 and his subsequent credits include FX, The Substitute,School Ties and BigShots."Having analumnus at the helm of the AFI Conservatory for the first time in its 36-yearhistory is an exciting ...
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Skillset names successful applicants for Inside Pictures programme
Skillset's film business training programmeInside Pictures has announced the 14 successfulapplicants for its 2005/6 programme. The group was chosen from hundreds of applicationsthrough a committee selection process and a shortlist of interviews. The successful applicants are:- Alexei Boltho, Commercial Executive, BBCFilms -Tara Buckwell, Legal and Business Affairs Manager,Tiger Aspect Pictures ...
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Myriad picks up art robbery documentary Stolen
LosAngeles-based production and sales house Myriad Pictures has picked upinternational rights in all media to Rebecca Dreyfus' documentary Stolen.Produced inassociation with the US's Court TV, Stolen follows the art detective Harold Smith as he investigates a$500m robbery from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner museum that includedVermeer's prized work "The Concert".Blythe Danner ...
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Fox restructures Asia/Pacific, moves HQ to Sydney
FoxInternational has rung in the changes at its Asia/Pacific regional operation,cutting jobs at the Tokyo-based headquarters and relocating the regional baseto Sydney, Australia.Fox Australiamanaging director Sunder Kimatrai is promoted to vice president of Asia/Pacificbased in Sydney, supported by Asia/Pacific marketing director Janice Tay, salesmanager Brendan Gutsell, and print services director ...