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Buyers take plunge for Pathe's Descent
Buyers have been lapping up Neil Marshall's gorefest TheDescent, one of many new British horror films being touted at last month'sCannes market. After screening footage to buyers early in the festival,Pathe Pictures International (PPI) clinched deals with Avex in Japan, SquareOne Entertainment in Germany, Vertigo in Spain, CDE Videa in ...
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Cinelibre stacks up with Cannes titles
Celebrating its 30thanniversary, voracious Belgian indie distributor Cinelibre-Cineart has beenstacking up on new titles. Together with Dutchdistributor A-Film, Cinelibre-Cineart has taken Benelux rights to WongKar-Wai's The Lady From Shanghai, Golden Bear-winner U-Carmen,Tsui Hark's Seven Swords (tipped for a prestigious early slot in Venice)and Park Chan-Wook's Sympathy With Lady Vengeance.During Cannes, ...
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Korean Film Council names new chairperson
The Korean Film Council (KOFIC) has named AhnJeeng-sook, a former editor of weekly film magazine Cine21, to a threeyear term as Chairperson to replace the outgoing Lee Choong-jik. Ahn will join eight other commissioners newlyappointed by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism to oversee the operation of thefilm support body ...
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Chinaman set to travel to Karlovy Vary
Nordisk Film has announcedthat Danish director Henrik RubenGenz's feature Chinaman has beenselected for main competition at the 40th Karlovy Vary International FilmFestival (July 1-9). Also in the OfficialSelection but not in competition will be The Merchant of Venice, directed by KV jury president MichaelRadford. The closing film of the festival ...
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Hoffman confirmed to star in Tykwer's Perfume
Ending weeks of speculation, Germany'sConstantin Film Produktion has now officially confirmed that US star DustinHoffman will play one of the leads in Tom Tykwer's forthcoming adaptation ofPatrick Sueskind's international bestseller Perfume.Hoffman has been cast as the perfumer GiuseppeBaldini, with the young UK actor Ben Whishaw (Enduring Love) taking onthe part ...
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Cote, Gaul bookend 23rd annual Outfest in LA
Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau's comedy Cote D'Azur (aka Crustaces Et Coquillages) and Craig Lucas' psychological thrillerThe Dying Gaul bookendthe 23rd Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival Outfest, which runs fromJul 7-18.Overall 232 narrative and documentary features and shorts from arecord 28 countries will screen at the event, which ...
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Producer and sales agent Dan Sales dies at 46
Daniel Sales,the independent film producer and sales agent who launched Cinequanon Pictures,has died in Los Angeles. He was 46.Sales grew up inWest Palm Beach, Florida, and graduated from Brown University before moving toNew York City to pursue his lifelong love of cinema.He got his firstproducing credit on The Way It ...
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Former Alliance Atlantis executive Wilson launches LA publicity firm
Former Alliance Atlantis Entertainment Group senior vice presidentof publicity Pam Wilson has launched publicity firm Ink Media Corporation inLos Angeles.Wilson will continue to oversee international publicity on the CSItelevision franchise forAlliance Atlantis, as well as other film and TV accounts.Prior to launching Ink Media, Wilson was responsible for thestrategic planning ...
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India bans smoking scenes in films
The Indian government has banned all scenes showing smokingor cigarette packs in films and TV programmes. The new law will apply to bothIndian films and to foreign films released in India.The move, part of a anti-tobaccoclampdown, also bans film-makers showing cigarette packs, billboards or usingany item with a cigarette brand ...
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Brave few shine behind Star Wars shadow
Thisweek's international chart saw the battle of the also rans against the second(or in Korea's case opening) week of Star Wars: Episode III.WarnerBros' horror House Of Wax saw solid numbers with second place launchesin the UK, France and Belgium and other European debuts including Italy,Sweden, Norway and the Netherlands.TheOscar winning ...
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DreamWorks wins Match Point as UK buyers circle
After a ferocious bidding war, DreamWorks has picked upNorth American rights to Woody Allen's Match Point for a reported $4m.The deal comes as UK buyers continue to circle what is considered one ofAllen's strongest commercial prospects in several years. The film, his first tobe made in England, is being sold ...
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TLA takes Centimetres, Profile at Cannes
TLA Releasing has picked upNorth American rights to two pictures at Cannes, Ramon Salazar's Spanishmusical 20 Centimetres andChristoph Hochhausler's German thriller Low Profile.The New York-based companyalso picked up UK home entertainment rights to Eyton Fox's Israeli army romanceYossi & Jagger, and willrelease through its upcoming TLA Releasing UK division that ...
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French court upholds Engagement ruling
The Paris court of appealshas upheld the decision to block Jean-Pierre Jeunet's A Very Long Engagementfrom benefiting from French subsidies.The film was stripped of its Frenchstatus in an original decision dating back to November last year. At issue is the financial structureof the production company for the film, 2003 Productions, ...
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French court upholds Engagement ruling
The Paris court of appeals Wednesday upheld its decision to blockJean-Pierre Jeunet's A Very Long Engagement from benefiting from French subsidies.The film was stripped of itsFrench status in an original decision dating back to November last year. Atissue is the financial structure of production company 2003 Productions, set upby Warner ...
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KanZaman boards Basic Instinct 2
Spanishproducer KanZaman has entered a new phase of growth with the announcement ofits participation in the estimated $80m Sharon Stone-starrer Risk Addiction:Basic Instinct 2.KanZaman co-founders Denise O'Dell and Mark Albela willtake executive producer credits on the film, to which they have a licence onall rights in Spain for an unspecified ...
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Asian buyers dive for Sogepaq's Real movie
Spain'sSogepaq has unveiled the first sales concluded on its highly anticipatedfootball feature Real, The Movie to a slew of Asian territories.Pony Canyon and Phantom Film picked up rights in Japan,while other distributors include Unikorea (Korea), Prime Pictures (Middle East)and Jiant Pictures (Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia).The film,which made headlines ...
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Sony Classics grabs Palme winner, targets Dylan biopic
Cannes Palme d'Or winner TheChild (L'Enfant) has been picked up by Sony Pictures Classics (SPC)for US distribution, French sales house Celluloid Dreams announced today.SPC was arguably the busiestUS buyer for French films in Cannes with Michael Haneke's Cache andChristian Carion's Merry Christmas both going to the label. SPC is also ...
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Boyle, Crowley sign for Director's Cut of '25 Words'
The UK Film Council's Development Fund has launched afresh version of its "25 Words or Less" initiative, partnering withdirectors Danny Boyle and John Crowley to bring new film ideas to the bigscreen. Backed by film companies Pathe UK and Intermedia, thenew "25 Words or Less: Director's Cut" project gets bothdirectors ...
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Buena Vista Germany picks up Three Investigators
Buena Vista International Germany (BVIG) has picked up thechildren's adventure film The Three Investigators: The Mystery Of SkeletonIsland which will begin shooting in SouthAfrica this August.BVIG reportedly paid a seven-figure sum for the German rightsin a transaction which also includes the option for further films of thefranchise to be developed ...
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Oz distributors return from Cannes shopping spree
All Australia's independent distributors, includingfirst-time attendee Jump Street Films and free-spending Dendy Films, cameback from Cannes with films in their suitcases. AccentAccent bought a pair of films from Wild Bunch: Sex AndPhilosophy and Sheitan. Sex And Philosophy isKandahar director MohsenMakhmalbaf's take on passion and possession through the eyes of a ...