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Toronto line-up confirms Oscar launchpad status
Confirming its position as the launch padfor Oscar season, the Toronto International Film Festival has added nine worldpremieres to its line-up, many from or starring Academy Award-winningfilmmakers and actors.Among the new titles scheduled to screen at the 30thTIFF are Breakfast On Pluto, fromscreenplay winner and directorial nominee Neil Jordan; The ...
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Paris court overturns L'Ex Femme, Warners ruling
The Paris court of appealshas overturned a ruling that prevented the film L'Ex Femme de Ma Viefrom benefiting from French subsidies.France's National CinemaCentre (CNC), responsible for granting subsidies to French and European films,appealed the decision on the film last year. Recent controversy hasfocused on Jean-Pierre Jeunet's A Very Long Engagement, ...
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Music producer Nicolo launches distribution venture
Grammy Award-winningmusic producer Joe Nicolo has teamed up with a group of entrepreneurs to launch Kindred Media Group.Backed by private equity, the new distribution venturewill handle domestic and international rights on projects and will be headed upby new media entrepreneur Jeffrey D Erb, who founded the business-to-businesstechnology company precision Media, ...
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IndieWIRE, Emerging Pictures team up on Undiscovered Gems
New York-based indieWIRE and distributorEmerging Pictures have partnered up to take undistributed filmsto cities across the United States.The Undiscovered Gems venture will bring six to 10 titles from indieWIRE'sannual list of the best undistributed films to at least 12 cities nationwide.The official selection of films chosen for syndication will be ...
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Sydney festival poised for major overhaul
The SydneyFilm Festival (SFF) is to hold a major review of its activities, including areassessment of it dates and venues.The movefollows news that both president Cathy Robinson and general manager JenniferNaughton have stepped down. "The festival has to finditself a position of prominence in the hectic international film festivalcalendar, and ...
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London hosts shoot of Pfeiffer/Heckerling project
Principal photography isunderway in London on Amy Heckerling's $27m romantic comedy I Could Never BeYour Woman starring MichellePfeiffer.Paul Rudd and Tracey Ullmanalso star in the story of a successful businesswoman who encounters nothing butstress in her love life.Fred Willard and Mel Smithalso feature in the cast and there are cameos ...
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Picturehouse unveils senior marketing team
Bob Berney's fledgling NewYork-based distribution company Picturehouse has consolidated its marketingteam by fusing former staff members from both Newmarket Films and Fine Line Features.As previously announced, Marian Koltai-Levine and Dennis O'Connor will head upthe department as executive vice presidents of marketing, while Nina Baron joins as seniorvice president of national ...
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UK's Tucker to direct New Line's Golden Compass
Anand Tucker is in talks with New Line to direct The GoldenCompass, the firstinstalment of Philip Pullman's children's fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials.According to sources a formal offer has been sent out to Tucker,however his participation had not been confirmed at time of writing.If the deal goes ahead this will ...
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Co Op acquires film rights to Levangie Grazer's Teacher, Teacher
Bob Jason and Bob Kravitz's New York-based production company Co.Op has acquired feature rights to Gigi Levangie Grazer's dark comedy Teacher,Teacher.Gavin G Grazer will direct the story of a trio of high schoolstudents who take extreme measures to prevent a hated teacher from thwartingtheir graduation plans.Jason, Kravitz and founding partner ...
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Relief as Italian box office soars in July
After the gloomand doom of reports that Italian admissions tumbled sharply in the first halfof 2005, Italy has announced a formidable 44% rise in box office takings forthe month of July.According to figures released by data-gathering body,Cinetel, Euros 19m were earned at the box office in July, a 44% hike ...
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Swiss film chief calls for end to 'watering can' funding
Nicolas Bideau,the incoming head of the film section at Switzerland's Federal Office ofCulture (BAK) from October 1, has called for concentration of funds into fewerprojects and an improvement of Swiss cinema's image at home and abroad.Speaking at the weekendat the Locarno Film Festival, Bideau said that he was looking to ...
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Charlie wins international weekend with $14.4m in 23 markets
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory drew the winning ticket for the secondconsecutive weekend as the family remake grossed an estimated $14.4m on 2,500screens in 23 markets through Warner Bros Pictures International for a $67.2mrunning total.The picture vanquished Typhoon Masa in Taiwan to open top on $720,200including previews on 63 prints, ...
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Warner's Dukes lord it over US theatres with $30.6m weekend
Warner Bros' The Dukes Of Hazzard kicked the hides of the competition overthe weekend as the TV adaptation opened on an estimated $30.6m.Overall the top 12 titles grossed $102.5m, up 5% against the sameweekend last year.Starring Seann William Scott, Johnny Knoxville and JessicaSimpson, The Dukes Of Hazzard follows two brothers ...
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Dukes Of Hazzard reign at the box office with $30.6m weekend
Warner Bros' The Dukes Of Hazzard kicked the hides of the competition overthe weekend as the TV adaptation opened on an estimated $30.6m.Overall the top 12 titles grossed $102.5m, up 5% against the sameweekend last year.Starring Seann William Scott, Johnny Knoxville and JessicaSimpson, The Dukes Of Hazzard follows two brothers ...
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Oldman, Ledoyen headline Filmax horror Backwoods
Gary Oldman and Virginie Ledoyen are headlining a new Englishlanguage horror title from Spain's Filmax, The Backwoods.To be sold internationally by Filmax, the film is aco-production with Spanish start-ups Monfort Producciones and Videntia FramesProducciones together with the UK's Holy Cow and France's Divine Productions.It began shooting under award-winning short film ...
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Watt's Ways takes Fipresci prize at Brisbane
Australian film Look BothWays, US coming-of-age tale Mysterious Skin, and South Koreanpicture Spying Cam (Frakchi) have each won major awards at the BrisbaneInternational Film Festival.Writer/director Sarah Watt'sdebut Look Both Ways won the FIPRESCI (Federation Internationale de laPresse Cinematographique) award for best Asia Pacific film. Watt was previouslybest known for her ...
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Kerrigan's Keane pulls out of Edinburgh line-up
Lodge Kerrigan's Keane will no longer bescreening at this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) Aug17-28).The festival cited a conflicting commitment -understood to be a screening at this year's Deauville Festival of British film- as the reason for the move.Replacing it, Edinburgh is to screen the WorldPremiere of Lasse Hallstrom's ...
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Oz producers navigate funding Puzzle
Writer/director Mark Forstmann and producers MiriamStein and Tamara Popper go into production on October 31 on Monkey Puzzleafter extensive workshops with a cast of young emerging actors.The coming of age, character-driven drama centres onfive friends who go looking for world's rarest tree. As they descend into theravines and canyons of ...
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Gordon joins Langley as president of production at Universal
Jon Gordon (pictured) will join Donna Langley as president ofproduction at Universal Pictures.The two executives will work side-by-side overseeing developmentand production of the slate, and both will report to studio chairman StaceySnider.Gordon will assume his new post in October once he completesduties as Miramax co-president of production."By maintaining our production ...
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Moreau to head San Sebastian jury
Jeanne Moreau will preside over a high-profile official jury at the Donostia-San Sebastian International Film Festival(Sept 21-30).She is joined by Bruno Barreto, Isabel Coixet, Sara Driver, Bruno Ganz, Manuel Gomez Pereira and Jose Saramago.Mexican actress Patricia Reyes Spindola will preside over the New Directors' jury. The festival has also made ...