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Danish film-makers take aim at Dogme, Trier
Two high profile Danishfilm-makers have embarked on new projects that appear to be attacks on thecountry's most famous film exports - Lars von Trier and the Dogme movement.Upcoming films from OleBornedal (I Am Dina) and Anders Thomas Jensen (Adam's Apples)both indirectly address Trier's position as the local king of art ...
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Rezo strikes deals on Brize's Loved
Following a strong showing at the recent San Sebastian FilmFestival, Stephane Brize's Not Here To BeLoved has closed a string of distribution deals.France'sRezo Films has sold the film to Spain's Alta, Canada's Seville Pictures,Victory in Benelux, Odeon in Greece, Mokep in Hungary, Columbia's Cinemac andSwitzerland's Xenix. Negotiations are underway for ...
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Heroes And Villains cranks up in London
Shooting is underway in London on romantic comedy Heroesand Villains, the directorial debut of Selwyn Roberts, the producer ofBAFTA-winning TV drama Shackleton..Produced by Mark Pegg through One Vision Films, Heroesand Villains is the story of a group of young London lads who come up withthe idea of setting up a ...
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France slows down runaway production trend
According to a new study by France's National Film Commission, runawayproduction has been largely stemmed in France thanks to new initiatives put inplace by public bodies.The study notes that from 1998 to 2003, the number of shooting weeksspent outside France had practically doubled from 220 to 424. In 2004, however,that ...
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Cartoon penguins get day-and-date IMAX 3D release
George Miller's animatedmusical Happy Feet, about a tap-dancing Emperor Penguin in theAntarctic, will be released domestically in IMAX 3D day-and-date with itsconventional release through Warner Bros on Nov 17, 2006.The all-star ensemble voicecast includes Nicole Kidman, Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Hugh Jackman andBrittany Murphy. Warner Bros holds worldwide rights.Doug Mitchell, ...
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Rogue Pictures appoints creative pair
Paul Getto and Alex Heinemanhave been named creative executives at Focus Features' genre label RoguePictures.Based in New York, theexecutives will report to Rogue's production chief Andrew Rona, who joined thecompany in September after serving five years as co-president of DimensionFilms.Getto has spent two years atFocus in the offices of co-heads ...
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Trio of local films dominate Argentine box office
Local films enjoyed one of their best weekends in recent memory at Argentina's box-office,holding all three top spots in the local chart.Local moviestook an impressive 47 percent of total ticket sales over the weekend of Sept 30to Oct 2 and have dominated the market since the beginning of September.El Aura(The ...
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Capital Arts makes Push into international sales
Mike Elliott and RobKerchner's Los Angeles-based Capital Arts Entertainment has launched aninternational sales arm, Push Worldwide.Founded by Elliott, Kerchnerand Joe Genier, Push will acquire and distribute completed pictures as well asassorted Capital Arts product, and the principals are preparing an aggressiveslate for next month's AFM in Santa Monica.The slate includes ...
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Crowe to host Australian Film Institute Awards
One of the biggest names inshow business anywhere in the world, actor Russell Crowe, is to host the 2005Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards in November in Melbourne.In a statement announcing thenews, Crowe said the ceremony will be "irreverent and respectful in equalmeasures". He continued: "Interesting TV, that's the aim. Fast-paced, ...
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Benigni unveils Tiger And The Snow in Rome
Roberto Benigni has unveiledin Rome his widely anticipated Baghdad-set comedy, The Tiger and The Snow,which opens in Italy on October 14 on a huge 800 screens.The film stars two-timeAcademy Award-winner Benigni as a poet desperately trying to woo back the womanof his dreams. He suddenly finds himself with her in ...
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Biber to head publicity at Dimension Films
Liz Biber has been namedsenior vice president of publicity for Dimension Films and began work at TheWeinstein Company on Oct 3.Based in Los Angeles, she will supervise all of Dimension's campaigns.She reports directly to Liza Burnett, the recently appointed executive vicepresident of publicity for The Weinstein Company."Liz has incredible energyand ...
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Brazilian outfits forge Euro co-production on samba doc
ThreeBrazilian production outfits - Total Filmes, Buriti Filmes and Boca a Boca -have sealed a co-production deal with Gloria Films of France and Fado Filmes ofPortugal to produce music documentary Os Guardioes Do Samba (Guardians OfSamba). Thedeal was signed during the Rio Film Festival which ends on Friday with a ...
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Mullins, Frain, Burton join cast of Quid Pro Quo
Aimee Mullins, James Frainand Kate Burton have joined the cast of HDNet Films' Quid Pro Quo, partof a slate of seven new titles the company announced in Toronto.Based on the novel by CarlosBrooks, Quid Pro Quo stars Nick Stahl as a wheelchair-bound public radiojournalist who meets a driven, able-bodied woman ...
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Chainsaw opens first European post facility in Romania
California-based film and video production servicescompany Chainsaw has opened its first European post-production facility inBucharest, Romania."Thesuccess of the movie Cold Mountain and other TV and movie projectsraised Romania's profile as an excellent place to make and produce beautifulfilms, commercials and TV for far less money,' Chainsaw founder andpresident Bill DeRonde ...
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Torrente 3 smashes Spanish box office records
Torrente 3: The Protector, the third instalment inthe hugely successful local comedy franchise, made history on its openingweekend in Spain.Thefilm was released September 30 on a gargantuan 465 copies by UIP, whichreporteda record-making Euros 7.2m grossed off 1.38m admissions.The figuresmark the biggest opening ever for a film ofany nationality in ...
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Rio Festival, FIPRESCI launch Latin American film prize
Critics organization FIPRESCI is teaming up with the the RioInternational Film Festival aka Festival Do Rio to introduce a new FIPRESCIprize for best Latin American film of the year which will be awarded for thefirst time at the festival next year.The prize, which will be awarded by FIPRESCI members to ...
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Korean films dominate Asia Pacific Film Festival
The four-day long Asia Pacific Film Festival wrapped onSaturday night with South Korea taking three major awards, including best film(Tae Guk Gi), best director (Tae Guk Gi's Kang Je-Gyu) and best actor(A Family's Joo Hyun).This year marks the 50th golden jubileecelebration of the event, which was held in Malaysia and ...
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Hong Kong's See Corp set to produce digital slate
See Corporation, a Hong Kong-basedcontent company backed by local tycoon Lawrence Yu, plans to invest $3.8m-5.2m(HK$30-40m) in a slate of high definition (HD) films, in an attempt to boost Hong Kong's flagging production industry.The company has lined up severalhigh-profile filmmakers to work on the digital slate including Fruit Chan andGordon ...
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Flightplan on cruise control after second weekend
Touchstone's thriller Flightplan stayed topof the charts as it added an estimated $15m haul to raise the domestic runningtotal to $46.2m after two weekends.Opening in second place on $10.1m was Serenity, Universal's sci-fi thriller starring Nathan Fillionand Gina Torres. Joss Whedon's picture drew very strong reviews and averaged$4,634 on 2,188 ...
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Flightplan on cruise control after second weekend
Touchstone's thriller Flightplan stayed topof the charts as it added an estimated $15m haul to raise the domestic runningtotal to $46.2m after two weekends.Opening in second place on $10.1m was Serenity, Universal's sci-fi thriller starring Nathan Fillionand Gina Torres. Joss Whedon's picture drew very strong reviews and averaged$4,634 on 2,188 ...